tangkob v 1To latch onto, as a creature that bites and hangs on. Nakari-ok a to tapilak no dagas nigtangkob to pa-a ku. I inadvertently stepped on a centepede which immediately latched onto my foot. ant: silò 1. 2Clamp together, as jaws of person with tetanus. Ko ogdalu no ogsubla ka mo-init, ogtangkob ka bo-bò. If one is ill and the fever is excessive, his mouth clamps together. 3To be clamped down on, as tongue between one's teeth. Ko ogkatangkoban ka dilò, ogkatampod. If the tongue is clamped down on, it can be severed. 4To deliberately clamp down on something. Nigpatangkoban to boi ka bo-bò din to tinurù to ma-ama rin. The girl clamped her teeth (lit. mouth) on her brother's index finger. 5To go down, as the sun. Maga-an ki og-ulì su ogkatangkob on ka allow. We will be quick to return home because the sun will go down. Ka lituk to ogkatangkob ka allow, ogsalop on ka allow. Ogkaloplop on. The meaning of the sun going down is that it goes over the horizon. It goes out of sight. see: salop.