putul
noun
English. A piece of wood cut off another, a part of s.t.
particle
English. Counting particle of sections of a log, a cut.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su guli'an linaksi' nami, melengas gupiai gedanu nen, pu' ki seputul dun, me'elapan nami tabla megatus bu lima pulu'.
English. The ulian tree that we cut up into hand sawn boards had very nice grain, because from one cut of it we were able to get 150 boards.
Idiom: putulpused
see. pused
Idiom: patay seputul lawas
English. Is paralyzed on one side of the body, usu. due to a stroke.