agpot 1n To be an outsider , that is, someone who is living in a location other than his own. Ko oghalin ki diò songo ugpa-an, mgo agpot ki rò. Agad duma ta no Manobò, mgo agpot ki rod su konò no ugpa-an ta. If we move to another place, we are just outsiders. Even if they are our fellow Manobos, we are still outsiders because it is not our place. ant: sakup 2. 2n Foreigner, that is, someone who resides in a country where he/she is not a citizen. Ogkohingaran to agpot kow kai to Pilipinas su sakup ka to songo ugpa-an. You are called foreigners here in the Philippines because you are subjects of another country. 3n A person who lives on someone else's property; displaced person. Ko warò tanò dan, mgo agpot sikandan. If they don't have land they are residing on someone else's land. [The Ata Manobo term agpot applies to a renter or someone who has permission to live on someone else's land. It does not have the negative connotation of the English term “squatter”. However, the people who dwell on a dump would be considered agpot because it is not considered that it is an appropriate place to live.] 4v To go somewhere for a short stay. Si Lita, nignangon ki Mery to diò oghibat to kandin. Nig-agpot si Mery su nig-amut on to songo kausiloman dò. Lita told Mery to sleep (lit. lay down) at their place. Mery stayed a short time with them because she joined [them] for only one night. [In the following example, DB says the verbal form applies but Mary is not an agpot because she only stayed one night.] see: panumbaloy. 5n To be temporary residents of some place Mgo agpot ki rò kai to tanò. We are just resident aliens here on earth. Ko malayat ka pog-ugpò nu, sikan ka agpot su nig-amut ka. If your stay is long, that is the meaning of an resident alien because you have joined in [with those people]. [DB says the word can mean amut if it is in a temporary sense. See example. [original gloss: Mingle with.]] osyn: amut 1. 6v To stay somewhere for a short time Nig-agpot si Mery su nig-amut on to songo kausiloman dò. Mary stayed for a short time because she joined [them] for only one night. [In this case, a person does not become an agpot “alien” or “foreigner” because the intent is just a short visit.]
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antuk 1v To use another name for an in-law, avoiding the use of the person\\\\\\\'s actual name, the use of which is believed to cause a curse. [ogbusungon]. 2n Something with a hidden meaning; a riddle. Nahan ku ko ian tu-ud to antuk din ko og-ugpò a to malayat pad no allow. Dokad di lo-in ka tu-ud din. Ogbogayan a poron to boi. I supposed that the meaning of his riddle [was] that I would stay for several days (lit. a long day). However his purpose was different. He wanted to give me a girl. 3v To make up riddles, especially at a vigil for the dead. [It is believed to be pamalii "bad luck" to tell riddles at any other time.] 4deriv n A riddle, especially that told at a wake. [To make up riddles at any other time than a death is believed to be bad luck. The purpose seems to be to distract the grieving from the reality of the grief over the loss of a loved one. Someone gives a characteristic of a balubatò "bachelor" or a dalaga "maiden" and others make guesses as to the meaning. An example might be a "maiden covered with eyes" which turns out to be a pinapple. ]
balungkag 1n The long hair at the back of the neck. Ko du-on ka malayat bulbul to tongol to otow, ogngaranan to balungkag to babuy. Ka lituk, ogpoko-utol to babuy no magintalunan. Ka dangob no lituk to sikan, ogsu-ut to babuy. If a person has [some strands of] long hair at the base of the neck, it is called the balungkag of the pig The meaning is that he will be able to get a wild pig. The other meaning is that he resembles a pig. [especially of a pig or goat] 2n A necklace or belt made with beads sewn or woven into hair. [This may be a chain-like necklace of human or animal hair but is often made from hair of a horse's talil.; May be made into a necklace or belt.] see: bagakis; see: siapid. 3v Have hair standing on end, as of pig or cat.
banban n A plant with smooth, flexible stems which has a soft, spongy core. Ka banban, malunung ka lawa rin, mallayat ka banoy woy du-on dabuk to lisuwan. Ogkagamit to igbatok to lirong. The banban plant has a smooth body, long spaces between joints and has a soft, spongy core. [It is used for decorating such as woven winnowing baskets.]
