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posonga—continued. 
the twirling of a rattan and the 
position at which it comes to rest. 
(posoon) pocposoon to ascertain. 
posui chick. 
potao iron. Cf. cutao, tonaoan. 
panday potao, blacksmith. 
pagbaga noc potao, to weld iron. 
sapauan ec potao somala alandon, to 
garnish with iron points. 
V pothao, iron. 
poti (pote, puti) white. 
poli dalag, the dawn. 
gompote (go[m] : poti) white. 
pocpoti (poc : poti) to whiten, to 
bleach. 
V poti, white. 
potocon 
gaan noc potocon, cakes. 
potol to cut, to divide. 
V potol, id. 
poylo Cf. pasaylo. 
pocpoylo to pardon. 
V saylo, id. 
poyo from side to side. 
pacpoyo to swing, to move from side to 
side. 
poyoan (puyuwan) a simall bed. 
puasa to fast. 
pocpuasa fasting. 
V poasa, fast. 
pugan a tree with a large banana-like leaf. 
pulas fire-making by friction of wood. 
puli 
puli musop, again. 
pocpuli to repay. 
V balos, again. 
pulo red. 
pulo panit, red or brown skin. 
gompulo (go[m] : pulo) red. 
gopulonen (go : pulo : nen) redness of 
the sky. 
V pola, red. 
puluntd ceremony of raising the souls of 
the dead. 
puluniu nog malimatay, the ceremony 
of causing the souls of the dead to 
ascend into the sky. 
buklug puluntu, a funeral ceremony 
for the aged dead or for those long 
dead. 
pulut boiled rice offered on the altars of the 
gods. 
pumutul lemon. 
punanen 
alaik punanen, why, the reason. 
puntian Cf. tian. 
puonan 
socpuonan to waste, to misspend. 
V poh6énan, business capital, interest. 
pusilau rain, a light shower. 
pusu navel. 
pusu dagat, the navel or center of the 
sea. 
tian noc pusu, calf of pusu we find an 
In this use of tian noc the leg. 
interesting, yet not exactly elucidatory, 
THE SUBANU. 
pusu—continued. 
parallel in Efaté, where the calf of the leg 
is dominated as here by terms proper to 
the abdomen. In his work Oceanic La-n 
guages, Dr. Macdonald (s.v. Gté) points 
out that wateau natore, literally kidneys of 
the shin, designates the calf, and that the 
same use is extended to atevae in Samoan, 
the liver of the leg or calf, and to aterima 
in Tahiti, the liver of the arm or thick part 
of the arm. Upon this matter I have 
made such note as the data suggested (The 
Polynesian Wanderings, page 321). It is 
proper to mention that the arrival of this 
new material may open the subject for 
further discussion; certainly this instance 
of the description of leg anatomy in ab- 
dominal terms is very interesting. We 
should observe that in tian noc pusu both 
nouns pertain to the belly; there is nothing 
to suggest the leg, as is the case in Efaté, 
Samoa, and Tahiti. 
Bontoc Igorot: baosig, navel. 
puti Cf. poti. 
putok grain. 
putuonan Cf. toon. 
mutuon na noc putuonan, did you 
study the lesson? 
puunpaa the leg above the knee, the thigh. 
Cf. paa. 
puyuwan (poyoan) cradle, hammock. 
quak (guak) the crow. (Visayan, awak; 
Magindano, kuak; Sulu, wak; Taga- 
log, wak; Malay, gagak; Yakan, 
uwak.) 
quilas (guilas) to share. 
pocquilas to impart. 
quina-— formative prefix. 
V quina— a composition member of pre- 
terit verbs. 
quinaan (g[qu] : in : aan) food. 
poglines sog quinaan, digestion. 
quinaanglan (quina : ang[o]l : an) to need, 
to lack. 
V quinahanglan, id.; hangol, poor, 
needy. 
quipos to pack. 
pocquipos to barrel, to store. 
pocquipos somala alandon sog loqua 
noc caban, to pack into a trunk. 
V hipos, to hoard, to store up. 
romos wet. 
moromos (mo : romos) wet. 
lupa nong moromos, a marsh. 
pocoromos (poco : romos) moisture. 
rongog (ronug, dongog) to hear. 
pogangay nog rongog, defamation, 
slander. 
sa an article. 
Sa, nominative article with proper 
nouns. 
sa one. 
V osa, id. Bontoc Igorot: isa, id. 
