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Yalenàih ūk
Definition
A mud hut or mudbrick house.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a primitive structure built from earth or clay. It carries a strong connotation of extreme poverty or a very rural, underdeveloped lifestyle. It is rarely used to describe modern architecture and is mostly found in historical accounts or stories about the past.
Measure word
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Related words
Common phrases
simple and crude mud hut
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
