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obong

An eaves-line border; a tomb-opening border.

A border, usually made of flagstone, da'da' 1, running around the four sides of the space under a traditional house, dola 2, is positioned so that water falling from the eaves will miss the border and fall into a ditch adjacent to it. A tomb-opening border is laid of paving stones around the earth-filled vertical access hole of a burial tomb, lūbu', to mark its location.

For someone to lay an eaves line border around the space under a house, dola, (loc ref -an); to lay a tomb-opening border around the vertical access hole of a burial tomb, lūbu' (loc ref -an), as described above.

For someone (agent) to use a particular choice of flagstones, da'da', for laying an eaves line border, a tomb-opening border, as described above.