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oglow Term of address between brothers-in-law.
ogma-awang to goinawa phr. of: awang. forgive (lit.) to let go of bad feelings Ma-awanga nu rò bag ka goinawa nu. Please forgive [that person]. [DB said this expression is often used when there is a husoy and someone is trying to get people to reconcile.]
ogmabulbuligoy
ogon v to bridle and hold tightly (as a horse).
ogot 1v To scold, get after someone verbally or physically. Ko og-ogotan, konò ogsagman. If he is scolded, he won't let it bother him. Ogpan-ogot to duma rin to konò ogpa-agad-agad. She will scold [all] of her companions since they won't obey [her]. Du-on ogpan-ogot no bo-bò dò. Du-on ogpanlampos ko og-ogot. There are some who scold only with their mouth(s). There are those who strike when they get after [someone]. 2To quarrel. 3To quarrel. 4Habitual scolding as prerogative of igbuyag, pokog-ogot-ogot ‘argue noisily, as men’.
ogò n Fish or meat; a term used only in talking to children.
ogpadoowdoow osyn: antow 1.1.
ogpampamurut see fr.: kulì 5.
ogpandomoldomol see fr.: sulow 2.
ogparagas(=on) v
ogpo-ol-olinoy ka ogpohulhuliroy phr. of: olin. Homosexual activity whether all women or all men. Ka lukos no ogpo-ol-olinoy ka ogpohulhuliroy, oghimu to maro-ot. Og-ilingan dan to songo boi ka duma rin. The man who engages in a honosexual relationship (lit. sleeps together with the same [sex]) does wrong (lit. bad). They behave like their [male] companion is a woman.
ogpo-ul-uli-oy to goinawa phr. of: ulì. To be reconciled to one another. Ko tibò du-on masakit to goinawa, sikan ka og-awoson nu to ogpo-ul-uli-oy to goinawa now. Pinogkopkop kow on su su nokog-ulì on ka goinawa now. When everyone feels hurt, that is [the context where] they will be reconciled to one another. You hugged each other because you were reconciled (lit. your-pl breath mutually returned.) [The term is the same even if two people had never been in good relationship.]
oguk v To make a gurgling or rumbling (or clicking??) sound, as one's stomach from hunger, or grubs in a palm log. Kai ka su ogpamminog a to gotok nu ko maniò to og-o-oguk ka gotok nu. Du-on bua biak nu. Come here because I will listen to your stomach if your stomach growls. Maybe you have worms. Ko moon-ing ka na-asna-as woy og-o-oguk no oggusi-on tad ka galung ta no pula no ogkito-on tad ka moon-ing no alibutod no og-aliboodbood on. When there are many [grubs] which are making whispery and gurgling, rumbling [sounds], then we split knotched pula palm log and we see many grubs which are squirming.
ogung Term of address to a little girl.
okang n A kind of owl. [Having brown feathers with orange colored eyes and a more horizontal body.] see: ulandoy 1.
okayan v Spasmotic coughing, such as in whooping cough or as a result of smoke Ogtotomog ki diò to taliwarò to turakan no igsugbuk ta ka sikan no bogas to katumbal, no dagas to og-awò ki, su ogpokoholut ki to ma-alas no oggoram ki buò no malasi okayan ko ogbuo-on ki. We will build a fire and put those [red pepper] fruits in the fire and then we will hurriedly get out because we will inadvertently breathe in the stinging [smoke] and we will be afflicted by a cough in which we will frequently go into coughing spasms when we cough.
ol-ol v To be slow to return.
ol-olog osyn: togkad 1, sokod 1.
olad n A single item, piece. Oglokò ki to songo olad no papil. We tear off [remove] one piece of paper. Ko ogpa-abaton ta ka doun to alik-ik, songo olad dò. When we harvest a leaf of the alik-ik plant, [we get] just one piece. [Applies to thin items such as a plate, a leaf or a slice of bread.]
