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dagup v To darken as when clouds obsure the sky.
dagusu v 1To rush someone. Ka sikan no ig-agpas, igdagusu nu ka otow oyow maga-an kaponga. That [word] ig-agpas, you rush a person so that they will quickly finish something. see fr.: daral 1; see fr.: agpas 2; see fr.: ana-ana 1. 2To be in a hurry.
dahag 1vi Sleep on the ground as when looking for game. Diò ki ogdahag to songo bubungan su moon-ing ka babuy no natagaan ku. We will sleep outside on the ground on a certain mountain because there are many pigs I know about [there]. see fr.: dalonò. 2v To pay close attention to what is being said. Ko du-on mgo buyag no ogpanangnangonoy, du-on batò no ogpagindahag ka ogpamminog. If there are older people carrying on a conversation, there are younger people who are paying close attention as they listen. 3v To understand, or comprehend each other. Ka mgo otow no niglo-inlo-in to kinagian, konò ogpokogdahagdahag to mgo kinagian dan. Warò mokogsabut to kinagian. The people whose languages became different, they were not being able to comprehend each other. They didn’t understand each other. see: sabut 3.
dakit dial. var. of dogkit 2
dakol phr.: Dakol ka goinawa; phr.: ian dakol. 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.
dakol ka goinawa (to songo otow to dangob) phr. of: goinawa. Someone has love for [someone]
dakol no ukù phr. of: ukù. large pox [A type of pox which has large blister-like sore which follows a fever that lasts about 1 day. Recovery quickly follows. The blisters form dark banos “scars”]
dakop 1v To kidnap someone. 1.1vs To be kidnapped or arrested. see fr.: pugad 2. 2v Arrest; capture, take someone into custody. Ko du-on otow no ogdakopon ta, ogkagi ki to, “Konò kad og-atu su no-upul kad on no nalingutan kad on.” If there is someone (lit. a person) whom we capture, we say, “Don’t resist because you are without recourse for you are surrounded.”
dakosol 1v To press something against something else. [To lay something upon a board or a firm surface.] Ka ngadngad, sikan ka igdakosol ka mgo mo-irob diò to kamanga. Ka kamanga, songo igdakosol ta diò to mo-irob su sikan ka ogkagamit to igmagalang. The [word] ngadngad “scrape”, that is when a long knife bolo is pressed against a sharpening stone. [As for] the sharpening stone, we also press it against the knife. 2Cutting board.
dal-oy v 1To be unsteady on one’s feet as a person so weak or sickly he/she can hardly walk without falling over. Tongod to otow no malotoy, ogdal-oydal-oy to oghipanow no subla no malotoy no konò ogpoko-orol. About a person who is weak, he/she or she is unsteady on his/her feet in walking and is exceedingly weak and so cannot get around well. 2To be lovesick, lonely for ones lover(poet.)
dala-ot v Become stormy, acharacterized ed by a darkening of the sky, lighting strikes, thunder and rain. Ogdaldala-ot on ka langit no ogkatokow ki to ma-agbot no balasì no lugung. The sky becomes stormy and we are taken by surprise by loud claps of thunder.
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.
dalaga 1n Unmarried girl. 2n Address to single girl by her brother or male relative. Dalaga, no likuas ka. Young lady, you come out now. 3n Stay single. 4Hen that hasn't yet laid eggs.
dalama n 1Cliff; [bare, rocky area.] [Usually, a dalama is of stone. However, if an area is of ground has broken off and is straight up, it may be called a dalama but would be called natikobaanan because the ground has broken away.] 2Spirit of the cliff.
