anak phr.: anak to dalan; phr.: anak to pamubungon₂. 1n A male or female offspring of an animal or human; son or daughter. 2v To give birth. Ko ogkapanoy ogkatapid ka batò diò to diralom to gotok, oglomulan ka inoy ko og-anak. If the baby (lit. child) in the abdomen has been properly positioned ahead of time, the mother will have it easier when she gives birth. Gabi-i pad nig-anak on ka kuddò ku. Just yesterday my horse gave birth. cf: agud. 2.1v To give birth in some place. - Ogdurugmun ka babuy to og-anakan din. A pig makes a bed for [a place where] she will give birth. 2.2v To give birth to multiple offspring. Ka karpa no ngalap, woy ogpanganak ko ogsilò ka bulan. Carp fish don’t give birth to multiple offspring until the moon comes out. 2.2.1v To give birth multiple times; give birth frequently. Ko du-on og-anak no warò pad nigtu-ig ka anak din no ogpanganak man dò sikandin, oghingaranan no mahariharion no manggianak su malasi og-anak. If someone gives birth when her child is not yet a year old so she is giving birth again, she is called a mother who produces siblings [one after another] because she frequently gives birth. 2.2.2v To reach birthing time. Ko du-on og-insò ko kon-u nanganak ka amboy nu, kagi to songo otow, “Ka ligad dò no allow ka pogpanganak.” If someone asks when your daughter-in-law delivered [her baby], another person will answer, “The previous day was her birthing time”. 2.2.3v Those which are birthed. Ka po-it, ka alu-an, woy ka pantat, ogparagas ogko-otow ka igpanganak dan. The po-it, mudfish and the catfish, are birthed alive (lit. directly live, when it is the time for them to be born [lit. the ones being birthed]. 3deriv n Uterus Ka a-anakan, sikan ka ugpa-an to batò diò gotok to inoy. The uterus, that is the dwelling place of the child in the abdomen of the mother. 4deriv n An adopted child. Ogko-iling ki Ugalinga no nig-uyamu to mgo batò, ogkoimu no anak-anak ran. It’s like Ugalinga who is caring from the childen, they have become heir adopted children. see: uyamuan. 4.1deriv n A stepchild. [A stepchild, that is the child of one's spouse is an anak-anak but not considered to be an uyamuan which is used of an adopted or foster child] 5deriv n Nephew or neice, also a cousin’s child. Si Binitu, songo maka-amung ku rod su anakon ku si Angelina. As for Binitu, he has also become my son-in-law because Angelina is my neice. 6deriv n Anything that has a young offspring; a mother, but especially a nursing mother. Ka mgo ngalap to woig no poit maroyow ka sabow rin to duon iam no manggi-anak su oggatasan. As for the po-it fish [lit. creatures of the water which are po-it], its soup is good for the nursing mother because [her breasts] will produce milk . [Also applies to female animals with young.] 6.1vs To become a nursing mother. Ka ogkamanggi-anak on no boi, sikan ka iam nig-anak no du-on on ogtago-uro-on no batò. Sikan ka ungod din oggibo-on, ogpasusuon, ogsakopuon woy og-uahon. A woman who has become a nursing mother, that is the one who has has newly given birth and now has a a child to care for. [Also applies to female animals who newly give birth] 7deriv n Parent and child doing something together; from parent’s standpoint. 8deriv n A child accompanied by his/her parent or parent accompanying his/her child. Ka tag-anak, ka amoy nigduruma to anak din. A child accompanied by its father, [that is when] the father has accompanied his son/daughter (lit. offspring). Ka amoy no nighondiò to lunsud, tag-anak ka nigduruma to du-on ogbolion dan diò to lunsud. The father who went to town, they are the child with his parent who accompanied each other to buy [something] in town. 8.1n A mother and her child. 9deriv v To hunt for frogs by searching for the frog eggs. Ogpaki-anak ki. We search for the offspring [of frogs]. Ogpakianak ki, ko ogkita ki to atolug to bakbak, du-on ta rò ogpamitawon ka inoy su du-on dò ian to marani ka og-olon. When we hunt for frogs, when we see the eggs of the frog, we will just find the mother [frog] because she will be there closely watching over [her eggs]. 10n Descendent of recent past [That is, descendants who were known andcan be recounted by one’s relatives in contrast to kapunganan which would refer to decendants a long time removed.] see: kapunganan 1.
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bagu-bù see: ubun-ubun. n One of the calls of a white breasted ubun-ubun dove. Ko ogkagi ka ubun-ubun, ogkagi to bagu-bù, huun, huun, huun. When the ubun-ubun dove calls it says, “bagu-bù, huun, huun, huun.” [The dove has a creamy white head, long curved black back, long black tail, auburn over back -- about the size of a young hen.]
balabagan deriv n The direction that is crosswise to the sun, North or South. balabagan. South (or north); crosswise to east and west. [Prior to knowing other terms for North or South, the two directions were distinguished by adding “upriver” to the term to mean North or “crosswise downriver”to mean “south”. Or a person may distinguish between North and South by saying balabagan “to the left” or balabagan “to the right” so the direction could be either north or south depending on which direction one is facing.]
balbal 1n Name of evil spirit thought to enter one’s lips and cause illness characterized by excessive saliva. One refrains from partaking of death feast if drooling. Ka balbal, sagboka no busow no oglongod to otow no og-ulat ko du-on oggarabi no nigdaralu. The balbal spirit, is one kind of evil spirit which comes near people which makes a serious illness worse. [This spirit is said to take various forms such as that of a cat, a frog or a monkey.] 2v A person who is affected by this evil spirit. Balbalon ki. We’re being affected by a bblbal spirit [They believe that if one keeps looking at the person who is affected by this kind of spirit will start drooling. When the person watching sees the affected person drooling, he recognizes that the person has a balbal and says the following. However, it means that the other person has a balbal. It does not mean that he/she is also affected.]
