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To buy or sell rice, beans, etc. by the gantang.
(Gantang refers to the wooden box used for measuring
out rice. It holds approximately 2.5 kilograms.)
Manggatango ra lamang ta belat, anda ray paray.
I'll just go
buy rice by
the
gantang, as there is no
more harvested rice.
Pagatangay ka.
Please sell
me [some rice] by
the
gantang.