andu cf: losung 1. n Pestle such as used for pounding grain; a metal rod used as a pestle for tapping tabacco. Ogngaran to andu ka igbinayu woy ko igdokdok to mamo-on woy ko tabakù. That which is used to pound [grain] or that which is used to tap betelnut or tabacco is called a pestle. [Term also applys to a a small pestle used with a small mortar for pulverizing medicine. The small mortar would still be a losung and the pestle called andu even though the tablet is crushed and not pounded. DB 18/Jan/2006] spec: susu to dalaga.
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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.
mamogkit n Poisonous snake, multicolored. [DB describes this snake as being quite large. It's head is described as being the shape of an eel's head, its tail is a mixture of brown and dark green, its body dark green and mixture of colors on its stomach. It lives among trees, especially the dulian tree. The people have a belief that if they kill this snake, its companions will continually go after the person that killed it. They also say that if irritated, the snake will bang its head on the ground seven times. If one does not get out of the way it will attack. It is also believed that the snake will become thin and surround its victim like a fense.]
mamò 1v To chew betelnut. Ka mgo buyag, ungod ogmamò to mamo-on, kalisow, apug, alag woy manika. The older people always chew cultivated betelnut, wild betelnut, lime, alag fruit and manika leaf. Ogmanmamò su naan no ogpakogal to ngipon dan. They chew betelnut because they suppose that it will make their teeth hard. 2deriv n A larger variety of betelnut which is cultivated. 3n Betelnut container.
pa= 1cause to happen.) Ogmanmamò su naan no igpakogal to mgo ngipon dan. They chew betelnut because they suppose it will make their teeth hard. 2To let or allow someone to do something. Takas din to niggamit, impasamboy rin man dò to songo otow. After he used [the saw], he let someone else (lit. a certain person) borrow it next. 3To have or cause someone else to do something 4To allow oneself to do or experience something [If one drinks one causes or allows oneself to become drunk.]
polod 1v To fell as a tree. Ko ogpolod koy to kayu, no oggabason noy litos to baloy. When we fell a tree, then we saw up enough for a house. 2v To knock down or push something over or to fell as aa tree. Ko nagangu on ka pangamoton, bali ogpopoloran ka kamot. When the cut field has dried up, finally [the ftrees in] the field are felled. 3v [Something] used to push something over. 4vs To fall over. Du-on kayu no ogkapolod no kono ogtunasan. There are [some kinds of] tree(s) which fall over and then don't sprout. osyn: balintu-ad 1. 5v To repeatedly topple as child learning to walk. Ogkapolodpolod pad ka pogtakang din no ogdalapak to inoy rin. The child repeatedly topples as it takes steps as it approaches its mother. 6v To fell many trees in an area such as in one's field. Ian na-an dò oghulingon dan ka ogmamopolod na-an dò to kamot dan. The only thing left [to do} is to fell [the many trees ] in their field. Namopolod kunto-on. They were felling trees today.
