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irek
Unhusked rice or millet that has been separated from the stalk.
irík
palay
Mangsad si ākang so irek.
Older sibling pounds the unhusked rice.
Someone (maN-) removes the grain from the stalk or rice plant (-en) by using the feet.
maN- manyirek, -en irken
Bundles of harvested rice can be beaten against something or placed in a wooden trough (an old canoe) and massaged between the feet so the grains fall off. It is taboo to use the hands or to breathe on the rice, as a storm will come to destroy it; rice dust must not be blown off one's hands while working.
Madama sa manyirek.
They are presently removing the grain.
Irken mo parayaya.
Remove the grains from the the rice plant.
Inirek da a tabo iyaw paray.
They removed all the grains from the rice plant.
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