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WAYS OF CUTTING 29

bakbas To cut off small pieces (of wood with short strong motions in order to take off bark or make an item smaller, or to smooth it).
būd To cut s.t. into sections (often four pieces); to quarter s.t. (mostly used of cutting fruit).
keke To shave (hair).
kehet To cut, saw s.t.
kepak To split or cut s.t. (anything) lengthwise.
kobak Deep (of cutting or biting, removing a large piece).
kulti Cut hair.
kupad To peel s.t. (by cutting off the skin).
gahit To cut weeds (in order to prevent a fire from spreading).
gilip To cut s.t. into very small pieces; to chop up s.t. (such as vegetables or tobacco).
gīp To cut in very small pieces.
gīs To cut or tear s.t. (into small pieces, as cloth or leaves).
gowab To cut deeply into s.t.
ipa To cut (betelnut) into sections.
iris To cut s.t. into small pieces (with a knife or scissors, esp. of cloth, banana leaf, and paper).
labas To cut grass, to mow.
lapa' To cut up meat (esp. fowl).
lapa2 To clear land (of tall weeds and underbrush).
laras1 To cut (cogon grass).
lilik To clear (a piece of land).
pagti' To break or snip off s.t. (with hand).
pata'3 To cut or chop s.t. crosswise, (especially of wood or cane).
peddang To hit or slash s.t. (with a knife).
polong To cut or break s.t. (crosswise).
pompong To split s.t. into two pieces (as coconut or cocoa etc.).
pōng Break or cut (crosswise into sections).
punggel To behead s.t.; cut the head off s.t.
punggul To cut or break off the top (of a tree or plant).
putuk To cut off s.t., sever.
sagsap To cut s.t. off (with strong motion away from self, esp. of leaflets from the midrib of a coconut leaf, or of thorns).
saha' To tap a rubber tree (in order to make the sap (latex) flow); to make the initial groove and to make subsequent cuts.
sampa' To cut up (a butchered animal or large fish).
sangkul To trim (the comb of a rooster, also used for trimming hair).
sempong To chip off s.t.; cut off part of s.t. (at the opening).
seppe' To cut into hands, cut off the stalk (of bananas).
sese' To shape the eyebrows or hair in front of the ears (sideburns).
sipi2 To cut s.t. into pieces of unequal size.
sisi' To remove (skin of an animal or bark of tree); take off (skin or bark); to skin (an animal).
songget To pick fruit (with a pole).
sorok1 To pick fruit (with a long pole).
soso To peel, shave (sugarcane only).
sumbali' To slaughter; butcher.
tabas To cut, or cut out (cloth, material, fabric in making clothes).
tabla1 2 To split boards (from a log by driving in a wedge); to hew boards (by hand).
taklung To top s.t. (as plants); behead s.t. (as people); cut the top off s.t.
tanghab To notch (a tree or bamboo pole), to cut the opening (of a bamboo water container or coconut, at an angle).
tebba' To cut down (a banana plant to get the fruit).
tebbeng To fell (a tree).
teheb To make a hole in (a coconut by chipping off some of the husk and shell so one can drink the water).
tenga' To divide s.t. into two equal amounts or pieces; to half s.t.
tetta To cut into pieces (a stalk); cut pieces off (a stalk).
tettas 1 To undo sewing, cut off (rope, vine).
tettek To chop s.t.; cut s.t. into small pieces (with a knife with quick downward motion).
tettep To shorten s.t. (by cutting it); to trim s.t.
toklong To cut off, shorten (legs or sleeves in clothing).
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