alad 1n Fence or wall around a yard, house or garden Agad matikang woy ko masagkop, makopal woy ko manipis no igliu to baloy woy ko lama, ogkohingaranan no alad. Even if it is high or if it is short, thick or thin and surrounds a house or the yard, it is called an alad fense. [A wall around a yard or garden is not called an alabat “wall (of a house)” because by definition, an alabat requires a roof. If it is a wall that does not have a roof, it is an alad or fense.] 2v To make a fence 3v To fence something in. 4v For many to make a fense, esp. to trap wild pigs by fencing them in.
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alig 1n Attraction, especially toward someone of the opposite sex. Ko ogko-iniat ki to boi to sikan ki pad nigkita, sikan ka alig pad to mata su ko konò tad ogkito-on ka sikan no boi, ogkalingawan ta sikandin. If we desire a girl when this is the first time we have seen her, that is the attraction of the eye(s) because if we don't see that girl [any more], we will just forget about her. Ka sikan no alig, konò no maro-ot su ko ogkita ki to boi no du-on goinawa ta kandin di mangkuan ogkasipod ki no ognangon to du-on goinawa ta kandin. Konò no ian ta ig-alig su oghimu ki to maro-ot. That [kind] of attraction isn't bad because when we see a girl and we like her (lit. have breath toward her), yet later on we will be shy to say that we like her. Our attraction isn't a means of attraction to for doing (lit.because we will do) something wrong. [The unreduplicated form of the word alig is described as not a bad emotion because a person is just interested in that person, but the initial interest may pass. That interest can grow into an appropriate relationship leading toward marriage. However, a person who is described as aligon is someone whose interest goes beyond the appropriate. Those people may desire someone who is married and may not be limited to one relationship.] 2v To be drawn to someone, as to God. Ko nig-alig ki to Magbobo-ot, indakoli ki to goinawa to Magbobo-ot. Kandin dò ka nig-alig. When we were drawn to God, our love (lit. breath) for God was increased. He alone was the one who drew us [to Himself]. 3v Affection for someone. Natapid ka pog-alig din no du-on on dakol no goinawa rin. Ka sikan no alig, sagboka rò no boi ka indakoli rin. Sikan ka ligkatan to og-asawo-on din. His affection for someone has become focused (lit. arranged). As for that affection, there is just one girl whom he loves. That is the source of his getting married [to her]. 4vs To be attracted by something such as a pretty design. Ogka-aligan ta ka maroyow no batok. We are attracted by the pretty design. 5v To make a commitment to one another as two who decide to get married. Nig-a-alig sikandan su nokog-un-unawa goinawa ran. Nokogsabut ka sikan. Nokog-iniatoy. Nokogso-ob ka alig dan no darua. They have made a commitment [to each other] because their feelings (lit. breath) werere the same. They have come to an agreement with each other. They desire each other. The attraction of the two [of them] is mutual. 6deriv n A lustful person. Ka otow no ogko-iniat to moon-ing no boi, sikan ka aligon. The person who desires many women, that is a lustful person. 7v To lust after others of opposite sex, not one's spouse. Ko du-on asawa woy ko dalaga, tibò din og-aligon. Whether it is a person who has a spouse or an unmarried lady, he lusts after all [of them].
alikid v 1To tightly roll up the prepared leaves used for weaving mats. Ko mahapun on, oghiloson to bagal ka sikan no doun to baluy woy ko lumlon oyow ogka-alikid. In the afternoon (lit. when it is afternoon already), the leaves of the baluy or lumlon [plant] are smoothed out with a corn cob so they can be tightly rolled up. Songo otow ka oghiloson. Dangob no otow ka og-alikiron. One person smooths and flattens out [the leaves]. Another person rolls them up. [The process of preparing the leaves for mats begins with drying the leaves then smoothing and flattening them out with a corn cob after which they are rolled very tightly into wheel-shaped units and tied to keep them straight until they are split and woven into mats. These are hung so the rats do not get into the material and ruin them.] 2To toss and turn. Nal-alikid si Ipag no ogpakabiidbiid su subla ka masakit din no gabi-i pad niggoram. Brother-in-law was tossing and turning and twisting because his pain which he started experiencing yesterday was excessive. Ogkal-al-alikid si Anggam. Ungod ogkabalbalikid ka lawa rin su subla ka masakit din. Uncle is continually tossing and turning. He is always turning over (lit. turning his body over) because his pain is excessive.
