Search results for "kalisow"
kaglas₂ n A kind of palm tree, similar to kalisow, a wild betelnut tree, which has an edible heart, the fruits of which are used with betelnut chew.
lunoy 1n Sticky tree fruit about the size of kalisow, or a Brazil nut, will burn like pitch. 2soft and flexible Ko ogmalunoy on, konò ogkaligtù. If it is soft and flexible it will not crack. 3v To break down [into pieces] Ko ogmalunoy on, oghalinon dan on diò to do-isok no losung no diò dan ogbinayuan. When [the tabacco or betelnut] is broken into pieces, they transfer it to a small mortar and then they pound it there.
mamò 1v To chew betelnut. Ka mgo buyag, ungod ogmamò to mamo-on, kalisow, apug, alag woy manika. The older people always chew cultivated betelnut, wild betelnut, lime, alag fruit and manika leaf. Ogmanmamò su naan no ogpakogal to ngipon dan. They chew betelnut because they suppose that it will make their teeth hard. 2deriv n A larger variety of betelnut which is cultivated. 3n Betelnut container.
poid v 1To intentionally spread or smear something on something else. Poiri nu to bulit ka kalisow. You-sing. smear some wet lime on the betelnut. see: bulit 2. 1.1To spread back and forth as peanut butter on bread. Du-on otow no ogpa-init to paan no ogkuò to mani no ogpoidpoiran din oyow ogmo-omis. There is a person who has a snack of bread and he gets peanut [butter] which he spreads back and forth on it so that it will taste good (lit. be sweet). see fr.: hidhid. 2To accidently smear something on something else as to get soot on one's clothing. Ko ogpakapoid ki to musong, ogmo-itom ka lawa ta woy ka kinabò. If we accidently smear soot on ourselves, our bodies and our clothes will become black. 3(Fig.) To do something to cover up (lit. smooth over/rub out) a fault. Ka sikan no nigpa-abin din diò to songo otow, impoid din ka salò din. That which he blamed on (lit. caused to be attributed to) someone else, was done to cover up his fault. [The language assistant said it is like when a person rubs his tracks on a trail so they cannot be seen.] see: bunbun 5.