apulu n Monkey trap either that made of thorns in which the monkey is killed or another style like a cage in which one or more monkeys can be trapped alive. Ka dugi to anibung, ogkagamit to oghimu koy to apulu to ubal. The thorns of the anibung palm tree are used by us to make a monkey trap (lit. monkey-trap of the monkey). [One type is made of thorns and has a trigger which causes the monkey to be pinned and also causes the monkey's death. Another kind is made like a cage and catches the monkey alive. It is baited allowing the monkey to enter but not escape. Other monkeys may follow the first and also be trapped.]
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langò v 1To be deprived of something ?? Niglanga-an ka anak ku su nigpurut din ka gastu to warò ibogoy to kanak. Kandin dò ka napulusan. I was deprived of my daughter because he took the brideprice and didn't give it to me. He was the only one benefitted. [as when someone takes something without paying for it.] 2To be depressed. Ogdamag ka, ogduma ka masakit to goinawa nu, sinogow, pandawot woy ogkalangò (ka sikan no konò ogkagikagi) You watch over [the dead person], your emotional pain accompanies, [you] weep and sit in silence. That is when a person when a person doesn't talk. Ig-amulung oyow igmakogal to goinawa to du-on igmasakit oyow konò din amana igkalangò. [It's used] to comfort to stabilize/strengthen one's breath which is hurting so that he will not so munc be depressed. [DB says that a person in this condition may go a whole week without speaking. Some will continually weep. The person will not desire to eat. It will turn into an illness if there is no one to help them to overcome these feelings.]
pulus 1n value Dakol ka pulus ku ki Asat su kandin ka ogkasaligan ku. Asat is of great value to me because he is the one to whom I am able to entrust [with my field work]. [DB explained that Niya had volunteered to stay in Maambago to make a field for them rather than go to his older brother because he feels a bond with Durung for his having raised him.] 2n Fault; responsibility, that is, what one deserves for wrongdoing or failure; to achieve or accomplish. Pulus nu. It’s your own fault. Ka batò no nakasalò, nig-ogotan to buyag. Kagi to songo otow, “Sikan ka pulus nu no batò ka konò ogpamminog.” That is what you deserve for being a child who doesn't obey. Nokoy so napulusan din? What did he accomplish (by that)? 3v to take advantage of [such as if someone came with the expressed purpose to teach but then used the opportunity to get animals or land from the people.] see: salig 1.
pulù 1n The very top of the head where hair parts in different directions. [Some people have two or three places where the hair parts in different directions.] 2n Island. Pulù ka Cebu su tibò woig ka ilis. Cebu is an island because its edge is all water. [A pulù “island” is a portion of land which is isolated from other land by water. If a portion of land has become isolated from the rest by a flood, it is napulù.] 3v To become isolated, such as land which has been separated from other land. by water. Ko du-on tanò no nasamò to woig no nigsamba, sikan ka napulù. If there is land which is left over by water which has flooded, that is what has become isolated. Ka tanò no Mindanao, su nalingutan to dagat, napulù no tanò The land of Mindanao, because it is surrounded by the ocean, it is isolated from the land. 4v A leftover section, such as of field not yet weeded or harvested. Songo lian na-an dò ko kapulù. When the leftover section [is harvested] there will be just one basketful left [to be gathered]. [DB said in the following example, it seems the people have purposed to leave a section.] osyn: samò. 5v To section off, as a portion of land. Ko du-on ogsamo-on ta no ogboni-on, ogpulù ki diò to ilis ka maroyow no ogkabonì. If we have [a part of the field] which we will leave over, we will isection off that good part near the edge [of the field] for seed. Kagi to songo otow to, “Maniò to so-ini no nig-alad?” Ogtabak koy to, “Nigpulù noy su ogboni-on.” A person says, “Why is this fense [here]” We will reply, “We have sectioned it off for seed (lit. because it will be seed.) osyn: indan 1. 6num Ten. 7Tenth. 8Ten days.