alimongow v Try to resussicate or revive someone such as a person who has fainted or is dying. Ko du-on ka otow no ogkabigtawan su ligkat to nigdaralu, og-alimongawan ta. Oghiupon ta ka talinga woy ko konò pad oggoram, ogkagaton ta ka tindi-isok din oyow ogko-ulì ka goinawa rin ka nabigtawan. If a person has fainted as a result of an illness, we will try to resuscitate him. We will blow in his ear and if he doesn't feel it, we will bite his little finger so that he will regain consciousness (lit. so that his breath which was snapped will return.)
alimukow v 1To arouse from sleep without becoming fully alert. Ko du-on ogkoirogò no batò woy ko buyag, no ogpoko-onow rò du-on no warò nakagimata, sikan ka na-alimukawan. If there is a child or adult who just gets up without awakening, that is [the meaning] of alimukawan to arouse from sleep without fully waking up. 2To come to, from an unconscious state. Warò a matagataga to tongà to uras woy a ma-alimukawi. I was unconscious (lit. wasn't knowing) for a half hour before I came to. [The following is a self-description of what happened as a result of a motorcycle accident.] see: otow 5.
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.
ambotut v 1To jump or leap verically from a standing position so one's feet leave the ground. Ko ogbubula ki, og-ambotut ki ka ogtugdò ki to bula. When we play ball, we leap up as we throw the ball. see: lingkosu; cf: lingkosu. 2Jump up and down, as children who are jumping rope. Og-am-ambotut ki ko ogkadarua woy ko tatolu no ighutuk to og-ambotut. We jump up and down when we make two or three repetitive jumps.
ambutut 1n A vertical jump in which one's feet leave the ground. Ka ambotut, oghondiò ki to ampow. As for a vertical jump, we [jump] upwards. see fr.: lingkosu, og=, nig=. 2v To jump vertically. 3v Jump up and down. Og-am-ambotut ko ogkadarua woy ko tatolu no ighutuk to og-ambotut. We jump up and down when we ump repeatedly two or three times.
angus v To bite into and chew off, as corn from a cob or flesh from a bone. Ko ogko-on ki to du-on bokog no du-on pad sapù, og-anguson ta to og-il-il. If we eat something that still has a bone, we bite into chew [the flesh] off until it is stripped [of meat]. Og-angus ki to agoloy, mangga, pangi, kapayas woy ko pinya. We bite into and chew off corn, mangos, pangi fruit, papaya and pinapple. [Would also apply to picking up a piece of papaya or watermelon and chewing the fruit from the skin. A person without front teeth is unable do this. ] see: ul-ul₁.
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.
baligwò v 1To be nauseated. Ko ogbalbaligwò ki rò, tigbal dò no ogmaro-ot ka diralom ta di warò ki pad nakato-od no og-i-ilob. If we are simply nauseated, our insides feel a little bad but we haven't yet actually vomited. 2To be severely nauseated to the extent that one will vomit. Ko ogbaligo-on ki, og-ilob ki to ngingi woy ko du-on kino-on no ogko-ilob. Ko og-ungod ki ogbaligo-on, ogko-i-ilob ki to nako-on ta. When we are severely nauseated we spit up [our] saliva and if we have food we have eaten then it will be vomited. If we are continually very nauseated, we will repeatedly vomit up that which we have eaten.
