Invisible little people, evil spirits, or demons; a large, frightful
beast.
Older people say that these beings live in the forest,
sometimes in large trees or near water. They like to tease
people, befriend them, or make them sick, particularly
with skin diseases.
Ang mga sapat gistar ong kamalingetan.
Evil
spirits live in places with lots of underbrush.
Pirming galipat ong bokid tang soltiros ang asi, ganing
tanira agtangayen ono ta sapat.
That teenage boy is always being lost in the hills, they say
that he is being befriended by little
invisible
people.
Indio magparet ong inaning na, na inita na ono ang
limintaw tang tatang mabael ang sapat ong talsi.
I don't believe what he said, that he saw a huge beast appear out
of the sea.
Sapata!
You are an evil
spirit!
This is a rude expression used when angry at someone, similar to
calling them a devil.