mula verb English. Plants s.t. in the ground to grow; gen. for any means of planting and transplanting. Example sentence: Subanen. Melengas sug binaal pegimulanan na kamutamut, adun melengas nai pegbantay ta dun. English. When a rice field is being planted, it's good to keep on doing it until it's done, so that it will look nice (i.e. because it is uniformly planted). Example sentence: Subanen. Buus lelabung, pemulaan ta su tulan banggala, pekebangen ta, adun ndi' da maiben. English. This afternoon let's plant cassava stalks; let's work together, so that it won't take a long time. In group with: edek; muna'; samilya; sigwag pimula noun English. What one plants, crop or ornamental, plant. Example sentence: Subanen. Su kebian nu gapan kitu kanugdiin ditu Piau, melaun gupia inunusan, pu' pimula nilan, migela' nu gapan. English. When that locust plague passed through Piao a while back, many people starved to death, because their crops were eaten up by locusts. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' su pimula melasan da, mengintat da. English. When plants have been cleared around, they recover.