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bulyaggo₂ 1comm. a child’s game using a top to split an opponent’s top without spinning the top but by using it as an ax. Pini-ang da nan bawwot Jose nah bulyaggo. They split the top of Jose in the bulyaggo-game. (sem. domains: 4.2.6 - Entertainment, recreation.) 2intrans. to play the spinning-top game. Mumbubulyaggo da nadan u-unga. The children are trying to split each other’s tops. muN‑/nuN‑ CV(C)‑.
bawwot (sp. var. bowwot) 1comm. a toy top. [The top is carved of wood; made up of adol na ‘body’ and tadom na ‘blade’ made of a nail used to wrap a string on it called alittan.] Madiing nan bawwot. The top spins beautifully. Madiing nan bawwot an nakapya nah hakgud di nuwang. The top made out of carabao horn spins beautifully. (sem. domains: 4.2.6 - Entertainment, recreation.) 2intrans. to play with a top. Mumbowwot kayu nah dola. Play with your tops in the yard. Mumbawwot taku. Let us play tops. muN‑/nuN‑. infl. mabawwot
alittan comm. a string used to spin a top; it is wound around the nail of the top and then released. Andukkey alittan nan bawwot mu. The string of your top is long. (sem. domains: 6.7.5 - Fastening tool, 7.5.4.1 - Rope, string.)
tapaya 1comm. the palm of hand. (sem. domains: 2.1.3.1 - Arm.) 2trans. to receive something in the center of the palm, e.g. salt, lime-powder. Tapayaom din muntillonan an bawwot. Take the whirling top into the palm of your hand. Tapayaom tun pun-apul mu. Receive your lime-powder in your palm. ‑on/‑in‑.
