babuy 1
noun
English. A pig, generic for domestic, wild, young and mature, male and female.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' megela' da metubu' ig babuyu kiin, melaun dayun ig babuyu.
English. If all of these pigs of mine live, then I'll have many pigs.
In group with: bangkigisan; bektin; bemban; bulaug; butal; duing; eglab 1; epis 2; kapun; limut
c.f. inged; legung; talun
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English. Small insect resembling the ant lion that makes a small depression in loose soil, then waits for prey at the bottom of it.
Synonym. bebuyu'
babuy inged
English. A domestic pig.
babuy talun
English. A feral, or wild, pig.
Cultural Note. Like the rat, the boar represents hunger, because it consumes field rice.