bunag 1To knead, as one would knead a mother's abdomen to stop bleeding after childbirth. Ko iam on og-anak ka boi no ungod oglangosa, ogbunagon ta ka bugtul oyow ogkonsong ka a-anakan no oghagtong on ka poglangosa. When a woman newly gives birth and is always bleeding, we knead the lower abdomen so that the uterous will contract and the bleeding will stop. 2v To pump, as a piglet pumps the mother's breast while nursing. Ka bakotin no ogsusu, ungud ogbunagon ka susu to inoy su oyowoggatasan. [When] a piglet nurses, it is always pumping the breasts of the mother so that they will fill with milk. 3v Ko ogdugmo-on ka babuy no ogkaboros, ogkabunag no ogka-awa-an ka ingkaboros. If a pregnant pig is rammed into [by another pig], it will miscarry and that with which it was prenant will be discharged. see: landan.
busow phr.: busow to tulang. 1n Evil spirit. [According to one legend, the busow “demons” used to be visible. [One of them] wanted to buy a beautiful dead girl but her parents refused. The demon ate the girl and was slashed by her parents whereupon the demons became invisible.] 2deriv n Possessed by evil spirit. 3Leader of the evil spirits, the devil. 4An evil spirit that lives in the hearth. 5v ?? 6v Play ghost. 7v To have evil spirits present as at a death feast. Binusowbusow ki. We have evil spirits in our midst. 8v Crazy.
dagap v 1To hurry to meet someone. Ko diò ogbayò ka duma ta to limang to dalan, dii kid ogbayò ka ogdagap kandin. If our companion passes on the other side, of a trail we will pass on this side as we hurry to meet him. see: tagbu. 1.1To hurry to meet a newly arrived guest. Ko du-on magaliug ta, ogdagap ka songo baloy ka ogtagbu to ogtagataga. If we have a guest, those in another house hurry over to meet them and find out [about them]. see: balak. 2Hurry to catch up. Ko du-on duma ta no matallong ka oghipanow, og-agpas ki no ogdagap ka ogsaponon. If we have a companion who walks fast, we will hurry fast to catch up [with him.] [If a child is taking extra steps to keep up but continues to stay with the parent, dagap does not apply but ogsaponsapon to ogluyud would apply] see: sapon 1. 3Walk abreast.
dangdang 1vi To line up either single file as at a counter, or side by side as when cutting a field, walking abreast or sitting side by side on a jeep. Ka mgo otow no nigkamot to landingan, nigdangdang ka nigtangkò to diraya The people who are cutting the airstrip are lined up [side by side{ facing upriver. 2vt To place above a fire but not touching as leaves that are being wilted by the heat so they will nosuch t tear when they are used for wrapping food. Ko ogdangdangon, ogdalapon ta to hauy ka doun su oglay-obon su oyow ogtongos to to ko-onon. When we place something over the fire, we expose it to the heat of the fire so that [it can be used for] wrapping food. [The leaves are not lined up in any partifular arrangement.]
dansu v When serving guests, to add to the rice or meat as it runs out or is lacking. Ko du-on pagko-onan to ogpangasawa, no ko du-on ogkakulang to ko-onon, ogdansuan ta to ogbogoy to ogko-omon ka nakulang. When there is a wedding feast, and if there are some who are lacking rice (lit. food), we add to the rice tor those who had insufficient. [However, the host will usually wait for the guests to ask for more so that they won’t run out.]
dolmol₁ n Kind of bird, dark feathers on back and light colored breast. [This bird is described as having black or dark feathers on its back and wings with a light colored breast. It is about the size of a kingfisher but has a curved bill, something like that of a small parrot. It is named for its characteristic of gazing at the ground, looking for insects. When it sees one it quickly hops down to eat it. It is considered beneficial because it eats insects such as butterflies and their larva which destroy the crops.]
dugnal 1v To disturb or butt up against something as a pig which butts up against the breast or tits to stimulate the flow of milk. Ka bakotin, ogdugnalon ka susu oyow ogdakol ka gatas. The piglet butts up against the tits so that the milk will become greater. see: antog 1. 2v To inadvertently interrupt something or someone such as to enter house when occupants are eating. Nakadugnal koy na-an su ogko-on kow. We have inadvertently interrupted [you] because you are eating. 3vs To suffer a negative result of being interrupted such as to become ill because of being interrupted while harvesting. Ko sikan pad ogbunsuri no ogga-ani, konò ogpakabayò ka otow su ogkadugnalan (ogkasunlaan ) ka ogga-ani. When someone has just begun to harvest, [other] people cannot go there because the harvesters will suffer the negative result of being interrupted [and become ill]. [The belief is that the harvesters will become ill if they are disturbed during the harvest. This is also believed to damage the rice.] see: sunlalan.
dugsunan v For breasts to become engorged with milk such as when a nursing mother is away at her fields and was unable to nurse her baby and her breasts may drip with excess amilk. Nighun-a on nig-uli si ino su nigdugsunan on. Mother returned home first because her breasts were already engorged with milk.
kalusisi n 1Small red-breasted parrot resembling a “love bird” [This is a small, green parrot similar to a “love bird”. Both have red cheeks. The female has a red head and beak. The male, referred to as the datù, has a green top notch, a red breast and red feathers on his back.] see fr.: uranda 2. 2A girlfriend, or boyfriend [DB says they have not yet decided to get married but they like each other So the term "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" would apply. However However, they would be embarrassed if someone referred to their relationship in such terms. X]
kasal 1n Wedding. see: pangasawa; see: asawa 2. 2Wedding feast.
