baag
noun
English. A loincloth, usu. a 2 m. long, 25 cm. wide, woven abaca fibre cloth. While holding it vertically with one hand, the wearer
drops it forward in front of himself, then pulls it up the back and wrapping it around the waist one or more times, finally
loops it in back around the first length and lets the end drop.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kebal leliagen, bena' minuli', nda' na tanan mekengalibaag, milingawanen sug baagen dia pentadan.
English. Because of his happiness, when he went home, he didn't even put (back) on his loincloth, he forgot his loincloth there on
the beach.
galibaag
noun
English. One who wears a loincloth, a poor man.
pengalibaag
verb
English. Wears a loincloth.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Iinig betad nu nga ginepu'ay, mengalibaag.
English. It was our ancestors" custom to wear loincloths.