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bala-as 1n A swamp, or swampy area of an uncut field. Ko du-on ka niglanowlanow no woig no konò ogko-oti-an, sikan ka bala-as su warò pad aligbat makamoti. Ko ogkakamot on, ogko-oti-an on no maroyow to homoy su ogmalambog. When there is a shallow mini-lake of water which doesn’t dry up, that is a swamp because it has never (lit. not yet ever ) been cut. When it will be cut, it will dry up and the rice will be good because it will be well developed. [The area is also called bala-as because it is mabbonos (either from being full of weeds or plants.) But the area will dry up if cut so ithen it is no longer called bala-as.] 1.1v To grow [something] in a swampy area. Ogtuga lagboy ka homoy ko ogbalbala-as. The rice will be abundant if it is grown in a swampy area. 2n A stage of growth of rice when it is beginning to bud. [For taller rice, that is when it is about 4 feet high but the height of the rice would depend on the kind sown.]

balagon n Rattan. Ka doun to balagon, ogko-iling to doun to pula. Rattan leaves are similar to the leaves of the pula palm. [Kinds of rattan include: palasan, tubu, pulitì, anokot, pulapula, sipit to lombu-u, saliringan, alag, and ka-anan (Several kinds have edible heart (ubud but the heart of the ka-anan is poisonous).] 1.1v A vine that grows like a rattan?? Oghingaran no ogbalbalogon. It is called rattan-like??. spec: palasan; spec: sipit to lombu-u; spec: pulitì; spec: anokot; spec: tubu; spec: pulapula.

balagoy n To be busy. Ka anggam ku, ogkabalagoy pad to oghimu to baloy rin. Ian oghuno-on to ogsagman. My uncle is occupied by the building of his house. That is what he pays attention to first. Kabalagoy ki. We’re busy. [This implies the person is busy working at something profitable whereas if a person is ogkatalantan he may be occupied with something important or trivial so that he is distracted from what is priority.] cf: talantan 1; see: umalagon.

balakayu n 1A kind of bamboo, used for flutes (saguysuy, poluondag and to make lupit scrapers. [dark green, about 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter.; used to make an instrument for smoothing of wood or bamboo called banus.] 2Kind of rice. 3A zither (kobbiung) tune.

balbal 1n Name of evil spirit thought to enter one’s lips and cause illness characterized by excessive saliva. One refrains from partaking of death feast if drooling. Ka balbal, sagboka no busow no oglongod to otow no og-ulat ko du-on oggarabi no nigdaralu. The balbal spirit, is one kind of evil spirit which comes near people which makes a serious illness worse. [This spirit is said to take various forms such as that of a cat, a frog or a monkey.] 2v A person who is affected by this evil spirit. Balbalon ki. We’re being affected by a bblbal spirit [They believe that if one keeps looking at the person who is affected by this kind of spirit will start drooling. When the person watching sees the affected person drooling, he recognizes that the person has a balbal and says the following. However, it means that the other person has a balbal. It does not mean that he/she is also affected.]