awid
verb
English. Holds onto, grasps s.t. or s.o. to suspend, immobilize him/her/it.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ebangay mau megawid dun, pu' gembegat.
English. Help me hold this; it's heavy.
gawidan
noun
English. Hooked stick, usu. of rattan or wood, which holds the catapult of a spear trap while it is not yet sprung.
c.f. belatik
Idiom: awid besalen
verb
English. Practices as a shaman; shamanship.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Pu' tinelima'u na su kegawidu besalen, mitubus nau penebungay.
English. For if I have accepted holding the besalen, I have already finished being initiated (into shamanship).
Idiom: awid duayan
English. Marries.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa, kiin migawid ma na amu duayan, iini pektalentenay niu ki kegleketubu' niu, mengimbaal muka' megimula.
English. Now then, here you are married, this is what you are to attend your living, cutting the forest and planting.
In group with: ekep; epel; gapus; pindit
Generic. puleg