Plants.
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Deli queenteng kaballero rianu mang tiknang an nang palacio, agad yanag malaso.
(Pamp.) Balite
A gallant horseman causes any castle in which he is to crumble to pieces.
The Balite
This is the great parasitic fig, which encloses other trees in its embrace.
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Adda maysa nga cayo nga bulong nga bulong di met agsabong; sanga nga sanga dimet agbunga.
(Iloc.) Caoayan
There is a plant that produces leaves after leaves, but no flowers; branches after branches, but no fruit.
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Siroc iti balay ti bacnang di macaycayan.
(Iloc.) Bulong ti caoayan
Under the bacnang's house it cannot be clean.
Bambu leaves
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Nab-barnasi sin accab-bing-nga udde sicuana.
(Gad.,—also Iloc., Pang., Bis.) Ufud.
When newly-born, well dressed, but when he gets old he is naked.
Bambu shoot
The bud is covered with a down, which disappears.
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Nang munte ay may tapis, nang lumaki ay bulisles.
(Tag.) Caoayan
When young she wore a tapis; when grown she is unclad
Bambu shoot
The tapis is the most characteristic part of the woman's dress. It is a wide band of dark cloth (black or brown) worn over the other clothing, around the whole middle part of the body. Page 89
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Nanganak ang virgen itinapon ang lampen.
(Tag.) Sagueng
The virgin gave birth to a child and threw away the blanket.
Banana
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Nanganak ang asuang sa tuktok nagdaan.
(Tag.) Sagueng
An asuang gave birth to a child from the top.
Banana
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Naguit-log ni cannaoay inocopan ni teg-gaac idi cuan guiaoen ni oac ti nagtaraquen.
(Iloc.) Saba
A stork laid an egg; the crane hatched a lark from it; the crow took care of the young.
Banana
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Sancadaoa sangalabba.
(Iloc.) Sangcabulig a saba
A seed-bearing stem; one fills a basket.
Bunch of bananas
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Macagto sa simbahan si Mary, pito o ualo ang iya saya.
(Tag.) Puso
Mary is going to church having seven or eight shirts.
The bud is wrapped or folded within a number of bracts.
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Adda puso a maysa dagat nag apuanna alupasit naglasatanna.
(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.
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Caballo moreno umosoc idiay ngato.
(Iloc.) Sabonganay ti saba
The red horse comes out upward.
Banana flowers
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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.
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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 Page 91
The new ones displace the older ones, pushing them outward.
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Ang puno lubi; ang dahon espada; ang bunga bala.
(Bis.) Cahoy ngaburi
The trunk cocoanut; the leaves swords; the fruit bullets.
Buri palm
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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.
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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
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Payung y Santa Maria amena mabata.
(Gad.) Tafal
Saint Mary's umbrella cannot be wetted.
This is the cultivated plant commonly known as taro. Its great leaf sheds water perfectly.
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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.
Grass-burs
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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
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Nag tapis nang nag tapis nacalitao ang bulbolis.
(Tag.) Mais
She wore and wore her tapis yet her pubic hair was displayed.
Maize
The green husks are considered the tapis, or wrap about the mid-body; the silk appearing from the husk wrapping is the pubic hair. Page 93
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Alo-divino de gracia malayo ang bulaklak sa bunga.
(Tag.) Mais
Of all divine gifts it is the only plant whose flower is far from the fruit.
Maize
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Tite nang Ingles, puno nang gales.
(Tag.) Mais
The Englishman's ——— is full of pustules.
Maize; ear
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Siasino iti pinarsua ni Apo Dios nga umuna nga matay santo agbonga?
(Iloc.—also Pang.) Sarguelas
What thing our Lord God made dies first and then fruits?
Plum tree
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Uala sa langit, uala sa lupa, ang dahon ay sariwa?
(Tag.) Quiapo
It is not in heaven, it is not on earth, its leaves are fresh.
Quiapo
The water-lettuce; it covers the surface of quiet spots in rivers. Page 94
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Cung hindi lamang si tagabundok si tagalati ay mahuhulog.
(Tag.) Iyantok at parvid
But for the one living in the mountain the one living in the swamp would fall.
Nipa and rattan
The rattan (growing in the mountain) is used to lash on the nipa (growing in the swamp) to the house framework.
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No colditenca matayea quet no adayoanca mabiagea.
(Iloc.) Bainbain
If I touch you you will die; but if I get away from you you will live.
Sensitive plant
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Adda maysa a cayo idiay toctoc adda bobonco.
(Iloc.) Silag
There is a tree up there and I have a well on it.
Silag
A sort of palm, the bud is cut out and a sweet sap secured.
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Tagbatec ta sacam: inomec ta daram.
(Iloc.) Unas
I chop your feet; I drink your blood.
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Lalabas cu, tindus dacn.
(Pamp.) Sulput
I was going out into the field, they pierced me.
A grass with slender and sharp seeds.
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Pinagsakitan kong aking matuklasan ang bagay na isang ninais makamtan at nang sa pagkita ay hindi mapalaran tinaglay-taglay ko hangang kamatayan.
(Tag.) Tinik
I sought a thing I wished to get, and as I could not find it I kept it until my death.
Spine
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Adda tal-lo a Princesas sag-gaysa ti coartoda ngem saan da nga agquiquita.
(Iloc.) Tagunbao
There are three princesses; each has a separate room and they cannot see each other.
Tagunboa
A shrub used for hedges, with a tripartite pod or capsule.
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Ania iti mula a uray bolding mailasinna?
What thing is blind but can select?
Thorn