abbal1na traditional belief that a certain act or event would cause rain or a stormThe common examples that the people of the villages believed caused rain or storms were laughing at certain animals or at the death of people they considered to be important or prominent.2transto interpret an omen or to cause an omen to be fulfilledKele kaum-abbal hu kaketteyiddan mabeki?Why does the death of shamans cause rain?Kaw makulug ni immenabbal kunun nunman hu tukak?Is it true, according to someone, that long ago the frog has been causing rain?Ya neteyyan Simmicpao hu immabbal tu na-mu et umudan ni tellun aggew.The death of Simmicpao probably caused the storm and so it rained for three days. 4.9.4.6Prophecyum-/-imm-
