Mangali Figure  305	Summagad uman da Basilio.
Literal Translation	Basilio’s swidden became a broom.
Meaning of Figure	The birds ate most of the rice grains in Basilio’s swidden (only the rice stalks remain).
Usage	Can be said of a rice paddy or a swidden. Implies that there will be no harvest (or perhaps just a little) because of the birds. This sometimes happens to the first swidden (or the last) to ripen. If the crop ripens along with most of the surrounding fields, the birds are divided in their attentions and don’t strip any
Figure	metaphor
Image	inanimate; broom
Topic	inanimate; field, swidden
Topic	state; harvest poor