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aliwas n 1Male monkey. Ka dakol no aliwas, lukos no ubal. The grown up aliwas, it is a male monkey. 2Old, or dominate, male monkey. Ka aliwas, sikan ka pogbuyagon to songo panong no ubal The male monkey, that is the leader of a group of monkeys. 3A not quite fully grown male monkey. Ka al-aliwas no ubal, sikan ka bato-batò pad. The not quite fully grown male monkey, that is one which is still young yet.
apulu n Monkey trap either that made of thorns in which the monkey is killed or another style like a cage in which one or more monkeys can be trapped alive. Ka dugi to anibung, ogkagamit to oghimu koy to apulu to ubal. The thorns of the anibung palm tree are used by us to make a monkey trap (lit. monkey-trap of the monkey). [One type is made of thorns and has a trigger which causes the monkey to be pinned and also causes the monkey's death. Another kind is made like a cage and catches the monkey alive. It is baited allowing the monkey to enter but not escape. Other monkeys may follow the first and also be trapped.]
baliung 1v To turn around. 2vs To be reversed, inside out, as a dress, or to be backwards or behind oneself. Nabaliung ka pogbantoy to buyag no ubal su ian nasì ogbantoy kandan ka anak dan no pilas. The gaze of the older monkey was behind him (lit reversed) because they were watching their young offspring. Ka kinagian to Minonobù woy ka Inglis, nokogsubal. Nabaliung. The words of the Manobo and of English are opposite. They have been reversed (or turned around).
banug to ubal phrase A large, monkey eating eagle. gen: banug.
dakol phr.: Dakol ka goinawa; phr.: ian dakol₂. 1adj Big; large in size. Ka abu-on, dakol no manukmanuk no og-ugpò to koilawan. A heron is a big bird which lives in the forest. see fr.: pagamayan. 2adj A lot, or large amount of something Dakol ka hilamonon to homoy ni Inò Mother has a lot of weeds in her rice [field]. 2.1adj many Ko dakol ka igko-untud to gakit, ogka-agod-od on. If many [people] get on a raft, it will become submerged. 2.2adj lot, or large amount of something. Ko dakol ka urang, ogkaponù ka luang to balutu. If there is a lot of rain, the interior of the boat will become full [of water]. 3adv Profuse. Dakol ka pogpasalamat ku ki Joaquin ka nigpangabangan a rin. My expressions of thanks to Joaquin were profuse for his having saved me. [DB says he would have expressed his thanks in words -- it implies many but also includes the emotion of joy.] 4adv Very much. Ka bogas to katumbal, dakol no ogpakabulig ko du-on turakan ta no agoloy no ogtasikan. [As for] the fruit of the red pepper, it helps very much if we have a corn field which has a tasikan blight/disease. see: lagboy 1. 5adj Forceful. No ko oghulid sikandan, ogdagsangan to dakol no lugung woy kilat. And then when they laid down next to each other [to sleep], they were struck by a forceful [clap] of thunder and lightning. see: agbot 2. 6v To increase, do something in greater measure; excessively. Ognangonan ta ka magaliug ta to, “Pango-on ka; hinalatoy ka,” oyow ogdakol ka ogko-onon din. We tell our guest, “Eat up; fill up”, so that he will eat more (lit. increase his eating). Nigdakol ka uran gabi-i su napawa-an no warò pad nigtilo-tò. It rained excessively yesterday because [it rained] all night until morning without stopping. 7v To increase Ogdakolon ta ka homoy to og-angoy diò to pinayag su ogka-atangan ki to oglanog ka Liboganon. We will increase [the amount of] rice which we fetch from the rice shelter because we will be blocked by the swollen Liboganon [river]. 8v To do something in great measure, such as to give a large amount of something. Bogayi nu si Tunin to homoy woy dakola nu to ogbogoy. Give Tunin some rice and give her a large amount [of rice]. see: timul. 9adj very large Ka ogbobol-og, ogpamusil to babuy no magintalunan, usa, ubal, ko manukmanuk no dagdakol. Those who go hunting with a weapon, they shoot wild pigs, deer, monkey(s), or very large birds. 10adj Forceful, very heavy (lit. very big), as rain Wà dò malugoy, nigdagsang ka ma-agbot no kilat woy lugung woy daddakol no uran. Not long later, a loud crack of lightning and thunder struck along with very heavy (lit. very big) rain. 11adj Very big; biggest Ka takubung, ngaran to ambow no daddakol no lukosan. Takubung is the name of the biggest of the male rodents. 12adj Bigger Dakoldakol ka lumansad no kalusisi to boian. The male love bird is bigger than the female. 13v Increase see: timul. 14Bigger, biggest, larger, largest. 15n Size, measurement Nigsokoran ku ka hawak to batò oyow ogkatagaan ku ka karakoli to hawak din. I measured the child's waist so that I would know the measurement of her waist. 16v To exalt, oneself or someone else. Maro-ot sikandin no ogpakabulig no igparakol ka batasan din. Maroyow poron ko duma no mgo otow ka ogparakol to ngaran din. That person is bad who has helped and then uses it to exalt his own conduct. It would be good if someone else was the one to exalt his name. 17To exalt oneself Ko ogparakoldakol ki to duma ta, sikan dod, songo og-ampow-ampow ki to duma ta. Ogdo-isokon ta ka duma ta. If we exalt ourselves over our companions, that is also, the same as making ourselves higher than our companions.
