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If I hold your waist you jump and jump.
Pestle
In pounding rice, the great wooden pestle is taken by the middle, which is more slender than the pounding ends.
381.
No magna ni arodoc agparintomeng amin a root.
(Iloc.) Arado
When the creeper pa.s.ses all the gra.s.s kneels.
Plow
382.
Cobbo ni amam quiad ni inam sica nga anacda daramodum ca.
(Iloc.) Arado
The father is bent over, the mother is bent back and the son is bent forward.
Plow
This has reference to the different sticks, or pieces, of which the plow is composed.
383.
Sa palacol nabuhay at sa untog namatay.
(Tag.) Palayoc
Produced by hammering but destroyed by a jar.
Pot
Clay for pottery is prepared by pounding it with a light hammer; it is also beaten into shape in the process of giving it form.
384.
Pegarenco abot pegarenco abot.
(Pang.) Liquen
I turn over completely, I turn over completely.
Pot ring support
385.
Adda abal-balayco a pusipusac a pusipus mabalbal-cut.
(Iloc.) Pudonan
I have a thing, which I twine and twine and it is covered.
Weaving spool
386.
Nano nga sapat nga baba ang naga caon, mata ang nga pamus-on?
(Bis.) Ayagan
What animal is it, which takes its food through its mouth and excretes it through its eyes?
Sieve
387.
Bahay ni Guiring-guiring butas-butas ang sinding.
(Tag.) Bithay
"Guiring-guiring's" house is full of holes.
Sieve
388.
Adda maysa a caballo; tal-lot sacana; no dica sacayan di magna.
(Iloc.) Egad
There is a horse; he has three legs; if you do not ride on him, he never walks.
Copra shredder
389.
Limma ac ed Dagupan dugduaray bacatco.
(Pang.) Sali
I went to Dagupan but I left only two footprints.
Sled
390.
Aniat aramid a duduat tugaona inganat panacaparsuana?
(Iloc.) Pasagad
What work has two seats since its creation?
Sled
