Usage Note
Dayami is the dried stalks of harvested rice or other grain, used traditionally as animal bedding, thatching material, or burned as fuel in rural areas. It is closely associated with post-harvest scenes in Philippine agricultural life and appears in folk songs and stories evoking rural imagery.
Examples
" May dayami sa bukid. "
Natural Translation
There is straw in the field.
Literal Translation
There-is straw in field.
" Ginamit ng magsasaka ang dayami bilang pataba sa lupa. "
Natural Translation
The farmer used straw as fertilizer for the soil.
Literal Translation
Used the-farmer the straw as fertilizer for-the soil.
" Pagkatapos ng anihan, ginagamit ng mga magsasaka ang natuyong dayami bilang higaan ng mga hayop o sinusunog sa parang. "
Natural Translation
After the harvest, the farmers use the dried straw as bedding for the animals or burn it in the field.
Literal Translation
After of harvest, using the farmers the dried straw as bedding of-the animals or burning in field.
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