dutdut 1v Pull up as weeds; pluck out, as feathers or hairs, or small weeds Dutduta nu ka hilamunon su oyow konò ogmalayat. Pull up the weed(s) so they won't become tall. Ko og-iow ki to manuk no og-initan, ig-olod ka manuk no ogpandutdutan tad ka bulbul. When we [kill] a chicken by cutting its throat and then scald (lit. heat) it, the chicken is dipped [in hot water] and then we pluck out the feathers. 2vs To be inadvertently pulled up; plucked out. Ogmologmologan nu ka mgo bulak ko oghilamonon nu oyow konò ogkarutdut. You will examine the flowers carefully when you are weeding so that [they] will not get pulled up.
gamowgamow n A female spirit with long hair which lives in the water. Ogkabaya-an ka to gamowgamow, ian nu igdaralu su nataboran ka to malayat no bulbul din. When you happen to encounter the gamowgamow spirit, the reason for your illness is because you become tangled up in her long hair. [They believe that if an adult or child gets tangled in the hair of this female spirit while bathing, it will cause them to be ill. They also believe that unless a special spirit ceremony if performed to remove this illness, the person may die. The believe a withered calf is one form of this illness but any illness following bathing is suspect.] see: agpu-unan 1; see fr.: agpu-unan 2; see fr.: agpu-unan 1; see fr.: limuan.
gulabung 1n Sunny, dry weather. Ko tig-allow, malayat no gulabung. When it is summer (lit. the time of sunshine), the sunny, dry weather is long. see fr.: allow 5. 1.1v To become dry, as weather. 2deriv n Dry season. Ko tiggulabung on no malayat on ka pog-allow no ogkakaligtung on ka mgo bo-ugan no ogkoko-otian on to oggulabung. When it is dry season then the sunny period is prolonged (lit. sunny days are long) and the creeks become puddles as they dry up from the dry weather.
gusuk 1n Rib. 2adj Grooved, as the fruit of a kisulà (Ceb patula) plant or ampalayà. Ka kisulà, unawa to upu ka lawa rin no ka bogas din, malayat no gusukon. As for the kisulà plant, its body is like upu and its fruit is long and grooved.
iam 1adj New. Nanhalin on diò to Maambago su nighimu to iam no landingan. They moved to Maambago because [they] had made a new airstrip. Pogka-awò ka tahan no doun, ogliwan to iam no ogpangabukad on to bulak. When the old leaves have come off, they are replaced by new [leaves] and the [the] tree buds with flowers. 2adv Newly (Recently) Ka sikan no maistra, iam pad mamatoy. As for that lady teacher, she had just newly died. Ko iam on ogsilò ka allow, ka baloy, ogkasugat to layag to allow no ogmalayat ka along. When the sun has newly arisen, [as for] a house, it will be struck by the rays of the sun and the shadow will become long. 3v Make something like new; renew Na-iaman to manta. He made the cloth like new.
kogal phr.: makogal so goinawa. 1adj Hard, firm as a rock or dry soil. see fr.: sugnu; see fr.: kosog 2; ant: humol 1. 1.1adj Bad or serious, as a cough. Woy songo tambal dod to ogko-opuk to makogal no buò. Songo og-initon woy og-inum. And it also a medicine for [someone who is] congested from a bad (lit. hard) cough. 1.2v To become hard or firm. Ka harina, ko konò ogbayò to ag-agan, ogtimpuruk. Ka sikan, ogmakmakogal ka duma; ogmalibuson. [As for] flour, if not passed through a seive, it will become lumpy. That is, some of it will become harder. It will form round balls/lumps. 1.2.1v Extended meaning: To be physically difficult to do such as to pull a heavy saw or to dig hardened soil. Ko oggulabung, ogmakogal ka tanò ko ogkalian. When it there is a dry spell, the ground becomes difficult to dig (lit. hard when it is being dug) 1.2.2v Extended meaning:To be safe or secure. Di ko du-on ka igpangalasag, konò ki ogka-agkapan ka og-ugpò su ogmabogat ki to og-ugpò. But if we have a means of defense, we will not feel insecure/unsafe (lit. become lightweight to dwell) because we will live securely (lit. be heavy to dwell). 2v To be very hard, as ground which is exposed to the sun. Ko malayat ka gulabung, ogkokogali ka tanò. If the dry spell is lengthy, the ground becomes very hard.
