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malapanit n A kind of tree, the fruit of which monkeys eat.
malapung osyn: mabonbon 1.
malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa phr. of: sabuk. 1To have been given long life (lit. the placement of his breath is long) Malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa rin. Mananoy ogkamatoy. He willl be slow to die. He has been given a long life. (lit. The placing of his breath is long.) He will be slow to die. 2v To drop ??
malayat ka ogkasabukan.to goinawa phr. of: layat. patient Malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa rin. (Mananoy ogkamatoy ka so-ini no buyag.) He is patient. / He is slow to die
malibutut see fr.: dompo-dompò. Short and squat.
malit 1n Spleen. 2Address to a woman by a man.
malogon so goinawa phr. of: logon. v To be upset.
malogot 1adj True, correct Ko nalugoy on no ungod kandin ogpanakow, natagaan on to mgo otow no malogot to kandin ka nigpurut. When it had been a long time and he was repeatedly stealing, it became known by the people that it was true that he was the one who had taken [things]. [This is often used as a response to verify that something stated is true or correct. It is also used when evidence has shown something to be true as in the following example.] see fr.: tigus 1. 2v to verify, witness to, or testify that something truly happened, or was done Ogpakanangonnangon koy to igmalogot. We have to tell that which will verify [that something is true]. Ogpakapamalogot ko tu-tu-u to pigsabukan to gamut. [One needs] to prove whether it is ture that someone was poisoned. 3v to use something as a token or guarantee [Buntit gave a bolo to Buliung to verify that she was having him build her house and to guarantee that she would pay him for that task. ck LA re interpretation of text. (text BB Sent. 28 uses andal but it is in same context. ck TA)] see: igmaganangon.
malonang (dial. var. malanang)
malopot see fr.: sagkop.
malung v To feel of a girl’s breast.
malù n 1Kind of banana, like sab-a. 2Kind of sugarcane.
mama n 1Address to an man. Nig-insò ka mgo boi no dalaga, “Mama ka pad?” Lituk, “Balubatò ka pad?” The unmarried ladies asked, “Are you still an unmarried man?” Meaning, “Are you still a bachelor?” [DB said that the term mama is not about whether a person is someone's brother. Rather it is a term of address, used especially by an unmarried lady to an unmarried man but also used as term of respect to a married man. Also used between men as sign of respect.] 2Term of address of an unmarried lady to an unmarried man. [also to a male relative or brother.??] Ka ig-umow to dalaga to balubatò, si Mama. That which an unmarried lady address to a bachelor is mama.
mammiloy n A large poisonous black snake which has red tail.
mamo-on see fr.: kalisow.
mamogkit n Poisonous snake, multicolored. [DB describes this snake as being quite large. It's head is described as being the shape of an eel's head, its tail is a mixture of brown and dark green, its body dark green and mixture of colors on its stomach. It lives among trees, especially the dulian tree. The people have a belief that if they kill this snake, its companions will continually go after the person that killed it. They also say that if irritated, the snake will bang its head on the ground seven times. If one does not get out of the way it will attack. It is also believed that the snake will become thin and surround its victim like a fense.]
mamò 1v To chew betelnut. Ka mgo buyag, ungod ogmamò to mamo-on, kalisow, apug, alag woy manika. The older people always chew cultivated betelnut, wild betelnut, lime, alag fruit and manika leaf. Ogmanmamò su naan no ogpakogal to ngipon dan. They chew betelnut because they suppose that it will make their teeth hard. 2deriv n A larger variety of betelnut which is cultivated. 3n Betelnut container.
mangalow n A black shrimp. gen: ulobang.
mangapol n Kind of fish.
mangayow 1n Raider. Ko ogkapilak to mangayow, og-agbas ka kommag. If someone is stabbed by a raider, the spear will pierce and go through [the body]. osyn: alamara 1. 2v To go on a raid; go out with intention to kill someone. Ka ogmangayow, songo kuò ko hon-om, lalimma woy ko hop-at no otow su ko du-on ogkahawiran kandan, du-on ogpoko-ulì no duma. As for those who go on a raid, sometimes there will be six, five or four people because if there is someone who will dissuade them there will be some of them who return home. 3A kobbiung tune.
manggad n Material, cloth. Konò ogkato-u to manggad. He doesn’t know how [to obtain] cloth. see fr.: kumbalò 2.
mangguapuy n Al arge forest bird head and awith red red headdress, with green markings on back and a dark, but not black, chest. red marking under the tail. Tail feathers are long and trail behind the bird, hanging down when bird is perched. Its call resembles its name.
mangkuan 1adv Later, later on. Di mangkuan, ko allow on to pogsanggì, warò nakasanggì ka nig-orok. But later on, when it was time to harvest [the corn], the people who had planted didn't get to harvest. Pananglitan, ko du-on nig-utang kandin no lalima no libu, no woy on ogliwan ko sanggì on to agoloy, di mangkuan, warò nigbayad. For example, when someone had credited five thousand [pesos] from him and will not return it until he harvests corn, however, bater on he did not pay. Ka sikan no alig, konò no maro-ot su ko ogkita ki to boi no du-on goinawa ta kandin di mangkuan ogkasipod ki no ognangon to du-on goinawa ta kandin. That [kind] of attraction isn't bad because when we see a girl and we like her (lit. have breath toward her), yet later on we will be shy to say that we like her. [The word angkuan, is used of later in the same day. Mangkuan is used in a much broader sense.] cf: angkuan. 2conj but then Ian dò ogka-ali-an ka duma to ogbantoy; mangkuan konò ogka-ali-a ka kandin no goinawa. The only thing he/she pays close attention to is watching his/her companions; but then [that person] doesn't pay attention to his/her own attitudes (lit. breath). 3adv To turn out differently than expected. Di mangkuan, nigtalis no warò nigliwan. But it turned out that he failed [to keep his promise] and did not return [what he borrowed].
mangulod adj 1Unripe as of banana or young coconut, corn. 2young, as of corn Og-abat ki to manulod no agoloy su ogtibungulon ta su maroyow no ogko-onon. We harvest young corn because we will boil it because it is good to eat. [When the grains are still soft and not fully developed.] 3immature Mangulod ka kayu ko kò pad no matasan. Wood is immature when it has not yet become hard. ant: matasan.
man adv An emphatic particle referring back to a previous statement, roughly equivalent to “also” Sikan man ian. That’s it indeed.