bokas v 1To initiate a conversation, or a discussion such as that of a marriage arrangement. Ka oghun-a ogkagi, sikan ka ogbokas to alukuyan. The person who is first to speak, that is the one who initiates the discussion. 2To release, as trigger of a trap. Ko ogkabokas on ka bagwanan to balatik, du-on on ogsagad no babuy. When the trigger of the pig trap is released, a pig which has been caught. see: basikal. 3To block as an inlet from a river so as to drain area and catch fish in traps. Ka otow no ogngangalap to siak to woig, ogbokason din ka og-atangan din ka siak oyow og-otì on. A person who is fishing on a tributary of the river blocks the tributary so that it will dry up. [The common thread of meaning may be that the blocking of the river initiates the trapping of the fish, someone walking into an ambush, initiates/sets in motion the act of spearing an enemy, and the person who speaks first, initiates the conversation. A person who is angry, lets loose with angry words and/or a physical attack. (In the latter case, ogtokow his words take others by surprise.] see: atang 1. 4To vent, as anger in such a way that people are taken by surprise. Ka otow no nabolù, nigbokas ka nigkagi; nigparagas nigkagi. Nigma-agbot to nigkagi su ogkatokow ki. The angry person, vented [his] anger; he went right ahead and spoke. He spoke loudly because we are taken by surprise. see: tokow 1. 5To be the recipients of an angry outburst. Moirap ko ogbokasan ki to kagi. It is difficult if we are the recipients of [someone's] angry outburst. 6To strike. Ka otow no oggopas, ogbokas to usig ka ogpilak. The person who is lying in ambush, strikes [his] enemy when he spears [him].
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bolat 1n A covering, such as a blanket or mat [This is something that is spread out upon which other things are set in contrast to a blanket that is used to cover something else.] 2v To open, as one's eye, or a flower. Ka otow no nabulog ka mata rin konad on ogkabolat ka mata rin. A person whose eye gets something in it cannot open his eye. 3v Spread out; open to display, open, as a flower
boluy 1deriv n A cleared area around a field. 2v To clear an area around a field in order to keep wild pigs out. Ka otow no du-on kamot din no homoy no ogpanlosut on, ogboluyan din ka ogkamot no iglingut din to igkamot din oyow konò oghondu-on ka babuy to kamot. [Otherwise they will make nests for their young from the rice plants and ruin the harvest.]
bonsaran n 1The base of a mountain where the incline begins. Ka bonsaran, ian ka diralom to daligdigan no ka katamanan to nakasandig. The base of a mountain, that is at the bottom of the incline which is the ending of the steep part. 2Bottom and sides of shield which are reinforced with a decorative edge of bronze or more recently, with aluminium. Ko du-on ogsabukan no burunsi diò to bonsaran to kalasag, ian ka ighiroson oyow konò ogkagulak ko ogmapilpilakoy. When there is something in which brass is placed there on the bottom and sides of a shield, that is that which secures it so that it won’t come apart when [men] fight each other with spears. see: kalasag 1.
bu-ingan v To become dirty or contaminated. Diò to kanami, og-awoson to matapid ki oyow konò ki ogkabu-ingan. In our place, it is necessary that we be well-behaved so that we won't be discredited. [DB says criticism is the result of having become dirty.]
bu-og v 1Invitation to wrestle playfully. Kagi to sagboka, “Usì, bubu-og ki.” Ogtabak ka dangob to, “Ho-o, ogbubu-og ki, ian,” no ogpabugbu-ogoy on. One says, “Usi, lets wrestle.” The other says, “Yes, let’s wrestle,” and so then they wrestle with each other. 2Wrestle each other playfully. Ogpabubu-oyoy ka darua no lukos ko hontow kandan ka dayagangon. Two men wrestle with each other to discover who is the strongest. gen: pabakbakusoy.
buabua 1n Lullaby. see fr.: saloy; see: saloy. 1.1v To sing a lullaby. 2v To swing baby in swing.
