alì 1adj Industrious. Maroyow so-ini anak ku no moungangon woy ma-ali.̀ My child is good who has a good character and is industrious. osyn: basuk 1; ant: pogulon. 1.1v To be very industrious or entusiastic as a person who willingly performs a task. Du-on ogpa-agad-agad no ogkapogos ka goinawa rin, no du-on ogpa-agad-agad no ma-ali-alì. There are [children] who obey against their will (lit. whose breath is forced), and there are those who obey who are very industrious. Ka ma-ali-alì, ligkat to goinawa rin to ogbulig. Konò ogpasugù. Konò ogtagad to ognangonan pad. As for the enthusiatic person, he willingly helps (lit. comes from his breath to help). He doesn't have to be ordered [to do something]. He doesn't wait for someone to tell him [to do something]. 2v To watch, pay attention to, keep an eye on. Ian dò ogka-ali-an ka duma to ogbantoy; mangkuan konò ogka-ali-a ka kandin no goinawa. The only thing he/she pays close attention tor is watching his/her companions; but then [that person] doesn't pay attention to his/her own attitudes (lit. breath).
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baliung 1v To turn around. 2vs To be reversed, inside out, as a dress, or to be backwards or behind oneself. Nabaliung ka pogbantoy to buyag no ubal su ian nasì ogbantoy kandan ka anak dan no pilas. The gaze of the older monkey was behind him (lit reversed) because they were watching their young offspring. Ka kinagian to Minonobù woy ka Inglis, nokogsubal. Nabaliung. The words of the Manobo and of English are opposite. They have been reversed (or turned around).
bangan 1n Flint stone used for starting fire. Malalab ka batu no bangan. Oghimuon noy no tingkikan. The flint is a red rock. We make it into a device for starting a fire. 2v To intercept, as a guard intercepts an enemy or as one missel would intercept another, preventing it from reaching its target. Ka otow no ogbangan, ogbantoy to dalan no ogkabaya-an to igbuyag dan. The person who intercepts [an enemy] watches the path where their leader will pass. see: gopas 1. 3v To be intercepted, as by the raiders if they got to the trail first, or as one airplane might be intercepted by another. Ko ogbanganan, og-atangan ka ogbaya-an to mangayow. If [one] is intercepted, you are blocked when you pass by way of the raiders. 4n A body guard Ko du-on igbuyag noy no oghipanow, du-on ka hon-om no talagpamangan. Du-on ka oghun-a woy du-on ka ogmourian. Ogpataliwarò ka igbuyag dan. Ko du-on ka oggopas to sikan no igbuyag, ian ogpangabang ka talagpamangan. If we have a leader who is traveling (lit. walking), there are six bodyguards. There are those who precede and those who are last. They have their leader in the middle. If there are those who ambush that leader, it is the bodyguards who defend/rescue him.
bantoy 1n Familiar spirit. spec: pananuran. 2v Watch, care for. see fr.: dolmol₂ 2.
bubung phr.: anak to pamubungon₁. n 1A ridgepole. Liliungan to baloy. Ridgepole of a house. see: liliungan. 2Sky. see: langit. 3A kind of spirit which claims ownership of mountains, baliti trees, cliffs and waterfalls; also familiar spirits which claim those roles. Ka talabubung, karumaan to mgo busow. Ian ka tagbanua no og-ugpò to bubungan, balitì, dalama, sampow. The talabubung, they are companions of the evil spirits. [Those] are the ones who are owners who live in the mountains, baliti trees, cliffs and waterfalls. Ka mgo otow no du-on bantoy ran no talabubung, ian dan im-imanan ka ogbatunon diò to langit. People who have talabubung familiar spirits anticipate that they will be transported to heaven. [If a couple has this kind of a familiar spirit, it is believed that if one spouse dies, the other will also die.]
