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lukag adj Not sticky, well-cooked rice.
lukbù v To plop down Bantayi nu ka batò ko ogpasasindogon nu su oglukbù. Watch the child if you have him stand because he will plop down Ogpakalukbù ki ko ogkatabolog ki. [as a child who is just learning to walk or an adult who is weak or dizzy.]
lukilom 1adj Dark. 2To return the same night. 3Dark.
lukos n 1Male, man, boy 2Male companion. 3Male esp. of animal spec: butakal. 4Male partner other than husband. 5Someone taking the role of a man ?? Noimu on no ian tagalukosan ka boi. It has happened that the one who takes the role of the man is the woman. [DB said this would apply to a girl who makes the move to join the fellow rather than the other way around.]
lukò 1v To peel off as layers of covering from, as onions, corn, banana blossom, abaka. [Usually done by hand but a knife is used if layers stick. The same term would be applied to layers of paper of a tablet or a book that are separated whether or not they are torn off.] osyn: luit. 2n Peeling as of abaca or banana stalk, used for water trough.
lukub v To tremble especially when possession by a spirit. Ko oglukuban, ogkolkolon on su nigsoloran on ka bantoy rin. If one trembles, he shivers because he has been entered by his familiar spirit. see fr.: korog; see: kolkol 1; see: korog.
lukung n Bark container for storing rice.
lulun 1v To roll up something flat. 2Having curled edges.
lumang n Large python.
lumansad n Rooster.
lumawigan n Long, light-colored earthworm gen: liwati 1.
lumayang n Kind of snake said to be poisonous. [It has dark reddish-brown skin on top including its tail without any distinct pattern. Its belly is a light green.]
lumbia n Nipa palm before it’s cut.
lumboy n Camote leaves.
lumbuk v To swim doggy paddle.
lumogkod (poet.) n Hair.
lumotik n Large biting ant.
lumò n Tree vine that is put into hot water in order to use for bathing a baby.
lumpas v Eat, sleep or sit on the bare floor.
lumping Green taro (pigkaton); i.e. having green stalks.
lumut 1n A layer of fungus on water, such as algae or moss on a tree. 2v To develop algae or moss. Oglumutan ka woig. The water has algae on it. Ka ogkopkop to lawa to kayu, lumut dod. That which clings to the trees, it is also moss.
lungag 1n Hole Ogkukutkut ka asu su og-abalangon din ka ambow diò to lungag to tanò. The dog is digging because he is relentlessly pursuing a rat there in a hole in the ground. [Generic for [almost] any kind of a hole whether a hole in a piece of paper or a hole in the ground. (ck other examples and any which don't apply)] see fr.: lugì 2; syn: lugì 1. 2n Ka kayu no warad lisuan, ngaranan noy no lungagon. We say that a tree without a center is hollow (lit. has a hole). see: agul 1. 3Ditch. 4Ditch. 5Kind of white sugarcane.
lungang 1 2adj of good character [ Ka molungangon], konò no ubaton, konò ogwangal, ogkaallok no oghimu to maro-ot, ogpo-obos; ko ogko-ogotan, konò ogsagman, ogpalingowlingow rò du-on; konò din ogsagmanon. [The person with good character]: He isn't a liar, he doesn't gossip/[start] scandals. He is afraid to do bad things. He humbles himself. If he is scolded, he doesn't pay attention to it; he just [purposely] forgets it; he doesn't pay attention to it. 3adj teachable, readily complies, or understands Ko batò no og-anaron ta, maga-an ogpakasabut. (Moon-ing ka ka-alapan.) If we are teaching a child, he is quick to understand. (There are many meanings [for this word].) 4 5 6 7
lungga n Large shell used as horn to call people back to the village or to scare raiders.
lunggat v To shake as a house on its foundations, during an earthquake.