to dam up a river

Mintz and Britanico 1985

dam

Mintz and Britanico 1985

to dam up a section of a river (as to catch #paít fish)

Post and Gardner 1992

to fish by blocking off escape routes and draining the water

Reid 1976, Reid p.c.

to catch fish and shrimp by damming up a stream

Headland and Headland 1974

adopt or take someone under one’s care; harbor, give temporary shelter

Wolff 1972

save, rescue

Motus 1971

to fish by diverting a stream and recoursing it through waiting fish traps, or to lower the water level so fish are accessible to netting

Ballard 2011

dam placed in a stream to divert its water (as for fishing, irrigation, pool for carabao wallow)

Ballard 2011

the activity of dam-fishing in a river

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

the part of a river that has been drained so that it became a fishpond without much water in it

Lambrecht 1978

for someone to dam a river for fishing. A relatively deep place in a river is chosen; below the area arrow-grass canes (#bilāu) are placed, held by stones as a screen (#hābay), to allow water, but not fish, to pass. Above the area a dam (#bātug) is constructed to stop the flow of water into the area, which is then scooped out. River fish, eels, crabs, and edible tadpoles are caught in the shallow water.

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

for someone to go dam-fishing

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

for someone to use stones for damming up a river for fishing

Batad

Lambrecht 1978

fishpond made by draining a river

Lambrecht 1978

to catch fish floundering in a stream

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

to dam a stream in order to catch fish

Rubino 2000, Carro 1956

to dam a stream

a dam (said to be from #Bikol)

dam of a reservoir

save (from drowning or danger)

Panganiban 1966

make a dam in a stream, using rocks, leaves, as when looking for small fish, in the river bed

Awed, Underwood and van Wynen 2004