bulan 1n Moon. Ka bulan, ogsilò ko marusilom. The moon rises at night. 2n Month. 3n Time when the moon is shining brightly. 4v To be two or three months in some location. 5n A person whose familiar spirit comes to him when the moon is shining. Ka bulbulanon, woy rò ogko-umoi to bantoy rin ko ogsilò ka bulan. As for the person whose familiar spirit comes when the moon is shining, his familiar spirit only comes to him when the moon comes up (lit. before his spirit will arrive is when the moon comes up). 6n Anyone who is paid by the month such as a housegirl or other worker. 7v To work by the month. 8v To walk or travel by moonlight. 9v For the moon to be shining. 9.1n Round raised area on front of the kalasag “shield” (kalasag) on which something white (or light colored) is placed so that it will be bright when the moon shines. see: kalasag 1. 10deriv n Name of a plant which has white flowers (or leaves), which glow in the dark. Ka kayu no ogngaran to bulanbulan, og-anamag ka bulak din ko mausilom on. As for he tree (plant) which is called bulanbulan, it has flowers which glow when it is already night. [What are called flowers may actually be leaves. The Ata Manobo people say that during the war, soldiers sometimes pinned these luminous leaves to their uniforms so they could see each other at night but sometimes their enemies could also see them and it resulted in some being shot.] 11n Kind of white rice.
dolmol₂ v 1To gaze or look down carefully at something. Ko ogdolmol ki to woig no mating-ow, du-on alung ta diò to diralom. If we look down carefully into water which is clear, we have a reflection there below [us]. Ogdomol ki diò to woig, ogmolmologon ta ka alung ta. We look down carefully into the water, [then] we see our reflection clearly. Ko ogsakoy ki to ariplano, ogpandomoldomol ki diò to tanò. If we ride an airplane, we keep looking down carefully at the ground. Ko ogpantow ki, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tano ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. When we peer out at something, we just quickly look [at it], but if we look down carefully we continuously watch the ground for whatever we might see. see: pantow 1; see: molog 1. 2To keep looking down carefully; watch. Ko ogsakoy ki to ariplano, ogpandomoldomol ki diò to tanò. When we ride an airplane, we keep looking down carefully at the ground. Ko ogpantow ki, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tano ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. see: pantow 1 ; see: molog 1 . When we peer out at something, we just quickly look [at it], but if we look down carefully we continuously watch the ground for whatever we might see. see: bantoy 2.
domol v 1look down gen: pitow 2; osyn: pantow 1. 2To look down, around or back and forth. Ko ogpantow ki to ariplano, dagdagow ki ogpitow di ko ogpandomoldomol ki, ungod ki ogbabantoy diò to tanò ko nokoy ka ogkakita ta. If we look out of an airplane, we just look briefly but if we continuously look around we always are always watching the ground [to see] whatever we can see. gen: pitow 1; osyn: pantow 1.
kawò 1adj Active, as a child or monkeys who are always moving. Ka batò no kawò, ogkoirapan ka ogbantoy su mawoil. Agad hondo-i ogdolog sikandin. As for an active child, [he] makes it difficult for the one watching [him] because he is perpetually moving. 2v To be always moving; wiggley Ka batò no ogkawo-kawò, konò ogkatolon ko ogpinnu-u. Ungod ogwo-ilwo-il. Songo kuò ko oglulusuk. The child who is wiggley can’t sit still (lit. stay still if sitting). He is continually moving. Sometimes he turns bottom’s up. see: kapat 1; see: mawo-il.
koddol 1v To be alert and energetic. Koddol kow. oyow konò ki ogkaro-og ko ogli-ag to bula. Be alert and energetic so that we won’t be defeated when we play ball. [As advice to an athlete, it would be similar to saying, “stay on your toes”.] 2v To keep oneself alert and energetic; ready to move. Ogpakoddol ka ogmanbubula su ogmawo-il ka ogbabantoy ko hondo-i ogdolog ka bula Those who play [basket] ball, keeep themselves alert and energetic because they are in motion as they watch [to see] where the ball is going. [Context suggests combination of staying alert and ready to move.] 3adj To be energetic such as when walking. Ko du-on otow no makoddolon ka oghihipanow mariu ki rò og-ongkoran to oghihipanow sikandin. If a person walks energeticly, we will be left far behind. as he walks.
kulam-agan 1n Ring of rattan about 1-1/2 inches down from basket rim, on which the ears are attached which also serves as reinforcement for the mouth of the basket so it will not stretch. see fr.: korog; see: kulambitan. 2v To have a spirit enter one’s body. Ka otow no bailan, ko ogsoloran on to bantoy rin, ogkulam-agan no ogkolkolon on ka lawa rin. As for someone who is a shaman, if he is entered by his familiar spirit, he will become possessed by a spirit and his body will tremble.
