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lurok 1adj Slippery 2adj sleek (as hair). 3Used of jersey cloth. 4Slimy.
lurus v 1To slide (deliberately), such as down a pole, running and sliding. [If children run and slide, ogpakalurus. Also, if someone slides down a pole, it is the same word.] osyn: us-us; see fr.: luras, og=, nig=, na=, naka=. 2To slide unintentionally. cf: dulas.
lusilom phr.: kunto-on no mausilom. 1n Night 2adj dark. Ko ogsalop ka allow, ogbunsud ogkausilom. When the sun goes down, it begins to become dark. 3n Darkness
luslus v To slip down.
lusob-ong Hole, ditch.
lusud₁ v 1To force one’s way into, as of a house or a village. see fr.: lusud₁ 2; see fr.: sulung 2. 2To attack. Ka sikan no a-alamaraan, moon-ing lagboy ka oglusud ka sikan no usig dan. As for those that are being raided [by a band of raiders], their enemies are very many enemies who attack . Ka lusud, sikan ka ogsulungan on to ogpanhimatoy. The [word] lusud, that is those who attack to kill. see: lusud₁ 1. 3
lusud₂ see fr.: gubat 1.1.
lusuk 1v To take a knee-chest position with one’s bottom up; turn bottoms up as a child does. Songo kuò ko oglulusuk [ka batò]. Sometimes [the child] turns bottom’s up. 2v To tilt or turn [something] upside down. Ka longa, oglusukon on to ogdagdag su nambotu on ka bogas. The sesame [stems] are turned upside down to let the seeds drop out because the seeds have burst open. 3vs To be on a downward incline Ko nalusuk ka tanò, ogka-anlas ka woig. If the ground is on a downward incline, the water will flows.
lusung 1n Feast given as payment for working in another field or house. 2Headache. 3Chills from being caught in the rain, or from malaria. see: hagsil 2.
lususud v To have a war.
lutoy 1adj Weak. No ligkat to nasogod a, malutoy ka lawa ku no ungod ad oghagsilon, masolom woy maapun. And as a result of having been stung, my body was weak and I was continuously chilling from morning to afternoon (lit. morning and afternoon). 2deriv n Hair.
lutù 1vs To be cooked. ...ko nalutù on ka babuy, og-il-ilon dan ka bokog no du-on pad sapu.̀ ...when the pig the pig has been cooked, they strip the bones which still have flesh [on them]. 2deriv v To cook. 3deriv n A cook. 4adj Of someone who is always cooking.
luud v 1To bend one's knees as when lying curled up on one’s side or sitting with legs drawn up to one side. 2To kneel as when beseeching or begging [something] of a deity or shaman. 2.1To kneel such as when showing respect. [Og]panikluud ogtahud ki Joaquin. He/she would kneel to show respect to Joaquin.
luwal v For a tree to become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for the tree which is uprooted, it will be a long time before its body and the tib rot, and then only the roots will be left. That is what is called [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut some roots around the base and then pull it over, uprooting the rest.] osyn: lopang, pukan.
luwan v Haul as on raft. Ogluwanon noy diò to dibabò. We will haul it downriver.
luya n Ginger.
luyud 1v To follow closely on the heels of another. 2Walk single file.
luyung n Large roots of huge forest tree trunks growing above the ground; such as those of the nara or lawa-an tree. Sapsapan noy on ka luyung oyow ogmanipis. We chip off the surface of the luyung in order to make it thin. [These roots protrude from the ground and may be taller than a person. They may be as much as four inches thick. They are very hard and strong and are used for palasungan, a board which goes under a losung “mortar” for pounding grain. (Smaller roots growing above the ground are used for bolo handles but are simiply called dalig, not luyung.)] gen: dalig 1.