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balangit v To use something to make a a bird or animal fierce such as a cock or a horse for fighting. Ko lumansad, ian igbalangit ka bulbul to laku no igtoluk to manuk oyow mabulut. As for a cock, what is used as a treatment is the hair of a weasel which is used to smoke the chicken so that it will fight fiercely (lit. be fierce to fight). Ko du-on otow no ogbalangitan ka kuddò din, ogkuò to bagabaga no ighidhid to bo-bò to kuddò din oyow ogmabulut ko igpabutong on. If someone gives a treatment to his horse, he gets a yellow and brown wasp which is rubbed on the lips of his horse so that it will fight fiercely in a horse fight. [A horse may be made to eat wasps, or crushed wasps put on their lips. Chickens may be fed the dried up umbilical cord of a baby to make them good fighting cocks.]
balò 1n A prediction based on some procedure or ceremony. Ka poghusud to natampod no songo banoy no bulu ko naponù to tanò, maroyow ka balò din su ogtuga ka homoy. When the single length of bamboo is pulled up, if it is full of earth, its sign is good because the rice will be plentiful. [Some predictions as from a test of the soil are not considered to be associated with sympathetic magic. However, predictions made in conjunction with ceremonies or sacrifices or the call of the omen bird are associated with traditional beliefs and involvement with the spirit world.] 2n With negative: Bad sign, as of bad luck Ogkagi to buyag, “Purut ka to manuk no igkuyab nu ig-awò to maro-ot no balò nu.” The older person will say, “Get a chicken to waver to remove your bad luck.” [especially that based on sympathetic magic] see: pamalii. 3v To use divination to determine the outcome or value of something. Ka mgo buyag, ogpanlo-uy to matosan no latì, no ogbabalo-an pad ko maroyow ka tanò no ogkamotan. The older people go out to a field of matured secondary growth and have a ceremony to determine whether it would be good to cut the growth on that piece of ground [for a field]. [It is based on sympathetic magic which may take various forms which are used by the Ata Manobo people to determine whether or not to cut a certain field. One method is to cut a piece of rattan the length of their cutting knife and then cut it again into lengths of the width of that same knife. From the pieces, they make a diagram on the ground of a rice house. If the pieces build a complete diagram with a ladder and an extra piece to fit in one of the rooms, the sign is good and they will cut that plot. However, if it comes out short, tor they have a tiny piece left over, they will not cut that field because they determine that the land will not produce a good crop. If there is a futhur extra long piece, it is put on the opposite end of the diagram which resembles a casket. Then they will not cut the field because they believe someone will die.] 4v To use something as a means to predict an outcome (??) 5v To have a resemblance to something Nabala-an to pogul su pogulon. He has a resemblance pogul wood because he’s lazy. [The following statement also seems to imply that that the lazy person was “destined” to be lazy. It is an insult by a parent who is angry because of the conduct.] 6v To treat by using sympathetic magic to bring about a desired result such as to rub bodies of an agressive wasp on a horse’s lips to make the horse agressive for a horse fight. Ka kuddò no nabalangitan, ogkabala-an to mgo ulod-ulod no songo ogmabulut. The horse which is being treated, [with something to make him fierce], he becomes like the creatures which are likewise fierce. 7deriv n Kind of bushy weed with long leaves which are tipped with red which could be used as a decorative plant.
bulut 1adj Fierce; quick to be angered. Ka mabulut no otow, maga-an og-ogot to duma rin. Ogpasakit. The fierce person is quick to fight with his companion(s). He will hurt [them]. see fr.: bu-al. 1.1v To become fierce or violent. 1.2adj To be exceedingly fierce. Og-awò ad su bubuluti ka so-in patiukan su no-obukan on so-i namu ku. I'm getting out of here because these wild-bees are exceedingly fierce because they put out my torch. 2adj To be brave; courageous. Ka batò no mabulut, konò ogkahallok ko og-indiksion on. A child who is brave is not afraid if he is given an injection.
itik n A small goose. Du-on itik no ayam woy du-on itik no magintalunan. Ka itik no ayam, mabulut ko manggi-anak. There is a small goose which is tame and there are small geese which are wild. The small domesticated goose is aggressive when it has young. [It can be black or white, wild or tame. Said to be small like a duck but is aggressive like a gansa “large goose”.]
liason 1n A cowardly person. Ka otow no konò og-atu, ognanganan to otow no mabulut to, “Liason ka na-an.” A person who doesn’t fight back, will be called, cowderdly by a person who is fierce, “You are actually cowardly.”; A person who is fierce will call a person cowardly who doesnt fight back. [he will say] “You are actually a coward.” see fr.: kundab 2. 2adj A person who is terrified; or paniced. Ka liason, lagboy ogkahallok. Songo ogsoloran to busow. A person who is terrified is very much afraid. He also has been entered by an evil spirit. [It is said that his condition may be due to the presence of an evil spirit.] see: kundabon. 3v To be terrified; panic. [This condition is also attributed to possession by an evil spirit.]