Sama, Central

kobal

‘food’ processed cassava.

This term refers to a stage in preparing raw cassava by adding a bit of water and shaking it with a circular motion in a winnow until it separates into fine balls.

Mehelo aku mangan putu kobal.

I want to eat steamed processed cassava.

N-

‘cooking terms’ to process cassava for cassava balls.

"Ngobal" hati-na bang panggih kayu eh maseh, mbal sab baseh toongan, maka niligid-ligid ma tapan, puwas naan magtibuukan ndi-na na padikih-dikih.

+"Ngobal" means [if you] wet cassava, not really very wet, and roll [it] around in a winnowing basket, after that it rounds itself now into fine [balls].

+"Ngobal" refers to a certain way of processing cassava. For instance, you barely wet cassava, and then roll it around in a winnow so that it becomes fine little balls.