Bulisung n The name of a location on the Liboganan river between Suo-on and Mabantow on the other side of a mountain from Tagpopoot where there is a very deep whirlpool and a cave at the foot of a cliff where there are passageways which is too dangerous to explore. Ka Bulisung, dalama no nalugi-an no dakol ka saliuan to linow woy maralom. Bulisung is a cliff in which a hole has been formed [at the base] which has a deep area containing a whirlpool. [There used to be a village at that location but the people have moved to Tagpopoot and Kamansi because many children drowned in the whirlpool.]
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bantow 1v To watch, view 2n A village on the Libogonan river between Manikì and Bulisung. [reportedly named after soldiers and Chinese settlers came in and people were watching the boats go up and down the river.]
buntug 1v Throw or cast a spear or a pole or something long and cylindrically thin. Du-on otow no nigbuntugan din ka asu din to tukod din di warò dò namatoy. There was a person who cast his stick at his dog but the dog wasn’t quite killed (lit. didn’t quite die). gen: dogpak 1; see: pilak; see: palatok. 2v Something long and cylindrical which is used to cast, such as a spear. 3n Name of a village between Suwo-on and Taguangu where there is a cliff and deep pool upriver from Bulisung. The location gets its name from a legend that a young man won his bride by casting his spear at, and killing, a wild pig very long ago.