Mangali Figure  254	Namutimutit sogobni umani.
Literal Translation	Our swidden is burned like burning the hair off a civet cat. (It’s hard to burn the hair off a civet cat: it will be patchy.)
Meaning of Figure	Our swidden is unevenly burned, (some parts are not burned).
Usage	Implies that you will have to burn it again to have it completely burned. Probably the swidden was not fully dried before it was burned and that’s why it is patchy.
Figure	metaphor
Image	action; burn hair off
Image	animal; civet cat
Topic	inanimate; field, swidden
Topic	action; burn field