A spear; a generic term for spears listed in the table below.
A spear has five parts: spear blade, which takes the name of the particular spear being described, e.g., balabog 2, bangkaw 2, gayang 2, etc; blade shank, ūtong; shank collar, lū'up; spear shaft, patanong; shaft tip, hūyung.
Kinds of Spears
balabog 1a |
`hunting spear, straight barbs, hēngel 2'
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dinampig 1 |
‘rectangular shank collar with two barbs’ |
heppang 1 |
‘round shank collar with one short and one longer barb’ |
hinolgat 1a |
‘round shank collar with four barbs’ |
ināngaw |
‘square shank collar with two barbs’ |
punol 1 |
‘round shank collar with two barbs’ |
bangkaw 1 |
‘fighting spear, non-barbed’ |
bagūyuh |
‘narrow shank’ |
bangkaw 2a |
‘wide shank, wide blade’ |
ludit 2a |
‘wide shank, medium- width blade’ |
tūkab 1a |
‘bamboo blade’ |
tullad'iw |
‘wide shank, narrow blade’ |
gayang 1, gīhi 1 |
`utility spear, crescent-shaped barbs, pāgang'
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gayang 2a, gīhi 2a |
‘long barbs’ |
ginotma |
‘short barbs’ |