mangkuan 1adv Later, later on. Di mangkuan, ko allow on to pogsanggì, warò nakasanggì ka nig-orok. But later on, when it was time to harvest [the corn], the people who had planted didn't get to harvest. Pananglitan, ko du-on nig-utang kandin no lalima no libu, no woy on ogliwan ko sanggì on to agoloy, di mangkuan, warò nigbayad. For example, when someone had credited five thousand [pesos] from him and will not return it until he harvests corn, however, bater on he did not pay. Ka sikan no alig, konò no maro-ot su ko ogkita ki to boi no du-on goinawa ta kandin di mangkuan ogkasipod ki no ognangon to du-on goinawa ta kandin. That [kind] of attraction isn't bad because when we see a girl and we like her (lit. have breath toward her), yet later on we will be shy to say that we like her. [The word angkuan, is used of later in the same day. Mangkuan is used in a much broader sense.] cf: angkuan. 2conj but then Ian dò ogka-ali-an ka duma to ogbantoy; mangkuan konò ogka-ali-a ka kandin no goinawa. The only thing he/she pays close attention to is watching his/her companions; but then [that person] doesn't pay attention to his/her own attitudes (lit. breath). 3adv To turn out differently than expected. Di mangkuan, nigtalis no warò nigliwan. But it turned out that he failed [to keep his promise] and did not return [what he borrowed].
nasì adv contrary to what one might expect, surprisingly, anyway; in spite of Nabaliung ka pogbantoy to buyag no ubal su ian nasì ogbantoy kandan ka anak dan no pilas. The watching of the older monkeys is turned around because surprisingly it is their offspring, [the] baby monkey, which is the one to watch out for them. Ka otow no konò ogbayad to utang din, nasì ki og-ubati to ogbayad kun kandin. The person who doesn’t pay his debt, he contrary to [our] expectation, he lies to us saying that he will pay. Agad to nigbolog ta to konò oghondiò to kamot din ko og-angoy to ogkako-on dan su mabogbog lagboy no bolog, nasì on man nighondiò no nigsagad on to mangayow. Nigpupusil. Even though we warned [that person] not to go to his field to fetch something for them to eat because there was a strong warning, he went anyway and was hit by the raiders. He was shot.
ogbabantoy see fr.: sulow 2.
pananuran deriv n One’s female ward. deriv. of: tanud; gen: bantoy 1.
singsing 1v To become flattened from remaining in one position. Nasingsing ka lobut ku. My bottom has become flattened. 2Blunt Bak kayu ka lobut din su nasingsing. As if his bottom was wood that it would become blunt. Ka turak no kayu, ogkasingsing on to og-orok no oghutukan ta to oggalangan. As for a dibble stick, it become flattened as it is used for planting and so we sharpen it again. Ka irung to babuy, nasingsing su nakasungkul to dalid. The nose of the pig was flattened because it had bumped into a root. 3v To chip or chisel off so that something is flat. ?? 4v To go into a trance ??; lukuban tremble, as when one communicates with the spirits. Ogpaningsing, ogsoloran on to bantoy rin. [(When) one] goes into a trance, he/she is entered by his familiar spirit.
sulow 1v To look down upon something that’s on a lower level [Similar to pantow but when we look out we try not to be seen such as when there is an alert for raiders.] see: pantow 1. 2To look down at someone coverty, so as not to be seen. Sulawon ta ka otow. We look down at someone without being seen. Ko ogsusulow ki, layun ta ogpitawon ka otow no konò ki ogpakita kandin oyow konò ki ogtokoron. When we look down at someone, we are continually seeing the person but we don't let him see us so that we will not be recognized. see: ogpandomoldomol; see: ogbabantoy.
tolon 1v Stay in one place or one position. Ka batò no ogkawo-kawò, konò ogkatolon ko ogpinnu-u. The child who is wiggley can’t sit still (lit. cannot stay if sitting). Tolon ka! Stay put (That is, stay near the house.)! 2vs To stay with something. Sagboka ka ogkatoon no ogbantoy to kalaglagan ta. One person will stay with our things. 3adj Characteristic of someone who stays at home; doesn't wander around. Kagi to batò, "Anggam, matoon ka amoy ku diò to baloy. The child said, “Uncle, my father is staying in the house see: ugpò 1.