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bubung
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A thatch capsheaf of a building.
The capsheaf on a traditional house, baluy, consists of ten to fifteen bundles of cogon grass, gūlun, laid around the roof peak, buttends down, tied to the roof-bearing post, binnūlon, twisted, bent over to one side, and tied again. On a two-pitch roof as, e.g., on a hut, ābung, a temporary shelter, allung, etc., the capsheaf extends the full length of the ridge.
2
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to lay a thatch capsheaf (theme) on a roof peak or ridge (loc ref -on), as described above.
pamubung; mamubung
Bubungonyu nan nalpah an na'atpan ta adi muntūdu.
You put a thatch capsheaf on what is finished being roofed so that (the roof) won't leak.
For someone (agent) to use a particular collection of grass bundles or particular grass (inst i-, paN-) as the thatch capsheaf for capping a roof peak or ridge, as described above.
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