gopas v 1To lie in wait; ambush. as an enemy on the trail. see fr.: bantang 3.1; see fr.: gopasan 1; see fr.: olot 2; see fr.: bangan 2. 1.1To come out of hiding to attack something, as an person or animal. Ko kai og-ugpò ka magintalunan to taliwarò, oglinglingutan on to mgo otow ka oggopas. If the wild [pig] is here in the middle, the people will surround it as they come out of hiding to attack it 2To wait in readiness for something, as for a hoop that is rolled at which he/she will attempt to cast an object through the center as it passes. Ka sagboka no otow, oggopas to sikan no bangkalow no ogkalilid. As for one person, he/she waits in readiness [to spear] that hoop which will be rolling.
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hawid v 1Hold back, dissuade from doing something Ka ogmangayow, songo kuò ko hon-om, lalimma woy ko hop-at no otow su ko du-on ogkahawiran kandan, du-on ogpoko-ulì no duma. As for those who go on a raid, sometimes there will be six, five or four people because if there is someone who will dissuade them there will be some of them who return home. [such as to keep a person from leaving or dissuade a person from going on a raid.] 2To kill someone to prevent him from arriving home safely. Ka nigmangayow no nigsulungan ka tagbalu ran to pogpusil no niglikid to pog-ulì dokad di to nagopasan on sikandan, nahawiran on sikandan no darua no lawa ran no namatoy. The raiders who attacked and shot their in-law [whose companion] had been widowed and then turned around to return home but instead were ambushed, they were prevented from returning home and there were two of them (lit. two bodies) who died. [Such as when an in-law has killed someone over an unmet demand for a widow-hood price.]
magù v For an animal to play or romp, with people or other animals, esp. of cats or dogs. Ogmagù, ogmagu-on ku tagtu-un. They romp with their owners. Ka asu no manggianak, ogmagu-on din ka itù din. A mother dog, it plays with its puppy. Ogpamagmagu-oy ka patala-anak ka ogpapallaguy no oggopasan ka anak din to ogdampò no oghimulungan to pogkagat. [DB says this kind of play includes the gentle biting, romping, hiding and jumping on each other.]