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TYPES OF HOUSES AND CARPENTRY 19

Building materials 19.4

alambre Wire, especially barbed wire.
alambre pokot Chicken wire (wire netting).
basi' 2 Wire, iron wire.
bellad A sheet (as of metal, plywood, boards, etc.).
kawat Fine, pliable wire.
kayu A tree (generic); wood (generic); lumber; firewood.
kusing Washer (esp. metal).
lagsak Peg, bolt (of wood, metal or bamboo used to join or fasten s.t. by inserting it through holes).
listun Pieces of lumber (used for the frame of a house); 2” by 4” or smaller; frame lumber.
mital1 Metal, tin, esp. sheet metal and corrugated iron (for roofing).
nipa' Nipa palm; palm shingles.
olom An upright post; house post; legs of table, bed or chair.
pagnuti' Floor joists.
palaywūd Plywood.
pansul A pipe or spout (to direct the flow of water).
papan A plank, board.
pata'2 Roundwood (used as building material).
patindeg Stud, upright small posts (onto which the walls are nailed in house construction).
puwipul Center post in a house.
sāmin Mirror; glass pane.
sēgsag Split bamboo (used for walls or floors).
selilihan Roof joists. Cross pieces on rafters to support the roof.
semento Cement; concrete.
seyirap Woven coconut leaves (used for roofing and walls).
seyisig Woven bamboo (kānas, used for walling).
tablun A squared off tree trunk (for cutting lumber).
tebbe' A part or piece of s.t. (as a piece broken off a concrete wall).
tubu1 A pipe, water pipe, hose (for watering).
tulus A fence post; support post.
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