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sugkad 1n General: a comb. 2specific: a comb made of damuluan bamboo.
sugkal 1v To stab upward with a spear as through the floor, or to knock papayas from a tree. Sugkalon ki. They spear us up through the floor. [The term can refer to the upward thrust of a spear or the thrust of a pole when getting fruit.] 2v Jab with an upward motion. Ko du-on kapayas, maroyow no sugkalon. If there are papayas, it’s good to jab them. [In this case, one does not intend to damage the fruit.] 3n A jabbing pole used to get fruit. Nokogtampak ka susugkaloy su insumpul on. The jabbing pole was fitted together because it was extended. [If one has a picker with a crook and basket, one would sanggat the fruit. The term sugkal refers to the upward jabbing motion.]
sugkip v 1To slide something between the roof shingles. Igsugkip ka sugkad. Slide the comb between the shingles. 2To roll eyes so pupils are hidden, or to tuck tobacco under one’s upper lip. Ogpasugkipon ka mata. [He] is rolling [his] eyes [up into his head]. Pakasugkip to mata noy. We roll our eyes under the lids. Pasugkipon ka mata. [A child was doing that deliberately with his eyes so just the white showed. Arlyn says that is what happens when a person becomes unconscious and the eyes roll back so the pupil does not show.]
sugkud 1n Adjacent house(s); next door neighbor 2v to live next door to each other Masugsugkuroy ki. We live next door to each other.
sugnal v To enter a house when the occupants are eating. Pak sugnal kanta to ogko-on ki. She happens to come when we’re eating.
sugnu v To place near coals until partially roasted and dry as method of preservation. Ko ogpoko-utol koy to dakol no ngalap, ogsugnuan noy ka duma to hapuy oyow ogkosog no konò ogkara-at. Ko ogtu-ugon ka manuk di dagdagow rò no og-awo-on on to hapuy, sikan ka ogsugnuan dò su warò nalutù. When we catch large fish, we just roast some until partially cooked so that it will become stiff and not be wasted. see: kogal 1; ant: anok 1; see fr.: toluk; see: tu-ug 1.
sugoy v To be told, exhausted.
sugpang 1n Branch of a tree; to branch out. 2A kind of large white camote with firm texture.
sugpang to gapas phr. of: gapas. Large white camote with first texture.
sugsug 1v To sew with long running stitches; to baste. 2v insist ?? see: baghot 1. 3Drizzly, cloudy weather that causes the rice to open up (late August). 4To lose one’s hair and become pale by washing hair or eating salt after giving birth.
sugu-onon see fr.: uripon 2.
sugud v 1To go the long way around, such as to follow a river around its bends. Nigsugud ka. You followed [the river] around its bends. ant: bot-os 1; see fr.: sugud 2. 2Round-about, as of awkwardly worded sentence. [Ka kinagian,] nakasugud. [The wording,] was round-about. [DB applied word to a round-about sentence structure] see: sugud 1.
sugut v To permit, agree. Amag dò ia ogsugut si Amò, konò ad ian. Even though father agree to it; I won’t.
suguy god of the hunt; lives in the clouds; betelnut and chickens are offered to him the night before a hunt.
sugù 1v To give orders; to send on errands. Ko du-on ogsugù no ogpanhimatayan, ogtuman sikandin. If someone gives the order [for someone] to kill [someone else], he will carry out [the order]. 2v to be bossy Sugù ka dò. You’re bossy 3Ogsugu-on dut otow ka busow. The person commands the evil spirit. 4Ka kayu no insugù ian on. Wood was what she ordered him to get. 5A spirit medium; one who communicates with the spirits. 6n servant, ordered-one, steward [DB said a sugu-anon can be sent anywhere.]
sui-at v To sass one’s elders; to either talk back and/or stick one’s tongue out (as a monkey or a child only. Sui-atan a. She’s sassing me.
sukal v To poke around in cooking rice with a spoon without stirring it. Sukalon ka homoy. Poke the rice. Bukalon ta pad to luag. We’ll poke it with a ladle.
sukat n 1Horns or antlers. 2A buck.
suksuk 1v To hide ?? under something. 2n Mourning dove [said to have been the creator of the world and mankind.]
suksuk ?? see fr.: sulip 2.
sukub n Rattan reinforcement on the bottom of a basket. Nasukubsukub, sukubon, Baagon ka igsukub ta. Rattan is what we use to reinforce it.
sukul To be in debt for a large amount. Kasukul kid to songo saku. We owe a whole sack.
sukun v A meeting to decide on a course of action.
sukut 1v To collect a payment. Ko du-on ogsukut to kuddò di naruad, agad nokoy ka igbogoy to nakapurut to kuddò. If there is someone who collects payment for a horse but it has been sold on credit, the one who has received the horse can use anything for payment. 2n collector Ka sukut, ian ka ogkubla to kuddò. The collector, that is the person who collects payment for the horse. 3the word “collect” Nig-utang ku pad ka kuddò nu no ka sukut, og-inso-on nu ka bayad to kuddò nu. I credited your horse first and then the [word] collect [means] that you will ask about the payment for your horse. 4v collect payment from Ian a nu rò sukuti. I will just be the one from whom you will collect payment. 5v collect payment for something Sukuton ku ka payad ku dongan. I’ll collect the payment for my dried fish of a long time ago.
sukyup n A cavern or narrow space between two cliffs.