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ma-an v 1To become familiar with as a friend. Kama-anan ta. We will find out [about something]. [DB says that the above form and meaning is Dibabawon. But Ata Manobo would say something like, Katagaanan ta ka nokoy ka ignangon din. “We will find out what he will tell us.”] 2To find out about something. Ko oglogsad ka ariplanu diò to Maambago, moon-ing ka mgo otow no ogma-anma-an ko hontow ka inlonò no magaliug. No sikan ian to ogtagataga sikandan ka ogtagbu. When the airplane lands in Maambago, many people come to find out what guests have arrived. So that’s why they come to find out. [By asking or going personally to find out about something.] see fr.: dalangin 1; see: tagataga.

mata phr.: mata to ubud; phr.: mata to aldow (poet.). 1n Eye. Ko warò ka mata to lawa ta, konò ki ogkita to ka-awangan to kalibutan woy to kausiloman. If our bodies didn't have eyes, we could not see the light of the earth or night. 2v To wake. Ogpakoro-korò ki to kiloy ta ko sikan ki pad nighimata. We wrinkle our eyebrows when we first awaken. Ka otow no warò nakagimata no nig-onow, nigtalam sikandin. A person who gets up without awaking, he is sleep-walking. [To awaken someone else is pukow.] 3State a baby finds itself in immediately after birth. Ka iam no in-anak ka batò, ian din nagimata-an ka ka-awangan to kalibutan. As for the child who is newly birthed, what awakened him is the light of the world. 4To be awakened by something. Ka amoy, ian din nagimata-an ka anak din no ungod ogsinogow. As for the father, that which awakened him was the child who was always crying. Dic Nt 24/Aug/2006 5To see but not take notice; or to watch without lifting a finger to help. Ka du-on nalonod diò to pool, moon-ing kandan ka namataan no warò nakapangabang. Natonongan no warò nokowo-il. When there was someone who drowned at the pool, there were many people who saw but didn't go to therescue. They ignored it and didn't move. Ka an-anayan no nigkita nu ka batò diò to woig, namataan ka pad. Hongkai no nabalikid ka batò, warò ka namatoi su naragap nud on. [The reasons for the above could be that one is lazy or doesn't care, but in the case of a small child that entered the water, the person was initially unaware of an emergency.] ant: sagman 1; see: tonongan.

nanoy 1adj Slow. Di mananoy ka nig-alap ku no makina su lalimma rò ka sikan no kabalyus din. But the [motorboat] motor which I had brought was slow because it only had five horsepower. 2adv take a long time. Mananoy ki ogpoko-uma su og-aligu kid on ogbayò. It takes us a long time to arrive because we have to detour (lit. go around as we pass by]. 3v To be slow to do something. Ka nanhondiò no mgo Monobo to Manilà, ogmananoy ogman-ulì dini to Davao. The Manobos who went to Manila were slow to return to Davao. 4v Be slow to carry out an activity or fulfill a request. Ka inoy no ogsugù to anak to ogpa-angoy to hapuy no malugoy ogsasindog ka batò, ogkagi ka inoy to, “Amana so-i batò no ognanoynanoy to ogkaragusu kid on to ogsugba no warò hapuy! As for the mother who orders her child to fetch fire and then the child just stands there for a long time, the mother will say, “For goodness sake this child is being slow when we are in a hurry to cook and there is no fire! Ka otow no ogboli to wasoy, ognanoynanoy ka ogpitow su ka maroyow, ogku-on din. The person who is purchasing an axe, he will be slow in looking because the one that is best (lit. good), [that is the one] he will buy. 5v Something taking a long time, or the reason for being a long time. Ian igmananoy to pog-ulì su warad igkapiliti to poglibong to pog-ulì. That which took them so long to return was because they did not have any fare with which to return home. 6Slowness. Ian igmananoy ta to ogboli to wasoy su og-iling-ilingon ta ko du-on go-at. The reason for our slowness to purchase the axe is because we will examine it like to see if it has a crack. 7v Be slow to carry out an activity or fulfill a request. Ka inoy no ogsugù to anak to ogpa-angoy to hapuy no malugoy ogsasindog ka batò, ogkagi ka inoy to, “Amana so-i batò no ognanoynanoy to ogkaragusu kid on to ogsugba no warò hapuy! As for the mother who orders her child to fetch fire and then the child just stands there for a long time, the mother will say, “For goodness sake this child is being slow when we are in a hurry to cook and there is no fire! Ka otow no ogboli to wasoy, ognanoynanoy ka ogpitow su ka maroyow, ogku-on din. The person who is purchasing an axe, he will be slow in looking because the one that is best (lit. good), [that is the one] he will buy. 8adv Wait a minute. Nanoy ka pà su ogpanapatus a pad. Wait a minute because I will put my shoes on next. see: tagad 1. 9v Dilidaly ?? 10adv To do something slowly Ko tongod to baloy no og-awos to ogmatikangon, og-alikan to nanoynanoy su awos to ogsongolan. Regarding a house which needs to be raised, it is jacked up slowly because it is necessary to block the space [made from the lift]. 11adv Very slowly. 12adv Slower.

