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tanan v To abandon the house and fields of the newly dead, after disposing of the fruits. Konad ogpakako-on ka tagtu-un; katanan man. The owner can no longer eat; so it’s abandoned. [(The rice in the granary is eaten at the death feast and the rest scattered over the grave. The camotes are pulled up and eaten. The fields of unmatured crops are left to the nearest of kin; after the crops are eaten, the fields are abandoned. The rice and millet are not used for seed, and the camote plants are not replanted.) [212]]