abalang 1v Seek out. Ko oglapas ki, og-aliguan ta ka maralom no og-abalang ki to mababow oyow konò ki ogka-alus diò to linow. When we cross [a river], we detour around the deep [part] and seek out the shallow [area] so that we won't be swept away by the current into the deep pool. [In the following example, a person is looking for a shallow place to cross a river in order not to be swept away by the current.] 2v To relentlessly pursue; to be after something, as a purpose. Ko du-on ogko-iniatan no ogpangasawa, og-abalangon. Og-alukuyon ungod ka amoy taman to ogho-o on. If someone wants to get married, he will pursue it relentlessly. He will keep on discussing it with the father until he says yes. Kagi to balu, “Og-abalangon ku ka baloy no nighimu ni Jeremy di warò pad igkabayad ku.” The widow said, “I’m after the house that Jeremy made but I don't yet have anything to use for payment.” Ko ogkalituk on ka og-abalangon din, ogbuyu-on din on. When it is clear what she is after, [then] she will ask for it. Ogkukutkut ka asu su og-abalangon din ka ambow diò to lungag to tanò. Og-iling ka otow, “Nokoy ka og-abalangon to asu?” The dog is digging because he is relentlessly pursuing a rat there in a hole in the ground. Someone says, “What is that dog after? [If a person requests something which isn't given the first time he will keep coming back until the person finally gives what is requested. This can apply to a young man who keeps returning to talk to the father of a girl he wants to marry or can apply to a dog who keeps digging because he smells a rat and is determined to get it.] 3v That which someone is relentlessly pursuing. Og-atangan ku ka ig-abalangi din. I am blocking that which he is relentlessly pursuing. [The following example concerned an effort to dissuade a patient from returning home before he was well enough to do so.] see: buyù 1; see fr.: tu-ud 1. 4deriv n A person who is very persistent. Ka sika abalangon, ungod oglibonglibong taman to ogkapurut din ka ogbuyu-on din. Ogko-iling to ogkapogos ka ogbuyu-on din. As for that person who is persistent, he keeps coming back until he is able to get that for which he was begging. It's as though the person from whom he is making a request is forced [to give it]. [If one day he asks for something and you don't give it, he will keep coming back in following days to request until you give it to him.]
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agad nokoy phrase 1Anything; anything whatever. Ko du-on ogsukut to kuddò di naruad, agad nokoy ka igbogoy ka nakapurut to kuddò. If someone collects payment for a horse but it has been sold on credit, the person who has gotten the horse can use anything whatever for payment. 2No matter what; no matter. Agad nokoy ka ignangon ku, konò ogpa-agad-agad no og-ugpò diò to dangob no anak din. No matter what I said, [she] wouldn't agree to stay with her other daughter.
agul 1adj Hollow. Ma-agul ka kaungon to atolug su warad on ka bunow. The center of the egg shell is hollow because the yoke is not there. see fr.: lungag 2. 2v To become hollow. Ko ogka-awò on ka tagù, ogma-agul on. If the contents are removed, it will become hollow. 3adj Hollowed out, as a boat Ma-agul ka luang to balutu ka poghimu. The inside of a dug-out canoe is hollowed out as it is made. 4adj Having a lot of space, such as a room, a basket or bamboo; spacious. Songo oghingaran noy no ma-agul ka solod to so-i no baloy. The inside of this building is also called spacious. Nighimu si Anggam to losung no do-isok di ma-agul ka bo-bò woy maralom. Uncle made a mortar which was small but the mouth [of the mortar] was spacious and deep. 5v To hold a lot, be capacious, as a basket or bamboo water pole. Agad nokoy no lugì, ko dakol ka ogkatagù on, ma-agul. Any kind of a hole, if it can hold a lot, it is capacious. 6v To drift together with the current. Ko du-on ogpamarigus no og-ungod ogtun-uy, sikan ka og-agul-aguloy. If there are those who are bathing and are always floating downstream, that is drifting together with the current.
agum 1n The pattern formed during the intial stage of weaving a basket. Ka pogbatokbatok, sikan ka agum. The forming of the pattern [of a basket], that is the agum. 1.1v The initial stage of beginning to weave a basket which includes the formation of the pattern of the basket. Ogbunsud to oghimu to liang. Agad nokoy kalasia no liang, sikan ka og-agumon. One begins to make a basket. Whatever kind of woven basket, that is the initial stage of weaving a basket. [One takes certain strands with each hand and begins to weave them together. This term apparently applies to any type of basket but it is at this stage that the pattern is set.] 2v To teach someone how to weave a basket. Og-a-agum si Buntit to liang no ogpabantayon din ka og-anaron din. Buntit is teaching someone how to weave a basket and she is watching the one she is teaching,
alakansi v To be cheated; suffer loss in bargain or exchange. Nokoy so-ini no otow no lukuluku? Mulò dò no og-alakansion ki. What is this person who cheats? Just a thief (??) by whom we are being deliberately cheated. [DB indicated that this word is only used if one has been cheated.] see fr.: unag.
