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kalawag comm. a big ginger-like plant with sweet yellow oblong fruit that sprouts near the base. Kinaan da nan kallawag nah tap-on nan gungat ta adi matitina nan lubuk. They removed the kallawag-plant above the grave so that the tomb will not always be wet. (sem. domains: 1.5 - Plant.)

bakle 1comm. rice cake or candy made of glutinous rice; usually made at the end of harvest during Thanksgiving celebration; wrapped and cooked in banana or rattan leaves. Pinay-an dah niyug nan binakle. They put coconut in the rice cake. Waday iggattang da nah Sabadu hi binakle. They sell rice cakes during Saturdays. (sem. domains: 5.2 - Food.) 2intrans. to make rice cakes. Mumbakle da hi bigat. They are going to make rice cakes tomorrow. muN‑/nuN‑. 3trans. to use a specific kind of rice for making rice cakes. Ibakle da nan dayakkot. They are going to make rice cakes out of the glutinous rice. i‑/iN‑. 4participatory. to attend a harvest thanksgiving celebration. Etaku makibakle ad Nagakadan. We’ll go to Nagakadan to join the harvest thanksgiving. maki‑/naki‑. 5comm. a ritual celebrated at the end of rice harvest. Na keh ahibakle ya dakol di umalin bumaddang an mangapyah binakle ta nalutu ke ne waday punhahanggaan nadan nakibakle hi pun-am-amlongan da. When it is thanksgiving time, many come to help make rice cakes so that they will be cooked and presented for the happiness of those coming to join in the thanksgiving celebration. Sim: Alawag. comp. ahibakle der. mumbakle infl. binakle

Alawag 1comm. name of thanksgiving ritual, follows rice harvest. Sim: bakle. (sem. domains: 3.5.1.7.1 - Thank, 4.9.5.4 - Religious ceremony.) 2trans. to perform the thanksgiving ritual by blessing rice cakes. Inalawag da nan binakle. They performed the alawag rite with the rice cakes. ‑on/‑in‑.