Meaning of sirí-síri

sirí-síri

Hiligaynon

To separate the hulled rice from the unhulled grains after pounding by tossing the whole mass in a shallow bamboo-basket and throwing the unhulled grains (pásì) off in front. Sirisiríha lang ang bugás, kon índì ka makahí-*baló magsisíg. Separate the hulled rice from the unhulled grains by the operation of "sirísíri", if you do not know how to perform the "sisíg". (see sisíg, with the difference that in sisíg the "pásì" are thrown off at the side).