|< First< PreviousNext >Last >|
tallūbu
1a
A pig-castration-wound medicine.
Made by mashing in a hand the soft inner pulp of the new shoots of an arrow-grass plant, bilāu. This is applied to the wound of a newly-castrated, ponah 2, pig. The following, or something similar is said as the medicine is applied:
Tallūbu, tallūbu, he''an bābuy ya pohdom an iyal'algaw ya ilablabi an mangamangan ta ag'aga ya immongol'a.
Pig-castration-wound medicine, pig-castration-wound medicine, as for you pig, you will want to continually eat all day and all night so that quickly you will become big.
1b
For someone (agent muɴ-) to apply pig-castration-wound medicine (theme) onto a castration wound (loc ref -on) of a pig.
The wound is sutured before applying medicine.
For someone (agent) to use something (inst i-, paN-) for pig-castration-wound medicine, as described in 1a.
2
natallūbu.
Gluttonous, of a pig; by extension, of a person.
|< First< PreviousNext >Last >|
© 2013 SIL Philippines