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balagonon deriv n A kind of mottled rice. Balagonan. Name of a rice to the west of the Liboganon.

balagoy n To be busy. Ka anggam ku, ogkabalagoy pad to oghimu to baloy rin. Ian oghuno-on to ogsagman. My uncle is occupied by the building of his house. That is what he pays attention to first. Kabalagoy ki. We’re busy. [This implies the person is busy working at something profitable whereas if a person is ogkatalantan he may be occupied with something important or trivial so that he is distracted from what is priority.] cf: talantan 1; see: umalagon.

balak v To come over to meet someone. Du-on nigbalak kanami to nigdatong koy diò to songo ugpa-an. There were [some] who came to meet us when we arrived at another place. Ko dii koy ogpu-un ka oghipanow, ogbalakon koy to mgo otow ko og-ulì koy ko du-on bag ogka-alap noy. If we-excl leave from here,on a trip, [some] will come to meet us when we -excl return home [to see ] if we have brought something with us. [such as when one arrives as a guest or when one returns home from a trip. (Contrasts with lambag come out to meet which could apply to people or a pet.)] see fr.: dagap 1.1; see: tagbu.

balakayu n 1A kind of bamboo, used for flutes (saguysuy, poluondag and to make lupit scrapers. [dark green, about 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter.; used to make an instrument for smoothing of wood or bamboo called banus.] 2Kind of rice. 3A zither (kobbiung) tune.

balanghuy n Cassava.

balangit v To use something to make a a bird or animal fierce such as a cock or a horse for fighting. Ko lumansad, ian igbalangit ka bulbul to laku no igtoluk to manuk oyow mabulut. As for a cock, what is used as a treatment is the hair of a weasel which is used to smoke the chicken so that it will fight fiercely (lit. be fierce to fight). Ko du-on otow no ogbalangitan ka kuddò din, ogkuò to bagabaga no ighidhid to bo-bò to kuddò din oyow ogmabulut ko igpabutong on. If someone gives a treatment to his horse, he gets a yellow and brown wasp which is rubbed on the lips of his horse so that it will fight fiercely in a horse fight. [A horse may be made to eat wasps, or crushed wasps put on their lips. Chickens may be fed the dried up umbilical cord of a baby to make them good fighting cocks.]

balangkò (baangkò) v To tell someone not to do something. Nabalangkò sikandin to liagan. The child was made to stop his playing see: sapad 1.

balangon cf: yubuyubu. n Facial hair.

balangotì n Type of bush that has wide round leaves which are used to cover a pot full of camote when cooking.

balanak n Kind of fish.

balansagan n Woodpecker with red head.

balansì n Clap of thunder

balanugan n Kind of fish that is bony and transparent.

balaring 1n A decorative ear plug which has strings of beads attached. Ka balaring, songol to talinga no baliog no du-on gingo-gingò. The balaring is an ear plug necklace which has decorative notches. [The ear plug is made of wood, often with a piece of decorative notched metal attached.] 2The white lobes covering a rooster's ear.

balarow n Type of sword, knife with two sharp edges. [May be used to kill someone.]

balatik n Trap [for larger animals, especially wild pigs or deer in which a spear is released which kills an animal. (Also dangerous to a person if unaware.More recently, people have but up cross pieces to warn others of the trap but if it is not seen, they can inadvertantly walk into it.)]

balatinow n Kind of sugarcane. [with a red and grey design.]

balatung n Any kind of small, round bean [usually green which is often used in stews.]

balbal 1n Name of evil spirit thought to enter one’s lips and cause illness characterized by excessive saliva. One refrains from partaking of death feast if drooling. Ka balbal, sagboka no busow no oglongod to otow no og-ulat ko du-on oggarabi no nigdaralu. The balbal spirit, is one kind of evil spirit which comes near people which makes a serious illness worse. [This spirit is said to take various forms such as that of a cat, a frog or a monkey.] 2v A person who is affected by this evil spirit. Balbalon ki. We’re being affected by a bblbal spirit [They believe that if one keeps looking at the person who is affected by this kind of spirit will start drooling. When the person watching sees the affected person drooling, he recognizes that the person has a balbal and says the following. However, it means that the other person has a balbal. It does not mean that he/she is also affected.]

bali 1adv Finally. Malasi oglibonglibong no bali og-insa-an ko nokoy ka tu-ud din. [That person] keeps coming back and then finally [someone] will ask him/her about his/her purpose. Ko ogkohibolow on ka woig, bali ta ogko-inum. When the water has been allowed to cool, finally we will drink it. see fr.: banoy₁ 2. 2adv But, however. Agad na-an ko ogkato-u to oghimu to pinayag ka asawa rin, bali to konò. It'd be just great if Tuning's husband knew how to make a storage house, however he doesn't. 3n Charge. Ka lituk to sug-ut| warad bali to sikan no kuddo su imbogoy rò to batò. The meaning of sug-ut is there is no charge for that horse because it was just given [free] to the child.

bali-ag v To split as a tree that is being felled. Ogbali-ag ka kayu ka ogkapori ka lawa no oggogosi-gosì on to ma-agbot ka daging din. A tree splits when its body cracks with a loud sound. see fr.: gosì 1.

bali-og 1n Necklace. see fr.: batu 2. 2v To wear a necklace.

balibad v Refuse. Nigbalibad si Elena to otow no ogsamboy porom to bakotin din su igtagama to mgo batò no nig-iskuila. Elena refused [the request] of the person who had wished to borrow her piglet because she was keeping it in preparation for the children who were going to school. see: ligal.

balig v To change into something else.

baligwò v 1To be nauseated. Ko ogbalbaligwò ki rò, tigbal dò no ogmaro-ot ka diralom ta di warò ki pad nakato-od no og-i-ilob. If we are simply nauseated, our insides feel a little bad but we haven't yet actually vomited. 2To be severely nauseated to the extent that one will vomit. Ko ogbaligo-on ki, og-ilob ki to ngingi woy ko du-on kino-on no ogko-ilob. Ko og-ungod ki ogbaligo-on, ogko-i-ilob ki to nako-on ta. When we are severely nauseated we spit up [our] saliva and if we have food we have eaten then it will be vomited. If we are continually very nauseated, we will repeatedly vomit up that which we have eaten.