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1a

Sheaf-bundling cord.

The inner bark of the alīnaw, pabāhug or pātat tree, bark fiber, a long piece of spear grass, gūlun, a vine and sometimes strands of bamboo, ānoh, are used as bundling cord.

bōbod 1 hawid 1 he'lat 1 ūyun 1

pāut 1

1b

A small bundle measure of spear grass, gūlun, maize, gahhilang, or rice, pāguy.

Himpūlud ohay boto' hi gūlun di inūyun han babāih inodnāna.

It was eleven small bundles of spear grass that the women bundled together to carry.

For a description of measure phrase see sec. 7.20.2.

ūyun 2

1c

For someone (agent muɴ-, -um-; s agent maN-) to tie something (patient -on) into a small bundle, with the use of an appropriate tie (inst i-, paN-), as to bundle rice into a sheaf; spear grass, gūlun; vegetable greens; the hair of a woman to make a ponytail; a broom, hīgid 1.

bumto'; ebto'; bento'; mabto'; pamto'; bot'on; mamto'

Bumto': focus is on one who bundles some but not all of a quantity of that bundled.

Bumto''ah nan āyiw ya impī'ugmu ta way itungūyu.

Tie some wood into a small bundle and carry it on your shoulder so that you will have firewood.

Bundles are bound with a single band around the middle and tied by twisting the two ends together, pulīpul.

-um-: bumto'; i-: ebto'; -iɴ-: bento'; ma-: mabto'; -on: bot'on

bōbod 2 hawid 2 he'lat 2 ūyun 3

pāut 2

2a

Rice harvest season.

īwang2

dūpag 1 udol 1 ulnub 1

2b

The activity of harvesting rice.

Hay boto' ya tāmun di binabāi unu linalā'i.

As for harvesting rice it is the work of women or men.

For someone (agent muɴ-) to sponsor rice harvesting activities.

For a harvester, the owner of a field (agent muɴ-) to harvest rice (theme -on) from growing rice, a field (loc ref -on) with use of a harvest knife, uwah, gamulang, (inst i-, paN-).

ebto'; pamto'; enebto'

Do'ol di bento' Aligūyun ad uggah payawna ti napnuy dolāda.

Aligūyun harvested much rice yesterday in his field because their house is full.

Bot'on: focus, by ellipsis, is on a field harvested.

i-: ebto'; iɴ-: enebto'

āla 2 udol 2

dūpag 2 ma'lob ulnub 2

bento'

Rice bundles.