tikpu'
verb
English. Throws underhand; casts.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Mibelay dau tumikpu' dig benggwitu, palu pa duuni minteng dun, nda'idun.
English. I was just wearing myself out casting my fishline; I hoped that there would have been s.t. pulling on the other end of it,
but there wasn't.
Generic. awa'; dilak
tikpu'an
noun
English. A pigeon, probably the bleeding-heart pigeon,
Scientific name. Gallicolumba luzonica.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki tikpu'an, kaas iini piningalan nami dun, pu' bisan daw tikpu'an mu gikeg, ndi' lumayug, saba' kedengenen.
English. The reason the bleeding-heart pigeon is so named is that it is said that it is so tame that even if you throw a rattan snare
at one of them, it won't fly away.
Generic. manukmanuk