dokdok v 1Pound, as with a hammer, stone or other object. Ko oghimu ki to baloy, oggamiton ta ka martiliu no ogdokdok to lansang. When we make a house, we use a hammer to pound a nail. Ko ogkuò ki to ig-alabat to baloy no linas to langilan, ogdokdokon ta ka laplap din oyow oglokò. When we get the bark of the langilan [tree] to wall a house, we pound its outer layer (lit. skin) so that it will come loose. 2Pound with a small pestle, such as tobacco or betelnut. Ka mo-ilow pad no doun to tabakù woy ko mamo-on, ogdokdokon to maintok no losung. Maintok no putow ka igdokdok. As for the still green leaves of tobacco, or betel nut, they are pounded in a small mortar. A small piece of iron is used to pound it. An-anayan, ogdokdokan dan pad to kayu. Ko ogmalunoy on, oghalinon dan on diò to do-isok no losung no diò dan ogbinayuan. First, they pound it will a small [piece of] wood. When it has become smooth, they transfer it to a small mortar and then they pound it there with a pestle. see: binayu 1. 3see: dukduk.
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sobu₂ 1n Temper, as hardness of steel. Ka mo-irob no warad sobu, manguod on no konad ogkagamit su konò og-utong su warad galang. The knife which has no more temper has become raw and cannot be used because it will not cut because there is no more [sharp] edge. 2v To temper, as steel to make it hard. Ka mo-irob no warad on galang, ogpagbalon ta to hapuy. Ko ogmalalab on ka mo-irob, igsugbuk tad to magsil no woig oyow ogkasobuan on no ogmabasag on ka putow. Ligkat to pogsobu, ig-olod ta diò to asaiti oyow igmaroyow to putow no konò ogkagopù. [DB says this concerns tempering metal that is not sharp. They put it in the fire until it is red hot and then plung it into cold water.]