lopang v For a tree to become uprooted. Ko du-on tanò no ogkalunow, ogkalopang ka kayu. If there is a landslide (lit. ground which landslides), the trees become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for a tree which has been uprooted, the body will be slow to deteriorate. That is what is [meant by the word] lopang because it becomes the resting place of the wild creatures. [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut around the base and then pull it over. (Such a tree provides a shelter between the roots and body of a tree where wild animals take shelter.)] osyn: pukan, luwal.
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loput 1v To protrude; become distended Ka otow no du-on almuranas ogloputan to ugat ka balitang no ogmasakit ko ogpoko-indos. As for the person who has hemorrhoids, the veins of the rectum become distended and then they hurt when one has to defecate. 2n Small camote. 3Dislocated hip. 4[Ogloput so lobut. (Expression used to admonish anyone who talks back to an in-law or calls them by name: the in-law will retaliate by burying that one in a short coffin when he dies.)]
lu-ag 1adj wide Ka agalayan, sikan ka malu-ag no kamot. Ka agalayan is a wider field. 2adj wider Og-alam a to baloy no mamalu-ag ko warò otow no og-ugpò diò to Maambago. I'm going to choose a wider house in which no people are living there in Maambago. 3deriv n wide Kalu-ag to sopi-on! How wide the hips! (an insult) 4deriv n width Ong-ongora nu to kalu-agi. Estimate the width. 5v to widen, press apart [Said of movements of baby just prior to delivery. (ck meaning)]
luit v To peel camotes or vegetables. osyn: lukò 1.
lupug 1v To reciprocate, particularly in regard to the exchange of a brideprice. 2deriv n A reciprocal exchange of a brideprice. Ogma-al-alukuyoy ka mgo buyag tongod ko du-on mgo lupuganon The leaders are having a discussion about whether there will be [eventual] ||breciprocal exhanges for a brideprice|r Ka sika lupuganon, ko niggastu ka koddì to nigpangasawa, ko ogkalugoy on no du-on og-asawa to anak ku, ig-ulì ku koykow ka pogbulig nu kanak. As for that reciprocation [custom], if, when I got married, you paid for my brideprice, [then] when after a long time someone will marry my daughter (lit. offspring), I will return to you [the amount] you used to help me. [It is culturally appropriate for the family of the groom to pay a brideprice to the family of the bride. If later, if a male member of the family who received a brideprice desires to marry someone from the family who previously paid a brideprice may reciprocate either by reducing or considering that the requirements for a brideprice have already been met.]
luwal v For a tree to become uprooted and fall. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud, no ka lobut na-an dò ka ogkagalat. Sikan ka oghingaranan no lopang su ka luyung ka ogkoimu on no holonganan to mgo magintalunan. As for the tree which is uprooted, it will be a long time before its body and the tib rot, and then only the roots will be left. That is what is called [Such as when a tree falls on its own and becomes uprooted as a result of having aged, or is felled by wind or a flood. The word also applies if people have cut some roots around the base and then pull it over, uprooting the rest.] osyn: lopang, pukan.
ma-ama 1n Brother of a girl; male cousin Ka amoy ni Buruy, ma-ama to inoy ni Elena. Buruy's father is Elena's mother's brother. Ka boi no du-on sulod din no lukos, ko kakoy woy ko hari, ma-ama rin sikandan. A woman who has a male cousin, whether older or younger [than she], will call him “brother” (or “male cousin”). 2n A male cousin to a girl or woman. Si Jeremy ka ma-ma-ama ku su inayon ku ka inoy rin. Jeremy is my male-cousin because his mother is my aunt. [In the example below, Jeremy is considered to be Arlyn's male cousin because Durung's wife is her mother's first cousin and therefore considered to be her aunt.] 3v For a woman to address her brother or male relative as “brother”. Ko du-on ogkasulod-sulod din no mgo lukos, songo ogkama-ma-ama rin dod sikandan. If she has male relatives, she also calls them “brother”.
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.
mata phr.: mata to ubud₁; phr.: mata to aldow (poet.). 1n Eye. Ko warò ka mata to lawa ta, konò ki ogkita to ka-awangan to kalibutan woy to kausiloman. If our bodies didn't have eyes, we could not see the light of the earth or night. 2v To wake. Ogpakoro-korò ki to kiloy ta ko sikan ki pad nighimata. We wrinkle our eyebrows when we first awaken. Ka otow no warò nakagimata no nig-onow, nigtalam sikandin. A person who gets up without awaking, he is sleep-walking. [To awaken someone else is pukow.] 3State a baby finds itself in immediately after birth. Ka iam no in-anak ka batò, ian din nagimata-an ka ka-awangan to kalibutan. As for the child who is newly birthed, what awakened him is the light of the world. 4To be awakened by something. Ka amoy, ian din nagimata-an ka anak din no ungod ogsinogow. As for the father, that which awakened him was the child who was always crying. Dic Nt 24/Aug/2006 5To see but not take notice; or to watch without lifting a finger to help. Ka du-on nalonod diò to pool, moon-ing kandan ka namataan no warò nakapangabang. Natonongan no warò nokowo-il. When there was someone who drowned at the pool, there were many people who saw but didn't go to therescue. They ignored it and didn't move. Ka an-anayan no nigkita nu ka batò diò to woig, namataan ka pad. Hongkai no nabalikid ka batò, warò ka namatoi su naragap nud on. [The reasons for the above could be that one is lazy or doesn't care, but in the case of a small child that entered the water, the person was initially unaware of an emergency.] ant: sagman 1; see: tonongan.
