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habal 1comm. swidden planted area on mountain slopes, usually planted with sweet potatoes or other tubers. Gattuk di nitanom nah habal da. Their swidden plot is planted with sweet potatoes. Sim: baung, uma₁. (sem. domains: 6.2 - Agriculture.) 2trans. to prepare a swidden plot or to plant in a swidden plot. Habalan yu nan luta yu ot maid at-atton yu. Make a swidden plot on your land anyway you are not doing anything. Nganney inhabal yu? What did you plant in your swidden? Gattuk ya gahhilang di inhabal mi. We planted sweet potatoes and corn in a swidden plot. Ambilog di hinabalan da te mahlu da. They made a wide swidden because they are industrious. Munhabal kah gattuk. Make a swidden plot for sweet potaotes. ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an, i‑/iN‑, muN‑/nuN‑.

baung 1comm. a plot for planting sweet potatoes. Sim: habal, uma₁. (sem. domains: 6.2 - Agriculture.) 2intrans. to prepare a sweet potato plot for planting. Ekayu mumbaung ad Atade. Go prepare a plot for planting sweet potatoes at Atade. muN‑/nuN‑. Sim: bangbang, gaud, pala, huklay.

uma₁ 1comm. a cleared uncultivated or forested area; swidden. Waday uma dad Atade. They have a swidden in Atade. Sim: habal, baung. (sem. domains: 6.2.2.1 - Clear a field.) 2trans. to clear an uncultivated or forested area. [The land may not necessarily be owned by the one who clears and plants.] Naligat di mun-uma. It’s hard to clear land. Umaan da nan lutam ta tanman dah malabaha. They will clear your uncultivated land and plant squash. muN‑/nuN‑, ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an.