lenged 1
verb
English. Saves fire by covering with ashes firewood which has partially become coals.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su gapuy, lengeday mu, pu' nda'iduni gispudu ta.
English. Cover the fire with ashes, for we have no matches.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Libeng mu su gapu' mu, pegeseng su kenukunen. Iini gentukanen, lengedan (su gapuy)
English. (Riddle:) You buried you grandfather, his fingernail sticking out of the earth. This is the answer: (Fire) is buried to preserve
it.
c.f. apuy