atang 1v To block. Og-atangan ku ka ig-abalangi din. I am preventing that which [someone] is relentlessly pursuing. [This word can be used of physically blocking. It can also be used of blocking someone's purpose.] see fr.: balabag 4; see fr.: sagop 4; spec: olot 1, olot 3; see fr.: bokas 3. 2vs To be blocked or closed off, as a porch or a path see fr.: bugsong 1. 3v With negative: Not closed off (=open) Warò atangi ka balokon. The porch is not closed off. 4To be shielded, such as to shield a child with one’s own body to prevent it from being killed or kidnapped.
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talogon vs To be busy, or over-occupied by something. Natalogonan a su du-on magaliug ku no nigdatong kanak. Ka talabau ku, warò ku pad mapongoi su warò liwak. Ogka-aloy to magaliug ku. I was over-occupied because I had guests and I had guests who had arrived at my place. As for my work, I had not completed it yet because there wasnt time. I was taken away [from my work] by my guests. [That is, by guests who need our attention so that we are unable to finish our work. Difference between words below may be difference between “busy”, “occupied” or “distracted”.] see: tiglingoy 1; see: talantan 1; osyn: balabag 4.2.