allow 1n sun Ogsilò ka allow to masolom. The sun rises in the morning. 2n day Du-on papitu no allow to songo simana. There are seven day(s) in a week. 3n Time or season for some activity, or for something to happen. Di mangkuan, ko allow on to pogsanggì, warò nakasanggì ka nig-orok. But later on, when it was time to harvest [the corn], the people who had planted didn't get to harvest. 4adj Daytime. Ko ma-allow, ogmatikang on ka allow. If it is daytime, the sun is high. 4.1n Bright daylight. Og-iling ka inoy to, “Onow kow on su ma-allow on.” Ogmalayag on ka allow. The mother says something like, “You-pl. get up because it is bright daylight already.” The sun is shining brightly already. 5deriv n A sunny period of time or season. guabung Ko tig-allow on, ogtokoron ta no du-on gulabung su ogko-otian ka mgo bo-ugan woy ogpanlanos ka mgo apusow, payow woy mgo pangamuton. When it is already summer (lit. a sunny period of time), we recognize that is dry season because the streams dry up and the apusow, payow and [other] plants wither. [A sunny period of time is also understood to be dry as rain is limited or absent.] see: gulabung 1. 6v The sun comes out as after a rain. Ko ogpanomsolom no og-uran di mangkuan ogtilotò dò, og-aldow. When it is very early and it is raining but later [after] the rain quits, the sun comes out. 7deriv n A day of the week, when asked as a question. Ko du-on og-insò, “Nokoy aldowa asolom?” Ian ig-insò su warò mataga ko nokoy ka asolom ko Lunis woy ko Mierkulis bua. If someone asks, “What day is tomorrow?” The reason he is asking is because he does not know whether the next day (lit. tomorrow) might be Monday or Wednesday. 8deriv v To do anything in the sun, esp. to walk or travel in the sun. Sagpit kow pad woy inum kow no amana to nigsingallow kow to subla no mo-init. Stop by for a while and drink something -- for pity sakes that you were walking in the sun when it is too hot.
alung 1n Reflection, as in a mirror. Ko ogpitow ki to ispiu, ogkito-on ta ka alung ta. When we look in a mirror, we see our reflection. Ko ogdolmol ki to woig no mating-ow, du-on alung ta diò to diralom. If we look carefully into water which is clear, we have a reflection there below [us]. 2n Shadow. Ko ogsilò ka bulan, ogkabandogan ka lawa ta to layag to bulan, du-on alung ta. When the moon comes up, our bodies are struck by the light of the moon, we have a shadow. 3n Picture, such as that of a photo. Ko niglituratu koy ki Jim no pogkaponga, nigbogayan koy to alung noy. When Jim took our picture and when it was finished, he gave us our picture. 4v To come close; watch someone closely; hang over one’s shoulder. Og-alung ki to songo otow su warò ki mataga ko nokoy ka tu-ud din. We watch [someone] closely because we don't know what his purpose is. 5deriv n Someone who shadows; a hanger on. 6deriv n
apul 1n Argument. 2adj Argumentative. Songo apul dò ian ka so-i otow no konò no litos ka apul din. This person is just being argumentative whose argument is not correct. 2.1deriv n A person who is excessively argumentative. Ka otow no apulon, konò oghagtonghagtong to ogkagi. The excessively argumentative person won't quit talking. 3v To argue; talk back. Amana so-i batò no og-apul to ignangon to inoy. This child who talks back to that which his mother tells him [to do] is too much. [as child resisting instructions.] see: tabak 2. 3.1v The subject of an argument or what he is arguing about. Di nigkagi ka inoy, “Amana so-i batò no konò ogka-awa-an to ig-apul din.” But the mother said, “That's enough from this child who won't get rid of the subject of his arguing/what he is arguing about.” [In the example, the subject of the children's arguing (and fighting) was not appropriate because the one's falling over was an accident and not something the other deliberately did.] 4v To argue with one another. 4.1v That about which [people] are arguing with each other. Og-inso-on ta ko nokoy ka ligkatan to igpa-ap-apuloy rin. We will ask what the source of the argument was.