olat 1v Between; to put between something. 2n Space between two things such as a field, lines on paper. Nokoglongod ka kamot di du-on olatan. The fields are close to each other but there is a space between [them]. 3v To have spaces in between as teeth which are far apart. Du-on batò no magalat ka ngipon din. Ka ngipon din, du-on olatan no ma-awang. There is a child whose teeth are far apart. His teeth have spaces between them. 4deriv n Something that is between two other things. Ka igkarua no baloy, sikan ka olatan to sagboka woy to tatolu no baloy. The second house, that is the one between the first and the third house. see: taliwarò 1. 5n A divider. Ko nig-ugpò ki to lunsud, to kara baloy du-on mgo olatan no mgo alad no ian pagtonga-an. If we live in a village, at each house there is a divider which is a fence which is the boundary. [As something that divides or separates one thing from another such as a fense or creek between two properties.] 6v Alternate one between the other, as colored plates. 7v To act as a go-between. 8v To put something between. Oati nu sikan. Put it between those. 9n Halfway point. Bagunta-as ka olatan to Valencia to Nasuli. Baguntaas is the halfway point between Valencia and Nasuli.
olatan see fr.: tongà 3.1.
oli Rotten (as fish), smelly.
olin phr.: ogpo-ol-olinoy ka ogpohulhuliroy. 1adv Whole group, all. Ka andi-andì, sikan ka olin no boi no mgo batò no oglili-ag. The ones who say, andi-andì are those who are all girls (lit. female children) who are playing. see fr.: tibulus 1. 2v To marry someone who is closely related, that is, to commit incest. Ka ogmo-ol-olinoy, ka og-asawa to marani rin dò. The one who commits incest is the one who marries someone who is closely related. [This is considered to violate the anit taboo and is believed to cause death or deformity in the family. (If it is a father who violates his own child they would say, Og-unoy to anak din.) A person who commits incest against a child by marriage or his own children may be killed by a relative of the one violated.]
olod v 1To soak in water. [If one immerses something in water then removes it, they would say, Tigbal dò olora. “It was just soaked briefly.”] 2Soak oneself. Ogpaki-olod ka ko mo-init ka lawa nu. You will soak yourself in the water if your body is hot. see: anok 2. 3
olog 1n For something to be fitting or OK with someone, to be the right fit or size, or to be possible or appropriate for a specific occasion or use. Olog nu bua ka so-ini no kinabò. Perhaps this is your size. see: karakoli; see fr.: ongod 2; see fr.: togkad 3. 2adv Possibly Olog bua ko ogpakasamboy a to kuddò nu su oghondiò a to Patil su ogboli a to tambal. Maybe it's a possible that I could borrow your horse because I will go to Patil because I will buy medicine. Konò no olog to ogkasambayan su masakit so pa-a to kuddò. It's not possible to borrow it because the horse's foot is sore. [That is, OK with someone.] 3n Enough, adequate Olog nud ka so-ini no salapì to ogpoko-uma ka diò to Davao. This money is adequate for you to reach Davao. Ka igkarangob on ka no-olog on to nakaboli. The next year the [amount of] corn was enough that it could be sold. see: litos 1. 4n When preceded by ian, it means, the very thing which is fitting for some purpose. Ka mgo bo-ugan, ian olog no litos to sikan ka ogkoimu no maroyow no indanan to olatan to kara tanò no du-on mgo kamunoy. A creek is the very thing which is appropriate to be that which can be made the marker between two fields which have [different] owners. DB Dic Nt May/2006 5v To fit Ka an-anayan no turukan to agoloy ku, katoluan dò no saku ka no-olog to sikan no pinayag ku. From my first corn harvest, only thirty sacks fit in my granary. 6v To be suitable, OK, fitting Du-on otow no ogko-iniat to bogyas. Og-insò to, “Ogko-olog bua to goinawa nu ko ogsaliuan ku to manuk?” There is a person who wants to buy a fish trap. He will ask, “Maybe it is OK with you (lit. suitable to your breath) if I trade a chicken for it?” 7v To try. Ka so-ini no simana to katamanan to Mayo, og-olog-olog a porom to og-ulì diò to Maambago, di nig-ugsul on ka mgo pilitianan to mgo sakayan. This week at the end?? of May, I would like to try to return to Maambago, but the fares to the vehicles have gone up. Sikan ian ogtimulan ta pad ka salapi ku oyow og-olog-olog to pogdatong dio to Maambago. That's why we will increase [the amount of] my money so that it will be enough to arrive at Maambago. 8v test Kò nu og-ol-ologi ka inoy nu su maro-ot. Don't test your mother because it's bad. [If a child disobeyed his mother to go to swim in a deep place someone would say:] 9vs To fit