guliguli 1adj To move about in all directions as children who are playing. Ko moon-ing ka mgo batò no ogmanlili-ag, ogmanguliguli ka konò ogkatolon no oghihipanow. Ogpokogsubalsubal. When many children are playing, they move about [in all directions ]as they don't stay in one place. They are going in different directions. 2v To wiggle, as the movement of many bodies or tails of something like chicks or ducks before they are fully feathered or of creatures like worms. Mangguliguli ka mgo ias to babuy no namatoy. see: bolodbolod; see: wo-il 3; see: hibukhibuk.
kapat 1v Clambering, especially monkeys in trees, fenses, or a single monkey clambering on a wall in a house but can be used of children. Ka ubal, ian dò ka ogkapatkapat to kakayuan. Monkeys are the only ones who clamber in the trees. see fr.: kawò 2. 2v To wander about with no particular destination Ka anak noy, nigkapatkapat ka nighihipanow no nalagak on. As for our daughter, she wandered around and got lost. see: lo-uglo-ug. 3vs To be wiggly; always moving about Amana so-i batò no kapatan. This wiggly hild is too much! see: kawo-kawò; see: nawo-il.
katal 1n Rattan snare for wild rooster. Ko ogtugalon noy ka kalasanon, oglingut noy ka katal to sikan no apu-an no manuk. Ko ogsulung on ka kalasanon to apu-an, ogkohikotan on ka pa-a to katal ko ogsangkub on. When we lure a wild chicken, we surround a [rooster] with a snare trap of loops. When the wild rooster attacks the lure, its foot will be [caught in the loops] 2v To throw a tantrum, such as a monkey that sits on a branch and shakes it violently while scolding. Ka ubal, ko og-ogot to otow, ogkakatal on ka oglunggaton din ka nig-ugpa-an din. When a monkey scolds a person, he throws a tantrum as he shakes [the branch] where he lives. 2.1v Also said of an adult woman’s throwing a temper tantrum.
kopit 1v To move to another location. see: halin 2. 2v To always change locations; to gadabout. Du-on otow no ungod ogkopitkopit to songo ugpa-an; konò ogkatolon to og-ugpò. There are people who are always changing locations to other places; they don’t stay put in one place. 3v Always moving about or change position, as monkeys move from one branch to another. Nigkopitkopit ka ubal to mgo sugpang. Oghalinhalin. The monkey is continuously changing position among the branches. It keeps moving [from one branch to another]. 3.1n Person who is always changing locations; a gadabout. 4v Always changing locations, as a person who doesn't stay put in one place; a gadabout.
ngisak v 1A wide grin as a person who is laughing. Ka otow no lagboy ogginganga ka ogngisi su naragò lagboy sikandin, ungod ogpakangisak. A person whose mouth is wide open as he laughs because he is very amused, he continually happens to grin. 2Grimace, as baby monkey as when frightened. Ka ubal, ogpangngisak ko ogkita to otow. A monkey grins when it sees a person. [A monkey "grins" when it screeches, but the "grin" itself does not apply to its screech. (It's "grin" does not indicate that it is happy but rather, when it is afraid.) By contrast, a person grins when they are laughing.]
ngolat v To raise one's eyebrows Ka ubal, ko ogkita kanta, ogpangongolat to kiloy. If a monkey sees us, he will raise his eyebrows. Ko du-on otow no ogkatagbu ta, ko og-insa-an ta, “Oghondo-i ka,” ogtabak to ogpangongolat. If we happen to meet a person [on the path], [and] if we ask [that person], “Where are you going?”, he will answer by raising his eyebrows. [As in examples below, the verbal form of this word can be used with or without making kiloy “eyebrow” explicit.]
nasì adv contrary to what one might expect, surprisingly, anyway; in spite of Nabaliung ka pogbantoy to buyag no ubal su ian nasì ogbantoy kandan ka anak dan no pilas. The watching of the older monkeys is turned around because surprisingly it is their offspring, [the] baby monkey, which is the one to watch out for them. Ka otow no konò ogbayad to utang din, nasì ki og-ubati to ogbayad kun kandin. The person who doesn’t pay his debt, he contrary to [our] expectation, he lies to us saying that he will pay. Agad to nigbolog ta to konò oghondiò to kamot din ko og-angoy to ogkako-on dan su mabogbog lagboy no bolog, nasì on man nighondiò no nigsagad on to mangayow. Nigpupusil. Even though we warned [that person] not to go to his field to fetch something for them to eat because there was a strong warning, he went anyway and was hit by the raiders. He was shot.
sonob 1v To swim underwater. Ka otow no manonob, og-opuk ka ogsonob to woig no ogpamanghò to to ngalap. As for people who swim underwater, [they] hold their breath as they swim underwater as they search for fish. osyn: tanob. 2v general: to immerse in water; swim underwater 3specific: trial by river water; to spear fish by swimming underwater. 4Nakasonob ka ubal. The monkey fell in the water. 5To baptize.
sorò 1n tobacco 2n Wad of tobacco that is kept perched on the lip; to chew tobacco. 3v To use tobacco. 4v Anything which is eaten with the main dish Ogmangali ki atag, igsorò ta angkuan to ubal. We’ll dig sweet potatoes to eat with the monkey later on. [Such as meat, fish, or vegetables or even sugar or liquids added to give flavor are also included.; In the next example, the sweet potato is the main dish. The monkey is that which goes along with the sweet potato.]
tilalam 1vs To make up to or become friends with people such as a monkey which has become tame. Natilaam on ka ubal to otow. The monkey has made up to people. see: amuk 1. 2v To become spoiled. Ka miow natilalam su nigpamokan to ogko-on to salmon. The cat is spoiled because it is used to eating sardines. see: tagam. 3v To become addicted.