banus 1n A kind of scraper for smoothing wood or bamboo. Ko du-on oglaslasan no tabla, oggamiton ta ka nighimu no banus no nigligkat to balakayu. If we have a piece of wood to sand, we use a scraper which was made from balakayu bamboo. Ka agad nokoy no igkalaslas, banus dod ka ngaran. Whatever is used to scrape or sand, is also called a scraper. [It is made of several thin bamboo blades, sharpened on the bottom and strung together with rattan.] see: bol-is. 2v To use something to smooth by scraping or sanding such as sandpaper, a knife or other instrument, metal or bamboo. Ian ta igbanus to tabla oyow ogmalanang ka nighimu no banus no napu-un to balakayu. That which we use to scrape the wood so that it will be smooth which was made [into] a scraper which came from balakayu bamboo. Ogbanoson ta ka tagob to mo-irob. oyow ogmalanang. We scrape the sheath of the knife so that it will become smooth.
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bol-is n A instrument made from bamboo which is pointed and sharpened on both sides. A small one is used for opening, and cleaning the inside of intestines of an animal being prepared for cooking. A larger one is made from a larger piece of bamboo and is used to scraped the hair from an animal that has been singed after butchering. see fr.: banus 1.