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ba'ba'luy

For someone (agent muɴ-) to play grownups, a game of pretending to be adults and imitating their activities.

Young boys play this game, e.g., by damming up water and diverting a stream into a miniature pond field which they have made with stones and dirt; girls imitate women weaving, etc.

For someone (agent) to use something (inst i-) to play grownups, as described above.

ay'āyam, Some Games Played,

For two or more people (agent muɴ-) to have a picnic.

Nan ulpi ya umuyda mumba'ba'luy nan tatāguh payaw.

During the post-transplanting holiday season, the people go to have a picnic in the pond fields.

Traditionally, the field day during the post-transplanting holiday season, ulpi, was the occasion for picnics. It is now becoming popular for young people to take a picnic lunch to the river where they swim, catch crabs and fish, roast them and eat their lunch.

For someone (agent) to use food (inst i-) for a picnic.