bubung phr.: anak to pamubungon₁. n 1A ridgepole. Liliungan to baloy. Ridgepole of a house. see: liliungan. 2Sky. see: langit. 3A kind of spirit which claims ownership of mountains, baliti trees, cliffs and waterfalls; also familiar spirits which claim those roles. Ka talabubung, karumaan to mgo busow. Ian ka tagbanua no og-ugpò to bubungan, balitì, dalama, sampow. The talabubung, they are companions of the evil spirits. [Those] are the ones who are owners who live in the mountains, baliti trees, cliffs and waterfalls. Ka mgo otow no du-on bantoy ran no talabubung, ian dan im-imanan ka ogbatunon diò to langit. People who have talabubung familiar spirits anticipate that they will be transported to heaven. [If a couple has this kind of a familiar spirit, it is believed that if one spouse dies, the other will also die.]
bugal 1adj Prolific, have a lot of offspring, whether animals or human. Kabugal on ka babuy su ogmoon-ing on ka og-anak. The pig is prolific because it has many offspring when it gives birth. 2v To progate or cause to increase, whether of animals, seed, or fish in a fishpond. Ko ogbugalon, og-ayamuon pad ka babuuy oyow ogkabugal on ka ogmoon-ing. Ungod ogpanganak. If we propagate [pigs] we take care ofthem so that they will be prolific as they become many. They will always bear many offspring. Ko du-on boni ligkat to songo ugpa-an no warò dio to kananami, ogbunanat oyow du-on diò to kanami no ogkabugal on. If there is a kind of seed in another place which is not in our place, we carry it to our place and propagate it so that it will be increased.
bugsong v 1To obstruct, as a path or one's view. [DB comment regarding having words and meanings jumbled/pass by too quickly. (ck TA) DB contrasted this with a view from a mountain top that is unobstructed, straight and clear.] see: atang 2; ant: taloytoy. 2To be hindered as by clutter. Ko oghipanow ki diò to dalan no du-on kayu no napolod no konò ki ogpakabayò, nabugsongan ka ogbaya-an ta. Nabugsongan ka dalan su konad ogkabaya-an to otow. If we are walking on a path and there is a tree which has fallen and we cannot pass by, our pathway has been obstructed. Our path has been obstructed because people cannot get through.; DB 24/Feb/2009 Ko ogkabugsong, konò ta ogkakita-an ka ogkabaya-an. If something is cluttered, one cannot see where he is going. see: bunbun 1; ant: taloytoy1. 3To interrupt. Ko ogkagi a no du-on otow no ogtampod to kagi ku, ogbugsong. Ko og-ampawan din ka kagi rin, igdo-isok. If I am speaking and there is a person who cuts off my speech, he interrupts. If someone overrides [another's words] with his words, it is disrespectful to (lit. belittles) [the other person]. [as when a person's speech is interrupted] 4To be interrupted as of speech, or cut off as of electric current if uf a line has been broken Nabugsong ko du-on kinagian no konò ogka-ayun. [The meaning] is jumbled when there are words which don't fit. Ko du-on abogaru no ogkaro-og no warad igkatabak din, ogkabugsong on sikandin. see: tampod 1. 5To initiate. Ko oghunno-on og-unuk ka langlanguan, no ogbugsongan ka batò ka ogtulin. When the face [of a baby] fills in, then the child's growth is initiated. see: bunsud 1.
bugsung 1n A pack as of something wrapped up and bound such as cooked rice or meat which is wrapped in leaves and bound which is sent home with people who have helped with field work. Ka bugsung ka doun no ogtongoson no linopot no ogko-onon. A pack which is wrapped and bound are the leaves which are wrapped around cooked rice. 2v To wrap and bind something into a pack. Bugsunga nu ka ko-onon. Wrap and bind the food into a pack. 3 4vs To be spread out, as in a circle or a square but having some kind of desernable boundary. Nabugsung ka palingki to Malaybalay. Ka lituk, nigmalibuson. The market place in Malaybalay is spread out in a circle. The meaning is [that] it is round.
