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ngadngad v 1To press and rub something against something else (esp. sharpening an instrument). Igngadngad ta ka kamanga to mgo mo-irob, wasoy, woy ko ilab oyow ogmagalang ka galang din. We press and rub the sharpening stone against the bolo, axe or knife in order to sharpen its edge. Ka ngadngad, sikan ka igdakosol ka mgo mo-irob diò to kamanga. The [word] ngadngad “press and rub against”, that is when a long knife bolo is pressed against a sharpening stone. [The components of meaning iinclude holding tsomething in one's hand and pressing down.] see fr.: ngasngas. 2To rub someone's head or body against an object. Du-on otow ko ogkabolù to duma rin, maga-an oggongon to ulu to duma rin no igngadngad din to so-og. Ogpakangadngad ki ko ogkagongonan ki no igpandakosol ki to oggongon. We will be pressed and rubbed against something if we are held onto and pressed down while being held. see: ngasngas.
ngilu 1adj Sour. Du-on ogkako-on ta no maporos unawa to ibò, mangilu ko ogpakakagat ki. There is something we eat that is astringent like the ibò fruit, it is sour when we bite it. 2v To have one's teeth be on edge as from a scraping sound. Mangilu ko ogpakakagat ki woy ogpakapiyong ki to kangilu lagboy to ngipon ta. It is sour when we bite it and we have to shut our eyes in that it very much sets our teeth on edge. 3vs Of a grating sound that sets one's teeth on edge. Ko du-on ka ogkagis to bulu to mo-irob, lagboy no mangilu to pogdinog ta. If someone scrapes bamboo with a large knife (bolo), the sound very much sets our teeth on edge (lit. very sour). 4adj A kind of pain.
ngulug adj stubborn ??? Mgo mangungulug no mgo otow; mgo maro-ot no mgo otow; otow no konò ogpamminog. People who are stubborn ???, bad people, people who won't listen. [TA's comment re persons described in Titus 1:9, people that don't listen even if you prove that what you say is true.]
na-an phr.: na-an dò₁; phr.: oyow na-an; phr.: na-an pà; phr.: agad na-an; phr.: na-an dò₂. 1adv Really. Agad konò no duma ta ka namatoy, ko ogdalong ki to ogsinogow, du-on dangob no otow ka og-amulung kanta to ogkagi to, “Tahan na-an ian to ogkamatoy ki.” Even if it is not our relative (lit. companion) who has died, if we participate in weeping [with the others], someone else will comfort us by saying, “It is really quite natural that we die.” 2adv so Kagi ku, "Pila na-an no gatus ka kuddò nu?" Kagi, "Lalimma no gatus." I said, “So how many hundred [pesos] is your horse?” 3adv so then really Songo amboy-amboy ku na-an sikandin. So then really she is also my daughter-in-law-removed [by reason of marriage to his cousin's son]. [DB says there is an element of amazement reflected in the following statement because the person did not know he had a relationship with this person via his cousin.] 4adv so...after all Du-on nana-an magaliug nu? So you have guests after all? [This form evidences a measure of surprise when one discovers something to be true contrary to what was supposed.] 5Bakosan na-an so-i. This is indeed a python.
namu 1n A torch to make smoke when getting bees or honey. Ka namu, ian igpulag to patiukan. The torch for smoking, that is what is used as a smoker for the bees. [Made of leaves wrapped around split bamboo with pitch placed in the center. Also, used to burn up the nest of the tabu-uan “large wasp, hornet.”] 2v To make a smoker to smoke out bees or burn up a wasp nest. Ka otow, ogkuò to luhù no bulu no ian ognamuon.
nanò 1n Pus. Ko ogbugsi on ka bulutut, ogsolug to langosa ka nanò din. When the boil bursts, the pus will be mixed with blood. [This word for pus applies to that which comes from the skin or flesh. Watery pus from one's ear would be called bugtok. However, thicker pus from an injury to the ear would still be called nanò.] 2v To ooze pus.
nokoglongod see fr.: dulug 5.
