kobong v Pinch, with or without using fingernails. Du-on kobong no ig-ogot. Du-on kobong no mohimulung no igli-ag dò to batò. There is pinching which is used to scold. There is gentle pinching which is used to play with the children. [Pinching hard is often used to correct a child. DB says if done with the fingernails it can cause a wound and/or bleeding. However, it is often done gently with children as a game or between friends as a friendly gesture.] see: pindit 1. 1.1v To pinch one another. Ka ogpakobkobongoy, ogpa-at-atuoy ki di li-ag dò. As for pinching each other, we get back at each other but it is just a game. Pakobkobongoy ki. We are pinching each other.
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pindit v 1To pick up between thumb and forefinger; take a pinch of something. Ogpindit ka to asin. You take a pinch of salt. Songo pogpurut dò to asin, oghingaranan to songo pogpindit To take a bit of salt, it is called one pinch. see fr.: kobong 1; see: purut 1. 2To pinch. Ka otow no ogpindit, oggamiton din ka timbabakal woy tinuru no ian dò oggongon to ogpindit to laplap to apongag to bato. Ko ogli-ag ki to batò, ogpinditon ta ka apongag din. If we play with a child, we pinch his cheek. [with thumb and forefinger without using fingernails.]