kalù n A hat. [A Manobo hat is woven from leaves but commercially sold hats would also be called kalù. Other types of head covering such as a scarf or umbrella would be called a torong “head coverings”.] gen: torung 1; gen: torong (generic).
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kogos n Headband, or bound scarf of a man. [A kogos is made from a large piece of cloth and tied either in the front or back. It may or may not be decorated with pamalumpung “tassals” (The scarf worn by a woman is not called kogos but is called a torong.)] gen: torung 1; gen: torong.
torung 1n A head covering, as for the rain. Ka kalù, torong dod di du-on ngaran. A hat is also a head-covering but it has a [specific] name. [Anything that covers the head is a torong even if it does not touch the head, such as an umbrella is also a torong. It covers the head and protects from rain though it does not touch the head.] spec: kalù, kogos. 2v To cover something, as corn or homoy. 3v To cover, as one's head Totorung to doun to saging. He’s covering [his] head with a banana leaf.
