daga'
verb
English. Anoints one with blood for protection from illness, injury, unhappiness; anounts one with blood after having broken a taboo.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kig dugu' manuk kiin, ugid mu di gembata' kiin, adun medaga'.
English. Rub the blood of that chicken on that child, to anoint him.
Cultural Note. This anointing does not imply that a sacrifice is made, nor blood "given" to an unseen being, god or spirit.
Generic. ugid
c.f. lii; pelii
Idiom: daga' delangan
English. Anoints a new infant with chicken blood after which the delangan stove can be removed.
In group with: delangan