abat v 1To harvest individual plants such as corn or sugarcane by cutting or breaking off the plants. Ko mo-ilow pad, ka agoloy, og-alabat ki to litos no ogkasugba. When the corn is still unripe, we harvest enough individual plants to cook. [One can abat corn, sugarcane, banana leaves by breaking off or cutting. One can take just a few or harvest the whole field. Contrasting abat with ga-ani, DB says with abat, the whole body, that is the trunk or stem is removed, but when one ga-ani “harvests” the rice, one just gets the grains. DB further said that if the corn is mature and the field is harvested, the word is sanggì.] gen: ga-ani. 2To cut or break off leaves from a plant such as the leaves of a banana or similar plant. Og-abat to doun ko ogdatunan to ogko-on. One breaks/cuts off leaves when food will be served up on them. Ko og-uran, og-abat ki to doun no ogtorongon. When it rains, we break/cut off leaves for a head covering. [These leaves may be used for serving rice at feasts or as protection from rain, but the process is also used for thinning the leaves of similar plants.] see fr.: gasap.
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alabat 1n Wall, as of a house or building. Ian ka ogkohingarnan no du-on alabat ka du-on atop unawa to baloy ko unturanan. Ko diò to lama, konon alabat, alad. That which is called a wall is that which has a roof like a house upon which (lit. if) [the roof] is resting on it. [The word alabat applies to the walls of a building but not to a wall built around a garden. That type of “wall” is included in the semantic range of alad.] 2n The side of a vehicle. Ka buus, du-on alabat, ka multicab woy “jeep”. A bus has a side (lit. wall), a multicab and a “jeep”. 3v To make a wall.
alik-ik n 1A kind of green and white stripped leaf used to wrap corn for steaming. Moon-ing ka alik-ik diò to kanami no mabatok di konò ogkagamit to igbaakì to agoloy. Ian dò ogkagamit ka alik-ik no mo-ilow. There are many kinds of varigated alik-ik plants in our place they are not used to make steamed bread from corn. The only kind that is used is the green alik-ik plant. [There are many kinds of leaves called alik-ik but not all of them are used for wrapping and steaming young corn. The leaf used for making a type of steamed corn bread is a green and white stripped leaf found in the forest. Other varigated varieties are considered to be pretty and are used as decorative plants. It is uncertain if these could be used in cooking.] 2Small grained rice.
alus vs 1To be carried away by the current. Ko oglapas ki, ko konò ki ogpakabatuk to mababow su mabolbol ka woig, ogka-alus ki diò to maralom. Ogpakalumbuk kid on. If we cross [a river], if we are not able to discover the shallow [places] because the water is bubbly, we will be carried away by the current to where it is deep. We will have to swim. Ko ogpalawod ki to gakit no diò ki ogdu-ung to malongon no woig no konò ki ogdu-ung diò to mabolbol su ogka-alus ka gakit ta. Ogka-anlas ogkohutuk ka gakit ko ogdu-ung ki to mabolbol. If we go downstream by raft then we beach [our raft] where the water is calm and we don't beach [it] where at rapids (lit. bubby) because our raft will be swept away by the current. Our raft will be carried by the current if we beach [our craft] at the rapids (lit. where [the water] is bubbly). Ko oglapas ki, og-aliguan ta ka maralom no og-abalang ki to mababow oyow konò ki ogka-alus diò to linow. When we cross [a river], we detour around the deep [part] and search for the shallow [area] so that we won't be swept away by the current into the deep pool. gen: alap 3; see fr.: anlas 3. 2For many to be swept away by the current. Ko moon-ing ka oglapas to woig no ogka-alap diò to maralom, ogkaka-alus. (Ka Kapugi, ogkama-alus. Man-alus, sikan dod ka lituk.) If many cross a river (lit. water) and are carried to the deep [part], they are swept away by the current. In Kupugi, [they say], ogkama-alus. Man-alus, has the same meaning.
ampow 1prep Up, above. Ampow ta ka ilawan. The lightbulb is above us. 2v To stack one item on top of another. 3v For one item to be on top of another. Naka-ampow ka harayu to lamisaan. The radio is on top of the table. [This implies that the tem is actually touching in contrast to the example of the lightbulb which was overhead but not touching anyone.] 4vs To be stacked one on top of another as books Ogpokog-ampow-ampow ka so-i diblu. These books are stacked on top of each other. 5v (Fig.) Usurp the rights of someone else. Pig-ubus dan abata ka impamula ku no bontung no warò nigpataga to nigbuyù. Ka sikan no batasan dan, igpa-ampow-ampow to duma ran. They completely cut down all of the bamboo for weaving which I had planted without letting it be known by a request. That conduct of theirs usurped the rights of their companion. 6v ( Fig.)To override as when someone overrides the speech of someone else. Ko ogkagi a no du-on otow no ogtampod to kagi ku, ogbugsong. Ko og-ampawan din ka kagi rin, igdo-isok. If I am speaking and there is a person who cuts off my speech, he interrupts. If someone overrides [another's words] with his words, it is disrespectful of (lit. belittles) [the other person].
