Tuwali Ifugao - English


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bul’ung comm. a mushroom variety. Sim: balluyak; Gen: uung. (sem. domains: 1.5.3 - Grass, herb, vine.)
bula trans. to discharge something from the mouth; spit out. Nabhug tun golang te ibula nay kanona. This child is full because he is spitting out his food. i‑/iN‑. 3B Move and release object. (sem. domains: 2.2.3 - Spit, saliva.)
bulabbulan (bulan₁) full, bright moon. Sim: ongal di bulan.
bulad trans. to unclench hand; to force-open someone’s clenched hand. Buladom ya- di taklen tun golang te inhabungul nay buuk ku. Please open the child’s hand because he is grasping my hair. Binulad da nan taklen Bugan an ingkawot nah wannon Kabbigat. They unclenched/opened Bugan’s hand which was grasping Kabbigat’s loin cloth. ‑on/‑in‑. 4B Tactile - Touch contact. Sim: balukyad. (sem. domains: 7.3.4.5 - Actions of the hand.)
bulag proc. to become blind. Golang ot mabulag te tinayanan hanadan tutulang na. He was a baby when he became blind because his brothers/sisters left him alone. Binulag di papan di ohan matana. One of his eyes was blinded by a bullet. Adina pinhod an ituduy numbulag ke hiya te kal-in patayon da. He does not want to point out who made him blind because they might kill him. ‑on/‑in‑, ma‑, muN‑nuN‑. Sim: budking, bulding; Sim: kulap, budking, bulding. (sem. domains: 2.3.1 - See, 2.5.4.1 - Blind.) Language Of Borrowing: Tagalog.
bulak comm. tree, cottonwood variety. Bokon tiempon di bulak ad uwani. It’s not yet the time of cottonwood-trees to bear. Maphod di muntanom hi bulak na aldattan ta waday ahi pangalaan hi kapyaon hi pungan. It’s good to plant cottonwood-trees at ones backyard so there would be something to get for the making of pillows. Sim: kapok, malakapat; Syn: malakapat. (sem. domains: 1.5.1 - Tree.)
bulakbul 1comm. one who wanders about without purpose; drifter. Tuttudwam nan imbabalem ta adi mumbalin hi bulakbul. Train your child so he will not become a drifter. Bulakbul ad uwani te nungkaan hi iskul. He is a drifter now because he dropped out of school. (sem. domains: 7.2 - Move.) 2intrans. to loiter around; to gallivant. Mumbulakbul ka an adim homkon di ammod mu. You are just loitering around (doing nothing) not pitying your parents. muN‑/nuN‑. Sim: duka. (sem. domains: 6.1.2.4.2 - Lazy.) Language Of Borrowing: Ilocano.
bulalakki comm. refers to handsome young men in the Ifugao Hudhud epics. {literary} (sem. domains: 2.3.1.8 - Appearance.)
bulan₁ 1comm. moon. Ongal nan bulan. The moon is big/full. (sem. domains: 1.1.1.1 - Moon.) 2intrans. for the moon to shine. Indanit bumulan ta ahi taku ume. Wait for the moon to shine before we go. Bimmubbulan handi hilong. The moon shone brightly last night. Pinaddi min immeh bale da handih bimmulan. We purposely went to their house during a moonlit night. ‑um‑/‑imm‑. (sem. domains: 8.3.3 - Light.) 3comm. full moon; bright moon. Dakol di makihalud hin bulabbulan. There are many serenading/courting on the nights when the moon is full. Manomnom ku ya bulabbulan dih natayana. I remember he died on a full-moon-night. CV(C)CV‑ C‑. Ambulan bulabbulan natalak di bulan der. bumulan n. ph. kahabonan di bulan n. ph. kaha-alan di bulan n. ph. katalakan di bulan n. ph. katanungan di bulan n. ph. katom-angan di bulan n. ph. ongal di bulan
bulan₂ month. 1.1comm. month. Kaatnay bulan mu? How many months pregnant are you? Kaatnay bulana? How many months old is he? (sem. domains: 8.4.1 - Period of time.) 1.2nom. monthly; every month. Binulan an bumuddu nan dogona. Every month his sickness reoccurs. ‑in‑. der. binulan der. kabulabulan
bulang 1comm. a cockfight. Waday bulang hi Sabadu. There will be a cockfight on Saturday. (sem. domains: 4.2.6 - Entertainment, recreation.) 2trans. cocks fighting. Mumbubulang da hi bigat. There is going to be a cockfight (lit. cocks will fight) tomorrow. Em ibulang tun baud ku. Take this cock to fight. E makibulang hi Sabadu nadan iMabbalat. Those from Mabbalat will go to the cockfight on Saturday. Bumobboh-ol hi Vicente te hinnatkon di nangibulang hi poltana nah bulangan. Vicente is very mad because somebody else had his cock fight in the cockpit. muN‑, i‑, maki‑, nangi‑. Language Of Borrowing: Ilocano. der. bulangan
bulangan (der. of bulang) comm. a structure built purposely for cockfighting, in the form of an arena. Imme da nah bulangan te Linggud uwani. They went to the cockpit because it’s Sunday today. ‑an. Syn: bularit.
