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doga deriv.: karoga. 1vi To act out as a result of feeling slighted such as to not eat or throw a tantrum. Ko do-isok ka igbogoy no ko-onon, ogdoroga on ka batò su do-isok ka ko-onon. Ogsinogow no konò ogko-on. If given just a small amount of food, the child will act out [a feeling of being slighted] because he has a small amount of food. He will cry and not eat. 2v To discourage others [from helping] by one’s behavior. Ka otow no konò ogbayad to talabau, sikandin ka ogpandoga to mgo otow no ogbulig kandin. A person who doesn't pay those who work, he discourages the people who help him/her. [Such as someone fails to pay those who worked in his field, the people he hired are discouraged from ever helping him again.] 3vs To be discouraged from continuing an activity or behavior. Ko oghirogoon, to inoy ka batò, ogbogayan din to dakol oyow ogkaroga. If the mother does something to put her child in his place, she will give a lot [of food] so the child will be discouraged [from acting up]. [ The same word would apply to someone who erred while learning a skill and was so embarrased that he/she would be discouraged from ever trying again. ] see: sapad 1. 3.1v To have had it with someone, such as to have totally given up trying to help in the fields if not paid. Narogaroga ad on ian ka so-oyò no otow, konà ad oghutuk ogbulig. I’ve really had it with that person; I will never help [him] again. 4v To put down; punish. Igdogaroga rin ka duma rin. [It was said] to put down his companion [for repeatedly going back for more food]. see: logpad 1. 5v With negative: [Not] to give in, not to yield or not to quit. [This form with a negative can be used in a negative or positive sense. The negative sense would describe a child or adult who will not yield to discipline or pressure and who will continue to do whatever his parents or others are trying to get him to do, or not to do. The positive sense would be that a person will not give up and quit trying if something is difficult to accomplish.]

kopal 1adj Thick, as the two sides of a book, a piece of clothing, or paper. Makopal ka kinabò. The shirt is thick. ant: manipis. 2adj Thick, as hair when there is a lot of it. Makopal ka bulbul. Oglituk to dakol lagboy ka bulbul din woy malapung His/her hair is thick. It means that he has a lot of hair and plentiful. 3adj Having a small amount of liquid so that many particles are close together such as a lot of powdered milk added to a small amount of water. Makopal ka gatas su og-anlod ka gatas ko ogtunawon to woig. The milk is thick because the milk sinks to the bottom if it is dissolved/suspended in water. 4adj Close together as forest where are many trees and much vegetation. Makopal ka mgo tibogow diò to napù no mabasag ka lawa rin. [The tibogow is dense there in the flat area and its body is hard.] ant: magalat; see: sokol. 5adj To be volumic, that is, both wide and have much content, as as a field with much vegetation. Makopal ka tira-an. Maluag, mgo lalimma no hitaria bua to ogpamula-an. Sikan dò ka impamula; warò solug no duma. The sugarcane field is capacious. It is wide, about five hetares maybe which has been planted. That is all that has been planted; there is no mixture of anything else. 6adj Many such as flies or lice which which cover a sore. Makopal to kutu. Ogkito-on ka kutu woy ogkogangon ka batò. The lice are many. The lice are visible and the child is covered with sores. Makopal ka langow no oghulun to pa-a. The flies are thick which are swarming on [a someone’s] foot. see: moon-ing. 7adv Thicker [than something else]; thickest Mamakopal ka laplap to kalabow. The carabao's skin is thicker [than the shirt]. 8deriv n thickness Ko og-otian ka nigsamba no woig, songo dangow ka kapokali to danlak. When the flooded [river] water has receeded, the thickness of the silt is a handspan deep.