molog v 1To examine closely; as to discern identity of a person by seeing or hearing. Ko du-on otow no natila-an din, ogmologmologan din ka langlanguan ko sikandin ian. If there is a person whom he has met, he will examine is face closely [to see if] that is really him. Ogmologmologan ta ko nokoy ka innangon to harayu. We will listen intently [to hear] what is being spoken on the radio. see fr.: bantang 5.1; see fr.: dolmol₂ 1. 2To see or hear [something] clearly Tigbal dò no nigso-ilan to batò to woig dut basu; wà din namolmologi. The child just glanced at the water in the cup; he didn't look at it closely. Nighalop on ka pogpitow ta; konò ta |ogkamologmologan ka nigsulat. What we are looking at has become blurry; we cannot see the writing clearly. [The following negative example comes from example used in the English to Ata Manobo dictionary. (ck)] see: utas 1. 3to hear or see something/someone clearly Konò a amana ogpakamologmolog to kagion nu ko oghimulungan nu to ogkagi. I can not hear clearly that which you speak if you speak softly.
molù 1adj Rotten, mushy, smashed, as of food. 2adj Crumbly; decomposed. see fr.: bugoù. 3v Disintegrated, as food which is chewed. Po-po-an nu oyow ogkamolù; ungod ogsopo-on oyow ogka-abolong nu. Masticate it well so that it will disintegrate; continually chew it so that you can swallow it. Ka naluwal no kayu, malugoy on no ogkamolù ka lawa woy ka u-ud. As for a tree which has been uprooted, the body will be slow to deteriorate. 4vs To become rotten. 5v To rot. 6deriv v To crush up; to smash food. see fr.: tusak 1.
mundù n 1Camote; camote plants. Ka lawa woy ka bogas, mundù dod ka igngaran. The body and the fruit [of the camote] are both called camote, or the fruit. Ka mundù ko igpamula ta, og-unug ka dalig to lawa. As for camote plants, when we plant them, the roots follow the stem (lit. body). see fr.: kasilò. 2Camote field. Kagi to kamunoy to mundu-an, “Og-alaron ku bag so-in mundù ku.” The owner of the camote field said, “I'm fencing these camotes of mine.”
na-asna-as v 1To whisper. 2The reason for whispering. Ka igna-asna-as ni Utù to alukuy rin to oyow konò ogkataga ka inoy rin woy amoy to ogduma sikandin to amigu rin no oghondiò to Manila. The reason Utù is whispering to to his friend is so that his mother and father will not know that he will accompany his friend to go to Manila. Ogsaparan ta to, “Nokoy ka igmanna-asna-asoy now? Hirogò kow on su matanob on no mausilom.” We rebuke them with, “What are you whispering about? Go to sleep now because it is already late at night.” 3To whisper to each other. Ka otow, ko du-on ignangon din to duma rin ogna-asna-as dò ka ogkagi to talinga to duma rin ko nokoy [ka] igholos dan no darua rò kandan ka nataga to sabut dan. A person, if he has something to tell his companion, he will just whisper what he is saying into the ear of his companion whatever it is they are hiding and just [the] two of them know about their agreement. Sikaniu, konò kow ogpa-agbot ka ogna-asna-as su du-on on noirogò. You, don't whisper so loudly because there are those who are sleeping. 4To make a whispery (soft hissing??) sound, such as that of the soft sound of grubs in a tree trunk. 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 [sounds], then we split knotched pula palm log and we see many grubs which are squirming.
nasì adv contrary to what one might expect, surprisingly, anyway; in spite of Nabaliung ka pogbantoy to buyag no ubal su ian nasì ogbantoy kandan ka anak dan no pilas. The watching of the older monkeys is turned around because surprisingly it is their offspring, [the] baby monkey, which is the one to watch out for them. Ka otow no konò ogbayad to utang din, nasì ki og-ubati to ogbayad kun kandin. The person who doesn’t pay his debt, he contrary to [our] expectation, he lies to us saying that he will pay. Agad to nigbolog ta to konò oghondiò to kamot din ko og-angoy to ogkako-on dan su mabogbog lagboy no bolog, nasì on man nighondiò no nigsagad on to mangayow. Nigpupusil. Even though we warned [that person] not to go to his field to fetch something for them to eat because there was a strong warning, he went anyway and was hit by the raiders. He was shot.
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.
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
olot v 1To obstruct Nig-olot koy to mgo sundalu. We were obstrcted by the soldiers. [such as in an ambush to kill or catch someone.] gen: atang 1; see fr.: sagop 4. 2To be obstructed Kunto-on, konò a oghondiò to kamot ku su og-oloton ki to mangayow. Today, I won't go to my field because we are being obstructed by the raiders. see: gopas 1. 3To obstruct Ka library, ian naka-olot to woig to kanta no baloy. The library was what blocked the water. gen: atang 1; see: sagop 1.
omot 1v To work hard, be diligent; to stick to a job Ka otow no nighimu to baloy rin, og-omotan din to ogtapus ka oghimu su ugpa-an din on. [As for] the person who is making a house, he works hard to finish making it because he will move in. Ogpo-omoton din ka talabau. Og-awoson din no ogtalabau. He does his work diligently. He needs to work. Awoson ta to ogpo-omot ki to talabau no unawa to uripon. Konò ki ogsuloysuloy to pogtalabau ta. We need to do our work diligently like a slave. We [shouldn't] swerve from our work. see fr.: tibulus 2. 2v 3Ogmo-omot ka tibò. All of them are being diligent [hunting for camotes.]
