bulus 1
particle
English. Counting particle for cloth, bunches of s.t., inhabitants (collectively).
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sanu bulusi tebu mu, atawaka guay mu?
English. How many bunches of sugarcane have you, or rattan?
Example sentence:
Subanen. Migdedengeg dia se bulus Titik, ditu daw Giniin, duuni mengelab. Pu' si Legya' kitu, milemes ma ditug linaw kali' pemana'. Sikna suminalem, nda' pa puli' kegua'.
English. It is rumored there in one part of Titik that there in Inin, there is a man-eating fish. For Legya' drowned there in the pool
while he was spear-fishing. When he submerged, he wasn't able to come up again.
bulusan
noun
English. A bolt of cloth, highly valued as bride wealth.
Example sentence:
Subanen. “Mendadi, su kelaunanen, gela' niu penglulanay, sug bandi, su ngag bulusan, penglulan niu ditu, pu' pusta ta tu manuk ta buus, sa' kalukalu matuk.”
English. “So, load everything completely, the earthen jars, the bolts of cloth, load then there, because these'll be [the content of]
our wager later about the chickens, if perhaps it is guessed.”