The twitter of an omen bird, īdaw, located in a place near one hiking, signalling either a good or bad omen regarding a proposed endeavor.
Nearness symbolizes nearness of coming events. For an endeavor quickly accomplished, as in hunting, this is a good omen indicating the nearness of success. However misfortune is also thought of as `near,' and for activities that are not soon accomplished, as when making an upland field, going to earn, going to war, this is a bad omen indicating that success will be quickly followed by sickness or death.
For an omen bird, īdaw (actor -um-) to locate its twitter (theme i-) in a place near one hiking, as described above.
Inhodpengnay labuy hi umayanmih Bulbul at numbangngad ami ti nappūhi.
It (the omen bird) located the twitter in a near place when we went to Bulbul and so we returned home because (the omen) was bad.