luat verb Sense 1 English. Gives the bride's family compensation for loss of the woman and incidentally to those officiating at the wedding, in money and in kind; gen. for various kinds of bread wealth, various kinds of fines in connection with marriage and divorce. Example sentence: Subanen. Mitubus na mengluat, dekag bila'i. English. They finished giving the bride wealth before the wedding. Synonym. pininaka; sunggud In group with: bantulak 2; batal; buka' tabun; buka' tapis; ekdak 2; eklek 2; ganti'; ingenaw; lelaaday; lidus; luti 1; sawit 2; tukaw Idiom: luat tukaw verb English. The custom of giving a man's in-laws a small payment on the occasion of his wife's first pregnancy. At the same time the man's father takes the man's blanket, which the man"s father-in-law replaces. Sense 2 English. Pays any fine levied during Subanen litigation. luatan English. Generic for the eighteen consecutive installments of the bride wealth: Various arbiters differ as to the following information: 1) tukal di gegdan, see egdan; 2) ukab di nigu, see nigu; 3) sesekatay, see sekat 1; 4) lelebetay, see labet; 5) buas di kulambu, see kulambu; 6) suuk, see suuk 1; 7) gegembayay, see gembay; 8) tumunung, see tunung; 9) liuan gatas, see gatas; 10) gibaw, see ibaw; 11) sumag, see sumag; 12) tendugen, see tendug; 13) gegepu'ay, see apu' 1; 14) pengetian, see geti; 15) gulungan, see gulungan; 16) bakung munul, see bakung 1; 17) pengulip, see ulip; 18) penungku', see tungku' Example sentence: Subanen. Puunanen, misala', iin ig liiwatanen, salag manuk. English. It started with someone who committed an offense, and the fine he paid for it was a bird's nest.