The activity of dam-fishing, in a river, as described below.
Nan hālop di pohpohdon nan linalā'ih un tumiyalgaw.
Dam-fishing is what the men like very much when it is dry season.
For someone (agent maN-) to go dam-fishing.
halpon; panālop; manālop
Lemada din tinnig'un linalā'i an manālop hi ampan di Tappīa' ad ugga.
I saw five men go dam-fishing below Tappīa' yesterday.
For someone (agent) to dam a river (loc ref -on) for fishing.
A relatively deep place in a river is chosen. Below the area, arrow-grass canes, bilāu, are placed, held by stones, as a screen, hābay, to allow water but not fish to pass. Above the area a dam, bātug, is constructed to stop the flow of water into the area which is then scooped out, habu. River fish, ekan, gadiw; eel, dalit; crabs, allama; and edible tadpoles, badyo'; are caught in the shallow water.
-on: halpon