bulan noun English. Moon, month; that period of the moon beginning with letaw and ending with alep; gen. for months of the years and for phases of the moon. Note. Individual phases are also main entries, q.v.. Example sentence: Subanen. Si Aneb, miagap gupia megedek, pu' bulan pa Pibedidu. English. Aneb is planting very early, in that it is still February. Example sentence: Subanen. Sinegay galep, mialep sug bulan, miditu su nga gantung dialem benwa nilan, nda' ilan gua'. English. While it is new moon, the moon has disappeared, the termites have gone into their nest and haven't come out any more. Cultural Note. During new moon one must not work in the binaal. If one works anyway he will become ill or at least get no return from the field. In group with: Inidu; Pibedidu; Madesu; Abedil; Ma'ayu; Ungyu; Ulyu; Agustu; Sitimbedi; Uktubedi; Nubimbedi; Disimbedi Note. Gen. for phases of the moon: letaw noun Note. pre-first phase mainsan sebang noun Note. first phase dua' sebang noun Note. second phase telu sebang noun Note. third phase paat sebang noun Note. fourth phase lima sebang noun Note. fifth phase mangad meteel Variant. sungu gektu noun Note. sixth phase gektu bata' bulan noun Note. first quarter, seventh phase mainsan liu, bukail dua' sekud noun Note. eighth phase dua' liu noun Note. ninth phase; twenty-second phase telu liu noun Note. tenth phase; twenty-third phase paat liu noun Note. eleventh phase; twenty-fourth phase kenugun seda' noun Note. twelfth phase kenugun getaw noun Note. thirteenth phase bulalas mendawan noun Note. full moon lius mata gendaw noun Note. fifteenth phase tenteng noun Note. sixteenth phase gekib gembabaw noun Note. seventeenth phase gekib medalem noun Note. eighteenth phase mangad megawad noun Note. ninteenth phase gektu gulang bulan noun Note. last quarter moon, twentieth phase (It is taboo to work in the binaal on the day following the ektu moon phases; believed to result in injury.) mainsan liu, bukail ndi' muli' noun Note. twenty-first phase sendig metaas noun Note. twenty-fifth phase sendig gembaba' noun Note. twenty-sixth phase galep noun Note. new moon