baghot 1adj To stress or emphasize something that is spoken as when making a point in a discussion. Ka otow no ognangonnangon no konò ogngisi, ogbaghot ka ogkagi ko nokoy ka balità din. The person who is speaking and does not laugh, he is emphasizing the words of whatever his news is. see fr.: sugsug 2; see: igpamalogot. 1.1v Something used to emphasize one's speech; to be emphatic. Du-on otow no oglampos ko ognangonnangon ka igbaghot din. There are people who strike [something] when they are speaking to empathize [that which he/she is saying]. Inat to igbaghot ka sikan no kinagian. It's as if those words are emphatic. see: tigda-an; see: daral. 2v To be boastful.
bagkolong v 1To dance, turning first to one side and then to another. Ka otow no nigsayow to kuglung, ogbagkolong dò ko ogsayowsayow. Ka bakolong, agad hondo-i ogkolong sikandin ka ogsayow. The person who danced to the kuglung instrument was turning from side to side as he/she was dancing. As for [the word] bagkolong, he/she turns in any direction while dancing 2Extended Meaning: To be strong-willed; (in a negative sense); disobedient. Ka otow no ogbagkolong, og-atu to agad nokoy no udling. Konò ogpabo-ot Ka kandin dò no katagaanan, ian din ogtumanon. The person who is strong-willed, he resists any kind of advice. He won't let someone control him. He only carries out that which comes from his own knowledge. [considered to be a bad trait]
bali 1adv Finally. Malasi oglibonglibong no bali og-insa-an ko nokoy ka tu-ud din. [That person] keeps coming back and then finally [someone] will ask him/her about his/her purpose. Ko ogkohibolow on ka woig, bali ta ogko-inum. When the water has been allowed to cool, finally we will drink it. see fr.: banoy₁ 2. 2adv But, however. Agad na-an ko ogkato-u to oghimu to pinayag ka asawa rin, bali to konò. It'd be just great if Tuning's husband knew how to make a storage house, however he doesn't. 3n Charge. Ka lituk to sug-ut| warad bali to sikan no kuddo su imbogoy rò to batò. The meaning of sug-ut is there is no charge for that horse because it was just given [free] to the child.
banus 1n A kind of scraper for smoothing wood or bamboo. Ko du-on oglaslasan no tabla, oggamiton ta ka nighimu no banus no nigligkat to balakayu. If we have a piece of wood to sand, we use a scraper which was made from balakayu bamboo. Ka agad nokoy no igkalaslas, banus dod ka ngaran. Whatever is used to scrape or sand, is also called a scraper. [It is made of several thin bamboo blades, sharpened on the bottom and strung together with rattan.] see: bol-is. 2v To use something to smooth by scraping or sanding such as sandpaper, a knife or other instrument, metal or bamboo. Ian ta igbanus to tabla oyow ogmalanang ka nighimu no banus no napu-un to balakayu. That which we use to scrape the wood so that it will be smooth which was made [into] a scraper which came from balakayu bamboo. Ogbanoson ta ka tagob to mo-irob. oyow ogmalanang. We scrape the sheath of the knife so that it will become smooth.
batuk 1v To find, discover. Inat konò ogpakabatuk. It's as if one cannot discover [the meaning]. Warò ki pad makabatuk to maroyow no dalan. We had not yet discovered the good path. Iglobong diò to tanò to daruwa no allow ka pogbatuk to sikan no agkud. [The mixture] is buried in the ground for two days [before]] finding [it to have become] the agkud delicacy. see fr.: tugul 3; see fr.: kita 2; see fr.: tolom 3. 2v To be effective. Ko nokoy no tambal no ogpakabatuk to masakit, ian ka ma-agbot no tambal. Whatever medicine is effective against an illness, that is strong medicine. 3v To identify, such as to narrow down to the one person whom one would marry. Ko konò ogkahalin ka goinawa nu diò to duma no boi, no ian nu ogbatukon ka sikan no boi no nasabutan nu. If your love (lit. breath) does not change to another girl, then you have identified the girl with whom you had an agreement [to be the one whom you would marry]. [The sense here seems to be that one's search is narrowed down to this one person so that one knows she is the one he is looking for.] see: tu-on 1. 4v To locate, or go to a specific place for a specific purpose. Ka kunto-on no tipouri no mgo otow, du-on batasan to du-on on indosanan no kasilyas no du-on dò ogbatuk ka og-indos. As for the present-day people who have come later (lit. last), there is a custom to have an outhouse for defecating and so that is [the only] place people will go to to defecate. [The following seems to mean that in contrast to the past when people defecated anywhere, now people go to only that specific location which has been made for that purpose.] 5v To find or locate Ko oglapas ki, ko konò ki ogpakabatuk to mababow su mabolbol ka woig, ogka-alus ki diò to maralom. If we cross [a river], if we cannot locate a shallow area because the water is swift, we will be carried away by the current to a deep area. 6v To get at, or be effective against, as an illness. Ko nokoy no tambal no ogpakabatuk to masakit, ian ka ma-agbot no tambal. Whatever the medicine is which gets at the illness, that is efficatious (lit. strong) medicine. see: tu-on ??. 7v To be passed down, as some characteristic or authority which is recognized in someone's descendant Sikan ka oghingaranan noy no batuk to anak. Ka katondanan ni Dabid, nigbatuk ki Husi. No ka katondanan ni Husi, nigbatuk man dò diò ki Hisus. That is [what] we call passed down to an offspring. The authority of David, it is passed down to Joseph. And the authority of Joseph, it is then passed down to/found in in Jesus. 8v to find to be [or to have become] something Iglobong diò to tanò to daruwa no allow ka pogbatuk to sikan no agkud. That which found to be agkud is buried in the ground for two days. [In the following example, the it takes two days for the mixture of ingredients to change into the food item called akud.] 9Retrieve food once cached away. 10Return. 11v find out, reveal 12Kabatukon ku so-i komos. ???
