puun 2
noun
Sense 1
English. Base of a s.t. standing as a plant, statue, tree, urn.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Lema', iini pebaalu dini'a, ilemunay mu ki puun ni nga sempadan kiin, sampay ki nga puun ni gayu kiin.
English. Tomorrow what I want you to do is to weed around the bottom of those plants, and around the bottom of those trees.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa bena' metubus ilan maan, egaken dayun nug laki su sawanen, mangay ilan ditu puun bandi, pekebangan nilan.
English. Now, when they had finished eating, the man led his wife and they went over to where the rice wine jar was to drink together.
Sense 2
English. The nest of certain insects.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Mbuus taasendaw alimusu puun nu pila'.
English. Later at noon, I will break down the ant nest.
Generic. salag
puun tian
see. tian