tu-ul 1comm. a protrusion, e.g. a swelling, a lump in the body. (sem. domains: 2.5.6.3 - Swell.) 2sta. to have a swelling or protrusion. Waday natu-ul hi uluna te nitipog. His head has a swelling because it was bumped. 3trans. to form a mound. [Mounds are usually made in ricefields for planting vegetables during the fallow season.] Tu-ulon yu nan gabyonon yu ta adi mianud nan mitanom. Make mounds of the soil you are hoeing so that the things planted will not be carried away by water. Wada nan tinibok an natu-ul an luta ot ek gaudon ya waday nilubuk an nakatten tagu. I saw a mound of earth so I went to spade it and there was a dead person buried. Napnu bo tuwali nan lata ya tagan da pay di ha-ad ot makattu-ul mo. The can was filled but they continued to place more and so it was heaping full (lit. mounded). ‑on/‑in‑, ma‑/na‑, maka‑. 4A Change the structure of an object. (sem. domains: 6.2.2 - Land preparation.)
