bagyu
noun
English. A very violent storm, usu. with strong winds and much rain, currently equated with a typhoon, hurricane.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su minayan bulan nda' ami mekemula, pu' mesekeg bagyu.
English. Last month we couldn't plant, because of the strong storm
verb
English. Is, becomes a violent rainstorm, storms.
Synonym. salindapak
Example sentence:
Subanen. Duuni gendaw, su Megbebaya', tilu'anen si Dumpekan megbaal butuk, pu' megbagyu daw.
English. There came a day when God told Dumpeken to build a huge-raft, because a violent storm was to come, it is said.
Idiom: bagyu lampap
noun
English. The Great Flood in Subanen folklore.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su kebian nug bagyu lampap, migela'i getaw matay.
English. When the Great Flood happened, all people died.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su timpu nug bagyu lampap kitu, walu tawan laaki mitubu' getaw dinig dibabaw lampap.
English. The time of that Great Flood, just eight people survived among the people here on the surface of the lampap.
Idiom: bagyu baisan
noun
English. A lesser great flood in Subanen folklore, said to reach halfway up hillsides.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su minayan bagyu baisan kitu, melaun dadema minatay getaw, laak melaun dadema mitubu', pu' nda' da mesangnap sug launan bentud.
English. The time of that lesser great flood, many also died among the people, but many also survived, because it did not reach all
the mountains.