bekti' 2
verb
English. Holds a ceremony which must be undertaken before harvest can begin (It may or may not involve blood sacrifice.).
Example sentence:
Subanen. Bekti'an su palay. Bekti'an sug binaal. Mekti' su getaw.
English. The rice is what the ceremony is for. A field is what the ceremony is for. The people hold the ceremony.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa kini getaw duun ig begu binaalen, bena' singku'an mikti' dayun.
English. Now then this person had a new swidden; and when it was time-to-harvest, then he held a bekti' ceremony.
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