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batad₁ n Something white on an uncircumcised child's penis which separates the flesh from the foreskin and makes circumcision easier. Ka batò no warò pad matulì no du-on batad to lasù din, maga-an dò ogkalasat. The child who has not yet been circumcised and who has ?? on his penis, [the foreskin] will easily come off. see: tulì.
kagud 1n Wooden hoe-like instrument, but also applies to metal hoe. 2v To scrape out or grate, as coconut, when using a shredder or other instrument such as a knife. Ka otow no oggulay to tubod,ogkagud to niug no iggatà din. A person who makes a recipe from the tubod plant, grates coconut with which he makes coconut milk. see: hasò 1. 3vs To be scraped unintentionally. Ko batò no nakarogpak, nakagud ka pa-a rin to batu no napalisan on. The child who happened to trip and fall, scrapped his leg (or foot) and it was abrased. 4deriv n A coconut shredder, made of bamboo or now often made of an piece of serrated iron attached to a wooden piece on which a person sits as he/she scrapes the flesh from the inside of a coconut. Pigkagud on ni Asat ka niyog. Asat grated the coconut.
pulus 1n value Dakol ka pulus ku ki Asat su kandin ka ogkasaligan ku. Asat is of great value to me because he is the one to whom I am able to entrust [with my field work]. [DB explained that Niya had volunteered to stay in Maambago to make a field for them rather than go to his older brother because he feels a bond with Durung for his having raised him.] 2n Fault; responsibility, that is, what one deserves for wrongdoing or failure; to achieve or accomplish. Pulus nu. It’s your own fault. Ka batò no nakasalò, nig-ogotan to buyag. Kagi to songo otow, “Sikan ka pulus nu no batò ka konò ogpamminog.” That is what you deserve for being a child who doesn't obey. Nokoy so napulusan din? What did he accomplish (by that)? 3v to take advantage of [such as if someone came with the expressed purpose to teach but then used the opportunity to get animals or land from the people.] see: salig 1.
songo phr.: Songo monu?₁; phr.: songo tu-id on; phr.: songo kuò; phr.: Songo monu?₂; phr.: songo simana kunto-on. 1adj One unit or whole. Songo aslag. One strand [of hair]. Ko du-on darua no ogpalawod, no ko ka sagboka oghun-a no songo tikù ka igkariù din, no oggapunon din on, no ogko-umaan din on. If two people are going downriver [by raft/canoe], and if one gets ahead of the other and there is one river bend distance between them, he will pursue [the other one] and then he will catch up (lit. get to it). see: sagboka 1. 2adj Other, another or something that belongs to someone else; someone else. Oghalin a pad to songo ugpa-an. I'm going to move to another place. Ogpan-agow to asawa to songo otow. He repeatedly takes away the wives (lit. spouse) of other people (lit. another person). Ko ogpakapango-on ka anak ku diò to songo baloy no warò nigpataga kanak to nigko-on, og-ogotan ku. If my child avails himself/herself of an opportunity to eat at someone else's house, I will scold him/her. 3adv Likewise; also. Songo abalang dod ni Asat ko oghun-a og-uli. Likewise, Asat is also relentlessly pursuing [the possibility of] going home ahead [of someone else]. 4adv just as Songo kanokal. [He is] just as strong [as someone else]. Songo maro-ot. [He/it is] just as bad [as someone/something else].