Search results for "galiwgiwon"

galiwgiwon comm. tall tree variety with small, edible berries, sour when green, sweet when red . Bokon tiempon di galiwgiwwon ad uwanin ahi kotolan. It’s not the season of galiwgiwon-berries now during the cold months. (sem. domains: 1.5.1 - Tree.)

bunne 1comm. a tree variety with sour fruit similar to galiwgiwon, only bigger; the wood is used for posts. Waday bunne nah bilid. There are bunne-fruit trees in the hills. (sem. domains: 1.5.1 - Tree.) 2intrans. to gather bunne fruit. maN‑. der. mamunne

tuktuk comm. 1the forehead or the top of head. Nakammuttag di tuktuk na. His forehead is well exposed. Linaddin David di tuktuk Goliath. David struck (with a stone) the forehead of Goliath. Syn: altugan. (sem. domains: 2.1.1 - Head.) 2top of anything, highest point, e.g. mountain, house. Imme kamin nah tuktuk di bilid an umalah galiwgiwon. We went to the top of the mountain to get galiwgiwon-fruit. (sem. domains: 8.5.5 - Spatial relations.)

tukud (sp. var. tukkud) 1comm. a post, usually refers to house posts, made from galiwgiwon tree; the post includes the base roots of the tree. Nihamad di tukud na. The post is firm. Hay maphod an tukud ya hay makulhin kaiw. The houseposts that are good are those that are hardwood. Sim: poste. (sem. domains: 6.5.2 - Parts of a building.) 2trans. to place house posts. Tukudan dah semento nan balen pungkapya da. They will place concrete for posts in the house they are building. Itukud mu nan galiwgiwon. Use the galiwgiwon-tree for posts. ‑an/‑in‑, i‑/iN‑. 5A Changing state of site by adding something. (sem. domains: 6.5 - Working with buildings.)