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pāheng2
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A roof peg of a house.
A roof peg is dowelled and tapered, about 2« cm. in diameter at one end and 1 cm. at the other. There are three locations where roof pegs are used: Pāheng di binnūlon Pegs of the roof-bearing disk. These pegs, about 25 - 30 cm. long, hold the roof-ridge rafters, dūgu, and inside rafters, ulhud, bughul, to the disk. Pāheng di dūgu. Pegs of the roof-ridge rafters. These pegs, about 30 - 40 cm. long, hold the ridge rafters to the outside ceiling joists, hagpaw di lī'ub, and ceiling beams, lī'ub. Pāheng di putit Pegs of the eaves purlins. These pegs, about 20 - 25 cm. long, hold the eaves purlins to the roof-ridge and inside rafters.
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For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to peg together parts of a traditional house, baluy (patient -on), as described above, with the use of a roof peg (inst i-, paN-).
-on: pahīngon
pamāheng; pahīngon; mamāheng
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