Various kinds of peppers. (These include large green or
red bell peppers, long green peppers that are hot and others
that are not, and smaller red chili peppers that are very
hot.)
sili
Mas mārat tang katombal ang gege-ley kaysa ong
mababael.
Small peppers are hotter than large ones.
-en
Food, such as vinegar, that has whole red chili peppers in it.
Ang langgaw amen katombalen animan mārat.
Our vinegar has
chili
peppers
in
it therefore it's hot.
-an
To include peppers when making a dish. (The peppers are
usually squeezed to release the juice.)
Kinatombalan mo ra ka ta yadi tang tera,
karat-aratan da.
You squeezed so many chili
peppers into the viand, it
is now extremely hot.
Some people wrongly believe that small red chili peppers
can be used as an antidote for tetanus or rabies. They say
that if a person steps on a nail, he should eat ten whole
chili peppers.