Rice grains on a rice stalk, or rice grains in general. (This
refers to the kernel with the husk still intact, as well as the
unhusked pieces of rice left after milling or pounding dried rice.)
Pirapang pasi tang dapat itobo ta ong kada teka?
How many rice
grains should be put into each hole?
Ang mga mepet, maski tang pasing paray,
agpisiken ang enged nira.
The old people, even one unhusked
kernel of rice, they
pick it up (i.e. in order to still use it).
pasien
For milled rice to be full of unhusked rice kernels. (The
unhusked kernels are picked out of the rice and are usually
thrown out to the chickens.)
Angay pasien tang belat? Sigoro ang gilingan
belag ta masinlo.
Why is the milled rice full
of
unhusked
rice
kernels? Perhaps the rice mill isn't very good.