angol 1vs Borderline to being demented; stupid, unwise, . cf: bu-ang 1. 2adj Non-violently demented. [May be used as taunt in joking.] 3v To be foolish or act foolishly. Na-angol-angol ki pad. Ko sikanami, warò pad katagaan ta. Warò ki pad makabatuk to maroyow no dalan. We were still foolish. As for us, we did not yet have knowledge. We had not yet discovered the good path. see fr.: bunog 2.
arab 1n A kind of curved knife, or bolo. Ka arab, marulag igkakamot su ogsinsinikoton dò to oghiipanow, panagana ko du-on usig. The arab knife is rarely used to cut a field because it is just strapped at the waist and worn when one travels, in case (lit. preparation if) there would be an enemy. [which has triangular shaped blade at the apex at about a 45 degree angle. Sometimes only the bottom edge is sharpened but all edges may be sharpened. It is about 2-3 inches wide and 15-20 inches long.] 2v to sharpen one or both sides of a piece of bamboo. Ko og-abat ki to bulu, og-araban ta su oghimuon ta no sinombung. When we cut down bamboo, we sharpen it because we will make into a bamboo spear. [Thought used primarily of sharpening an edge of bamboo, the same word and procedure could be done to certain kinds of hard wood but more rarely as most wood is not suitable. DB said it would not apply to sharpening metal.] see: mo-irob.
babalakan n A junction or crossing, as of a highway or two rivers that intersect. Ko du-on otow no ogpanumbaloy no ligkat to Kapalong, ogpatomu kanta diò to babalakan oyow ogpoko-untul [ogpakabatuk] to baloy ta oyow konò ogkalagaklagak.) If someone comes for a visit from Kapalong, he will have us meet him at the [river] junction wo that he will be able to find our house so that he won't become lost. [Word applies whether the roads just meet or intersect.]
bat-ow v 1Illuminate; light up as a room or pathway. Warò ogko-utol ku su du-on ogpakabat-ow ka nigtong-ow. I didn't catch any [fish] because there were those who were using a light for fishing who were illuminating [the water]. [Ka amag], ian igbat-ow noy to dalan noy. [The phosphorescent leaf] that is what we use to light up our pathway. spec: tong-ow 2. 2Show, demonstrate, as to show a person his fault.
batok 1design; pattern including color. Du-on baloy no maroyow ka batok din. There is a house whose pattern is pretty. Maroyow ka batok to balaus nu su oglo-inlo-in to bulak. The design of your blouse is pretty. 2adj Patterned, mottled, color; variation in pattern and/or in color. Ka losok no ulod mabatok-batok ka batok to lawa rin. The losok snake as a mottled pattern to its body.
batuk 1v To find, discover. Inat konò ogpakabatuk. It's as if one cannot discover [the meaning]. Warò ki pad makabatuk to maroyow no dalan. We had not yet discovered the good path. Iglobong diò to tanò to daruwa no allow ka pogbatuk to sikan no agkud. [The mixture] is buried in the ground for two days [before]] finding [it to have become] the agkud delicacy. see fr.: tugul 3; see fr.: kita 2; see fr.: tolom 3. 2v To be effective. Ko nokoy no tambal no ogpakabatuk to masakit, ian ka ma-agbot no tambal. Whatever medicine is effective against an illness, that is strong medicine. 3v To identify, such as to narrow down to the one person whom one would marry. Ko konò ogkahalin ka goinawa nu diò to duma no boi, no ian nu ogbatukon ka sikan no boi no nasabutan nu. If your love (lit. breath) does not change to another girl, then you have identified the girl with whom you had an agreement [to be the one whom you would marry]. [The sense here seems to be that one's search is narrowed down to this one person so that one knows she is the one he is looking for.] see: tu-on 1. 4v To locate, or go to a specific place for a specific purpose. Ka kunto-on no tipouri no mgo otow, du-on batasan to du-on on indosanan no kasilyas no du-on dò ogbatuk ka og-indos. As for the present-day people who have come later (lit. last), there is a custom to have an outhouse for defecating and so that is [the only] place people will go to to defecate. [The following seems to mean that in contrast to the past when people defecated anywhere, now people go to only that specific location which has been made for that purpose.] 5v To find or locate Ko oglapas ki, ko konò ki ogpakabatuk to mababow su mabolbol ka woig, ogka-alus ki diò to maralom. If we cross [a river], if we cannot locate a shallow area because the water is swift, we will be carried away by the current to a deep area. 6v To get at, or be effective against, as an illness. Ko nokoy no tambal no ogpakabatuk to masakit, ian ka ma-agbot no tambal. Whatever the medicine is which gets at the illness, that is efficatious (lit. strong) medicine. see: tu-on ??. 7v To be passed down, as some characteristic or authority which is recognized in someone's descendant Sikan ka oghingaranan noy no batuk to anak. Ka katondanan ni Dabid, nigbatuk ki Husi. No ka katondanan ni Husi, nigbatuk man dò diò ki Hisus. That is [what] we call passed down to an offspring. The authority of David, it is passed down to Joseph. And the authority of Joseph, it is then passed down to/found in in Jesus. 8v to find to be [or to have become] something Iglobong diò to tanò to daruwa no allow ka pogbatuk to sikan no agkud. That which found to be agkud is buried in the ground for two days. [In the following example, the it takes two days for the mixture of ingredients to change into the food item called akud.] 9Retrieve food once cached away. 10Return. 11v find out, reveal 12Kabatukon ku so-i komos. ???
