abat v 1To harvest individual plants such as corn or sugarcane by cutting or breaking off the plants. Ko mo-ilow pad, ka agoloy, og-alabat ki to litos no ogkasugba. When the corn is still unripe, we harvest enough individual plants to cook. [One can abat corn, sugarcane, banana leaves by breaking off or cutting. One can take just a few or harvest the whole field. Contrasting abat with ga-ani, DB says with abat, the whole body, that is the trunk or stem is removed, but when one ga-ani “harvests” the rice, one just gets the grains. DB further said that if the corn is mature and the field is harvested, the word is sanggì.] gen: ga-ani. 2To cut or break off leaves from a plant such as the leaves of a banana or similar plant. Og-abat to doun ko ogdatunan to ogko-on. One breaks/cuts off leaves when food will be served up on them. Ko og-uran, og-abat ki to doun no ogtorongon. When it rains, we break/cut off leaves for a head covering. [These leaves may be used for serving rice at feasts or as protection from rain, but the process is also used for thinning the leaves of similar plants.] see fr.: gasap.
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agubanga v Slightly unripe, as bananas or papaya. Og-agubanga ka kapayas; warò pad amana noinug. The papaya is unevenly ripe and unripe; it isn't quite ripe yet. [Texture of something partially ripe which is hard on the outside, soft in the middle as an unripe bananas or papaya.]
bu-ol 1n Knee. 2adj Unripe (as bananas or corn).
bugsù v 1To plant by sticking plants in the ground in an upright position such as bananas or taro. Ko ogbugsù to sopa to saging, ogpahasindogan ta to igpamula no oghirosonan to ogbunbun to basak ka lobut. Ka u-ud ka diò to ampow. Ka lobut ka igbugsù diò to tanò. When someone plants the banana shoot in an upright position, we cause that which we are planting to be standing up and [we] pack (lit. cover tightly) the soil around the base [of the plant]. The tip is at the top. The bottom is that which is stuck in the ground. see: bagdak 2. 2To fall landing in sitting position.
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.
bulig₁ n A kind of wild banana; soft white-colored trunk. gen: saging; see fr.: abaka.
bungul 1n A lump of soft sap lagot which is found on certain trees such as lawa-an and which is removed to be used as pitch for a torch. Ka kayu no lawa-an, ko du-on on ogbungul no lagot to lawa-an, ko ogmakogal on, sikan on ka salong no ogkoimu on no ilaw. As for the lawa-an tree, when there is a lump of sap on the lawa-an tree, when it is hardened, that is the resin which can be made into a light. see: salong; see fr.: salong; see: lagot. 2n Long, green banana which is eaten raw. 3deriv n Boiled corn on the cob.
gitò n Juice or sap of various vegetables and fruits such as sweet potatoes (camote), bananas, squash. (The sap of the pangi called lagas or the poisonous tuber kolut must be removed by soaking.) Du-on gitò to lagas woy to kolut. There is poisonous sap in the seeds of the pangi and in the kolut tuber. gen: lagot.
lapung 1adj To be thick, bushy, wide-spread (as of tree foliage and branches or of bananas which grow in bunches). Nasalupung ka bogas to bugkò no ogmalapung. The fruit of the lansones which are thick are clustered together. see fr.: mabonbon 1; see: nasagboka; see: umpung. 2v To cluster; be in groups, as grapes or grapefruit. Ka sagboka no sugpang to bugkò, oglapunglapung ka bogas din. On one branch of lansones, its fruit are in groups. Nasalopun: unawa to bogas to bugkò no ogmalapun. Clustered like the fruit of the lansones. [Like a cluster of lansones or grapefruit.] see: salupun.
lukò 1v To peel off as layers of covering from, as onions, corn, banana blossom, abaka. [Usually done by hand but a knife is used if layers stick. The same term would be applied to layers of paper of a tablet or a book that are separated whether or not they are torn off.] osyn: luit. 2n Peeling as of abaca or banana stalk, used for water trough.
mangulod adj 1Unripe as of banana or young coconut, corn. 2young, as of corn Og-abat ki to manulod no agoloy su ogtibungulon ta su maroyow no ogko-onon. We harvest young corn because we will boil it because it is good to eat. [When the grains are still soft and not fully developed.] 3immature Mangulod ka kayu ko kò pad no matasan. Wood is immature when it has not yet become hard. ant: matasan.
pakow n 1Spine or veins of a leaf, such as banana, coconut. Pakow to niug ka ighimu to walis. The spines of the cococut [leaf] are what are used to make a stick broom. [The stem, spines and veins of a leaf are all designated by the term pakow which even includes the inner portion of an ear of corn.] see fr.: tikog 1. 2Veins, of a leaf 3A center portion, as of an ear of corn Ka bagal to agoloy, ian pakow rin ka taliwarò. The cob of the corn, it is its stem on the inside [of the ear of corn]. 4Handle, as of a pan Ka pakow to kandiru, nagopù. The handle of the pan is broken. see: pa-a 1.
poros 1v A biting or astringent flavor such as that of unripe bananas or rattan fruit. Ka alag, maporos ko ogsopo-on ta. The rattan fruit is astringent when we chew it. see fr.: alas 2. 2adj To smart or sting, as alcohol on a wound Ko du-on tambal no ma-alas no igdamulas ta to lawa ta, ogmaporos ka laplap ta. If there is stinging medicine which we spread on our bodies, our skin smart. 3v To smart. Ko ogtotomog ka to hapuy no oghiupan nu, ogko-obolan ka mata nu no ogmaporos on. If you build a fire and blow on it, you will get smoke in your eyes and they will start smarting. see: alas 1.
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.
soging v For a fruit to ripen ahead of others such as a banana on a stalk. [DB says this word applies to a fruit which ripens ahead ahead of the other fruits. ogsogingan applies to several fruits such as bananas which have ripened ahead of the others on the same stalk.]
