alad 1n Fence or wall around a yard, house or garden Agad matikang woy ko masagkop, makopal woy ko manipis no igliu to baloy woy ko lama, ogkohingaranan no alad. Even if it is high or if it is short, thick or thin and surrounds a house or the yard, it is called an alad fense. [A wall around a yard or garden is not called an alabat “wall (of a house)” because by definition, an alabat requires a roof. If it is a wall that does not have a roof, it is an alad or fense.] 2v To make a fence 3v To fence something in. 4v For many to make a fense, esp. to trap wild pigs by fencing them in.
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apu-an n A live bird used as a lure to draw other birds into a trap, or onto a sticky stick such as a wild chicken, a dove, or a parrot. (Would not apply to a wooden duck used as a decoy because it does not make a noise or call to other ducks.) Ko moon-ing ka ogkatugaan no unawa rin no manukmanuk, apu-an ka igngaran noy to sikan no ayam no ogpaka-ayat to duma rin. If there are many birds of the same variety which which are attracted/gathered, we call that pet [ie. bird] a lure which is able to attact its companion.
apulu n Monkey trap either that made of thorns in which the monkey is killed or another style like a cage in which one or more monkeys can be trapped alive. Ka dugi to anibung, ogkagamit to oghimu koy to apulu to ubal. The thorns of the anibung palm tree are used by us to make a monkey trap (lit. monkey-trap of the monkey). [One type is made of thorns and has a trigger which causes the monkey to be pinned and also causes the monkey's death. Another kind is made like a cage and catches the monkey alive. It is baited allowing the monkey to enter but not escape. Other monkeys may follow the first and also be trapped.]
arab 1n A kind of curved knife, or bolo. Ka arab, marulag igkakamot su ogsinsinikoton dò to oghiipanow, panagana ko du-on usig. The arab knife is rarely used to cut a field because it is just strapped at the waist and worn when one travels, in case (lit. preparation if) there would be an enemy. [which has triangular shaped blade at the apex at about a 45 degree angle. Sometimes only the bottom edge is sharpened but all edges may be sharpened. It is about 2-3 inches wide and 15-20 inches long.] 2v to sharpen one or both sides of a piece of bamboo. Ko og-abat ki to bulu, og-araban ta su oghimuon ta no sinombung. When we cut down bamboo, we sharpen it because we will make into a bamboo spear. [Thought used primarily of sharpening an edge of bamboo, the same word and procedure could be done to certain kinds of hard wood but more rarely as most wood is not suitable. DB said it would not apply to sharpening metal.] see: mo-irob.
ayat 1vs To be lured, enticed, tempted. Ogka-ayat ka lukos. To koddì no doromdom, konon litos. The men would be enticed. In my opinion, that isn't appropriate. Oghirosonan ta ka goinawa ta oyow konò ki ogka-ayat to maro-ot no batasan. We strengthen our resolve (lit breath) so that we won't be tempted to do wrong. cf: gawoy 2; osyn: hù 2, imu-imu-an. 2v To motivate. Ko og-ayaton ta ka batò, oglanganon ta to walis oyow ogka-anad. When we motivate a child [to sweep], we hand him a broom so that he will learn. see: anad 1. 3v To use something to pacify, as something given to a crying child so that he/she will stop crying. Ka kindi ka ig-ayat ta to batò no ogsinogow. Candy was used to pacify the child who was crying. [TA said you would not use kohoy-u "pity; show compassion" in this context; rather you would use ig-ayat if you gave candy to children to motivate them to listen to what you had to say.] 4vs To be drawn aside as to another task or activity. Ko ogka-aloy ki, sikan ka ogka-ayat ki diò to dangob no talabao. If we are distracted, you will be drawn to some other work. see fr.: aloy₁ 1. 5v To bait, as a hook or trap. see: po-on 1.
bagwanan n Part of certain traps which is released by the trigger. Ko ogkapolis ka sa-id, ogkabokas ka bagwanan. When the trigger slips off, the lever [which kills or traps the animal] is released. [This can be a rope stick or lever as the part of a mouse trap which strikes and kills the animal.]
bogyas n A conical-shaped fish trap made of smooth bamboo strips which is baited at the smaller end to attact small fish or shrimp. A smaller inner cone of sharpened stakes permits creatures to enter but prevents their escape. Ka bogyas, ogpu-un to bulu ka poghimu no sagboka no ighingutol to mgo ngalap to woig. The cone-shaped fish trap is made from bamboo which is one way to catch water life. see: bubu; cf: salangat.
