memaluy
Root form baluy
noun
English. Supposedly a spirit being able to change an animate or inanimate object into a different form.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kia memaluy, sa' sumaup, kig beklug kia, mbaluy batu, dakus su nga getaw, ngalan da su mika'an di gastu di peglumpuk kia.
English. As for the memaluy, if they attend, the beklug platform will be turned to stone, as well as all the people, which we refer to as the spirits" eating up the provisions for
that gathering.
Generic. ndi' maita'; lilung