Search results for "gungat"

piggil 1comm. a stone and earth wall for enclosure purposes; double-faced stone wall. Naligat di mangihaad hi piniggil. It’s hard to build a double-faced stone wall. ‑in‑. Sim: tuping, atul, palong. (sem. domains: 6.5.1.5 - Fence, wall.) 2trans. to build a double-faced stone wall. Ipiggil dan tupingon nan gungat. They will build a double-faced stonewall to close the grave. i‑/iN‑. 3A Move and position object at site. der. piniggil

lubuk 1comm. a grave; a tomb. 2trans. to place in a grave or tomb; an excavation for the burial of a corpse although most often the tombs/graves today are made of concrete built above ground. Inlubuk da nan nate. They buried the dead (person). i‑/iN‑. 3A Move and position object at site. Sim: gungat. (sem. domains: 2.6.6.5 - Bury.) der. lubukan

kalawag comm. a big ginger-like plant with sweet yellow oblong fruit that sprouts near the base. Kinaan da nan kallawag nah tap-on nan gungat ta adi matitina nan lubuk. They removed the kallawag-plant above the grave so that the tomb will not always be wet. (sem. domains: 1.5 - Plant.)

gungat comm. ancestral grave; a cave used for a grave. [This is a cave-grave while lubuk is a tomb; most are natural caves although some are man-made.] Inang-ang kuy gungat di ohan pamilya ad Bannaguy. I saw an ancestral grave in Bannaguy. Sim: lubuk. (sem. domains: 2.6.6.5 - Bury.)