longdong 1n A rainy spell or drizzle, characteristic of rainy season., which lasts for a week or more. Ungud og-uran to malayat no longdong ka dalayuan. Its always raining when a lengthy rainy spell rainy spell is extended. see fr.: dalayuan; see: dalayuan; see: ; see fr.: donok. 2To walk in the rain.
malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa phr. of: sabuk. 1To have been given long life (lit. the placement of his breath is long) Malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa rin. Mananoy ogkamatoy. He willl be slow to die. He has been given a long life. (lit. The placing of his breath is long.) He will be slow to die. 2v To drop ??
ongod 1v Estimate. Ong-ongora nu to kalayati. Estimate the length. Ong-ongora [nu] to iglom-ag noy pad bag. Please estimate [about how much we need] also (lit. yet) for our breakfast. please. Ogsamboy a to salapì nu su oghondiò a to Dugayan. Ongod-ongoran dò to ogpalibong a diò to Patil. I will borrow [some] of your money because I will go to Dugayan. Just estimate enough for my round trip from Dugayan (lit to allow me to return from Dugayan.) [In the example below, the person is wanting rice for both supper and breakfast.] 2n About right Utù, du-on so-in kinabò no ongod nu rò bua ian. There is this shirt which is probably about right for you. [that is, about the right size.] see: olog 1.
sokod 1v To measure off; to line two things up beside each other; to be the same height. osyn: togkad 1, ol-olog. 2v to measure exactly the same Toptop, ka ogsokodsokod; warò ogmalayat Toptop “even” [means] that which measures exactly the same; neither is longer [than the other]. Sosokod kow. You are the same height. see: topad. 3n Anything used to measure such as a measuring stick, tape measure, or thermometer 4v To measure each other, or something pertaining to each other Ogpasoksokoroy ka mgo batò to ogdinogpak to batu ko hontow ka ogpoko-uma diò to do-ipag. The children will measure each other's stone's throw [to see] who can reach the other side [of the river with his stone]. 5To measure two things against each other.
tongà 1n A half. Nig-unawa karakoli ka sikan no kamolung, sagboka woy tongà no pulgara ka kalayati. Those beetles are the same size, one and a half inches in length. Ko ognangonan nu ka songo otow to, “Ba-ad kad on to homoy”, ogpurut sikandin to tongà. If for example [there is] a sack of rice, [if] you tell a person, "Divide it in half" he will take half. see fr.: taliwarò 4; see fr.: botak 1; osyn: ba-ad 1. 2v To have someone take half of something. Warò nigbogoy to ogpatongà ka sikan no bakotin. He didn't allow [him] to take half of those piglets. 3n Halfway. Ko nigsakoy ki to diip ligkat to Valencia, du-on ki to Bagunta-as ogpagtonga-an din to Nasuli. Ka sikan, nakataliwarò to nigsakoy. When we rode a jeep from Valencia, at Baguntaas it was halfway to Nasuli. That is, it was in the middle of the ride. see: taliwarò 1. 3.1n Boundary Ka mgo otow no du-on mgo tanò, ian pagtonga-an dan ko du-on bo-ugan. As for people who have land, if there is a creek, they will make it to be their boundry. see: indan.; see: olatan.
toptop v To cut the edge of a log so it’s smooth/even. Wà may-ayari to nigtoptop. That wasn’t cut off carefully. Toptopa’n ka kayu. Cut the edge smooth. Toptop, ka ogsokodsokod; warò ogmalayat Even is that which measures the same; neither is longer [than the other]. syn: pulpul 1; osyn: pulpul 1; gen: tampod 5.
tularong adj to be of good character; patient?? Matuarong: Diò to kanami, ko dakol ka koirapi rin, layun ogpariralom to goinawa rin no konò din maga-an igsulì. Malayat ka ogkasabukan to goinawa rin. Good character/patient?? In our place, if he is having great difficulty, he always supresses his feelings and doesn't quickly revenge. He is very patient. [Although DB had said that a person who was matuwarong had no sin, when asked later if a person who was matuwarong could still have sin he responded, Wà ta matagoi. “We don't know.” (Sinlessness may be an acquired meaning and be less absolute than the English or Greek concept of “righteousness”.)] see: moungangon.