basiow n The hard, intact outer shell of a dead palm tree left after the pulp has rotted out. Tibò no du-on bonsag, ko ogtaman on to ogbogas, ogkamatoy on no basiow ka ignagaran su ka lisuan din, ogkamolù on; oglungagon on. All palm trees (lit. all which have [hard] palm wood), when they finish bearing fruit, they die and basiow is what it is called because the inner core is rotting; it is becoming hollow. [which used to make axe handles, spears, flooring and baseball bats. It burns with a white hot flame that is too hot for cooking.] see: bonsag.
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lungag 1n Hole Ogkukutkut ka asu su og-abalangon din ka ambow diò to lungag to tanò. The dog is digging because he is relentlessly pursuing a rat there in a hole in the ground. [Generic for [almost] any kind of a hole whether a hole in a piece of paper or a hole in the ground. (ck other examples and any which don't apply)] see fr.: lugì 2; syn: lugì 1. 2n Ka kayu no warad lisuan, ngaranan noy no lungagon. We say that a tree without a center is hollow (lit. has a hole). see: agul 1. 3Ditch. 4Ditch. 5Kind of white sugarcane.