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pinalayan
/pinalayan/
Data Qual: Could the root of this be "paley"??? RJH - Jun2000
n.
“storage_shed”
 
n.
a shed built for shelter and grain storage when planting
Cult. This simple shed is built, for instance, in a field where rice planting is about to commence. The roof is not water tight, built only from cane luwey. The floor is only five or so small logs laid on the ground. A basket is set on the logs and filled with the rice seed. When the sun is hot, the workers may also seek shade in the shed. After the rice is planted, the shed is often dismantled.
Wrd.Gloss: storage_shed
Eng. storage shed; shed
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M

Updated by: JLM,RJH
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009