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tuor [tuór] n Stumps left standing in the ground. tuod Kag amo kaingin sa bungkag ay karamong tuor. Our clearing in the forest has many standing stumps. comp. akaligusan tong tuor

ruyok [ruyók] vi To clear land (of trees etc. for slash and burn farming). naglinis ng taniman Pagkapukan it mga kahoy nak kainginan ay naruyok kag mga tawo. When the people had chopped down the trees for slash and burn farming, they cleared the site. Aruykon ninra katong kugon sa baguntor. They will clear the kogon grass from the hill. (sem. domains: 6.2.2.1 - Clear a field.)

pukan [púkan] vt To cut, chop down trees; fell timber. putol Pagkapukan it mga kahoy nak kainginan ay naruyok kag mga tawo. When the people had chopped down the trees for slash and burn farming, they cleared the site. (sem. domains: 6.6.3.1 - Lumbering.)

panghibon [panghíbon] n Time for the ritual of rubbing ashes on one’s face (as in making plants grow ritual after planting a kaingin). tatakpan Pagkatapos it pugas ag nag-uyan ay imaw kato kag panghibon. After planting the kaingin and it has rained that’s the time for the ritual of rubbing ashes on one’s face.

kaingin [ka-íngin] 1n Slash and burn farming; clearing. kaingin (sem. domains: 6.2.2.1 - Clear a field.) 2v To farm by slash-and-burn method (especially to grow root crops). (sem. domains: 6.2 - Agriculture, 6.2.2.1 - Clear a field, 6.2.1.2 - Growing roots.) 3v

akaligusan tong tuor [akaligúsan tong tu-ór] (comp. of kaligos, tuor) id To perform a rain-making ritual. [lit: will-bathe that stump] paliliguan ang tuod Pagkatapos it pugas ay akaligusan tong tuor para mag-uyan. After planting the kaingin perform the rain-making ritual of bathing in ashes so that it will rain. [This ritual is performed to bring rain after land is cleared of trees and undergrowth (ka-íngin "slash and burn farming"), stumps burnt and the planting is done. Farmers then draw, sculpt (or have made by an albuláryo "spirit healer, medium") the shape of a person out of a block of wood which they bathe in ashes before praying to the evil spirits who own the land to give rain at night. This is wanted, so they can continue working during the day.] (sem. domains: 4.9.5.4 - Religious ceremony.)