Cloth or leaf used to protect the surface of something, similar to a
hot pad.
sapin
Betangan mo kay ta sapin tang kaldiro agod indi mapongitan tang
lamisan.
Please put something
underneath the pot so that the table won't
get dirty.
i-
-an
To place a pad, cloth or leaf underneath something, between it
and the surfact it will come in contact with; to use something as a
protective underlayer.
Sinapinano ka rin ta daon ta ponsi tang
dinongkolo, piro nakanteng pa enged.
I placed a banana leaf under the rice [pot] I had just cooked,
but it [the rice] burned on the bottom anyway.