opus 1v To finish. Ko konò ogko-opus to kagi, konò tad ogkatagaan ko nokoy ka ignangon kanta. If the speech is not finished, we don't know what a person is telling us. 2vs To be finished. Ko ogko-opus ka sigariliu no ogkatutung, ogkaragdag ka alibu rin. When a cigarette is finished burning, its ashes will drop off. Ogpokodo-ig ka hapuy to dakol no kayu. Woy ogkaparong ko ogko-opus on ka kayu. The fire of the large trees keeps burning/smoldering. It will not be extinguished until the wood is consumed. 3deriv n The end of something. Ka ko-opusan to tagdoy to homoy, diò ogbunsud to pogkohinug. [At] the end(s) of a cluster of rice grain stems, it is there [the rice] begins to ripen. Ko ogbibinayu ki to homoy, igbagdak ta to ko-opusan to andu. When we pound rice, we strike it with the end of the pestle. [The tagdoy is a group of smaller stems, or panicles of grain which form the head and are attached to the stalks by a single stem. Some objects, such as a stick, has two ends. So in the case of a written word, ko-opusan applies either to the beginning or the end of a word.] 4deriv n Extention or extremity, as of the body Ka ko-opusan to lawa ta, ka pa-a woy bolad woy ka ulu. The extention(s) of our body are the feet and hand(s) and the head. Malalab ka sulang to kalusisi di mohilow ka ko-opusan diò to tongol din. The headdress of the of the love bird is red but the extention [of the headdress] there at the back of its neck is green. 5v At a deeper level or underlyingly Nabolongbolong ka otow to ungod ogsinogow ka batò, di diò to ko-opusan [to goinawa rin], na-aras woy niglomoton din on ka batò. He was amazed that [the child] was always crying, but in his underlying feeling, he was agitated and he was insulting the child. [That is in the final analysis or extended meaning.] 6v To extend in a straight line or to be at the end of something. Malu-ag ka doun din no ogpoko-opus to lawa to sikan no kayu no kapigsula. It has wide leaves which extend in a straight line from the body of that kapigsula tree. 7v To line up one after another Ka kinagian no amba-an, darua no otow ko tatolu, og-opus-opus to og-ambò. As for the expression amba-an, two or three people line up one after another to float on some object. [such as in the following example where several people lean on the same log to float, but they will not be facing the same direction as they will be on opposite sides of a log or piece of bamboo.] 8beginning or end, ie of a word 9One behind the other. 10To line up in rows.

orol v 1To get up enough energy to do something. Og-orol-orol a to baatik ku. I'll get up enough energy [to go check on] my pig trap. Ko ogdaralu ki, oglogoslogos dò ka og-onow. Sikan ka og-orol-orol su ogpogos ki to lawa ta. When we are ill, [we] just expend great effort to get up. That is [the meaning] of managing because we force ourselves to do something (lit. force our body). [Arlyn said the following expression orol-orol might be made by an older person who does not feel so energetic but he will manage enough energy to get out to check his trap. If a person has been ill, this term implies that he is just beginning to recover but is not yet strong.] see: logoslogos. 2With negative: [not] to be able to manage well to get around Ko kulang ka langosa ta, ogkatabolog ki ko oghipanow no konò ki ogpoko-orol. If our blood is lacking we will be lightheaded when we walk and we won't be able to manage well to get around. Ka buyag no otow, konad ogpoko-orol ka oghipanow su mamasakit on ka bu-ol din The person who is old cannot manage to walk well because his/her knees hurt. Ko oggutasan ka otow, konò ogpoko-orol to ogtalabao. Warò dayagang dan. If a person is hungry, he cannot manage to work. [A person in this condition feels weak and can hardly get around and may need physical support if he/she walks very far.] 3To become ambulatory, or have the ability to walk around. Ogbuligan ta ka otow no malotoy to ogkitkit oyow ogpaka-anad to oghihipanow oyow ogpoko-orol on. We help a weak person by holding [his/her] hand so that [he/she] will gain the ability to walk so that [he/she] will be able to become ambulatory.