bekyag
Variant. bekayag
verb
English. Holds a sacrifice ceremony, after clearing field and before burning it, to ensure that memenwa spirits will not put out the fire before the brush is consumed.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' sungu na sunsul, megbekayag ita deli', adun ndi' pelengen nu memenwa.
English. When we're almost ready to burn our field, we'll first give a bekayag ceremony, so that the memenwa spirits will not extinguish the fires.
noun
English. Such a ceremony.
Synonym. delengyag
Generic. kanu