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dunghi'
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A stabbing-spear blade, for spearing civet cats, amūnin.
The blade has two barbs, hēngel, and is about 10 cm. long by 3 cm. wide at the shank end, tapering to a point. It has a round shank, ūtong, which is inserted loosely into a long arrow-grass cane, bilāu; a twisted cord is tied to the spear blade, wrapped around the upper part of the cane and tied securely to it. When the animal is speared, the blade comes off the cane and the animal is suspended by the cord.
2
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to stab something (loc ref -on) with an instrument (theme i-), such as an arrow-grass cane, bilāu, walking stick or piece of stick. Civet cats, amūnin, are stabbed with a stabbing spear blade and cane, as described above.
panunghi'; manunghi'
dungpup
To use something (inst paN-) for stabbing, as described above.
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