pilak v To spear, or thrust through by a spear or sharp bamboo. Ko ogkapilak to mangayow, og-agbas ka kommag. If someone is speared by a raider, the spear will pierce and go through [the body]. [The following form implies a single strike with spear or sharpened bamboo which will pierce and go through a body. In a figurative sense, death is sometimes attributed to having been “speared” by an evil spirit. Adults will sometimes threaten a disobedient child by gestering and saying something like, “You’re going to get speared.”] see fr.: buntug 1.
