saa'
Sense 1
verb
English. Shoot, the new growth paralleling the original stem of a grass or large, non-woody plant, such as banana.
Sense 2
English. Of a human, reproduces through mating.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kanugdiin daw, ki getaw, lumunu. Laak mikesaba' dun ki tebili, pu' kali' daw pektalu' su tebili, iin dawi mauya'an nu getaw, sumaa' mpauk daw lumunu.
English. Long ago, it is said that people shed their skin. (I.e., the only reproduction was old people's shedding their skin and becoming
young again.) But the lizard fouled it up, because he said that what the people had said was that they wanted to reproduce,
and that they didn't want to shed their skins. (From legend.).
noun
English. The shoot of a plant that reproduces through sprouting.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Mangay pau menekat saa' gsaging.
English. I'm going to cut shoots off banana plants.
Generic. tubu'