Coconut oil.
The oil is made from grated coconut which is cooked until
the oil separates out. The oil is used for hair, or for wiping
on the body, etc.
langis
Baniosan mo ta langis tang bisit mong
pagatel-atel.
Rub some coconut
oil on your lower leg which is itchy.
On Good Friday at exactly 3:00 p.m. people make large
amounts of coconut oil. This is called langis ang Biyernes
Santo, the ‘coconut oil of Good Friday’. It is blessed by
the priest and then kept in bottles and only used for
medicinal purposes as it is believed it has special healing
powers.
maN-
-en
-an
To use coconut oil; to put coconut oil on something.
Pisan da kang te-kag tang boa mo, manlangisa
kay.
You hair is really sticking up, please put
some
oil on it.
Way, ang talsi lantap da, magang linangis!
Look, the ocean is totally flat, as if it's been oiled!
Nontokaw mga mapalet, ganing ang lagi tang mga
mepet, langisan tang patorangkol para maglinaw.
In the past if it was windy, the older people would say to
wipe
oil
on
the
top of the large, black rocks at the
beach, so that the weather would become calm.
In the past some people believed that rubbing oil on the
rocks would cause the ocean to become smooth, like oil.
Conversely, if people would intentionally walk or jump on
the rocks to make them move around, the weather would
become rough and windy.