pabilir [pabilír] v 1To test who has stolen something (as of by setting a trap or calling on a medium to perform a ritual that supernaturally enables him to know whether the person is the thief or not). pahula Ingpabiler nida tong inra kabulig dahil nawagit kag ida mga alahas. She set a trap to test if her maid was a thief because her jewelry was lost. (sem. domains: 4.9.5.4 - Religious ceremony, 4.7.5 - Trial.) 2To send somebody to the medium to be tested and punished (as of a threatened punishment for children). [This is not always understood nowadays but it is based on the threat of having someone supernaturally tested by a medium to reveal their wrongdoing. This will result in their being shamed and punished.] (sem. domains: 4.7.7 - Punish, 4.3.8 - Change behavior, 2.6.4.2.1 - Rear a child.) der. manugbilir
