hulun v To gather together as flies, ants, birds or fish to feed such as birds to suck nectar, and as fish eat. Oghulun [ka mgo langow] su ogdapù to kogang woy ko arol. [The flies] gather together because they feed on the sores and/or on the skin lesions. Nokoy bua ka oghulunan to bulili-i? What perhaps are the red ants gathering together on [to eat]?
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kopal 1adj Thick, as the two sides of a book, a piece of clothing, or paper. Makopal ka kinabò. The shirt is thick. ant: manipis. 2adj Thick, as hair when there is a lot of it. Makopal ka bulbul. Oglituk to dakol lagboy ka bulbul din woy malapung His/her hair is thick. It means that he has a lot of hair and plentiful. 3adj Having a small amount of liquid so that many particles are close together such as a lot of powdered milk added to a small amount of water. Makopal ka gatas su og-anlod ka gatas ko ogtunawon to woig. The milk is thick because the milk sinks to the bottom if it is dissolved/suspended in water. 4adj Close together as forest where are many trees and much vegetation. Makopal ka mgo tibogow diò to napù no mabasag ka lawa rin. [The tibogow is dense there in the flat area and its body is hard.] ant: magalat; see: sokol. 5adj To be volumic, that is, both wide and have much content, as as a field with much vegetation. Makopal ka tira-an. Maluag, mgo lalimma no hitaria bua to ogpamula-an. Sikan dò ka impamula; warò solug no duma. The sugarcane field is capacious. It is wide, about five hetares maybe which has been planted. That is all that has been planted; there is no mixture of anything else. 6adj Many such as flies or lice which which cover a sore. Makopal to kutu. Ogkito-on ka kutu woy ogkogangon ka batò. The lice are many. The lice are visible and the child is covered with sores. Makopal ka langow no oghulun to pa-a. The flies are thick which are swarming on [a someone’s] foot. see: moon-ing. 7adv Thicker [than something else]; thickest Mamakopal ka laplap to kalabow. The carabao's skin is thicker [than the shirt]. 8deriv n thickness Ko og-otian ka nigsamba no woig, songo dangow ka kapokali to danlak. When the flooded [river] water has receeded, the thickness of the silt is a handspan deep.
kopkop 1v To embrace one another as sign of affection or reconciliation. [Embracing is practiced when one sees a friend or loved one whom one has not seen for a long time. It is often a part of a reconciliation.] 2v To have people embrace such as when reconciling them. Pinogkopkop kow on su su nokog-ulì on ka goinawa now. You led to embrace each other because you had been reconciled (lit. your breath has returned to each other). 3v To hold someone in an embrace, such as to restrain. [After a death, even if it is from disease, one person may hold the bereaved person in an embrace while another takes away his/her knife lest that person use it hurt himself or others during the first moments of grief and frustration.] 4To cause something to adhere to something else as a bandage or a wad of wet tabacco placed against the skin. Ko du-on kogang, ogluiton ka tabakù no igpakopkop to palì no ig-atang to langow. If someone has an infected sore, [he will] peal off some tabacco and cause it to adhere [to the sore] to keep off the flies. 5v Hug oneself especially to keep oneself warm.