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ag-agan deriv. of: ag-ag. n 1A sieve. Ka harina, ko konò ogbayò to ag-agan, ogtimpuruk. Flour, if it doesn't pass through a sieve, it will become lumpy. 2A strainer or filter, used to remove debris from a liquid. [DB would apply this term only for a sifter of dry ingredients. Other speakers use this term generically for a sifter, strainer, or filter of either wet or dry ingredients.] spec: salà 1.
agap 1v To race, involving just two people. Darua ka og-agap no ulì diò to baloy. Two people will race [each other] to return home. Nig-a-agap ka darua. The two people were racing [each other]. 2v To race one another, esp. of three or more people. Ka sikan no ogpa-ag-agapoy, li-agan. Ogtagù to saku no ogpallaguy. Ka ogpakaponga, ian ogpakaro-og. That [word] race each other is a game. They get in sacks and run. The one who is able to finish [first] is the one who wins. Ogpa-ag-agapoy ka mgo kuddò. The horses are racing each other. [such as in a game with multiple participants or when racing horses.] 3v To chase and catch up with someone or something. Ko du-on darua no ogpalawod no ka sagboka oghun-a, og-agapan ka oghun-a. If two [people] are going downriver [by raft/canoe] and one gets ahead, the other will chase and catch up with the one which got ahead. [The term agapan “catch up” includes the components of the words gapun “chase” and ogko-umaan “overtake”.] osyn: liu 1. 4vs To be overtaken and passed so that the other person will reach a destination ahead of him/her; beaten to a destination. Ko du-on taga Maguimon no ogligkat to Patil di nig-ulì on sikandan, no du-on nasinundul no og-ulì diò to Maambago, kagi sikandin to, “Ogka-agapan ka Usì.” Ogtabak ka taga Maguimon to, “Balagad. Hun-a ka rò du-on.” If there is someone from Maguimon who is leaving from Patil but he has left to return home, and there are others who have followed later who are returning to Maambago, they will say, “Usì, you will be inadvertently passed up.” The person from Maguimon will answer, “Nevermind. You just go on ahead.” Darua ka og-agap no ulì diò to baloy. Kagi to sagboka, “Ko ogka-agapan ka, koykow ka ogsakaru. Two were racing to return to the house. One said, “If you happen to be beaten [to the destination], you will be the one to fetch water.”
ayun 1v To lay something parallel to something else. ant: balabag 2. 2vs To fit, be fitting, or accurate, as of a statement. see: matul-id. 2.1vs With negative: inappropriate; not fitting. Konò ogka-ayun ka sikan no “anad” su ... ligkat to og-atu. That [word] “teach” doesn't fit [the context] because [the concept] was a result of rebellion. 2.2v With negative: Not to function correctly; won’t work. Konò ogka-ayun ko ogka-ag-ag ka nasubid su ogdokot. It doesn't work to sift (lit. if) something wet because it would stick. 2.3v With negative: Not to fit, as in a given context. Nabugsong ka lituk ko du-on kinagian no konò ogka-ayun. [The meaning] was jumbled when there were words which don't fit. [the context].
bungkal n Woven rattan seive placed in the mouth of a lbamboo ime container which permits the powdered lime to be shaken out but pevents the larger pieces from coming out. Ka bungkal, songsong to tagan to apug. Balagon ka inhimu no ian ag-agan to apug. A rattan seive is the plug of a lime container. It is made of rattan and is a seive for the lime.
dogap v To do something ssimultaneously; side by side. oyow kono` ogpokogdogapdogap so that it would not be done at the same time [as what someone else was writing.]. Ogdorogap ki ko ogpalaguy ki ko ogpa-ag-agapoy ki. We run simultaneously, side by side when we race each other. [In the case of a race, one may start out together but one will fall behind as another will be faster.]
kogal phr.: makogal so goinawa. 1adj Hard, firm as a rock or dry soil. see fr.: sugnu; see fr.: kosog 2; ant: humol 1. 1.1adj Bad or serious, as a cough. Woy songo tambal dod to ogko-opuk to makogal no buò. Songo og-initon woy og-inum. And it also a medicine for [someone who is] congested from a bad (lit. hard) cough. 1.2v To become hard or firm. Ka harina, ko konò ogbayò to ag-agan, ogtimpuruk. Ka sikan, ogmakmakogal ka duma; ogmalibuson. [As for] flour, if not passed through a seive, it will become lumpy. That is, some of it will become harder. It will form round balls/lumps. 1.2.1v Extended meaning: To be physically difficult to do such as to pull a heavy saw or to dig hardened soil. Ko oggulabung, ogmakogal ka tanò ko ogkalian. When it there is a dry spell, the ground becomes difficult to dig (lit. hard when it is being dug) 1.2.2v Extended meaning:To be safe or secure. Di ko du-on ka igpangalasag, konò ki ogka-agkapan ka og-ugpò su ogmabogat ki to og-ugpò. But if we have a means of defense, we will not feel insecure/unsafe (lit. become lightweight to dwell) because we will live securely (lit. be heavy to dwell). 2v To be very hard, as ground which is exposed to the sun. Ko malayat ka gulabung, ogkokogali ka tanò. If the dry spell is lengthy, the ground becomes very hard.
salà 1v To strain or filter out something from liquid. Ogsala-an ta ka lagut no diò to palangana. Ka lagut diò to woig ka ogkasalà. We strain out the debris which was in the basin. It is the debris in the water which is strained out [A sieve may be used either to strain or to sift, but the word ag-ag “sift” is used exclusively for sifting something dry and salà is used for straining or filtering something out of water or oil.] gen: ag-agan 2. 2To strain or filter something from a liquid. Ko ogbabalun ki diò to pantad, ogsabukan to bayokbok oyow ogkasalà ka mgo lagut. If we make a shallow well on the beach, we place sand there so that the debris will be filtered out.