Yakan - sahali

sahali

The moon on the night after new moon; crescent of the moon, the thin sickle of the new moon.

Ampat sahali ne bulanin - ampat bahangi ne.

The new moon is four times its (original) size - four days.

Ngangganap ne, nahali ne.

(The moon/month) is complete, the new moon is out now.

On the 30th day of the month the moon isn’t seen. It (or the month) is complete and the moon is getting ready to come out again.

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sahali bulan

A rice cake panyām in crescent shape.

The shape is achieved by placing half a coconut shell into the oil and pouring the batter on one side around it.

Bang kew magpanyām ngahinang kew sahali bulan.

When you make rice cakes make crescent shaped ones.

panyām

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