bolug n Whatever is added to food or soup, whether water, sardines or vegetables. Ka otow, nigkuò to homoy no nigbolugan din to salamun no impaako-on to miow. The person got some rice and added canned fish to it to feeed the cat. Agad nokoy ka ig-amut ta no mgo dorounan, songo igbolug dod. Whatever is added to food, it is also that which is added to food.
botad v To pay up front, or pay immediately upon request Ian dò ogka-alukuy ko songo monu ka igbotad no gastu to sikan no boi. The only thing they will be discussing is how much they will pay immediately upon request as a brideprice for that girl. Ka igbotad, ko nokoy ka ogpamuyù din, paragas ta igbogoy. The [word] pay up front means, whatever he requests, we will go ahead a give it.
dagas v 1Continue Ko ogkasagboka-an kid on, ogparagas kid to tu-tu-u no ogdatongan ta. When we have been been there for a day, we will continue to our true destination. 2To go directly to one's destination without stopping enroute. Ko ogparagasdagas ki no og-ulì, konò kid ogpanagpitsagpit. Ogparagason ta no og-ulì. If we proceed directly to go home, we won't stop at different places enroute. We will go staight home." DB Dic Nt 7/Mar/2006 3To go right ahead and say what is on one's mind. Ka otow no. du-on tu-ud kanta, ogparagasdagas no ognangon kanta ko nokoy ka tu-ud din. Konò din ogtagad to tagbaloy og-insò kandin ko nokoy ka tu-ud din no ogparagas din dò to ognangon to og-awoson din. The person who has a has a reason [to visit] us will go right ahead and tell us what his reason [for coming] is. He won't wait for the person of the house to ask the reason for his coming but he will just go ahead and say what he needs. 4To do something without delay. Ko du-on ogsugu-on ta no otow no ogpabolion to asin no maragas oglibong. Takas to ogboboli, ogbalikid on to og-ulì. If we send someone to buy salt then he will come back without delay. After he makes the purchase, he will turn around and come right back.
dangag v To attend a spirit ceremony held by a shaman. Ka otow no ogdangag to bailan, og-amut sikandan ka ogpamminog ko nokoy ka ignangonnangon to bailan kandan. People who attend a spirit ceremony of a shaman, meet together as they listen to whatever the shaman is telling them. [The shaman will often go into a trnce and then report to the people what the spirits are saying. Singing of epic songs such as a tutulalang are often done while people are together but is not actually part of the ceremony.]
dinog v 1To hear. Nigdinog si Apù Amasig to nasasow a to gabas. Grandfather Amasig heard that I was worried about my saw. Warad otow, warad ogdinogon ta no ogkakagi. There were no more people; there was no more talking which we could hear. 1.1To have someone hear what we have to say. Igparinog ta ko nokoy ka ignangon ta. We cause [people] to hear what we have to say. 2Listen. Kagi to inoy, “Kai ka su ogpamminog a to gotok nu ko maniò to og-o-oguk ka gotok nu.” [His] mother said, "Come here because I will listen to your stomach [to find out] why your stomach is growling. 2.1[With negative:] Won't listen, means won't obey. Ka otow no konò ogpamminog to bolog, ogkamula. The person who won't listen/obey a warning will get killed. see: pa-agad-agad 1.
