The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value səmaŋat padi

Language:
Malay
Parameter:
soul of the rice plant (seed rice must be harvested with the , a small crescent-shaped blade concealed in the palm of the hand and used cautiously so as not to frighten away the rice soul and so loss the potency of the seed for the following harvest) [e7092074398bf5ae32323d5200d18968]
References
Wilkinson 1959