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(Iloc.) Puso ti saba
There is a heart that came from the earth and pushed up through _alupasit._ The heart of the banana
_Alupasit_ is banana fibre.
263.
Caballo moreno umosoc idiay ngato.
(Iloc.) Sabonganay ti saba
The red horse comes out upward.
Banana flowers
264.
Isda co sa Sapa-sapa sapin-sapin ang taba.
(Tag.) Saha nang saguing
My fish in Sapa-sapa has manifold layers of fat.
Stem of banana
The stem of a banana cut through shows in wrapping layers, not unlike fat.
265.
Dasug ca kaka, libutad ya y inda.
(Pamp.) Saging ampo ding sui na
Move on my brother, let mother be in the middle.
A banana plant and its suckers
The new ones displace the older ones, pus.h.i.+ng them outward.
268.
Ang puno lubi; ang dahon espada; ang bunga bala.
(Bis.) Cahoy ngaburi
The trunk cocoanut; the leaves swords; the fruit bullets.
Buri palm
267.
Angibitinac na liquen tangtanga yey mamasiquen.
(Pang.) Camantilis
I was hung by a potring; the old men looked up at me.
Camachili
The pendent fruit suggests the riddle.
268.
Nano nga sapat nga ang iya palod hayang pero ang iya tudlo culub?
(Bis.) Packing sang lubi
What animal is it which has its palm upside up but its fingers upside down?
Cocoanut leaves
269.
Payung y Santa Maria amena mabata.
(Gad.) Tafal
Saint Mary's umbrella cannot be wetted.
Gabi
This is the cultivated plant commonly known as _taro_. Its great leaf sheds water perfectly.
270.
No malipatam maca-alaca; quet no malaguipmo dica maca-ala.
(Iloc.) Poriquet=amorsico
If you do not remember, you get; but if you do remember, you do not get.
Gra.s.s-burs
271.
Agsabong dina met bonga agsanga isut bongana.
(Iloc.) Mais
It produces a flower but it is not its fruit; it produces branches which are its fruit.
Maize
272.