banoy₂ 1n A piece of material or clothing held in each of one\\\'s hands during a dance. Songo kuò ko ogsampoy ka banoy to pamanagon ko ogsayow woy ko oggongonan ka banoy to ogpaginhawakan. Sometimes the material which is waved is placed over the shoulder when dancing or the two pieces of material or [the ends] held at the waist. 2v To wave two pieces of material while dancing. Ka otow no ogsayow to gimbal ogbabanoy to manggad no darua. The person who dances to the drum waves two pieces of material. 3v To carry in both arms, as a child. Ka manggianak, ogbanoybanoy to anak din ko ogpanumbaloy. A mother will carry her children in both arms when she goes visiting. see: limang.
bol-og v To go hunting with a gun or other weapon. Du-on hon-om no otow no nigbobol-og. There were six people who went hunting with a weapon. Tunud, woy ko kommag, salungag ka igbobol-og. Arrow(s), or spear(s), [or] a spear trap are that which are used for hunting. [This word is now used especially of hunting larger game with a gun but can be used of hunting with a spear or bow and arrows. When hand weapons are used to hunt a wild pig, they work together to fense off trails and use a dog to get the pig to run in the right direction and to prevent its escape.] see: panganup.
buku 1n Knot, as of a thread or rope Ka biaa woy ko ka sigay, olin buku ka oghimuon. Ka olin no buku su natapid to poghimu. As for the round fish net and the long fish net, they are made with all knots. [The term] all knots because they are exactly spaced as [the net] is made. 2n Knot, of a tree; joint, as that of bamboo or cane 2.1adj Characterized by having many joints or knots; knotty. Di ka kayu no bukuon, warò natapid ka buku. But as for wood which is knotty, there is no arrangement of the knots.
butung v 1A purchase transaction, especially of an expensive item such as a horse, beginning with the initial inquiry through to actual payment and receipt of item if the price and other conditions are right. Ko ogtu-uron nu to ogbutung, og-inso-on nu woy ko igbogoy, ogbolion nu. If you purpse to make a spurchase transaction, you will inquire and if [the other person] will give it, you will buy it. 2To make several purhase transactions as someone who is preparing for a marriage. 3To successfully make purchase transaction. Ko ogbogoy, ogkabutung nu ka nati to kuddò. If the [other person] agrees, you will make the purchase transaction.
buyù 1v Ask for something; request; beg Ka mgo balubatò woy ka mgo dalaga, ko du-on ogko-imaan no bali-og woy ko binuklad woy ko tikos, maga-an ogbuyù. As for the unmarried men and the unmarried women, if there is a necklace or a bracelet of a leg band which they covet, they will be quick to ask for it. see fr.: bogoy 3; see fr.: abalang 3. 1.1v To request or beg for something from someone. Ka sika abalangon, ungod oglibonglibong taman to ogkapurut din ka ogbuyu-on din. Ogko-iling to ogkapogos ka ogbuyu-on din As for that relentless pursuing, [an unmarried man] keeps coming back until he can obtain that which he is requesting. It is like the person from whom he is begging is being forced [to give]. It is like the person from whom he is begging is being forced [to give]. 2n Beggar.
dala-us n Woven container sometimes holding one or two cans of rice made of baluy or lunrun grass, and used for storying seed rice or millet. Ka otow n ogtagkas to baluy, woy ko lumrun, ighimu rin to dala-us no ogtagu-an to boni no homoy. A person who cuts individual strands of baluy or lunrun grass, uses it to make a container in which to put seed rice.
