gulabung 1n Sunny, dry weather. Ko tig-allow, malayat no gulabung. When it is summer (lit. the time of sunshine), the sunny, dry weather is long. see fr.: allow 5. 1.1v To become dry, as weather. 2deriv n Dry season. Ko tiggulabung on no malayat on ka pog-allow no ogkakaligtung on ka mgo bo-ugan no ogkoko-otian on to oggulabung. When it is dry season then the sunny period is prolonged (lit. sunny days are long) and the creeks become puddles as they dry up from the dry weather.
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ligtù 1v To snap in two with a sideways motion, as of rattan. Ligtu-a nu. Snap it in two. [If something is being made from rattan and then at the end of the strand the rattan is bent backwards but does not break off, they will take hold of it and with a sideways motion snap it in two.] see: pagopù. 2adj crack Ko ogmalunoy on, konò ogkaligtù. If it is soft and flexible it will not crack.
limas v To remove water from a shallow pool so that the fish will be easy to catch. Ka mgo bo-ugan no naligtung on, oglimasan ta taman to og-oti on no ogko-utol tad ka mgo ngalap. The creeks which have become shallow pools, we remove the water until it dries up and then we can catch the fish [and other edible water creatures]. [Word is also used of removing water from a boat which has taken on water.]
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.
otì v To decrease, lessen, as water in cooking pot, or as river. Ka mgo bo-ugan no naligtung on, oglimasan ta taman to og-oti on no ogko-utol tad ka mgo ngalap. The creeks which have become shallow pools, we remove the water until it dries up and then we can catch the fish [and other edible water creatures]. Ka mgo bo-ugan, ogkoko-oti-an on to oggulabung. As for the creeks, they dry up when it is dry season. Ko ogko-oti-an on, warad on woig su mamara on. When the [ruver] dries up, there is no more water because it has become dry.
siak 1n An inlet of ocean water. Ka siak diò to dagat, no warò ogligtuasan, siak no lanow. An inlet [of water] at the ocean, if it has no outlet, it is an inlet which [forms] a lake. 2A side stream or secondary channel of the river that has become separated from the main stream. Ka woig [river] no siak, du-on ogligtuasan diò to dibabò. As for a side stream of a river, there is an outlet downriver. [This happens when there has been flooding of the river so that the stream has formed a new channel. This side stream may re-join river or may terminate in a small pool. After a long time, this side stream will usually become dried up.]