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tapo
A mat, sleeping mat.
Mats are usually woven with the leaves of the pandanus palm, occasionally with leaves from the buri palm, but the latter is rather rough. A good sleeping mat has two layers, the lower one kuwit is made of wider strips of leaf and the upper one isi is made of fine strips of leaf and dyed to make beautiful designs. More simple mats are used for drying coffee, rice, etc.
Preparation for mat-making: The midribs of the pandanus or buri leaves are removed. The resulting wide strips are either rolled up, boiled and then made into narrow strips jinangat or made into narrow strips first and then rolled up and boiled. Then the bundles are placed in a stream for 24 hours. Then the strips are hung up or spread out to dry. If one wants them colored they are boiled in dye again and dried. The finished strips curl up and are straightened by being pulled over a spoon handle, piece of wood or whatever (inegudan, agud).
Bang kew tuli bellatun tapo inin.
When you sleep unfold this mat.
magtapo
To use a mat.
Magtapo kew bang kew tuli.
Use a mat when you sleep.
Patapohanku siye bang siye pabāk.
I will give them a mat to use when they lie down.

KINDS OF MATS
musā prayer mat, small, two layers
tapo palang a multicolored mat
teppag one layer made of wide strips

MAT-MAKING
palang multicolored, of mat
petitey to start making a mat
sipey fix the edge at the end
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