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da'lig
1a
A permanent or temporary wall enclosure.
A temporary wall enclosure is built under a traditional house, baluy, to provide a temporary place for sleeping. The wall is usually for the purpose of blocking cold air, rain, wind, pigs. It is commonly either made of planks, gāub, or woven bamboo, lāga 2.
1b
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to enclose a building, the space under a building (loc ref -an) with a wall (theme), as described above.
pana'lig; mana'lig
Da'līgam han pun'apūyan ti ten tumuyup.
Enclose the place of the fire (under the house) with a wall because you see the wind is blowing.
By ellipsis, a house is said to be temporarily walled when reference is to the space under a house.
Da'līganyu han baluyyu.
Temporarily wall (the space under) your house.
For someone (agent) to use particular material (inst i-, paN-) for enclosing a building, the space under a building with a wall.
2
A bone bin, for storing the bones of animals and chickens remaining after eating the meat.
Traditionally the skull of a sacrificed animal or chicken was displayed on the outside wall of the house. Currently, however, it is customary to discard all skeletal remains. They are stored in a bone bin to prevent live animals and chickens from eating them and becoming infected with an animal disease, pihti. This has become especially necessary as animals and chickens, often infected, have been brought in from outside Batad for slaughter and eating. The bones are kept in the bin until a heavy rain, at which time they are disposed of by washing them downstream in the flood. A bone bin is located in the interior corner, behind the fireplace, talapngan. Typically it consists of a flat stone, 75 - 80 cm. long and 30 - 35 cm. high.
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