Ogbulungon see fr.: anok 2.
obù 1v If a body part is not made explicit, DB says they will cut the body open to remove contents of the stomach including intestines, atoloy, lungs. Ka otow no og-iyow to babuy, og-obu-an ka gotok su og-awo-on ka bituka rin. The person who slaughters a pig by cutting its throat, he cuts open the stomach because he will remove its intestines. [There is a question here whether these two kinds of obù are two senses or if the second is an extention of meaning. The underlying meaning of obù seems to be to cut and open up some part of the anatomy.] 2v to be operated on. Ka boi no ogkoirapan ka og-anak, og-obu-an ka gotok oyow igpalibbuas ka batò. The woman who is having difficulty as she gives birth, her stomach will be opened up so the child can be caused to be taken out. Ka sikan no nig-ulì a ligkat to Davao no nig-obu-an ka ulu ku, nigpamula koy to homoy. At that [time] when I returned from Davao when my head had been operated on, we planted rice. Ka nig-alap ku ka anak ku diò to dibabò, woy on obu-i to duktul ko a las siis on to masolom. When I took my daughter (lit. offspring) down river, it wasn't until six o'clock in the morning when she was operated on. 3?? Inobu-an to bilog. The trunk of an eel.
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.]
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.]
opus 1v To finish. Ko konò ogko-opus to kagi, konò tad ogkatagaan ko nokoy ka ignangon kanta. If the speech is not finished, we don't know what a person is telling us. 2vs To be finished. Ko ogko-opus ka sigariliu no ogkatutung, ogkaragdag ka alibu rin. When a cigarette is finished burning, its ashes will drop off. Ogpokodo-ig ka hapuy to dakol no kayu. Woy ogkaparong ko ogko-opus on ka kayu. The fire of the large trees keeps burning/smoldering. It will not be extinguished until the wood is consumed. 3deriv n The end of something. Ka ko-opusan to tagdoy to homoy, diò ogbunsud to pogkohinug. [At] the end(s) of a cluster of rice grain stems, it is there [the rice] begins to ripen. Ko ogbibinayu ki to homoy, igbagdak ta to ko-opusan to andu. When we pound rice, we strike it with the end of the pestle. [The tagdoy is a group of smaller stems, or panicles of grain which form the head and are attached to the stalks by a single stem. Some objects, such as a stick, has two ends. So in the case of a written word, ko-opusan applies either to the beginning or the end of a word.] 4deriv n Extention or extremity, as of the body Ka ko-opusan to lawa ta, ka pa-a woy bolad woy ka ulu. The extention(s) of our body are the feet and hand(s) and the head. Malalab ka sulang to kalusisi di mohilow ka ko-opusan diò to tongol din. The headdress of the of the love bird is red but the extention [of the headdress] there at the back of its neck is green. 5v At a deeper level or underlyingly Nabolongbolong ka otow to ungod ogsinogow ka batò, di diò to ko-opusan [to goinawa rin], na-aras woy niglomoton din on ka batò. He was amazed that [the child] was always crying, but in his underlying feeling, he was agitated and he was insulting the child. [That is in the final analysis or extended meaning.] 6v To extend in a straight line or to be at the end of something. Malu-ag ka doun din no ogpoko-opus to lawa to sikan no kayu no kapigsula. It has wide leaves which extend in a straight line from the body of that kapigsula tree. 7v To line up one after another Ka kinagian no amba-an, darua no otow ko tatolu, og-opus-opus to og-ambò. As for the expression amba-an, two or three people line up one after another to float on some object. [such as in the following example where several people lean on the same log to float, but they will not be facing the same direction as they will be on opposite sides of a log or piece of bamboo.] 8beginning or end, ie of a word 9One behind the other. 10To line up in rows.