dampò 1v To touch. Konò ogkohingaran ka lituratu to komos su warò koy nigdampò woy ko nigdi-ok. We wouldn’t call a photograph a [finger/foot] print because we had not touched it or stepped on [it]. see: dagkot 1. 2v To trap catch in one's cupped hands in a downward motion or against something motion as when catching a frog or a lizard. 3vt To lay something on top of something else such as a cold cloth which is laid on someone’s body. Ka batò no ogdaralu no mo-init lagboy, ogdampo-on ta to mahagsil no mohumil on ka lawa rin. As for the child who is very hot, we lay something cool on his body which will cool off his body. 3.1vt To lay one’s hands on someone as when praying for him/her. [But if hands are placed on shoulder's, the term used would be gongonan.] 3.2v To hold with ones' hands, or paws in the case of a dog. Ka asu, ogdampo-on to bolad din ka bokog oyow ogka-ayunan no ogkobkob. As for a dog, it holds onto the bone with its paws (lit. hands) so that he can manage to gnaw on [it]. 4v To sit on top of, as a frog might hop and sit on its own eggs. No ian ku pigkita ka inoy [to bakbak] no ogdampa-an din ka mgo atolug din no nighulunan to makut. Ungod oghalinhalin to og-a-ambotut ka ogpandilo-dilò. Pogdampò din ogpandilò. What I saw was the mother [frog] who was sitting on her eggs on which red ants were gathering...She was always moving as she hopped about [and] licked up [the ants]. [At each] hop, she was licking. 5v To put down, demean.
do-ot 1adj Bad. Maro-ot so tu-ud nu. Your purpose is bad. 2v To insult. osyn: lomot 2. 2.1v To speak badly about; blaspheme (of God). Ka mgo uripon no nigtu-u ki Hisu Kristu, og-awoson to ogtahuran dan ka tagtu-un kandan oyow konò ogmaro-oton to agad hontow ka ngaran to Magbobo-ot woy ko ka pog-anad ta. As for the slaves who have believed in Jesus Christ, it is necessary that they show respect to their owners so that the name of God or our teaching will not be blasphemed (lit. be spoken badly about) by anyone. 3v terrible / insult ?? 4phrase Weeds, brush, high grass. Maddo-ot so aporu. Unfriendly. 5To dream.
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.
gulak v 1To intentionally dismantle or take something apart such as a raft or the body of a house. [In later case, they would leave the posts standing.] cf: bongkag 1. 2To become dismantled or come apart. Ko diò ta to so-og isabuk ka harayu, naan pà ko ogkari-okan woy ko ogkagulak on. If we place the radio on the floor, it is likely that it will be stepped on or come apart. 3Dishevelled, as cord or thread. Ka kuralun ku, no-ulug to lamisaan no nabalingotngot su nagulak on su na-awò to nigliboran. My [nylon] cord fell from the table and became tangled because it became dishevelled because it came off of the spool (lit. where it was wound).
hasò 1v To scrape, grate or shred. Ka alik-ik no ogkagamit ko du-on oghasò to agoloy no mangulod no ian igbaakì... The kind of alik-ik leaf which can be used is when someone grates fresh corn which is used to make steamed [corn] bread... ...songo ogkuò ki to oghaso-on no agoloy no ogbaki-on woy ko oglugawon; songo maroyow. ...also we will get corn to grate for making steamed corn bread or for gruel; [which are] equally good. [such as corn or coconut which may be grated with a thorn or home made grater made of tin in which sharp-edged holes have been made with a nail. (One can hasò a coconut but cannot use a karuran grater on corn because the grains would just come off the cob.)] see fr.: kagud 2. 2deriv n A grater.
hawid v 1Hold back, dissuade from doing something Ka ogmangayow, songo kuò ko hon-om, lalimma woy ko hop-at no otow su ko du-on ogkahawiran kandan, du-on ogpoko-ulì no duma. As for those who go on a raid, sometimes there will be six, five or four people because if there is someone who will dissuade them there will be some of them who return home. [such as to keep a person from leaving or dissuade a person from going on a raid.] 2To kill someone to prevent him from arriving home safely. Ka nigmangayow no nigsulungan ka tagbalu ran to pogpusil no niglikid to pog-ulì dokad di to nagopasan on sikandan, nahawiran on sikandan no darua no lawa ran no namatoy. The raiders who attacked and shot their in-law [whose companion] had been widowed and then turned around to return home but instead were ambushed, they were prevented from returning home and there were two of them (lit. two bodies) who died. [Such as when an in-law has killed someone over an unmet demand for a widow-hood price.]