dalangin 1vt To run an errand find out something, such as whether one can buy newly butchered meat. Ko du-on og-iow to babuy, kalabow, kuddò ogsugù koy to, "Dalangin kow su du-on nangiow to babuy. Purut kow to agad songo kilo." If someone is butchering a pig, water buffalo, [or] horse, we will command someone, “Go check it out because someone has butchered a pig. Get even one kilo.” see: lo-uy 2; see: ma-an 2. 2vi To be en route to go to a destination as an evil spirit which is en route to check out a dead person. Konò kow amana ogli-ag diò to tanò su ogkabaya-an kow to busow no ogdalangin to namatoy. Don't play so much outside (lit. on the ground) because you will happen to be in the path of evil spirit(s) which are en route to check out a dead person. 3v [For many people] to check something out Ko du-on og-iow, moon-ing ka oghondu-on ka ogdalanginan. If there is [an animal] being butchered, many go to check it out. 4v To delegate someone to do something. Kunto-on, to warò liwak nu to oghondiò to Malaybalay, nigdalanginan ta si Jaimi su du-on tu-ud din diò to Malaybalay no ian ta pinaboli to mgo gulayon. Today, since you didn’t have time to go to Malaybalay, we delegated Jaimi to do it [for us] because he had a purpose in Malaybalay and so we had him buy the food items. see: pagindalan; see: saligan. 5v To be pursued, as by evil spirits who want the game that a person is carrying. Ogdanginan ka otow to busow no ogbababa to babuy su ogngarog to langosa. A person who is carrying a pig on his back will be pursued by an evil spirit because it smells the blood. [Said to happen if one is carrying a pig after dark or when the light outside is dim because the spirit(s) are after the blood of the animal because it wants to take the animal away from the person. It is believed that the enounter may result in that person becoming ill.]
dalan 1n Path, trail. 2deriv n The means of accomplishment. 3v To follow a path, or trail [in contrast to going through unmarked territory.]
dalan-ug n The nymph, or growth stage of a ngoyngoy or ||icasacasa cicada before it leaves the ground to break out of its shell.
dalap 1v To dry by a fire. gen: ukù. 2n smallpox [So called because of the fever and redness of the skin which made a person appear that they had been exposed to the heat of a fire.] gen: ukù. 3vt To expose something to the heat of a fire. Ko ogdangdangon, ogdalapon ta to hauy ka doun su oglay-obon su oyow ogtongos to to ko-onon. When [they] are placed over the fire, we expose the leaves to the heat to wilt the leaves so that [they can be used] to wrap food. 4To call for a person.
dalapak v Approach; go toward. Ogkapolodpolod pad ka pogtakang din no ogdalapak to inoy rin. The child repeatedly topples as it takes steps as it approaches its mother. see fr.: dulug 7.
dalapan v To feel rushed, in a hurry, keyed up Ko du-on ka oghipanow, ogdalapanan ki ka ogdagusuon ki su ogligkat on sikandan. When there are those traveling, we feel rushed as they are leaving. osyn: giugiu 1; osyn: giugiu 2.
dalayuan n An extended rainy spell. Ungud og-uran to malayat no longdong ka dalayuan. It's always raining when a lengthy rainy spell is extended. see: longdong 1; see fr.: longdong 1.
daldal v 1To lean, as a tree that isn\\\'t straight. Ka baloy to otow no nigdaldal on to maagbut no kalamag, nigtukog to tagtu-on oyow kono ogkapolod ka baloy rin. As for the house of a person which was leaning [due to] a strong wind, it was braced by it's owner so that his house would not fall over. [A tree that isn't straight, ogdaldal “leans”, but if it leans against something, like a house or another tree, nakasandig “lean against”.] see: sandig 2; see fr.: kiling. 1.1To be at an angle past the zenith as the moon. Ogdaldal ka buan. The moon has passed the zenith (lit. the moon is leaning). 2To lean something against something else. ??
dalig phr.: dalig to langit. 1n Root of plant or tree. spec: luyung. 2v To be getting roots.
dalig to langit phr. of: dalig. phrase Ends of the earth.
daligdig 1deriv n The ascent or incline of a mountain Ka bonsaran, ian ka diralom to daligdigan no ka katamanan to nakasandig. The base of a mountain, that is at the bottom of the incline which is the ending of the steep part. see: sandig 2. 2v Follow a path on mountain side; traverse a mountain, not going by way of the summit.