amagal n A lizard about 5 or 6 inches long which has a green back, light colored belly and brown tail. Ka amagal, malasi ta ogka-alow diò to dalan. Songo kuò ko oglopow diò to baloy ka ogpandawi to bakukang, mgo ipos. We often inadvertently scare away green lizards on a trail. On occasion [they] come into a house to prey on large or small cockroaches. Nigtinagpa-an on to miow to nigdawi ka amagal to songo nigdawi to bakokang. The cat pounced on a green lizard upon which it was preying as it likewise was preying on a cochroach. [This lizard is frequently seen on trees but may, on occasion, enter a house.]
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mandalagit see: banug. n Any bird of prey including the banug hawk/eagle family or the owls which prey at night. Ka mgo mandalagit, ian ngaran to mgo manukmanuk no ogmandawi to ogdalagit to piak, to mgo ulod, mgo ngalap to woig. The birds of prey, that is the name of the birds which prey, swooping up chicks, snakes and water creatures.
pamu-od cf: dawi. v To go after and catch, as a dog which is hunting. Ko du-on ogkito-on to asu no ambow, ogpamu-oron din. If a dog sees something he will go after it and catch it. 1.1vs To have successfully hunted down something. Ko warò no-utol, warò napamu-od din. If he didn't catch it, he didn't [successfully] go after and catch it.
pandawit see fr.: pandawot; see: dawot. v Wail for the dead. [The wailing, or sinogow crying is pandawit. The plaintive song sung to the body of one who has died is pandawot.] gen: sinogow 1.