tapi'
noun
English. A generally flat piece of wood, a board, usually sawn.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sug balay ni nga Uan, lumbus tapi' ig dendingen.
English. What's-Their-Names' house is completely walled with boards.
Generic. ayu
verb
English. Holds any sacrifice, which usu. involves making an offering tray whose sides are miniature boards.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Di tebas kiin, duuni pekenuun ku tapi', walu sulambi', walu sungut; kesiamen, lepintawen.
English. At next harvest I will hold a tapi' ceremony, using an eight-tiered, eight-cornered offering stand; there will be a ninth layer raised above the eight on a small
post.
Idiom: tapi' silingan
verb
English. Rains in sheets.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sug bagyu lampap daw kitu, kali' dupi', miktapi' silingan ig dupi', saba' kepalesen.
English. It is said that during that Great Flood, when it rained, it rained so hard that the rain fell in sheets off the eaves.
tapi' lunaw
noun
English. A sacrifice held in the field to ensure good rice crop and done when rice stalks are a deep green and not yet fruited.
Generic. kanu