Mangali Figure  243	Pummaway payaw da Nelson ad Paḻot.
Literal Translation	Nelson’s rice paddy in Pa¹ot became a yard.
Meaning of Figure	Nelson’s rice paddy in Palot has dried up.
Usage	Implies that there is a problem with the irrigation. He might still get a small harvest if there’s a lot of rain, though. But he would expect no harvest because even if he re-irrigates, the plants have already died and the water will be quickly absorbed by the soil. It’s hard to re-water a rice paddy once it has dried out,
Figure	metaphor
Image	inanimate; yard
Topic	inanimate; field, dry