lunaw
adjective
English. The range of color involving blue as a component where neither yellow nor red is dominant.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kali'en maita' dig ditaas ki ma'niin landung, midulundulun ki medelag, ki gempula, ki melunaw.
English. Whereupon he saw up high what was like a rainbow, what was bright somewhat divided into what was red, what was blue.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki tetalu, ginis guled, laak gembagel gupia, palasen melunaw, ma'niin sigbet.
English. A tetalu is a kind of caterpillar, a very large variety, green in color, like grass.
noun
English. Full-grown rice, as yet without fruit.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Lunaw kiin, duminagatdagat.
English. That full-grown rice is sort of like the sea (i.e., it is beautiful!).
Idiom: lunaw dagat
adjective
English. Blue.
Idiom: lunaw sigbet
adjective
English. Green.