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ngado 1comm. shoots of plants, edible. Alam nan ngadon di antak ta ihda taku. Get the shoots of the string beans for our viand. Ek itanom tudan ngadon di gattuk. I’m going to plant young shoots of sweet potatoes. Sim: latung. (sem. domains: 1.5.5 - Parts of a plant.) 2trans. to remove the shoots of plants. Ngadowom nan bulhe te mahdol di tubuna. Remove the shoots of the beans because the leaves are thick. Mungngado da nah galden. They are removing the shoots of the plants in the garden. ‑on/‑in‑, muN‑/nuN‑.

gam’al 1comm. a handful. Ohan gamal ya abu. One handful only. Sim: poka, pongol, dokop; Sim: kawot, poka. (sem. domains: 8.2.8 - Measure.) 2trans. to close the hand; to hold something in hand. Gamalom nan taklem ta adi mag-a nan od-odnam. You close your hand so that what you are holding will not drop. Nganney gagamalom? What are you holding? Adi magamal te ongngaongngal. It could not be held in the hand because it is very big. ‑on/‑in‑. (sem. domains: 7.3.4.4 - Hold.) 3trans. to take a handful. Igamal mu mo teden maid di pangiha-adam. Take by handfuls for you don’t have a container. Gumamal ka tuh buwan di antak ta em itanom. Take a handful of these string bean seeds for you to plant. i‑/iN‑, ‑um‑/‑imm‑.

bulhe comm. bean, generic term. Huminglay bulhe. One becomes tired of beans. Munhida kah bulhe ta umongal ka. Eat beans so that you will grow. spec: antak, bulligan.

antak 1comm. string beans; long variety, about 8-16 inches in length. Andukkey day antak an nitanom nah habal. The string beans planted in the forest swidden plots are long. gen: bulhe. (sem. domains: 5.2 - Food.) 2intrans. to go and gather string beans, usually with the purpose of selling at the market. Eda mangatak hi igattang da. They are going to gather string beans for them to sell. maN‑.