bulu n 1Medium size, smooth bamboo used for rafts, woven walls of village homes which is also, split for use as roofing. Ka bulu, oggasapon to otow ka ig-alabat to baloy rin. Smooth bamboo is cut dcut and trimmed by a person to use [to make] a wall for his house. 2A kind of sugarcane. (Obsolete because no more of that kind currently exists.)
da-at 1v To waste; ruin. 2Wasted; ruined 3ruin; distroy (on purpose) 4Carelessly waste Ko du-on mgo batò no ogko-on no moon-ing ka ogkoko-ulug no mgo ko-onon diò to so-og, ogmanda-atda-at to ko-onon. If there are children who are eating and there is a lot of rice which falls to the floor, they are wasting the food. 5v distroy Du-on otow no nigulak to konò no baloy ran no nigda-atda-at din ka mgo alabat. There was a person who dismantled what wasn't his house and he distroyed the walls.
doipag 1n Across, other side, esp. of water. Ka doipag ku, sikan no alabat. 13/Feb/2006 That which is opposite me is the wall. Ko mgo batò koy pad, ogdogpak koy to batu diò to doipag to woig. When we were still children, we would throw a stone to the other side of the water. Ko oglapas ki diò to doipag to woig, ogka-alus ki ko mabolbol ka woig to pog-apot ta. When we cross to the opposite side of the river (lit. water), we will be carried away by the current if the water is swift as we wade [across]. 2v To take/bring something across [a river] to someone else. Ko du-on otow no ogpangumow diò to doipag, ogkagi sikandin to, “Doipaga a to gakit su oglapas a.” If someone calls from across [the river], he will say, “Bring the raft across to me because I will cross [the river].” Ko og-angayon ka otow, ogdoipagon ku to gakit. When I fetch the person I will take the raft across to him. 3v To cross, esp. water by means of a raft or boat ??
dokdok v 1Pound, as with a hammer, stone or other object. Ko oghimu ki to baloy, oggamiton ta ka martiliu no ogdokdok to lansang. When we make a house, we use a hammer to pound a nail. Ko ogkuò ki to ig-alabat to baloy no linas to langilan, ogdokdokon ta ka laplap din oyow oglokò. When we get the bark of the langilan [tree] to wall a house, we pound its outer layer (lit. skin) so that it will come loose. 2Pound with a small pestle, such as tobacco or betelnut. Ka mo-ilow pad no doun to tabakù woy ko mamo-on, ogdokdokon to maintok no losung. Maintok no putow ka igdokdok. As for the still green leaves of tobacco, or betel nut, they are pounded in a small mortar. A small piece of iron is used to pound it. An-anayan, ogdokdokan dan pad to kayu. Ko ogmalunoy on, oghalinon dan on diò to do-isok no losung no diò dan ogbinayuan. First, they pound it will a small [piece of] wood. When it has become smooth, they transfer it to a small mortar and then they pound it there with a pestle. see: binayu 1. 3see: dukduk.
ga-ani v To harvest a grain such as rice or millet. [Contrasting abat with ga-ani, DB says with abat, the whole lawa i.e trunk or stem is removed, but when one harvests rice, one just gets the bogas grains] spec: sanggì; spec: abat 1.
galang 1n The sharp edge of a knife. 2adj Sharp. 3vs To be sharpened. Ko og-abatan ka bulu, ko ogkagalangan, sikan ka arab. When one cuts down bamboo, if it is sharpened it, that is [what is called] arab. 3.1vs To be sharpened very sharp, enough to cut the hairs on one's neck.
