lebag
Sense 1
verb
English. Preserves meat, esp. wild pork or venison, by cooking it in its own fat, then without touching it and stuffing it in a new
section of bamboo closed with a sturdy, supple leaf. Its fat must accompany it and it may keep up to two weeks.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kig babuy talun kiin, melengas sa' legaben.
English. As for wild pork, it's good to preserve it in bamboo.
Cultural Note. When it is recooked later to eat, it is boiled.
Sense 2
English. Cooks staple food with too little heat, so that when done, it is watery.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sug binaalegaan miglebag, pu' su gayu, medemes.
English. What was being cooked just swelled up, because the firewood was damp.
Generic. lutu'