botoy n A long, straight (or level) mountain ridge. [A ridge that isn't straight or level is just referred to as masandig “steep”. It apparently does not have a special name. The summit is called lipukpukan. If one travels along the side of the mountain, that is called londig.; DB says it is the top of a mountain ridge that is straight. It is wide enough to walk on but narrow. (It is not wide enough to be called a plateau.)] see: lipukpukan.
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lipukpukan see fr.: botoy.
lopang v For a tree to become uprooted. Ko du-on tanò no ogkalunow, ogkalopang ka kayu. If there is a landslide (lit. ground which landslides), the trees become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for a tree which has been uprooted, the body will be slow to deteriorate. That is what is [meant by the word] lopang because it becomes the resting place of the wild creatures. [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut around the base and then pull it over. (Such a tree provides a shelter between the roots and body of a tree where wild animals take shelter.)] osyn: pukan, luwal.
luwal v For a tree to become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for the tree which is uprooted, it will be a long time before its body and the tib rot, and then only the roots will be left. That is what is called [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut some roots around the base and then pull it over, uprooting the rest.] osyn: lopang, pukan.
pukan n To break and fall over, such as rotten tree. Napukan on ka kayu su nalopuk on. The tree broke and fell over because it was rotten. [As when aged and rotten, it breaks and falls over. Applies a tree that breaks above or at the roots.roots (Would apply to a pole that is broken & falls over during in a storm but not to a pole that simply falls over without breaking. That would be napolod).] osyn: lopang, luwal.
