Boie'nen (Old Buhi Language)

a’wo

Phonetic

[ɶ̞̝̝̝̚.wːːo]

English: Translation

a heavy wooden pole with rounded grinding tip on each end with a slender “waist” that could be held with one hand to pound the food item being ground such as rice to dehusk or grind dehusked rice into rice flour in the mortar.

Part of Speech

noun

Semantic Domain

Household

Work and occupations

Tools and weapons

Example Sentence

Ana a’wo pag pipambayo nin pagkaen tawo kaipowan malinig.

English: Example Sentence

Pestle used in pounding food for people needs to be clean.

Plural form

mgaa’wo, mari’gena’wo, ka-a’woan

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