Mat.

223

Mig quera cu babo ebus, lalam sasa cu me tudtud.

(Pamp.) Dase

I lay down upon the buri, under the nipa I slept.

Petate

The sleeping mat is laid down upon the floor (of buri); the roof is of nipa.

224

Sa gabey dagat sa arao ay bumbong.

(Tag.) Baneg

At night it is a sea, in the day it is the bambu carry-tube.

Petate

The petate is the sleeping mat of rushes; in the day-time it is rolled up and set away; at night it is unrolled and spread Page 80upon the floor. The word sea is often used for any extended or flat surface.

225

No aldao tubong no rabii dadali.

(Iloc.) Icamen

If day a tube; if night a flounder.

Sleeping mat=petate