"Karamukom" is a word in ILOKANO
adj. being in the state before ripening, no. mature not yet ripening: said of a guava.
In our hearts we know that with a different fate, we, too, could be in the ranks of the dispossessed, stripped of our identities and belonging nowhere. The refugee becomes a sinister symbol of what can quickly happen once personhood is denied and people are transformed into disposable units of contemptible impediments to the greed or power-mongering of others.
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There was a man staying the night in a hotel. He called the front desk and said, "Excuse me, sir, I've got a leak in my sink." The man at the front desk replied, "Oh, okay, go ahead, but most guests just use the toilet."
adj. ripening, almost ripe, nearly ripe: said of fruits. Darangidangan dayta papayan. That papaya is almost ripe.
Read the complete definitionadj. /NA-/ ripe. v. /AG-, MA-/ to become ripe, ripen.
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