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(Tag.) Cutu
Dark mountain--boneless animal.
Louse
207.
Atimon sa cagulangan ua-ay alipopo-an.
(Bis.) Lusa
Melon of the wilderness without a stem.
Nit
208.
Ating metung a cacanan ing queang pengan marayu ya qung atian.
(Pamp.) Paro
There is a certain thing to eat; its fles.h.i.+ness is far from its belly.
Shrimp
209.
Ing labuad nang quebaitan yang ena na buring balicad, uling ing hie na carin mipalamang.
(Pamp.) Yamuc
He does not like to return to the land where he was born for there he will meet his fate.
Mosquito
Born of water; he drowns in water.
210.
Aling hayop dito sa mundo, ang inilalakad ay ulo?
(Tag.) Suso
What animal in this world walks with his head?
Snail
211.
Maysa a naparato ti catayna pagsilona.
(Iloc.) Laoalaoa
A joker uses his spittle for a snare.
Spider
212.
Ating palacio mitmu yang cuartu, balang metung a cuartu maqui metung yang curatu.
(Pamp.) Calaba ning tainumu, o panilan.
There is a palace full of rooms, each containing a priest.
Honeycomb
213.
Aroi Dom Pedro, hindi macolabas sa carcel?
(Tag.) Tinik
Oh! Don Pedro, why don't you get out of prison?
Sting
Tinik means either a sting of an insect or the thorn of a plant. It is the sting or thorn which here is considered in prison and exhorted to escape.
Lamp.
214.
Metung a butil a pale kitmu ne ing bale.
(Pamp.) Sumbu
A single grain of rice, filled the whole house.
A lamp
215.
Memala ya ing labak meto ya ing tugak.
(Pamp.) Sumbu
The swamp dried up and the frog died.
An oil lamp
216.
