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halāpat
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A violent-death chair; i.e., a death chair used for one who has died violently.
A pole is tied horizontal onto two house foundation posts high enough to reach the dead person's shoulders when he or she is sitting in the death chair. A plank, about twenty-five to thirty centimeters wide is leaned against this pole with one end resting on the ground and about a forty-five degree angle to it. A small seat is fashioned at the base of the plank on which the dead person sits. The shoulders and head are tied to the plank.
2
For someone (agent muɴ-) to make a violent-death chair, using suitable wood materials (inst i-), as described above.
3
For someone (agent muɴ-) to recline a person who has died violently, bināgung (theme i-), onto a violent-death chair.
Ihalāpatyu han bināgung ta adi ihangdel ti panīaw.
Recline the one who has died violently onto a violent-demise chair and do not put (him) in an ordinary death chair because that is taboo.
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