The time for land crabs, koday, to come out of their holes
and go to the beach to lay their eggs.
This happens at the full moon, when the moon is low on
the horizon, shedding its light across the beach. This term
also applies to the season when eels, balakasi, come out,
which is in the month of December when the northeast
wind blows. They come out covered with their eggs.
Snails, pakinaten, come out and are seen on the beach
when the weather is calm.
magpa-
pa--an
To watch for land crabs coming out on the beach in order to catch
them.
Malagat-lagat ang labi pabilogon da tang bolan, animan magpasaydo
rin ta koday.
Later tonight it will be full moon, therefore we will go
out
to
catch
the land crabs coming
out
onto
the
beach.
Yading pinasaidan amen ang koday talabi tenged
bilog tang bolan.
We caught many land crabs last night because the moon was full.