indan phr.: Indanan nu man... 1v To remember Og-indanan to mgo batò ko hondo-i ogtugpa ka batu no intugdò dan. The children remember where the stone went down that they threw. see fr.: maningkalagan 2; osyn: pulù 5; see fr.: maningkalagan 1; see fr.: abin 1.1; see fr.: igmaganangon. 2v To reserve. Ko du-on og-indanan ku no kuddò, ogbogoy a to babuy no igpohun-a ku. Sikan ka igmaganangon ku to og-indanan kud on. If there is a horse which I will reserve, I will give a pig as a downpayment (lit. that which I [give] ahead of time). That is my guarantee that I have reserved it. see fr.: hikot 3; see fr.: bakos. 3v establish Ka inggasap no bulu no malintok, sikan ka igsokod to baloybaloy oyow ogko-indanan ko hondo-i ka mgo sinabong woy ka balokun woy ka pusina. The small [pieces of] bamboo which were cut, those were used to measure the diagram of the house to establish where the rooms, the porch and the kitchen will be. 4v set, as a date Ko ogkabatukan ta ka pitsa no du-on liwak, og-indanan ta ka sikan no allow no oglibulung. When we have discovered the date which is open (lit. has room), we set that day for gathering together. [Although the example of reserving a horse and setting a date seem similar, DB sees them as different because one chooses a date because of something important. Also, to reserve a horse is like “putting dibs on” that horse - there is a payment and if the terms of agreement are not met, you won't get the horse. There is no payment involved in setting a date (or “reserving” a day)] 5v That which is used to guarantee. Woy nu ogkapurut ko du-on on ka ig-indan no oghimu to sabut ko kon-u ogkagampusi -- ka ogkatibò on ka igbayad. You won't be able to take it until there is something to use as a guarantee which makes the agreement about when you will pay the remainder -- when [you] pay in full. see: maganangon 1. 6v To promise 7v signify Du-on uran no ogngaranan noy no saginwalu. Sikan ka indanan noy no wawalu no allow ka ungod og-uran. There is [a kind of rain] which we call saginwalu. That signifies to us that it will constantly rain for eight days. 8v To reserve or engage. 9n A sign, something used to signify something Ko du-on sagboka no batò no ungod ogsinogow, sikan ka pog-indan to du-on ogpoko-uma no mangayow. If there is a child who is always crying, that is a sign that raiders will arrive.
lagak 1v To lose, be lost. 2v To get repeatedly/thoroughly lost Ko du-on otow no ogpanumbaloy no ligkat to Kapalong, ogpatomu kanta diò to babalakan oyow ogpoko-untul [ogpakabatuk] to baloy ta oyow konò ogkalagaklagak. If someone visits from Kapalong, they meet us at the junction so that they can find our house so that they won't repeatedly get lost. 3lost 4n Kind of bird said to resemble robin but walks on the ground.
laplap 1n Skin, as that of a person or animal Makopal ka laplap to kalabow. The skin of a carabao is thick. see fr.: linas. 2n Outer layer, as of the bark of a tree. Ko ogkuò ki to ig-alabat to baloy no linas to langilan, ogdokdokon ta ka laplap din oyow oglokò. When we get the bark of the langilan [tree] to wall a house, we pound its outer layer (lit. skin) so that it will come loose. see: linas; see: akob 1. 3v Surface, as of the surface of water. 4v To use up all of one’s changes of clothing in one day so that they are all dirty at once (characteristic of girl who wants to make an impression on some fellow).
linas n Bark, of tree, used in making lukung, basung, or walls of house. Ko ogkuò ki to ig-alabat to baloy no linas to langilan, ogdokdokon ta ka laplap din oyow oglokò. When we get the bark of the langilan [tree] to wall a house, we pound its outer layer (lit. skin) so that it will come loose. [Bark is used in making lukung, basung or walls of a house. The bark of some trees as the dangolog is too thick so only the outside is stripped away and only the inner layer of bark is used. (The laplap “outside layer”of the tree is linas.); (dangolog tree)] see fr.: laplap 2; see fr.: akob 1; see: laplap 1.
lokò 1v To pull release, let loose, let go, to come off, pull off. Ko ogkuò ki to ig-alabat to baloy no linas to langilan, ogdokdokon ta ka laplap din oyow oglokò. When we get the bark of the langilan [tree] to wall a house, we pound its outer layer (lit. skin) so that it will come off. see fr.: gotan; see fr.: ulug 4. 2v To come loose, be separated Nalokò dò du-on ka papel no imparokot to alabat. The paper which was attached to the wall came loose by itself. 3v To let go, as an animal. Ko nigloko-an nigtu-uran din to nigsabukan ka asu. If he let it go, he intended to release the dog. see: sabukan. 4
mangulod adj 1Unripe as of banana or young coconut, corn. 2young, as of corn Og-abat ki to manulod no agoloy su ogtibungulon ta su maroyow no ogko-onon. We harvest young corn because we will boil it because it is good to eat. [When the grains are still soft and not fully developed.] 3immature Mangulod ka kayu ko kò pad no matasan. Wood is immature when it has not yet become hard. ant: matasan.
