balangit v To use something to make a a bird or animal fierce such as a cock or a horse for fighting. Ko lumansad, ian igbalangit ka bulbul to laku no igtoluk to manuk oyow mabulut. As for a cock, what is used as a treatment is the hair of a weasel which is used to smoke the chicken so that it will fight fiercely (lit. be fierce to fight). Ko du-on otow no ogbalangitan ka kuddò din, ogkuò to bagabaga no ighidhid to bo-bò to kuddò din oyow ogmabulut ko igpabutong on. If someone gives a treatment to his horse, he gets a yellow and brown wasp which is rubbed on the lips of his horse so that it will fight fiercely in a horse fight. [A horse may be made to eat wasps, or crushed wasps put on their lips. Chickens may be fed the dried up umbilical cord of a baby to make them good fighting cocks.]
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sobu₂ 1n Temper, as hardness of steel. Ka mo-irob no warad sobu, manguod on no konad ogkagamit su konò og-utong su warad galang. The knife which has no more temper has become raw and cannot be used because it will not cut because there is no more [sharp] edge. 2v To temper, as steel to make it hard. Ka mo-irob no warad on galang, ogpagbalon ta to hapuy. Ko ogmalalab on ka mo-irob, igsugbuk tad to magsil no woig oyow ogkasobuan on no ogmabasag on ka putow. Ligkat to pogsobu, ig-olod ta diò to asaiti oyow igmaroyow to putow no konò ogkagopù. [DB says this concerns tempering metal that is not sharp. They put it in the fire until it is red hot and then plung it into cold water.]