ambow 1n Any kind of rodent, from the largest woodchuck like marmot to various kinds of rats and mice. Ka dii to baloy no ambow, konò ogtatabunan su diò baloy oghimu to salag dan. The rodent which lives here in the house does not make a mound [living quarters] because they make a nest in the house. [A rabbit is also called an ambow because it is recognized as a rodent as is the takubung "marmot" which is similar to the woodchuck.] spec: takubung. 2deriv n The game “rat”. Ka mgo batò koy pad, ogpaligli-agoy koy dongan no ogkagian noy to, “Oghimu ki to ambow-ambow no ogtigbason noy to bolad noy ka bakalawan to duma noy.” When we were still children, we played with each other long ago and we said, “Let's make make-believe rats, and so we will strike the upper arms of our companions.” [The children form groups and take turns striking the other's upper arms. The welt formed is called an ambow “rat” which they say ran up the person's arm and will get in their armpit.] 2.1v To play the make-believe game “rat”. Ko ogkatigbas on no ogkotul on ka laplap, no ian on ka ambow no namanoik to bolad din. Sikan ka og-ambow-ambow. When we strike and then a welt forms on the skin, and that has become the rat which climbed up his arm. That is the rat [game].
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logtas 1vi To cut by repeatedly slashing as rattan or vines. Ko ogtigbason ta ka balagon no konò pad ogkapitas, og-ungoron ta to oglogtas taman to ogkapitas on. When we are slashing rattan and it hasn’t yet come apart, we continue cutting it until it is severed. gen: tampod 1. 2gen: tampod 1; osyn: gotas.
lubò v To shake as a tree or house Ka otow, niggoram to nalubò ka baloy rin no nigtigbas din ka bakosan. As for the person, he felt his house shake when he slashed the python. [as by a person or supernatural source in contrast to dinug “earthquake”.]
palì 1n An wound which breaks the skin and goes into the flesh. Ka palì, ogligkat napali-an ka otow. A injury which breaks the skin results from a person being wounded with an instrument which breaks the skin. [Either through a deliberate action or an accident. A broken bone which protrudes through the flesh also produces a wound.; An injury which breaks the skin and goes into the flesh.] spec: gabò 1. 2vs To inadvertently wound and break through the skin [into the flesh]. Ka otow no ogkatigbas, ogkapilak, ogkapusilan, ogkabalatik, ogkasalungag, ogkasial, tibò so-ini ogkapali-an. A person who is slashed, speared, shot with a gun, pierced [by a trap], or steps on sharpened bamboo stakes, all are wounded by that which breaks through the skin.
pitas 1v To tear off, as of a hole which has worn or torn through one of its edges; to tear off as kobbiung string. see fr.: bongkag 2. 2vs To separate; severe. Ko ogtigbason ta ka balagon no konò pad ogkapitas, og-ungoron ta to oglogtas taman to ogkapitas on. When we are slashing rattan and it hasn’t yet separated [from the vine] we continue cutting it until it has been severed. [Such as when a surgeon separated twins.] osyn: tigbas 1. 3An interval of time or space.
