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Word Learning
lubúng - Burial, funeral, exequies,
obsequies, interment, inhumation,
entombment; to bury, inter, inhume,
consign to the grave, hide in the ground.
Ilubúng na lang ang patáy nga karabáw,
kay índì mapúslan ang íya kárne. Just
bury the dead buffalo, for his meat is of no
use. Sán-o kamú magalubúng sang
minatáy? When will you bury the dead?
When will the funeral take place? Dirí may
linubúng nga pílak nga nasulúd sa tibúd,
konó, ápang túbtub karón walâ maquítà.
Here, they say, a pot of money was buried,
lubús – lúgpay
but till now it has not been found. Amó iní
ang linúbngan sa ákon ilóy. This is the
grave, where my mother was buried (laid to
rest). (cf. kótkot, lulúbngan).