bulangon comm. 1monkey. Umipatatawa nan bulangon te inila nan maniboh kutu. The monkey is funny (lit. laughable) because he knows how to look for lice. 2monkey-like design in weaving, used only in blankets or skirts. id. kay natukal an bulangon
bularit comm. a cockpit, small mini-cockpit. Wada ni-an di bularit ad Pico. There used to be a small cockpit in Pico. Syn: bulangan. (sem. domains: 4.2.6 - Entertainment, recreation.) Language Of Borrowing: Tagalog.
bulayyu comm. a large owl. [The owl’s call is believed to be an omen of death.] Deket tumukutukuk di bulayyu on wada kanuy mate. If the owl keeps on calling (lit. shouting), someone will die, so they say. Strigformes gen: akup₁. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.2 - Bird.)
buldid 1comm. a bamboo tube which is used by children as a blow gun with kabbaung ‘pieces of earth’ as its bullets. Nangapyah buldid ot buldidon na nan du-uti. He made a blow gun and used it on a dragonfly. (sem. domains: 4.8.3.7 - Weapon, shoot.) 2trans. to spit out something from mouth with force. Tipet he-a ke ya ibanuldid muy hinamal, deket nabhug ka ya abu mo. You, why do you keep spitting rice out; if you are full, then, that’s enough. i‑/iN‑.
bulding sta. scarred pupil of the eye; one-eyed; blind in one eye. Nabulding nan baka. The cow is one-eyed. Nabulding hi Pedro. Pedro is one-eyed. Dinhok nay matak ot mabuldin. She poked something in my eye and it is scarred. ma‑/na‑. 6A Physiological Process - State. Sim: budking, bulag; Sim: kulap, budking, bulag. (sem. domains: 2.5.3 - Injure.) Language Of Borrowing: Ilocano.
bulduk trans. to break forcibly through an obstacle. Imbulduk nan babuy di alad. The pig broke through the fence. i‑/iN‑. 3D Move an object with a resulting change of state. Sim: lubhut. (sem. domains: 7.7.4 - Press.)
bulduser 1comm. a bulldozer. Bulduser di nangapya tuh kalata. A bulldozer made this road. (sem. domains: 7.2.4.1.1 - Vehicle.) 2intrans. to use a bulldozer. Mumbulduser da hi kalata. They are building a road with a bulldozer. Bumulduser kah puntabab. Excavate some backfill. muN‑/nuN‑, ‑um‑/‑imm‑. 3trans. to bulldoze something in particular. Buldoseron da nan payo. They will bulldoze the ricefield. ‑on/‑in‑. Language Of Borrowing: English: bulldozer.
bulhe comm. bean, generic term. Huminglay bulhe. One becomes tired of beans. Munhida kah bulhe ta umongal ka. Eat beans so that you will grow. spec: antak, bulligan.
bulhet adjunct. expression of disbelief or anger. Interjection. (sem. domains: 9.2.7 - Interjections.) Language Of Borrowing: English: bullshit.
bulhi₁ comm. a tree variety. Kinapya dan ubunan nan bulhi. They made the bulhi-wood into a chair. (sem. domains: 1.5.1 - Tree.)
bulhi₂ 1comm. a mass of muscle on back of a fat bull or on the back of a stocky person. Inhongba da nan bulhin nan baka. They roasted the hump of the bull. (sem. domains: 2.1 - Body.) 2sta. to be humpbacked; to have a hump on back. Pinalti da nan nabulhiyan an baka. They butchered the bull with the mass of muscle on his back. ma‑ ‑an/na‑ ‑an.
bul-i sta. for dry soil to be cracked, due to heat of sun and lack of rain. Nabul-iy lutad uwani te tialgo. The soil is cracked now because its summer time. ma‑/na‑. 6C Process or state of inanimate objects. Sim: okak, potag. (sem. domains: 1.2.2.1 - Soil, dirt.)
bul-ik 1comm. the segments of citrus fruit. Idattanak ya- hi ohan bul-ik. Please give me a segment. (sem. domains: 5.2.3.1.2 - Food from fruit.) 2intrans. to segment; divide into segments not using a knife. Bumul-ik ka nah tabuyug ta iddattam tun unga. Segment the pomelo and give some to this child. ‑um‑/‑imm‑. (sem. domains: 7.8 - Divide into pieces.) 3intrans. to segment a particular type of citrus fruit. Bul-ikon yu nan kahhel ta tamtaman taku. Separate the segments of the orange fruit and we will taste it. Adi mabul-ik te ugge nakal-um. The segments cannot be separated because it is not fully ripe. ‑on/‑in‑, ma‑/na‑.