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pulitì n A kind of rattan. gen: balagon 1.1.
pulondag n A bamboo mouth flute. [This is a larger flute. The small one is saguysuy. DB would call George's metal flute saguysuy rather than pulongdag. However, the picolo is a smaller metal flute which is has a high pitch which might closer equate with the saguysuy.]
pulpul 1v To cut off straight across Ka suloy, ko gipud on, ogpulpulan tad su og-awo-on ta ka namolù. Sikan ka igpulpul su oyow matulid. A housepost, if it is rotten, we cut it off straight across because we need to remove the rotten part. That is the reason for cutting it off straight across so that it will be straight. [Such as to cut a person's hair straight across or cut off a post at square angles with the grain.There is partial overlap with tampod “cut off” because pulpul has the component of “cut off” + the component of being means “straight” or at “right angles” to the object being cut. A meaning component of the terms pulpul and toptop are that the amounts cut off are small, such as just removing the rotten part of a post or enough hair to be straight.] syn: toptop; gen: tampod 1; osyn: toptop; gen: tampod 5. 2Carved bolo handle, the end of which is cut off square. 3Squared off house posts, also used to describe a sore bottom from sitting a long time.
pulus 1n value Dakol ka pulus ku ki Asat su kandin ka ogkasaligan ku. Asat is of great value to me because he is the one to whom I am able to entrust [with my field work]. [DB explained that Niya had volunteered to stay in Maambago to make a field for them rather than go to his older brother because he feels a bond with Durung for his having raised him.] 2n Fault; responsibility, that is, what one deserves for wrongdoing or failure; to achieve or accomplish. Pulus nu. It’s your own fault. Ka batò no nakasalò, nig-ogotan to buyag. Kagi to songo otow, “Sikan ka pulus nu no batò ka konò ogpamminog.” That is what you deserve for being a child who doesn't obey. Nokoy so napulusan din? What did he accomplish (by that)? 3v to take advantage of [such as if someone came with the expressed purpose to teach but then used the opportunity to get animals or land from the people.] see: salig 1.
pulutan n A rattan woven basket with a door flap used for chickens with small chicks or when they are laying. [This is specific for a certain type of chicken basket. It would not apply to a small cage for cat or dog.]
pulù 1n The very top of the head where hair parts in different directions. [Some people have two or three places where the hair parts in different directions.] 2n Island. Pulù ka Cebu su tibò woig ka ilis. Cebu is an island because its edge is all water. [A pulù “island” is a portion of land which is isolated from other land by water. If a portion of land has become isolated from the rest by a flood, it is napulù.] 3v To become isolated, such as land which has been separated from other land. by water. Ko du-on tanò no nasamò to woig no nigsamba, sikan ka napulù. If there is land which is left over by water which has flooded, that is what has become isolated. Ka tanò no Mindanao, su nalingutan to dagat, napulù no tanò The land of Mindanao, because it is surrounded by the ocean, it is isolated from the land. 4v A leftover section, such as of field not yet weeded or harvested. Songo lian na-an dò ko kapulù. When the leftover section [is harvested] there will be just one basketful left [to be gathered]. [DB said in the following example, it seems the people have purposed to leave a section.] osyn: samò. 5v To section off, as a portion of land. Ko du-on ogsamo-on ta no ogboni-on, ogpulù ki diò to ilis ka maroyow no ogkabonì. If we have [a part of the field] which we will leave over, we will isection off that good part near the edge [of the field] for seed. Kagi to songo otow to, “Maniò to so-ini no nig-alad?” Ogtabak koy to, “Nigpulù noy su ogboni-on.” A person says, “Why is this fense [here]” We will reply, “We have sectioned it off for seed (lit. because it will be seed.) osyn: indan 1. 6num Ten. 7Tenth. 8Ten days.
pungpung 1n A hole in a tree or stump in which water gathers, used as a drinking hole by animals and people. 2A span of about two yards; from fingertip to fingertip; 4 dopas the unit of measure of material or beads. 3Fuzzy knots in kabil drawstrings.
punduk n A small unit or small group ?? Ko du-on oghimuon no oglalaron noy, tagsongo punduk, [o] suun. If there are those which we-excl join together, [they are] each a small unit, [or] a satallite ??. [DB gave example of five areas joined together such as Salug, Tala-Ingod, Langilan and Tagpopo-ot which become part of the Langilan area.]
punpun v To pick up and carry something away Ka boi, niglimuran din ka linobaan din no nigpunpun din on su maapun on. Ka punpun, nig-awò din on woy nig-alap on to baloy. As for the woman, she gathered together her [clean] laundry, collected and took it away ; she removed it and carred it to the house. Ko mahapun on, ogsabukan to otow ka pulutan diò to tanò oyow ogsolod ka magianak no manuk no ogpunpunon. When it has become afternoon, we place the chicken basket on the ground and then the mother will go inside and and [her chicks] will be collected. [such as tlaundry home,or a hen and her chicks in a basket which are picked up and carried to the house.]
puntuk phr.: songo puntuk. 1v Not to weed in center of a field; higher growth in center. 2n One couple [i.e. family unit??], without children, living alone on a hilltop. 3v Something placed here and there [As various towns as Nasuli, Valencia etc. Was given as an example of lo-inlo-in.] 4n A [unit] used in counting, the digits of one hand, each digit being ten.
pupu v 1To pick. Ogpupu ki to noinug no katumbal to songo supa rò ka bogas. We will pick just one chupa of ripened red pepper fruits. Naro-og ka dangob su nigpupu to bugkò. The other person was defeated because he picked lansones. [(idiomatic expression used when someone stares at another.)] see fr.: gotan. 2Reach out and snap off something, as a wart. Maniò to ogtongtong ka? Makapupu [ka] to butig? Why are you staring? Do you expect to snap off a wart? [Idiomatic expression used when someone stares at another.] 3To shed, as fur. see: dulu.
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