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liningoy (poet.) v To look around for another husband, flirt while married.
linis 1adj Clean. 2v To become clean. 3v To clean.
linlin v To dredge river with leaves in order to get fish.
lino-ubud n Kind of tree, wood used in rice charm.
linob 1v To set, as of the sun (poet.) 2West, or setting of the sun Oglinob ka allow. The sun will set. syn: salopan.
linow 1n Calm area of water, deep pool of water. 2adj at peace, calm Malinow ka sikan no lunggunan, warò igkasasow. That family is at peace, there is nothing to worry them. 3quiet Di ko ogko-ongkoran ka sikan no ugpa-an, malinow on; warad otow, warad ogdinogon ta no ogkakagi. But if that place is abandoned, it will be quiet; there are no more people and no talking that we can hear.
linsobuk n Deep pool in a creek.
lintak n Leech, about an inch long.
lintok 1adj Small. Ka mgo ngalap ogpansolag dò to sigay su malintok. The fish (lit. water creatures) were just passing through the net because [they] were small. osyn: do-isok 2. 1.1adj Very small. 1.2adj Smaller; very small. 1.3adj Many very small things. 1.4adj Smallest; exceptionally small. 1.5adj Very small; smallest; tiny. Ka malintokoy? The one that is smallest? 1.6adj Of many very small things; tiny. 2v To be or become small; shrunken. Ogmagasò ka agoloy. Ogmalintok ka pusù. The corn will be thin. The ears [of corn] will be small. see fr.: gasò 2; see fr.: hag-os.
linubù n Field full of sugarcane in full growth.
linugud v To be haunted or made ill by an evil spirit which dwells at a graveside. Oglinugud ka busow. The evil spirit haunts. Oyow kò ki oglinuguron to busow. So the evil spirits won’t haunt us. Ka oglinugud, moon-ing ka ogdinogon ta, og-alomud, ogsinogow no batò, ogdinog ki to miow woy asu no ogganuy to sungkolì. When [something] haunts [us], we hear many things: [something] moaning [or] a child crying. We hear a cat or dog which is dragging a chain.
linulinu 1v give attention to something Konò oglinulinu ko nokoy ka kandin no tu-ud. The person does not pay attention to his own purpose. [The above is said of a person who has expressed interest in marrying but does not follow through with arrangements. It also applies to other situations such as when a person ignores his fathers call. (from LM)] 2 3 4 5 6
liom adj Toothless.
lipak v To cut wedges or chips out of something. Lipaka nu ka buku. Cut out the knot.
lipas v To pass the long way around, detour. Di to nigkita rin ka otow no napalian, niglipasan din dò. Diò to limang to dalan nigbayò. But when he saw the person who was wounded, he detoured. He passed by on the other side of the path. osyn: aligu 2.
lipat (poet.) Miss, be lonesome for.
lipong One person killed by one raider.
liporong v To close eyelids, esp. used in lullabies.
lipuas v to be set free, or be released from captivity or a penalty, esp. as a person who has been ransomed/redeemed such as a slave or a person who has a fault Woy kid ogkalipuas ko nigbalukas kid on. Ogligkat to imbalukas. We won't e set free until we have been ransomed/redeemed. [DB says one cannot be ogkalipuas “freed” until one has been “ransomed/redeemed”. In their culture, a payment is made for a wrong committed; then the person is freed.] see: balukas.
lipukpuk Summit. (of a mt. for eg)
lipukpukan see fr.: botoy.
lipung n Shallow glass bowls.
liput v To walk around something. Liput ka tawà mabolabi. Walk where no mat has been spread out.
lirong n Winnowing tray.
lirong ?? see fr.: ligu 1.