bokas v 1To initiate a conversation, or a discussion such as that of a marriage arrangement. Ka oghun-a ogkagi, sikan ka ogbokas to alukuyan. The person who is first to speak, that is the one who initiates the discussion. 2To release, as trigger of a trap. Ko ogkabokas on ka bagwanan to balatik, du-on on ogsagad no babuy. When the trigger of the pig trap is released, a pig which has been caught. see: basikal. 3To block as an inlet from a river so as to drain area and catch fish in traps. Ka otow no ogngangalap to siak to woig, ogbokason din ka og-atangan din ka siak oyow og-otì on. A person who is fishing on a tributary of the river blocks the tributary so that it will dry up. [The common thread of meaning may be that the blocking of the river initiates the trapping of the fish, someone walking into an ambush, initiates/sets in motion the act of spearing an enemy, and the person who speaks first, initiates the conversation. A person who is angry, lets loose with angry words and/or a physical attack. (In the latter case, ogtokow his words take others by surprise.] see: atang 1. 4To vent, as anger in such a way that people are taken by surprise. Ka otow no nabolù, nigbokas ka nigkagi; nigparagas nigkagi. Nigma-agbot to nigkagi su ogkatokow ki. The angry person, vented [his] anger; he went right ahead and spoke. He spoke loudly because we are taken by surprise. see: tokow 1. 5To be the recipients of an angry outburst. Moirap ko ogbokasan ki to kagi. It is difficult if we are the recipients of [someone's] angry outburst. 6To strike. Ka otow no oggopas, ogbokas to usig ka ogpilak. The person who is lying in ambush, strikes [his] enemy when he spears [him].
bol-og v To go hunting with a gun or other weapon. Du-on hon-om no otow no nigbobol-og. There were six people who went hunting with a weapon. Tunud, woy ko kommag, salungag ka igbobol-og. Arrow(s), or spear(s), [or] a spear trap are that which are used for hunting. [This word is now used especially of hunting larger game with a gun but can be used of hunting with a spear or bow and arrows. When hand weapons are used to hunt a wild pig, they work together to fense off trails and use a dog to get the pig to run in the right direction and to prevent its escape.] see: panganup.
bulang 1vs Wash out as a dam or bridge. Lapoy no ligkat to ponong no nabulang. A deluge/flood which came from a dam which had washed out. [When a dam breaks, the water spills over and if people live below the results can be disasterous.] see: tobal 1. 2v To be engulfed in a problem such as when a quarrel turns into a war with people killing each other. Ka otow no ogmabunbunu-oy, ogmabulbulangoy on ka ogpilpilakoy on. People who murder each other, they are already being engulfed [in their problems] as they are already spearing each other. [DB says it is like a dam which has broken and the people below are engulfed in a flood of destruction as they kill each other like when a dam breaks endangering those below.] see: pabunbuno-oy. 3deriv n A drain, such as a canal which is made to carry away water and drain water from a pool, usually for the purpose of catching the fish that will be trapped. However, the term would also apply to draining water from a river into a canal so that a highway can be made on either side. Ka bulanganan, ogtu-uran ta to og-oti ka lanow. Ogkutkutan ta ka ogpabaya-an to woig oyow dakol ka ngalap no ogko-utol. As for a drain, we purpose that the lake will go dry. We dig/scrape away the place where the water will flow (lit. pass) so that we can catch a lot of edible [fish and other] creatures. 4v To make a canal or other device to drain off water, as from a street or other area.
