ayam 1n A toy, pet, or favored thing. 2n A domesticated animal or bird. Tibò ayam du-on agasan di ka manuk, warò su kai to kiliran ka pa-a ran. All domesticated animals have hips but the chicken doesn’t [have hips] because its feet are [attached] at the side. 3v To keep as a pet or domesticated animal; treasure or store up something. Ko kandila-on ka ikug to itù, konò og-ayam to mgo otow su nahan dan no pamalili. If the tail of a puppy is tipped with white [resempling the flame of a candle], people will not make a pet of it because they think it is bad luck. 3.1v To domesticate; make a pet of something. Ka otow duon salapi din no sasiam do pisus ka imboli rin to limukon no og-ayamon din. A person had just nine pesos with which he bought a dove which he [would] domesticate. 3.2v To give something, especially to a child, to play with or be preoccupied with such as a toy or pacifier. 4deriv n A treasure; something stored up as valuable to that person. 4.1v To hoard. Ka batò ko ogpako-on no mananoy ogtakas, og-ay-ayaman din ka ko-onon din. Igpoima to unawa rin no batò. The child who is slow to finish what he was given to eat, he is hoarding his food. He uses it to make other children like him jealous. see: nugun 1. 5deriv n Person who raises and takes care of animals. 6deriv n Person who has a lot of different kinds of favorite things.
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bagtù 1n Good or bad omen. Ko maro-ot ka bagtù to otow, konò din ogto-od su ogkahawiran sikandin. If the person's omen is bad, ge will not proceed because he is being held back. Ko maroyow ka nigdinog to otow no kutol to limukon, ogto-od sikandin ka ogmangayow su ogbagtu-an. If a person has heard a good call from a dove, he will be successful in raiding because he has a good omen. [Where the dove is in relation to a person when it calls determines whether the call is a good or bad omen.] 2v Bagtu-an ki. We have received a [good] omen.
bingbing v 1Pinch and pull someone; esp. on the cheek. Nigbingbing to inoy ka apongag to anak din su konò og-ulì ka ungud ogli-ag. The mother pinched and pulled the cheek of her child (lit. offspring) because he was always playing [and] wouldn’t come home. 2For a noose to tighten on the neck of a bird or other animal. 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. There was a person who placed 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. see: hilut₁.
bottolbottol v To be called on by a dove at the same time one is doing something which is considered a bad omen if one bugsù continues what he was doing or intending to do. Ka otow no ogligkat on ka oghondiò to kamot din no nigbottolbottol ka limukon ka nigkutol, warò pad sikandin nigparagas nighipanow diò to kamot din su nigli-on din pad ka limukon. The person who was leaving to go to his field when he was called on with a bad omen by the dove who called, he did not continue to go to his field because he heeded the dove. [For example if he were about to leave at the same time as one dove calls to his left, he will stop what he is doing and wait a while. If there is no further call, he will proceed. However, if there is a simultaneous call of one dove to his right and an another at his left, he will stretch out his arms in the two directions because that is a believed by them to be a very bad omen signifying that there are raiders and it would be considered dangerous to go ahead and leave.]
dongan 1adv Long time ago; a previous time. Ka alamara dongan, maro-ot su ogpanhimatoy to warò salò. As for armed bands long ago, they were bad because they massacured (lit. multiple-killed) those who had no fault. see fr.: gaapun. 2v Two events, or more, occurring simultaneously [at a previous time.] Ka otow no oglogsad to tanò, ko ogpakarongan to ogkutol ka limukon, konò ogto-od to ogpamano-ug to tanò ka otow. As for a person who is stepping down [to the ground from his house], i f he happens to be doing that at the same time a dove calls, he/she will not go ahead with climbing down to the ground. see fr.: salinongan; see fr.: dagsò; see: salang 1.
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.??
kutol v A dove’s call. Ka otow no oglogsad to tanò, ko ogpakarongan to ogkutol ka limukon, konò ogto-od to ogpamano-ug to tanò ka otow. As for a person who is stepping down [to the ground from his house], i f he is doing that at the same time a dove calls, he/she will not go ahead with climbing down to the ground. [Its “tootootootoo” is believed to predict future events.]
labak n Warning of death by two dove calls simultaneously on both sides of a person so that the people return to or remain at home. Ko du-on ogbottolbottol no limukon no ogpokoglimang kanta du-on to kawanan woy gibang, sikan ka ogpakadoropa ki. Sikan ka labak. Ka lituk to labak, ogpakasagad ki to mangayow ko ogparagas ki. If there is a dove by an omen dove on our left and our right which happens simultaneoulys to our [doing something /going somewhere], that is when we have to stretch out our arms. That is the labak omen. The meaning of labak is that we will be caught by the raiders if we continue.