dolmol₂ v 1To gaze or look down carefully at something. Ko ogdolmol ki to woig no mating-ow, du-on alung ta diò to diralom. If we look down carefully into water which is clear, we have a reflection there below [us]. Ogdomol ki diò to woig, ogmolmologon ta ka alung ta. We look down carefully into the water, [then] we see our reflection clearly. Ko ogsakoy ki to ariplano, ogpandomoldomol ki diò to tanò. If we ride an airplane, we keep looking down carefully at the ground. Ko ogpantow ki, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tano ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. When we peer out at something, we just quickly look [at it], but if we look down carefully we continuously watch the ground for whatever we might see. see: pantow 1; see: molog 1. 2To keep looking down carefully; watch. Ko ogsakoy ki to ariplano, ogpandomoldomol ki diò to tanò. When we ride an airplane, we keep looking down carefully at the ground. Ko ogpantow ki, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tano ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. see: pantow 1 ; see: molog 1 . When we peer out at something, we just quickly look [at it], but if we look down carefully we continuously watch the ground for whatever we might see. see: bantoy 2.
domol v 1look down gen: pitow 2; osyn: pantow 1. 2To look down, around or back and forth. Ko ogpantow ki to ariplano, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki, ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tanò ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. If we look out of an airplane, we just look briefly but if we continuously look around we always are always watching the ground [to see] whatever we can see. gen: pitow 1; osyn: pantow 1.
doromdom 1n Thought; thinking. Kandin dò no doromdom. It's just his/her own thinking. 2v To think over, to think about something. see fr.: naan 2. 3v To think about something; consider, ponder see: sumansuman 1. 4vt remember. Domdoma nu ko nokoy ka nalingawan nu. Remember what it was that you have forgotten. 5v Remember,;think about as when friends will be separated and don’t want to be forgotten. Doromdomi a nu rò; konò a nu ogkalingawan. Remember me; don’t forget me. 6v To watch over, take care of, protect. Doromdomi a rò. Think about me. [Meaning: Take care of me.] [If said to a familiar spirit, the same expression still means “remember me” but the sense meaning is “take care of me”.] see fr.: tanud 3; osyn: patanudtanud.
dugmun₁ 1n A nest or bed of vegetation made by an animal to be used as a birthing place. Ka lawa to kalan, ko homoy, ko agoloy, agad nokoy ka ighimu to dugmun. The leaves and stems (lit. bodies) of the rice, or corn, anything can be used to make an animal's bed. cf: salag. 2vi To make a bed of vegetation, such as that made by a pig as a birthing place. Ogdurugmun ka babuy to og-anakan din. A pig makes a bed of vegetation for her birthing place.
gagas 1v To clear away debris or spider webs from any area using any instrument such as a broom, a rake, a stick or even ones hands. Ko oggagasan ta ka lama, agad nokoy ka igkois to mgo lapok no ighatod ta diò to mariù. When we clear debris from the yard, anything can be used to shove aside the fallen leaves and then we carry it to a far [place]. [One can clear trash from any place including a yard, a house, a field, a steam that is cluttered. Does not include washing a floor.] 2vs To be cleared of debris. Ka nagagasan no bo-ugan, nalimud ka mgo lagut diò to ilis. As for a stream that was cleared of debris, the debris was gathered together at the side [of the stream].
gamut n 1Poison used to harm or kill an enemy. Ka gamut, agad nokoy ka ogpokohilu, unawa to tayuran [commucial poison.] Ka duma, ogkagamut ka ighilu to ambow. As for poison, whatever is able to poison such as tayuran [a commercial poison]. As for other, rat poison can poison [an enemy]. [This poison may be an actual poison or something which someone has performed using witchcraft. An attack by bees or a severely dehabilitating illness with a sudden onset such as cholera may be suspected to be due to witchcraft. A cure or an antidote will be sought. If a person suddenly dies of illness after visiting another village, witchcraft may be assumed and a revenge killing may follow. ] ant: tokas; ant: alang 1; osyn: hilu. 2Hex, as a sickness or death brought on by use of a fetish or witchcraft. Ka gamut, ogsabukan ki oyow maga-an ki ogkamatoy. As for a hex it is placed on us so that we will quickly die. Gamutan ki. We’ll be poisoned/hexed. see fr.: busung 1.
gugud 1v To tell or relate something to someone. Ogguguran ku sikaniu to so-ini no nangnangonon. I’ll relate this story/information to you. see: nangon 2. 1.1v To tell or relate multiple kinds of news or information such as how the people in one’s village are doing. Panggugud ka ko nokoy ka kaniu no pog-ugpò. Tell things about your living situation. 2deriv n News; general information. Ogtabak to, "So-ini ka igkanangonnangon ku no guguron diò to kanami no ugpa-an." He would answer, “This is the news which I have to tell about our place. see: nangon 1; see: batbat.