bugtung 1n To be the only offspring of a certain sex or to be an only child in a household. Ka bugtung no lukos sagboka rò kandin kalukos. Ka boi no sagboka no anak songo bugtung dod kandin As for an "only" man, he is the only (lit. just one) male [in the household]. The woman who has just one offspring, he/she is an "only" child. 2adj Person who is deprived of her companion; alone, when supposed to be two or more. Bubugtung on. [He/she] has been left alone [without his/her companion]. 2.1deriv n Solitary thing, such as just one word of a language. 3v To withdraw to eat something alone. Ka otow no ogbubugtung to sagin, logoron. Konò ogpambogoy. The person who eats bananas by himself is selfish. He doesn't share [with others]. [The implication is that the person is unwilling to share.] see: nugun 1. 3.1v For a person to eat alone when there is no other choice. Ko du-on otow no ogpa-awoy-awoy to og-ugpò no sagboka rin dò, ko du-on ogkako-on din ogpakabubugtung dò to ogko-on su warò songo baloy rin no ogkatalaran din. Sikan ka konò no maro-ot su konò no logoron. If someone lives far away [from others] by himself, when he eats he has to eat alone because he doesn't have any neighbors with whom to share. That isn't bad because he is not selfish. [It is considered selfish for a person to withdraw to eat alone so that he/or she will not be seen and expected to share, but if one is living alone and has no companions, eating alone is without choice and the person is not considered to be selfish.] 4n Kind of banana. 5v Set aside by itself. Bugtungan ku rò, malintok. I’ll just set [it] aside by itself, it’s small.
buguk 1n An underdeveloped egg that has a chick but didn’t hatch. If not spoiled it may be eaten. Ka buguk, ian ka atolug no du-on piak no dakol dod ka bunow diò to gotok, di warò natibug. An underdeveloped egg which didn't hatch has a chick and there is still a lot of yoke in the stomach, but it hasn't matured. [Of an underdeveloped egg that doesn`t hatch. It may have spoiled or begun to develop a chick but it has not matured. If it hasn't spoiled it can be eaten.] 2v An fertilized but underdeveloped egg which died and spoiled before a chick was fully formed. Ka atolug no masongot no warò pad natibug no konò ogpigsò, nabuguk on. An egg which stinks and has not yet developed and will not hatch, that has become underdeveloped and spoiled. [This is not eaten.]
buì v 1To live, be alive, as people. Ogkabuì ki. We are alive. Ogko-unawa ki Ann Joy no moirap ka sakit din. Nigtawaran noy on ka konad on ogkabuì. It's like Ann Joy whose illness was difficult. We lost hope (lit. became twisted) because she could no longer live. 2To bring to life, resuscitate. Ogkabuì ku. I will bring him/her to life (or “I will resuscitate him/her.”) see: uyag 2.1. 2.1To come alive, as fire. Ka otow no ogbibigut, ogkabuì ko og-o-obul on ka hapuy. As for the person who makes fire by rubbing something back and forth, [the fire] is alive if it begins to smoke. 3To give life by taking care of and providing sustenance for someone. Ka apù, ian ka nigtalipun ka nigbuì to no-ilu no anak to anak din. The grandmother was the one to take care of and provide sustenance for her daughter's child who was orphaned (lit. the one who was orphaned who was the offspring of her offspring). Ogmomonu a na-an to boi na-an dò no moirap ku to ogbuì to mgo anak ta no malintok pad. What could I have done (lit. can I do) in that [I am] just a woman and so it's hard for me to give life/sustenance to our children who are still small. see: talipun 1. 3.1To be able to provide sustenance for. Ongkorid on ka asawa nu su konò ogpakabuì koykow su konò ogtalabau. Abandon your husband (lit. spouse) because he is unable to provide for you because he will not work. 4Cure.
