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lotoy 1adj Sluggish, weak. 2Very weak. 3v To climb around upon; as branches or logs. Ogpanlotoy to batang. To use a fallen tree as a bridge to cross over a stream.
lotu v 1To fly away. Ko niglatun on ka manukmanuk no na-alow nu, oglotu on. Ko oghikotan nu ka manuk no ogpakasabuk, ogpakalotu on ka manuk. 2To hop with both feet as a bird, rabbit, a person or as a chicken when its feet are bound and it is struggling to stand. Ka manukmanuk, oglotulotu ko ogkatibò ka darua no pa-a rin to ogdi-ok no oghalinhalin. A bird hops when it steps with both feet as it moves around.
lout n Drawstring.
lout-ugon adj Wicked, used as a derogatory term to a child.
low-ag v To preserve meat by cooking without water and placing in bamboo.
loy-ang v To lie on one’s back.
loyun v To string as fish on rattan, or as beads.
lu-ag 1adj wide Ka agalayan, sikan ka malu-ag no kamot. Ka agalayan is a wider field. 2adj wider Og-alam a to baloy no mamalu-ag ko warò otow no og-ugpò diò to Maambago. I'm going to choose a wider house in which no people are living there in Maambago. 3deriv n wide Kalu-ag to sopi-on! How wide the hips! (an insult) 4deriv n width Ong-ongora nu to kalu-agi. Estimate the width. 5v to widen, press apart [Said of movements of baby just prior to delivery. (ck meaning)]
lu-an 1v To beg insistently not take ‘no’ for an answer; to importune. 2To give in to someone’s begging.
lu-lù v To wash hands, dishes.
lu-od 1n Filth, grime such as from not bathing or laundering. see fr.: bungit. 2v To be cursed and thus forced to do evil because of disrespect for elders. 3v To be cursed. Mgo batò, konò kow ogso-ilang to og-anak su ogkulapon kow ko ogso-ilang to inulunan no ogkalu-oran kow ko ogdakol kow no konò kow on ogpakakita. Children, don’t you peak at the one giving birth because you will get cataracts if you peek at the afterbirth and you will be cursed, when you become big and you won’t be able to see. see: tunlun; see: tungayow; see fr.: gabà.
lu-ub v To stand ears of corn up along basket rim so that the rest of the corn in the basket can fill to the top without falling out.
lu-ung v 1To remove clothing; go naked. 2To strip someone of clothing.
luag 1n Coconut ladle, large wooden spoon; to stir. 2Abdominal cavity or diaphragm.
luak n Wave of the sea. spec: alimbual.
luang n The inside/ hold?? of a boat or a dugout canoe Ma-agul ka luang to balutu ka poghimu. The inside/ hold ?? of a dug-out canoe is hollowed out.
luas cf: dulu. 1v To shed skin or outer covering, as a snake, shrimp or crab. [The term for trees which shed leaves or animals which shed fur is dulu.] see fr.: kalung₁. 2skin [Moon seen in daylight is said to be the cast off, shed skin of the real moon.] 3To explain, make clear.
luat v Wean, separate from one’s parents. Ko manuk, ko og-ongkoran dut inoy ka piak din no ogluyud to lumansad, ogluaton ka anak din. If it is a chicken, if the mother abandons its chicks because it will go with a rooster, it will separate from its offspring.
lubad v To stain; to run or transfer color.
lubi To become sooty. Lubian ka logdak nu. Your skirt is getting sooty.
lubid 1n Rope, string; to twist two or more strands together. 2v
luboglubog adj Tender (as beans).
luboy 1n Hair. (poet.) 2To wear hair long. 3A joking expression.
lubò v To shake as a tree or house Ka otow, niggoram to nalubò ka baloy rin no nigtigbas din ka bakosan. As for the person, he felt his house shake when he slashed the python. [as by a person or supernatural source in contrast to dinug “earthquake”.]
lubug v To wallow in mud.