Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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tihì
/tigiʔ/
v_rt.
“prove_innocence”
 
1.
v.
for someone (egtitihì, migtitihì/intitihì, agent, eg><ø-rdpCV-) to prove one's innocence or guilt (egtihian, intihian/migtihian/pigtihian, location, eg><an-)
Cult. Titihì is the one process of knowing the truth, as like proving who are the innocence and who are the guilty. By this process no one can deny for their faults because it is very effective process for proving the reality. Before the tihian begin some Datus prepare some important materials for them to heve a ritual and to call Manama the Creator and those incharge spirits of tihian. There are three kinds process of tihian, first is to hold a red hot metal from the fire with ember, second is to eat a chopped stalk of a (normally slightly poisonous) giant taro bagiyang, and the third one is to submerge into the water. When someone holding the red hot metal will be burnt meaning they are guilty, and for the giant taro when they eat of the chopped stalk then itchy for them, they are guilty, and submerging theirselves in the water, who will be the first to withdraw in the water they are the guilty of the crime.
Eng. prove innocence and guilty
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
n.
(tihian, -an) justice
Eng. justice
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
2.
v.
for someone (egpanihì, migpanihì/impanihì, agent, eg><ø-pA-) to kill the suspect or the relatives of the suspect (egpanihian, impanihian/migpanihian/pigpanihian, location, eg><an-pA-)
Cult. It's a Matigsalug culture that when the suspect doesn't accept that they are guilty of any crime they will make a ritual as prayer that when the suspect or relatives of the accused persons were guilty of that crime they will meet them in a specific time according to the scheduled time after the ritual for killing. And usually if the suspect and relatives were not guilty the killers didn't met them but still proceeding to a tihian justice.
Data Qual: I'm afraid this isn't really very clear. [RJH] XXX
Eng. killing of suspect or relatives
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,AAA,QDL,RJH
Last updated: 10/Mar/2014

Links to texts

"titihi" in text "Proving Innocence I (When Accused of Theft)"

"titihi" in text "Proving Innocence II (When Accused of Adultery)"