Maya a small bird or rice bird over the palay
Subanen to English Translation:
Maya - rice bird
Manuk manuk - bird
Maika - small
Keni da - just this
laung - he says
M'bata - child
Sala buuk / salabuk / sarabuk - one
Pelutu mu - cook it
Sepulu bu dua - twelve
nanamen - flavors
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Example:
Subanen: Inalap ni gadi' keni ki maika' manukmanuk, maya. “Keni da,” laung, “Mbata', ki maya kiin,” laung, “maya, a sala buuk maya, pelutu' mu, sepulu' bu' dua' ki nanamen.”
English: This king got a small bird, a ricebird , “Just this,” he says, “Child, this ricebird,” he says, “ricebird, uh one ricebird, cook it, twelve flavors.”
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Note: You may share your Subanen version based on your locality. (Subanen tuboy, Subanen Sibugay, Subanen Sindangan, Subanen Misamis etc.)