bukalò adj Talkative. Ka otow no mabukalò ka ogkagi. Sikan ka otow no mabukalò ka ogpangakagikagi ka warò ig-ulung-ulung din to ognangonnangon. The person who is talkative is the one who talks. That is the person who is talkative who is continually talking, the one who doesn’t hesitate to speak (lit. have anything to stop him from telling). [Has a positive connotation and is used of people who are friendly and outgoing. Does not apply to noisy children who disturb others.] see: matalò; see: talò 1.
bulang 1vs Wash out as a dam or bridge. Lapoy no ligkat to ponong no nabulang. A deluge/flood which came from a dam which had washed out. [When a dam breaks, the water spills over and if people live below the results can be disasterous.] see: tobal 1. 2v To be engulfed in a problem such as when a quarrel turns into a war with people killing each other. Ka otow no ogmabunbunu-oy, ogmabulbulangoy on ka ogpilpilakoy on. People who murder each other, they are already being engulfed [in their problems] as they are already spearing each other. [DB says it is like a dam which has broken and the people below are engulfed in a flood of destruction as they kill each other like when a dam breaks endangering those below.] see: pabunbuno-oy. 3deriv n A drain, such as a canal which is made to carry away water and drain water from a pool, usually for the purpose of catching the fish that will be trapped. However, the term would also apply to draining water from a river into a canal so that a highway can be made on either side. Ka bulanganan, ogtu-uran ta to og-oti ka lanow. Ogkutkutan ta ka ogpabaya-an to woig oyow dakol ka ngalap no ogko-utol. As for a drain, we purpose that the lake will go dry. We dig/scrape away the place where the water will flow (lit. pass) so that we can catch a lot of edible [fish and other] creatures. 4v To make a canal or other device to drain off water, as from a street or other area.
bulangison adj 1Strongwilled, as of a child who refuses to obey even if beaten. 2Emotionally strong, such as a person who, in the face of undeserved abuse, doesn't give in to do wrong. [If used of a child who refuses to obey or give in, it is not a good characteristic, but if of a person who endures abuse to protect someone or refuses to do wrong, it is good.]
bulignus v 1To spear, stab or cut in the same place as when killing an animal that did not die from the first stroke. Ko ogbulignusan, ta ka babuy, og-ul-uliton ta ka palì oyow ogkabitawan on. When we repeatedly stab or spear a pig, we repeatedly [stab/spear] in the wound so that i[ts life] will be cut off. 2To command someone to finish off an animal that hasn't died as a pig that was speared.
bulus₂ v 1To flow forcefully, as water under pressure from a faucet; or swift water in a stream. Ogbulus ka woig no ogma-agbot to oglibuas to gripu. The water flows forcefully as it forcefully comes out of the faucet. 2To be drawn together as people are drawn to a sale or celebration. Ka mgo otow, ogkabulusbulus ka og-amut to Kaamulan su du-on ogpitawon dan. The people are being drawn together to attend the Kaamulan celebration because there are things to see. see: limud 1; see: libulung 1.
bulut 1adj Fierce; quick to be angered. Ka mabulut no otow, maga-an og-ogot to duma rin. Ogpasakit. The fierce person is quick to fight with his companion(s). He will hurt [them]. see fr.: bu-al. 1.1v To become fierce or violent. 1.2adj To be exceedingly fierce. Og-awò ad su bubuluti ka so-in patiukan su no-obukan on so-i namu ku. I'm getting out of here because these wild-bees are exceedingly fierce because they put out my torch. 2adj To be brave; courageous. Ka batò no mabulut, konò ogkahallok ko og-indiksion on. A child who is brave is not afraid if he is given an injection.
bungabungan 1n A kind of tree with wide, fuzzy leaves. 2n Name of a creek at the Southern end of Mansalinaw village. 3deriv n Of an area which is all grown up into the bungbunan tree.
