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1

A two-hands circumference measure.

For a description of measure phrase see sec. 7.20.2.

The amount of something as wood or sweet potatoes that can be held in two hands stretched around the circumference.

Himpongol di lapnay hi indat'uh nan iba'.

I gave my sister one two-hands measure of sweet potatoes.

For someone (agent -um-; s agent maN-) to wrap both hands (theme) around a collection of linear objects, (loc ref -on), as described above.

pumngol; pamngol; ponglon; mamngol; pengngol; mapngol

Ponglom han himpongol an āyiw ya inyālim ta itungu'.

Wrap both hands around a measure of two hands of wood and bring it for my firewood.

-um-: pumngol; paN-: pamngol; -on: ponglon; -iɴ-: pengngol;

2a

For a growing rice plant (actor -um- & loc ref) to send out shoots (theme) from the root.

pumngol

Umuda'udan at ag'aga nan pāguy an pumngol.

It is continually raining so the rice will quickly send out shoots.

-um-: pumngol

2b

For someone (actor -um-; s actor maN-) to transplant several rice seedlings (theme -on) at a time.

ponglon; mamngol; pengngol; mapngol

Pengngol Kakāti nan enebgaynah nan payawda ti uklit di lūyo'na at adi humagwal.

Kakāti transplanted several (rice seedlings) at a time which she transplanted in their field because its growing medium was clay and so (the seedlings) would not develop shoots.

Pumpongol: focus is on too many rice seedlings planted at a time.

In good soil two seedlings are usually planted and these develop numerous shoots, hagwal. However in poor soil, from three to five seedlings are planted to insure a good stand of rice.

-on: ponglon; maN-: mamngol; -iɴ-: pengngol; ma-: mapngol