Search results for "kapok"
dabokdabok v To stomp; stamp one's feet when walking. Ko du-on otow no ogma-agbot to oghipanow no ogdabokdabok, ogkapokow kid ka noirogò If someone walks heavily and stomps their feet, [those of] us who are sleeping will be awakened. Ko du-on kuddò no ogpallaguy, ogdabokdabok on. If a horse runs, it makes a galloping sound.
hugyup n 1A kind of fiber from a palm tree (like kapok fiber) used in starting fire. see: bonut. 2
kopal 1adj Thick, as the two sides of a book, a piece of clothing, or paper. Makopal ka kinabò. The shirt is thick. ant: manipis. 2adj Thick, as hair when there is a lot of it. Makopal ka bulbul. Oglituk to dakol lagboy ka bulbul din woy malapung His/her hair is thick. It means that he has a lot of hair and plentiful. 3adj Having a small amount of liquid so that many particles are close together such as a lot of powdered milk added to a small amount of water. Makopal ka gatas su og-anlod ka gatas ko ogtunawon to woig. The milk is thick because the milk sinks to the bottom if it is dissolved/suspended in water. 4adj Close together as forest where are many trees and much vegetation. Makopal ka mgo tibogow diò to napù no mabasag ka lawa rin. [The tibogow is dense there in the flat area and its body is hard.] ant: magalat; see: sokol. 5adj To be volumic, that is, both wide and have much content, as as a field with much vegetation. Makopal ka tira-an. Maluag, mgo lalimma no hitaria bua to ogpamula-an. Sikan dò ka impamula; warò solug no duma. The sugarcane field is capacious. It is wide, about five hetares maybe which has been planted. That is all that has been planted; there is no mixture of anything else. 6adj Many such as flies or lice which which cover a sore. Makopal to kutu. Ogkito-on ka kutu woy ogkogangon ka batò. The lice are many. The lice are visible and the child is covered with sores. Makopal ka langow no oghulun to pa-a. The flies are thick which are swarming on [a someone’s] foot. see: moon-ing. 7adv Thicker [than something else]; thickest Mamakopal ka laplap to kalabow. The carabao's skin is thicker [than the shirt]. 8deriv n thickness Ko og-otian ka nigsamba no woig, songo dangow ka kapokali to danlak. When the flooded [river] water has receeded, the thickness of the silt is a handspan deep.
koyuyung v 1To close, as a flower Du-on bulak no ogbokal ko masolom no ogkoyuyung on to maapun. There are flower(s) which open in the morning and then close in the afternoon. 2To become shriveled Ko ogkabuyag ka otow, ogkoyuyung on su ogkapokù woy ogmalotoy ka oghihipanow. When a person becomes old, he/she becomes shriveled because he/she becomes bent over and feeble. [as in old age.] see: pangiloson (kilos).
pokù see fr.: dungkù 2. 1v To bend, as a wire or green rattan or a person\'s back when one ages. [Applies to something, as wire, which is bent. A bent can is nakomit. A bend in a river or path is tikù.] see fr.: buyukut 2; spec: bulukù; see fr.: kurung 2. 2v To lie curled up, as person or animal. syn: bulukù. 3v 4Konò ogkapokù. It can’t be bent.
samba v To flood over river banks onto flat land. Ko og-otian on ka nigsamba no woig, songo dangow ka kapokali to danlak. When the flooded [river] water has receeded, the thickness of the silt is a handspan deep. Ko ogsamba ka woig, oglapayan on ka mgo napù. see fr.: lapoy 1; see fr.: lanog; ant: otian; see: lanog.
totod 1To hemorrhage. 2v To deliberately mark with burns ??? Patotoran ka bolad ku. Kapok is burned on my arm. 3v To spin or whirl fast as a propellor. [Not that something that spins also rotates but at a faster speed.]