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bugtung 1n To be the only offspring of a certain sex or to be an only child in a household. Ka bugtung no lukos sagboka rò kandin kalukos. Ka boi no sagboka no anak songo bugtung dod kandin As for an "only" man, he is the only (lit. just one) male [in the household]. The woman who has just one offspring, he/she is an "only" child. 2adj Person who is deprived of her companion; alone, when supposed to be two or more. Bubugtung on. [He/she] has been left alone [without his/her companion]. 2.1deriv n Solitary thing, such as just one word of a language. 3v To withdraw to eat something alone. Ka otow no ogbubugtung to sagin, logoron. Konò ogpambogoy. The person who eats bananas by himself is selfish. He doesn't share [with others]. [The implication is that the person is unwilling to share.] see: nugun 1. 3.1v For a person to eat alone when there is no other choice. Ko du-on otow no ogpa-awoy-awoy to og-ugpò no sagboka rin dò, ko du-on ogkako-on din ogpakabubugtung dò to ogko-on su warò songo baloy rin no ogkatalaran din. Sikan ka konò no maro-ot su konò no logoron. If someone lives far away [from others] by himself, when he eats he has to eat alone because he doesn't have any neighbors with whom to share. That isn't bad because he is not selfish. [It is considered selfish for a person to withdraw to eat alone so that he/or she will not be seen and expected to share, but if one is living alone and has no companions, eating alone is without choice and the person is not considered to be selfish.] 4n Kind of banana. 5v Set aside by itself. Bugtungan ku rò, malintok. I’ll just set [it] aside by itself, it’s small.
buì v 1To live, be alive, as people. Ogkabuì ki. We are alive. Ogko-unawa ki Ann Joy no moirap ka sakit din. Nigtawaran noy on ka konad on ogkabuì. It's like Ann Joy whose illness was difficult. We lost hope (lit. became twisted) because she could no longer live. 2To bring to life, resuscitate. Ogkabuì ku. I will bring him/her to life (or “I will resuscitate him/her.”) see: uyag 2.1. 2.1To come alive, as fire. Ka otow no ogbibigut, ogkabuì ko og-o-obul on ka hapuy. As for the person who makes fire by rubbing something back and forth, [the fire] is alive if it begins to smoke. 3To give life by taking care of and providing sustenance for someone. Ka apù, ian ka nigtalipun ka nigbuì to no-ilu no anak to anak din. The grandmother was the one to take care of and provide sustenance for her daughter's child who was orphaned (lit. the one who was orphaned who was the offspring of her offspring). Ogmomonu a na-an to boi na-an dò no moirap ku to ogbuì to mgo anak ta no malintok pad. What could I have done (lit. can I do) in that [I am] just a woman and so it's hard for me to give life/sustenance to our children who are still small. see: talipun 1. 3.1To be able to provide sustenance for. Ongkorid on ka asawa nu su konò ogpakabuì koykow su konò ogtalabau. Abandon your husband (lit. spouse) because he is unable to provide for you because he will not work. 4Cure.
gasò 1adj Skinny; emaciated. Ka otow no magasò, warad amana sapù to lawa. The person who is emaciated has hardly any flesh left on his/her body. see: hag-os. 2adj To become skinny, such as malnourished plants. Ogmagasò ka agoloy. Ogmalintok ka pusù. The corn will be skinny. The ears will be small. see: lintok 2; see fr.: nipis 5. 2.1v Cause to become thin or emaciated.
lintok 1adj Small. Ka mgo ngalap ogpansolag dò to sigay su malintok. The fish (lit. water creatures) were just passing through the net because [they] were small. osyn: do-isok 2. 1.1adj Very small. 1.2adj Smaller; very small. 1.3adj Many very small things. 1.4adj Smallest; exceptionally small. 1.5adj Very small; smallest; tiny. Ka malintokoy? The one that is smallest? 1.6adj Of many very small things; tiny. 2v To be or become small; shrunken. Ogmagasò ka agoloy. Ogmalintok ka pusù. The corn will be thin. The ears [of corn] will be small. see fr.: gasò 2; see fr.: hag-os.
porom 1part Particle used in indicate the equivalent of “nearly”, “would”, “fain”: 2should Dakol pad porom; maintok on. It should have been large, but it’s small. [This frustration particle expresses something that is unfulfilled as something that might have happened.] 3part would like to do something Ulì a ian porom dio’t Maguimon, di konò ad man. I would indeed like to return to Magimon, but I really won't. Ko pananglitan du-on oghimuon ta di ko du-on igkasasow ta, na-akoban ka oghimuon ta porom no an-anayan no na-aloy ki diò to dangob no warò ta nato-ori. If for example we are doing something but if there is something worrying us, the thing we would have done at the beginning is supplanted (lit. layered or covered over.) And then we are distracted to something else so that we didn't accomplish [what we started out to do]. 4part almost, nearly Kausing poron na-uug. Kausing nearly fell. 5part unrealized result Naallok ka poron. Your fear was unrealized. [In the following example, I had called out in alarm because some flaming oil was all over the porch. However, after using a fire extinguisher, the flames were put out. Afterwards, I expressed how afraid I had been, May-as corrected me and said, Naallok ka poron, and explained that, though my fear was real, they were not realized because the house had not burned down.] 6part Should. Dakol pad porom; maintok on. It should have been large, but it’s small.
pusù 1n Ear of corn Ogmagasò ka agoloy. Ogmalintok ka pusù. The corn will be skinny. The ears will be small. 2n Banana blossom. [People cook the blossom as a vegetable.] 3v To produce ears. Ka duma, konad ogpusù. The others won't produce ears. 4n Palm leaf woven in a heart-shaped form to hold steamed rice.
