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palut trans. to mix a liquid with powder as in baking, making dough; to mix water with powdered rice for making rice cakes. Palutom nan binakle hi liting. Mix the powdered rice with the water. Mumpalut dah binakle. They are mixing the powdered rice with water. Ingkamo da nan asukal nah liting ne ahida bo impalut nah binakle. They mixed the sugar with the water then mixed it again with the powdered rice. ‑on/‑in‑, muN‑/nuN‑, i‑/iN‑.

palun sta. to be leaning; for an upright structure to lean. (sem. domains: 8.3.1.4.2 - Leaning, sloping.)

palunggu comm. broken glass bottle or jar. Nag-od di takle na nah palunggu handi munggabut. He cut his hand on a broken glass when he was removing grasses. (sem. domains: 6.7.7 - Container.)

paluk 1comm. an irrigation ditch. Waday paluk nah tap-on di payo da. There is an irrigation ditch above their ricefield. Sim: boy’a, alak, kanal. 2intrans. to build or maintain an irrigation system. Eda mamaluk nadan iLinda. The people of Linda are going to build an irrigation ditch. maN‑/naN‑.

palu trans. to dismantle; to take apart a building; disassemble. Numpalu da din ab-abbung te nadunut mo. They dismantled the hut because it’s old and rotten. ‑on, nuN‑. (sem. domains: 7.8 - Divide into pieces.)

palubusan (infl. of lubus) intrans. to allow. Palubusam an maki-e nan imbabalem ot wada day ibbana. Allow your child to go, anyway she has companions. pa‑ ‑an. (sem. domains: 3.2.5.9 - Approve of something.)

kanal 1comm. a canal, open water channel; mainly for irrigation and drainage. Maid di liting nah kanal te maugo. There is no water in the canal because it’s the dry season. Sim: paluk, boy’a, alak. (sem. domains: 1.3.2.1 - Flow.) 2trans. to build a canal. Kanalan yu nan pingngit di dola yu. Build a canal at the edge of your houseyard. Mungkanal da. They are digging a canal. ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an, muN‑/nuN‑. 5B Changing state of site by removal of something. Language Of Borrowing: English.

hunghung 1intrans. to sniff; to smell something by putting face close to the object. Ad-adi nunhunghung ku nah nihaad nah palunggu. I was smelling something bad in the container. muN‑/nuN‑. Sim: hamuy. (sem. domains: 2.2.1 - Breathe, breath.) 2trans. to smell or sniff something specific. Hunghungom nan ahuk di ilukut. Smell the smoke of the cigarette. ‑on/‑in‑. 4E Perception and Cognition. (sem. domains: 2.3.4 - Smell.)

hub’it 1comm. thorn, short and straight; splinter. Kaanom aga tun hubit tu hukik. Please remove the splinter from my foot. Pingngotan nadan Judyu hi Jesus hi hubit. The Jews crowned Jesus with thorns. Sim: pagit, palahyang; Syn: pagit. (sem. domains: 1.5.5 - Parts of a plant.) 2intrans. to be pricked by something sharp, e.g. thorns, shards of glass, wood splinters. Adika umeh na te takol di humbit. Do not go there because there are lots of thorns to prick you. Adim idalan hina te mahbit kah palunggu. Don’t pass by there because you will be pricked by splinters of glass. Nahbit di taklena. His hands were stuck with thorns. Nahubitan di kahhel. An orange tree has thorns. ‑um‑/‑imm‑, ma‑/na‑, ma‑ ‑an/na‑ ‑an. (sem. domains: 7.8.3 - Cut.)

boy’a comm. small water conduit; small canal, in a swidden or garden. An waday liting nah boya? Is there water in the water conduit? Sim: paluk, alak, kanal. (sem. domains: 6.7.7 - Container.)

alak 1comm. irrigation canal. Maid di liting nah alak. There’s no water in the irrigation canal. Mibakilang kanuh Abe nah alak ot kanana kanuy “Aday, aday, aday, aday. According to him, he lay down in the ditch and he said “Ow, ow, ow, ow.” Sim: paluk, boy’a, kanal. (sem. domains: 6.6.7 - Working with water.) 2trans. to build an irrigation ditch. <With this affixation the agent-subject is fronted and cross-referenced.> Hi Jose di mangalak hitu. Jose wil build the canal here. maN‑/naN‑. der. mangalak

tinelat 1comm. slippers; flip-flops; rubber sandal. Kaanom nah tinelat mu te napipitok. Remove your slippers because they are very muddy. (sem. domains: 5.3 - Clothing.) 2v. to wear rubber slippers. Muntinelat ka te dakol di palunggu nah dalan. You wear slippers because there are many broken bottles along the way. Itinelat mu nan ginattang dad Lagawe. Use the slippers they bought in Lagawe. Tinelatam nan golang ta ahi kayu mun-ay-ayyam. Have the child wear slippers before you go out to play. muN‑/nuN‑, i‑/iN‑, ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an. Language Of Borrowing: Spanish: chinelas.