atol v 1To be sheltered or protected. Ka bogas to mundù, naka-atol to lobut to kayu no moon-ing dalig; konò ogka-ayunan to ogpurut. The tubers (lit. fruit) of the camote are protected under the tree where there are many root; one can't get at them to take [them]. [such as camotes growing under a stump.] 2To take refuge. Ko ogpangilian, nig-ugpò koy on diò to bubungan. Og-atolan noy ko du-on mangayow. “When [someone] holes-up, we-excl. stay there in the mountain(s). We take refuge [there] when there are raiders.” [such as on a mountain with one path that can be protected from above.] see: ili.
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bonsaran n 1The base of a mountain where the incline begins. Ka bonsaran, ian ka diralom to daligdigan no ka katamanan to nakasandig. The base of a mountain, that is at the bottom of the incline which is the ending of the steep part. 2Bottom and sides of shield which are reinforced with a decorative edge of bronze or more recently, with aluminium. Ko du-on ogsabukan no burunsi diò to bonsaran to kalasag, ian ka ighiroson oyow konò ogkagulak ko ogmapilpilakoy. When there is something in which brass is placed there on the bottom and sides of a shield, that is that which secures it so that it won’t come apart when [men] fight each other with spears. see: kalasag 1.
daligdig 1deriv n The ascent or incline of a mountain Ka bonsaran, ian ka diralom to daligdigan no ka katamanan to nakasandig. The base of a mountain, that is at the bottom of the incline which is the ending of the steep part. see: sandig 2. 2v Follow a path on mountain side; traverse a mountain, not going by way of the summit.
luyung n Large roots of huge forest tree trunks growing above the ground; such as those of the nara or lawa-an tree. Sapsapan noy on ka luyung oyow ogmanipis. We chip off the surface of the luyung in order to make it thin. [These roots protrude from the ground and may be taller than a person. They may be as much as four inches thick. They are very hard and strong and are used for palasungan, a board which goes under a losung “mortar” for pounding grain. (Smaller roots growing above the ground are used for bolo handles but are simiply called dalig, not luyung.)] gen: dalig 1.
mundù n 1Camote; camote plants. Ka lawa woy ka bogas, mundù dod ka igngaran. The body and the fruit [of the camote] are both called camote, or the fruit. Ka mundù ko igpamula ta, og-unug ka dalig to lawa. As for camote plants, when we plant them, the roots follow the stem (lit. body). see fr.: kasilò. 2Camote field. Kagi to kamunoy to mundu-an, “Og-alaron ku bag so-in mundù ku.” The owner of the camote field said, “I'm fencing these camotes of mine.”
sandig v 1To be steep. 2To lean against something. [A tree that isn't straight, ogdaldal “leans”, but if it leans against something, like a house or another tree, nakasandig “lean against”.] see fr.: daldal 1; see fr.: daligdig 1.
tibtib 1v To cut off at the tips with a bolo. Ko tapus to ogpangali, no ogluu-an on diò to woig ka mundù, ogpanibtiban tad ka dalig. At the end of harvesting sweet potatoes, when the sweet potatoes are washed in the river/creek (lit. water), we cut off the roots at the tips [of the sweet potatoes.] [Specifically used of cutting off roots of camotes or cassava which grow from the tips of the rootstocks.] 2Waxing crescent of the moon.??