hip’ag₁ comm. small wooden carved human images. [The images are used in rituals.] Sim: Bulul, tinattaggu. (sem. domains: 4.9.8.1 - Idol.)
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Bulul comm. a class of gods symbolized by wooden statues resembling a person; considered to be spirits that guard granaries and forests. [It is believed that the rice-gods come to dwell in the statues to guard every Ifugao rice granary and village.] Waday bulul hi alang mi. There is a wooden statue of a god in our granary. Sim: hip’ag₁, tinattaggu. (sem. domains: 4.9.8.1 - Idol.) Lourdes S. Dulawan: Ifugao Culture and History der. mumbulul
tinattaggu comm. a wooden idol; the shape has similarities to the human figure. [This can also refer to figurines or any wooden, fern or mud figure resembling a man.] Iem tun tinattaggu nah alang. Bring this wooden idol to the granary. Sim: hip’ag₁, Bulul. (sem. domains: 4.9.8.1 - Idol.)
