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To chip, cut, trim, dress wood, etc. Sapsapí ang halígi túbtub nga magpayósan. Dress or trim the post to a taper. Taper the post. (see básbas).

A small fish with flat, circular body shaped like a disc; it is easy to catch.

To chip-, trim-, dress-, hew-, wood by cutting or splitting off small pieces. Agsapí ang káhoy. Dress the wood by chipping. Inágsap nga káhoy. A chip-, splinter-, of wood. Ang mga inágsap sang kawáyan ginapaámak sa kaláyo. Bamboo-trimmings are useful for lightning or kindling a fire. Iágsap akó ánay siníng káhoy. Please trim this piece of wood for me. Nagtínlò na ang inagsapán nga halígi. The post that was trimmed has become smooth. Paagsapá ang pánday siníng halígi. Let the carpenter trim this post. (see sápsap).

A superstitious practice of fishermen consisting in the ceremony of putting some of the "small fry" of the first catch in a tin. The tin containing the fish is then placed on a small raft and send adrift. It may be considered a kind of sacrifice to Neptune, the heathen sea-god. Also verb. Indì ka magkáon sing dánglay, parótpot ukón sápsap nga pinanambián. Don't eat dánglay-, parótpot-or sápsap-fish that have been offered to the sea-god. (panámbì is probably derived from támbì, because the raft with the tin of fish on it somewhat resembles a kitchen-balcony called támbì).