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lopang v For a tree to become uprooted. Ko du-on tanò no ogkalunow, ogkalopang ka kayu. If there is a landslide (lit. ground which landslides), the trees become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for a tree which has been uprooted, the body will be slow to deteriorate. That is what is [meant by the word] lopang because it becomes the resting place of the wild creatures. [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut around the base and then pull it over. (Such a tree provides a shelter between the roots and body of a tree where wild animals take shelter.)] osyn: pukan, luwal.
luwal v For a tree to become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for the tree which is uprooted, it will be a long time before its body and the tib rot, and then only the roots will be left. That is what is called [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut some roots around the base and then pull it over, uprooting the rest.] osyn: lopang, pukan.
luyung n Large roots of huge forest tree trunks growing above the ground; such as those of the nara or lawa-an tree. Sapsapan noy on ka luyung oyow ogmanipis. We chip off the surface of the luyung in order to make it thin. [These roots protrude from the ground and may be taller than a person. They may be as much as four inches thick. They are very hard and strong and are used for palasungan, a board which goes under a losung “mortar” for pounding grain. (Smaller roots growing above the ground are used for bolo handles but are simiply called dalig, not luyung.)] gen: dalig 1.
sapsap 1v To cut by directing blows parallel with the surface of the wood; to make short, quiet, side-stroke movements with a bolo along the surface of ground, wood, etc., as when weeding or making wood smooth. Duon otow no nigsapsap to go-od din no ighimu rin to baloy. There was a person who smoothed off his lumber with which he was making a house. Sapsapan noy on ka luyung oyow ogmanipis. We chipped off the surface of the luyung in order to make it thin. see fr.: kamot 2.1; osyn: sipsip. 2deriv n Wood chips.