pa-agad-agad v 1To obey or to submit to someone in authority, or to fulfill someone’s request Du-on dakol no pulus ko ogpa-agad-agad ki to innangon to amoy ta. There is great value if we obey our father. Du-on ogpa-agad-agad no ogkapogos ka goinawa rin, no du-on ogpa-agad-agad no ma-ali-alì. There are those who obey against their will (lit. whose breath is forced), and there are those who willingly obey (lit. who obey who are industrious). [The meaning of this word includes, but goes beyond the concept of obedience. It is used of children obeying parents but it is also used of spouses who fulfill the requests of their partners. It also used of taking, or not taking, the suggestions of others who are respected but not necessarily in authority.] see: pamminog 1; ant: labow 3; see fr.: babali; see: tuman 1; see fr.: dinog 2.1; see fr.: tuman 1; see fr.: pamminog 2. 2To agree, or to go along with a suggestion Agad nokoy ka ignangon ku, konò ogpa-agad-agad ka inoy ku no og-ugpò diò to dangob no anak din. No matter what I said, my mother would not agree to stay with her other daughter (lit. offspring). (or ...she would not [go along with the suggestion] that she stay with her other daughter). osyn: ho-o 2.
padpad 1vs To drop off, as petals or leaves Ko ogkalugoy on ogkapadpad on ka mgo bulak dan. After (lit. when) a long time, their flowers/petals drop off. Agad ka mgo doun, songo ogkapadpad ko ogdulu. Even the leaves, they also drop off when they shed. see fr.: dulu 1; see fr.: gotan. 2v To slap a basket on the bottom in order to loosen every last crumb or grain. Ko du-on maligsom to lirong, padparan nu pà. If there is [something] dirty on the winnowing tray, tap it on the bottom [so the dirt/debris will drop off]. see: taktak.
paginpulus see fr.: salig 6.
po-pò₂ v 1To masticate or chew something very well so that it disintegrates. 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. Ko ogpo-pò ki to katu-onan to igbulung to nakagat to ulod, ko napo-pò on, ig-ilob ta diò to napali-an. If we chew well the [plant ]that is known to treat snake bite, when it has been masticated, we spit it on the [spot that] was bitten. osyn: sopò 1. 2To chew, masticate as carabao. Pamo-pò to lagut. He chews trash.
pokù see fr.: dungkù 2. 1v To bend, as a wire or green rattan or a person\'s back when one ages. [Applies to something, as wire, which is bent. A bent can is nakomit. A bend in a river or path is tikù.] see fr.: buyukut 2; spec: bulukù; see fr.: kurung 2. 2v To lie curled up, as person or animal. syn: bulukù. 3v 4Konò ogkapokù. It can’t be bent.
ponod v 1To exercize self control. Ka otow no ogponod to goinawa ko ogsulungan sikandin, ka ogkoumaan to ogpakaponod to goinawa [no] maawang ka pog-ugpò din. The person who exercises self control when he is attacked is the one who will develop the ability to control himself and then his living situation will be peaceful. 2To endure silently; be brave. To steel oneself against pain, pressure. 2.1With negative, not to be able to endure something, jsuch as a child who will cry if he is given an injection.. osyn: aguanta 2. 3With negative, not to be able to restrain oneself, as from retaliation or giving into temptation. Warò a makaponod to igkabolù ku to sikan no otow. I was not able to restrain my anger at that person. [The following negative example would imply that the angry person would say something or even hit to the person with whom he was angry.] 4To be able (or unable) to restrain oneself. Du-on otow no ogsulungan sikandin to usig din no konò ogpakaponod sikandin to goinawa rin ogpaka-atu kandin. There was a oerson who was attacked by his enemy and was unable to restrain himself from resisting/fighting back. 5To control, as one’s anger; to restrain oneself, as from temptation. Ponora nu ka goinawa nu. Restrain yourself (lit. your breath). 6Keep on doing something, especially if it is difficult. Naponod on no ogtalabaluon. [He/they were able to keep on working.
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.
