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dūgu
1a
A roof-ridge rafter of a traditional house, baluy; a hut, ābung; or a pile hut, inappal.
A traditional house has four ridge rafters. They rest in a V where the outside ceiling joists, hagpaw di lī'ub, and ceiling beams, lī'ub, intersect, and are pegged to them with tapered dowel pegs, pāheng. At the top they rest in the roof-bearing disk, binnūlon, and are pegged to it with tapered dowel pegs.
1b
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to construct a roof-ridge rafter (theme) onto a house (loc ref -an).
manūgu
For someone (agent) to use a particular timber (inst i-, paN-) for a roof-ridge rafter.
2
A corner line of a box, building, basket.
Reference is to the exterior or interior line where two converging walls of a building meet, a horizontal or oblique line where two sides of a box or basket meet, as of a colander basket, hagda; winnowing basket, pallungan; cooked-rice storage basket, hū'up; large sweet potato basket, balyag.
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