damaan 1n A fret of an instrument such as a kudlung or saluroy [The frets of the two string kuglung are made of wedges of wood of varying heights and are attached to the stem of the instrument with bees’ wax. To change keys on the instrument, the frets are re-positioned and the strings re-tuned.] 2v Having frets already in place (such as an instrument). ??
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do-on v 1To manipulate the abdomen of a pregnant woman as a midwife does during the birthing process. 2To finger frets an instrument while tuning it such as a kuglung. so that it will be in tune with another instrument such as the saluroy “zither”. 3To finger as frets of an instrument such as a kuglung. Ka otow no ogpanaluroy ko ogpanuglung, igpando-ondo-on din ka lagon oyow ogpokogso-ob ka oggungon dan. The person who is playing a saluroy or a kuglung, fingers the tune with the frets so that their tones will fit together as they sing the oggung style song.
kobbiung 1n Musical instrument, or zither ??, made of a section of bamboo, with 6 “strings” cut out of the bamboo. Zither ?? syn: saluroy 1. 2v To play a kobbiung bamboo musical instrument.
lagting 1n The sound of instruments that are plucked. Ka lagting, sikan ka dagin to kubbing, kuglung woy saluroy. The plucking sound, that is the sound of the jew’s harp, kuglung or zither instruments. 2n Third right string of kobbiung. 3adj High note, brittle sound.
saluroy 1n A musical instrument, or zither, made from a section of hard, resonant bamboo having 6 strings. It may be played alone by a single singer or tuned and played along with someone else who plays the two-stringed guitar-like kuglung. Often a woman will play the saluroy while a man plays the kuglung and the two will dance. [Traditionally, the strings are cut from the bamboo skin of the instrument itself and makes a soft sound. In recent years, these instruments are often stringed with wire which gives a louder sound. It is tuned by wedges placed under the edges of the strings strings which are tightened or loosened to get various pitches.] syn: kobbiung 1. 2To play the saluroy.
tagpos 1n A string of an instument such as a guitar or kuglung. Ka gitara, hon-om ka tagpos din di ka kuglung, darua rò. As for a guitar, it has six strings but a kuglung instrument only has two. 2v To string an instrument, as a kobbiung or kuglung. Ka otow no du-on kuglung, nigkuò to bislig no intagpos to kuglung din. A person who has a kuglung instrument, took bislig ratan and attached [them] to his kuglung. 3Slender.
