egdag
noun
English. A crow, probably the little crow,
Scientific name. Corvus enca.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kiin gegdag, kaas iini piningalan nami dun, sa' timpu na menaga', mektalu' na dema, pu' sa' mbuksak nai pinaga' gayu, beksayanen.
English. As for the little crow, the reason we call it that is that when it is tree-felling season, then it calls. For when a tree
that is being felled falls, the bird shouts at it.
Cultural Note. The word for topple after felling is daag.
c.f. uak
Generic. manukmanuk