For fruit, grain, growing trees, leaves (patient ma-) to be mature.
Refers to fruit prior to ripening, alum. Does not apply to roots or tubers.
matong
ma-: matong
For someone or sunshine, potang, (agent or actor; s agent maN-) to mature fruit, grain, growing trees, leaves (patient -on).
otongon; entong; mangtong
Maphod hi un ongo'ongol di potang hi abigabigat ta atongōna nan pāguy.
It is good if the sunshine will be strong everyday so that it will mature the rice.
A person is said to mature grain; e.g., by allowing it to remain standing to mature.
Otongon Lu'mag nan buddīlah ta oho'.
Lu'mag will ripen the beans so that (they will be used as) seed.
-iɴ-: entong; -on: atongon, otongon; maN-: mangtong
Rice Fruiting Stages
| bīah |
‘booting’ |
| buhbuh |
‘heading’ |
| bū'al4 |
‘extensively headed’ |
| mayung |
‘bent down with half-full grains’ |
| lamoh 3* |
‘full-grained’ |
| īgub |
‘beginning to ripen’ |
| atong*
|
‘mature, ripe’ |
*Refers to fruit in general