Sama, Central

alak

N-

to pick up the young women wedding guests.

A few days before a large wedding, the relatives of the bride go from house to house, playing instruments, and picking up the young women who have been previously invited to the wedding. These girls will in turn, join the group in going to pick up others until all have been picked up. Then they go to the house where the wedding will be and stay there until the wedding is over.

"Mag-alak", hati-na, ngoddoh baanan budjang bey niintau, maka aa ngalak mowa agung, tambul, maka anak kulintangan, bohoh nititik eh sigeya sa toggol luman.

+"Mag-alak" means to round up the young women [who] have [already] been invited [to the wedding], and the people picking [them] up bring gongs, drums, and [one of the] graduated gongs, and then [they] are played by them as long as [they] walk.

koddoh, intau

eh, ni-

to be picked up for a wedding.

Nialak na llow tutu baanan budjang bey niintau.

The young women who were invited are to be picked up today.

Today they are going to pick up the young women who were invited to the wedding.