benare

Puyuma

Etymology

From an infixed form of Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq.

Verb

benare

1. to swell up; to become swollen

   ku kinakawakawangan i, benare ku dapalr na inubengiyalan.

   My sprained foot was swollen from walking around.

   tu karatraw dra unan. benare tu dapalr.

   He was bitten by a snake and his foot was swollen.

Related terms

• benabare (“to have edema”)

References

• Josiane Cauquelin (2015) Nanwang Puyuma-English Dictionary (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 56), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN, page 83