dampò 1v To touch. Konò ogkohingaran ka lituratu to komos su warò koy nigdampò woy ko nigdi-ok. We wouldn’t call a photograph a [finger/foot] print because we had not touched it or stepped on [it]. see: dagkot 1. 2v To trap catch in one's cupped hands in a downward motion or against something motion as when catching a frog or a lizard. 3vt To lay something on top of something else such as a cold cloth which is laid on someone’s body. Ka batò no ogdaralu no mo-init lagboy, ogdampo-on ta to mahagsil no mohumil on ka lawa rin. As for the child who is very hot, we lay something cool on his body which will cool off his body. 3.1vt To lay one’s hands on someone as when praying for him/her. [But if hands are placed on shoulder's, the term used would be gongonan.] 3.2v To hold with ones' hands, or paws in the case of a dog. Ka asu, ogdampo-on to bolad din ka bokog oyow ogka-ayunan no ogkobkob. As for a dog, it holds onto the bone with its paws (lit. hands) so that he can manage to gnaw on [it]. 4v To sit on top of, as a frog might hop and sit on its own eggs. No ian ku pigkita ka inoy [to bakbak] no ogdampa-an din ka mgo atolug din no nighulunan to makut. Ungod oghalinhalin to og-a-ambotut ka ogpandilo-dilò. Pogdampò din ogpandilò. What I saw was the mother [frog] who was sitting on her eggs on which red ants were gathering...She was always moving as she hopped about [and] licked up [the ants]. [At each] hop, she was licking. 5v To put down, demean.
dugong v Partial damming of river to trap fish. [One side of the stream is blocked with leaves so the water becomes dried up on that side. Conical fish traps are placed at either end of the open channel to catch the fish which swim either upriver or downriver.] see: sagop 2; see: ponong 2.
dugukan 1n A wooden pole fastened between two sturdy trees to which the trigger bagwanan of a balatik pig trap is attached. 2To draw near, close together.
galat₁ 1adj Wide-spread, far apart. Du-on batò no magalat ka ngipon din. Ka ngipon din, du-on olatan no ma-awang. There is a child whose teeth are far apart. His teeth have open spaces between them. [Does not mean loose as an item of clothing that is too big.] see fr.: tago-urò. 1.1adj Loosely woven, not close together Ko oghimu ka to bogyas, magalat. Magalat ka lawa to bogyas; magalat ka galow. When you make a fish trap, it is loosely woven. The body of the fishtrap is loosely woven and the prongs are also far apart. [Fish traps, nets and screen are all magalat because there is space between the strands of rattan, nylon or wire. These items are built strongly, the pieces intertwined but not solid.] 2v To leave behind in someone's care, esp. of a child Ko oglo-ug ka inoy to batò no oghilamon, ipagalat din ka anak din diò to songo otow no ian ka ogtamong. When the mother of a child goes to weed [her field], she leaves her child in the care of someone else and that person watches over him/her. 3v To take care of someone left behind Si Taganay ka niggalatan to anak ni Lita. Taganay is the one who took care of Lita's children who were left behind. 4v To leave something behind for someone, such as food for a child Ka inoy, oggalatan to homoy no igpalugaw no igpako-on to anak din. A mother leaves rice behind for gruel to be fed to her child. 5vs To leave behind (involuntarily) Ko ogkamatoy ki, ka mgo kalaglagan ta ogkaggalat dò no konò ta ogka-alap diò to kamatayon. When we die, our possessions are simply left behind and cannot be taken where we will be after we die.
galow n The sharpened spikes inside a fish container and certain traps which prevent the catch from spilling out or escaping. Ka poghimu [to bala-an] ligkat to lawa pohondiò to bo-bò, ogmaligoton no du-on galow oyow ko ogtagù ka ngalap, konò ogko-ug-ug. As for the construction [of the fish container] from the body to the mouth, it is narrowed and has [a cone of] sharpened spikes so that the fish and shrimp (lit. water creatures) cannot fall out. [Sharpened spikes, usually arranged in a cone shape, are used in certain fish containers, monkey, to prevent the live catch from falling out or escaping.]
gotol v To tie together as with the rattan ties of a bamboo floor or of a bogias fish trap. Balagon ka iggotol to so-og no manalingboka ka ighikot to bulu. Rattan is used to tie the flooring together and and single strands are used to tie the bamboo [slats]. [The tying process of gotol differs from gopot in that the ties of flooring are wrapped in loops around the bamboo slats whereas in the gopot process, a hole is made and the ties go through the holes. The design and manner of reinforcement is also different in the two processes.] see: gu-os 1; gen: hikot 2; gen: banggut.
hilut₂ 1n Noose. Du-on otow no nigto-on to hilut diò o salag to limukon. No na-alow din on on ka limukon no nohilut ka li-og no nabingbing on. Someone places a noose beside the nest of a dove. Then he shooed the dove and then the neck of the dove was caught in the noose because the noose tightened around its neck. 2n Rattan rat trap. 3To bridle horse.??
