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A fruit-bat net for catching large fruit bats, pannī'i.
Two poles from 8 - 9 m. long are planted one on either side of an opening slashed through trees across a ridge, āwa. A net about 6 - 7 m. square is strung between the poles. Rings, hengheng, woven of rattan, pihhiw, are placed at intervals around the circumference of the net and a two-strand rope, linūlug, passes through the rings, and is used to string the net up. Bats and birds flying into the net become entangled.
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For someone (agent maN-) to string out a fruit-bat net (theme) on a mountain ridge, as described above.
For someone (agent) to use a particular net (inst i-) for stringing out a fruit-bat net, as described above.
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