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munwahiwa (sp. var. of munwahawa) nom. an attendant, a person who is paid to drive away flies from the corpse during the wake period; the corpse sits in a special chair. [The attendant is usually from the lower class, nawotwot.]

munwahawa (sp. var. munwahiwa) nom. refers to the main attendant of a corpse during a vigil. Manuel Dulawan: Readings on Ifugao

mamiN- adj > advpred. this prefix encodes a non-past tense and multiplies by the number it is attached to making the adjectival cardinal number into a verbal form. <Derivation: The prefix derives an adverbial predicate from an adjective.> Oltom an munpalakpak ne inalam on espadat iwahiwam hi maminduwa weno mamintulu. (Ezekiel 21:14a) Shout as you clap your hands, then get a sword and wave it two or three times. Sim: namiN-. (sem. domains: 9.2.9.3 - Derivational affixes.)

bungbung 1comm. explosives; dynamite; the sound of dynamite exploding. Inibka da nan bungbung nah wangwang. They threw the dynamite into the river. (sem. domains: 2.3.2.3 - Types of sounds.) 2trans. to blast something with the use of dynamite or any explosive. Bungbungon yu din ongngal an batu. Blast that big stone. Mumbungbung da nadan mungngunuh kalata. The road workers are blasting rocks. Nabungbungan nan batu kinali niwahiwahit hi nungkikidawwi. The stone was blasted, that is why it is scattered that far. ‑on/‑in‑, muN‑/nuN‑, na‑ ‑an. 4A Change the structure of object. (sem. domains: 7.9.3 - Destroy.) 3intrans. to dynamite fish; to fish with explosives. maN‑. der. mamungbung der. pumbungbung

wahiwa trans. to wave something back and forth; the object is held in the hand. Inwahiwa na otak na handi nabutong. He brandished his machete when he was drunk. Wahiwahom di lalog an umalin tuh dotag. Shoo the flies that alight on this meat. i‑/iN‑, ‑on/‑in‑. 3E Move an object directionally. (sem. domains: 7.3.2 - Move something in a direction.) der. munwahiwa