abu Sense 1 noun English. Ash, the residue of burning. verb English. Reduces to ash, of something burning. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug binaalu, kali'u sensulay, miglegabu. English. My swidden-field became full of ashes when I burned it. In group with: depug adjective English. Gray. Example sentence: Subanen. Mabu gupia sug langit ma'niin palas sungu megdupi'. English. The sky is really gray like it appears when it's about to rain. Sense 2 noun English. Any basically gray-colored chicken. Generic. manuk ebuan noun English. A wood structure built to hold a fire for cooking, fire table, stove. Example sentence: Subanen. Su gebuan nami, mitedut, pu' ingkul gupia manuk. English. As for our firetable, it['s bottom] has holes in it, because the chickens have dug in it a lot. Cultural Note. The table is constructed on the floor or at working height. It consists of a shallow box of sturdy timber, with sides ca. 15 cm. high, having sand/soil leveled at ca. 8 cm. deep and linear measurements of ca. 95 cm. x 55 cm. meksigebuun verb English. Appears like a cloud, as dust or rain at a distance; is, becomes dusty, hazy. abuabu adjective English. In color, grayish. Example sentence: Subanen. Mabuabu ig bulen. English. A fiddle bow is grayish. Example sentence: Subanen. Su selualu kitu, mabuabui palasen mianud tu tubigan. English. Those trousers of mine that were grayish floated away in the river. tigbuabu noun English. A bird, probably the moluccan graybird, Scientific name. Coracina morio. Example sentence: Subanen. Duuni manukamanuk minita'u peglayug mabu ig bembulen, mabu' tigbuabu. English. There was a bird I saw flying with gray plumage, probably a graybird. Idiom: abu lupa' noun English. Loose earth, fine enough to be carried by the wind.