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laplap 1n Skin, as that of a person or animal Makopal ka laplap to kalabow. The skin of a carabao is thick. see fr.: linas. 2n Outer layer, as of the bark of a tree. 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. see: linas; see: akob 1. 3v Surface, as of the surface of water. 4v To use up all of one’s changes of clothing in one day so that they are all dirty at once (characteristic of girl who wants to make an impression on some fellow).
lapok n Fallen leaves, including the fresh ones and ones that have begun to deteriorate. Ko ogkagangu ka mgo lapok, ogmaraging ko ogkadi-okan ta. When the fallen leaves have become very dry, they make noise when we step on them.
lapong n A rice storehouse or granary.
laponu n Sour rattan fruit.
lapow 1v To move to a new house. 2Wedding ceremony.
lapoy 1n A flood; deluge. Ka lapoy, sikan ka dakol no samba. A deluge, that is a large flood. see: lanog; see: samba; see fr.: lanog. 2n A huge deluge ??. 3v Flooding from a deluge. Ko ogpanlapoy, pangalap to mgo baloy ka ogka-anlas. When |[there is] flooding from a deluge, houses are carried away by the current. 4v To cover over and sourround by water in a flood. Ko ogsamba ka woig, oglapayan on ka mgo napù. When the river (lit. water) floods, the flatlands are covered [with water]. 5v To be flooded, surrounded by water; to be covered by water Nalapoy ki’t woig. We were surrounded by the water/river. Nalapoy on ka baloy ran; na-anlas on to woig. Their house was flooded/surrounded [by the water], it was carried away by the water.
lapò v To cook pig without first singeing off the hair, because it has been caught in a trap and rotted.
lapung 1adj To be thick, bushy, wide-spread (as of tree foliage and branches or of bananas which grow in bunches). Nasalupung ka bogas to bugkò no ogmalapung. The fruit of the lansones which are thick are clustered together. see fr.: mabonbon 1; see: nasagboka; see: umpung. 2v To cluster; be in groups, as grapes or grapefruit. Ka sagboka no sugpang to bugkò, oglapunglapung ka bogas din. On one branch of lansones, its fruit are in groups. Nasalopun: unawa to bogas to bugkò no ogmalapun. Clustered like the fruit of the lansones. [Like a cluster of lansones or grapefruit.] see: salupun.
lapus 1v To pierce one person and go on to hit another, as of a bullet or spear. 2To be hit by a bullet that has already gone through and killed another person in front of one.
laras 1v General: To go downriver; specific: to hike downriver. 2Mosì oglaras, woy on ogsagbit ko ligkat to Patil ka og-ulì on. Whenever he goes downriver, he does not stop enroute until he returns home coming from Patil. 3To take someone downriver. To pogko-ulug, a las sinku to maapun, no dagas ku inlaras When she fell it was five in the afternoon and I rushed to take her downriver.
larawan gen: irol.
laray v (hist.) - To sit around the side of a room on benches, as at a dance.
larong Ten or eleven chicken carriers (bangkawan) fastened together for carrying.
larung n One dozen. Ko sampulù woy darua no manuk no igtagù to kinawow, songo larung on. If twelve chickens are put inside of [individual] rattan chicken carrier(s), it is one dozen.
lasang n 1Cigar-shaped insect. 2A small stick of wood.
lasi adv Often. Di du-on og-abalang no konò ogpoko-ulang ko ognangon, malasi oglibonglibong no bali og-insa-an ko nokoy ka tu-ud din. She will come back often and finally she will be asked what her purpose is.
lasing v To be lightheaded or to be drunk as from alcohol or medication Ko ogkalasing ki no subla ka pog-imun ta, ogkatabolog ki. If we are drunk from having drunk too much, we will be lightheaded. [One can be ogkalasing “drunk” from drinking or from medication, but lightheadedness caused by illness is ogkatabolog and not considered to be ogkalasing “drunkenness”.]
laslas v To rinse mouth or container by swishing water around inside.
laslasakan n Mud.
lasopung n A cobra.
lasù n Penis.
latak n Two lengths of bamboo used on loom, on which the warp is kept taut.
latawì n A kobbiung tune.
latà v To cook until softened or mushy; overcook anything. see fr.: kobbu-ung 3; gen: sugba 1.
latì n The short, second growth of trees or forest; field that has been used for rice one year, camotes the following year, and then allowed to remain idle for restoration the third year