Mangali Figure  255	Isunan obok lugamni.
Literal Translation	Our weeds are like a woven straw mat.
Meaning of Figure	Our swiddens are thick with weeds, so full of weeds that you can’t even see the soil.
Usage	This means that it will require a lot of weeding. This can happen if the swidden is not well burned. (If a swidden is well burned, the roots and the seeds of weeds are all burned up and won’t grow thickly.)
Figure	simile
Image	inanimate; straw mat
Topic	inanimate; field, unweeded
Topic	inanimate; field