li-on v 1To heed an order/custom as groom who must return home after his wedding. Ogli-on; oghondiò [ka nokogtu-on] to inoy rin. The groom heeds the custom/warning; he returns to his mother [following the marriage ceremony]. [In the Ata Manobo culture, it is deemed important that the newly married groom return his soul to his home place.] 2To heed a warning. Ka otow no ogligkat on ka oghondiò to kamot din no nigbottolbottol ka limukon ka nigkutol, warò pad sikandin nigparagas nighipanow diò to kamot din su nigli-on din pad ka limukon. The person who was leaving to go to his field when he was called on with a bad omen by the dove who called, he did not continue to go to his field because he heeded the dove.
pakang v 1To attach firmly, as with a nail, thumbtack.or put on or in firmly (as camote in a dove’s feeding container, or a bolo stuck on a stump, or as paper clips.) Du-on mgo litaratu no igpakang ta to alabat no igmaroyow to pogpitow. There are pictures which we attach to the wall which is good to look at. [This applies to fastening something to a wall with a nail or thumbtacks or fastening a pattern to a piece of material with straight pins.] 2Stick something firmly into something else, as a knife is stuck into a stump. Igpakang nu ka mo-irob diò to tu-od. Stick the knife into the stump. see: sanggat 1. 3Stick something into a small appreture??, as food into a bird's bamboo feeding tube. Pakangi nu ka limukon to mundù. Give the dove some camote. see: dasok 1. 4Become lodged in something, as a knife that is thrown Du-on otow no nigpalatok din ka duma rin to tag-i, di diò dò nakapakang to alabat. Saul cast a knife/sword at David but it just happened to lbecome lodged in the wall.
tapid 1v To put in order, arrange. see fr.: tonos 1. 2v To put in proper position, as a baby before birth. Ko ogkapanoy ogkatapid ka batò diò to diralom to gotok, oglomulan ka inoy ko og-anak. If the baby (lit. child) in the abdomen has been properly positioned ahead of time, the mother will have it easier when she gives birth. 3v To be orderly Ko og-ay-ayaran ka batasan ta ogmatapid ka kanta no pogko-otow. If we are careful about our conduct, our lives will be orderly. 4adj orderly, well-behaved Diò to kanami, og-awoson to matapid ki oyow konò ki ogkaboinan. In our place, it is necessary that we be well-behaved so that we won't be discredited (??) Ko ogka-asawa rin on, ogbulasan din on ka taloy-u no insabuk din oyow ogkatapid ka doromdom to sikan asawa rin. When they have become married, he will perform a cerimony to remove the charm which he placed [on her] so that his wife's thinking will become normal again. 5Drizzly light morning rain during time immediately following rice harvest (good for coming one’s bangs.) Bunu-on ki ko kò ki ogkatapid to limukon. We’ll be murdered if we aren’t set straight by the dove.
tapuk v A warning call of the omen dove limukon. Nigtapuk ka limukon. The dove called. Tapukon ki. It’s call was significant to us. [If a person goes out of his house and a dove calls at the same time, Oglimukanan. He will go back into his house and wait for about a half hour. If the dove does not call again he will go ahead but if it calls again he will not go because they believe this is a sign of danger.]
tomu 1v To connect, come together, as fields Ko nigkamot ka diò limang to bubungan no nakagomow kad diò to songo du-on kamot, nokoglawang ka olin kamot. Nokogtomu on. If you cut a field on the other side of a mountain and go up over the top [where] there is another field, the fields joined each other. They have come together. see fr.: lawang 3. 2v To come together; to meet at a certain place from different directions Ko du-on “meeting”, ogpokogtomutomu ka mgo otow no pakitkito-oy. When there is a meeting, [many] people come together and see each other. 3v To meet. Ko du-on otow no ogpanumbaloy no ligkat to Kapalong, ogpatomu kanta diò to babalakan oyow ogpoko-untul to baloy ta oyow konò ogkalagaklagak. If there is someone who will come from Kapalong for a visit, [he] will have us meet him at the junction [of ??] so that he can find our house so that he won't get lost. osyn: tagbu; see: tagbu. 4v To join something together, such as fields Warò dan pogtomua to pogkamot. They didn't join [the fields] by cutting. 5v Come together (to fight) [come at each other ???] Si Dabid woy si Goliat, nigpatomtomuoy ko nigpo-og-ogotoy David and Goliath, they came at each other when they fought each other. see: po-og-ogotoy. 6Wà dod nigtotomu ka bokog. The bones [on baby’s head] haven’t grown together yet. 7v herald?? Talagtomu ka limukon. The dove is a herald [that someone is coming]. [The dove is the herald/one who brings people together?? (A dove call in front of one indicates he will meet someone coming from the opposite direction.)] 8v To come alongside. Ko mabogat ka og-alapon to duma ta, ogtomuon ta to ogbulig. If our companion is carrying something heavy, we will come alongside to help. [In the following example, the ones wanting to help are moving toward the one to be helped. The helpee is not moving toward the helpers.]
