dāga'vSomeone performs a blood-letting ceremony for a structure about to be built.ginapadāga'vA structure about to be built is allowed by someone to have a blood-letting ceremony performed for it.'Ang kulur nang manuk nga ginapadāga' hay puti' kundi' man hay puya.The color of the chicken that is allowed to be used for performing a blood-letting ceremony is white or red.nagdāga'Nagdāga' sina Hulyu nang tangki ni Miryam.Julio and companions performed a blood-letting ceremony for the water tank of Meriam.nagpadāga'vA chicken is allowed by someone to be used for performing a blood-letting ceremony for a structure about to be built.Si Pidru 'ang nagpadāga' nang bayay ni Bilin.Pedro is the one who allowed a blood-letting ceremony to be performed for Belen's house.padāga'caus vSomeone allows a blood-letting ceremony to be performed for a structure about to be built.padagā'anKung mag'ugduk ning halīgi sa bag'u nga bayay dāpat padagā'an 'ānay.When erecting the foundation posts for a new house, first [the house] should be allowed to have a blood-letting ceremony performed [for it].pagpadāga'gersomeone's practicing a blood-letting ceremony for a structure about to be built'Ang gina'īhaw nga manuk sa pagpadāga' hay bukay.A chicken which has its neck cut for practicing a blood-letting ceremony is a white chicken.A blood-letting ceremony is performed before beginning a new activity. It is done to placate evil spirits so that no one involved will have an accident, get sick or die. It is performed before activities such as building a new house paghuman bayay, digging for a treasure pagkutkut ning 'ūru, getting water from a source pagbu'uy ning tūbi' sa pūnu'2 2, constructing a bridge paghuman ning tulay.
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