A main irrigation canal which transports water from a source to pond fields for irrigation purposes.
Water Conveyances
āla'
‘main irrigation canal’
ginnaw
‘gully, large drainage ditch’
gohang
‘sluicing ditch’
hāyug
‘water trough’
kanal
‘drainage ditch; irrigation canal’
tulālu'
‘sluicing trough’
ūleh
‘small canal’
uwāleng
‘small drainage ditch’
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For someone (agent muɴ-, -um-; s agent maN-) to construct an irrigation canal (theme) in or through a given area (loc ref -on), with the use of a suitable instrument, as a crowbar, baliyang, or shovel, gāud, (inst i-, paN-).