Pandanus screw pine bush; pandanus plant.
These are bushes or small trees which grow near the beach and
have green leaves with sharp protrusions along the edge. The
leaves can be cleaned, rolled into bundles and dried in the sun or
by a fire, and then woven into sleeping mats and baskets.
pandan
Ambian mo kay tang pandan, agod likiden ba-lo
taraban.
Please remove the thorns from the leaves of the pandanus
screw
pine
bush so they can be rolled up before drying them
next to the fire.
Ang pandan ang agboaten ang amek, mga la-boan
paningolit.
Pandanus
screw
pine
leaves that are made into a sleeping
mat, if they are scalded with hot water, they become white.
maN-
-en
To cut and roll up pandanus screw pine leaves into bundles.
Mamandano rin ta boatenong amek.
I'll cut
and
bundle
up
some
pandanus
screw
pine
leaves to make a woven mat.
Ge-ley ka lamang tang napandano, lobot ang
pinangan ta baka.
I was only able
to
cut a few pandanus
screw
pine
leaves, all the rest had been eaten by cows.