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go-on v To seize or confiscate something, usually an animal, for payment of a debt or to reclaim something, as an animal, which has not been paid for. 1.1v To be seized or confiscated, usually an animal for payment of a debt. "Maniò to ian a now ogkago-onan to kuddò ka warò utang ku kaniu?" “Why is it that I am the one from whom you confiscate a horse for a debt [when] I have no debt to you?” [Property seized is often not that of the debtor but may belong to another relative or member of the same village. As a result, the delinquent party may be pressured by village officials to repay the debt. If he/she cannot, others in the village may cover the debt, particularly if such intervention is needed to prevent an act of violence in retaliation due to the loss of an animal.] see fr.: gampas.

hasò 1v To scrape, grate or shred. Ka alik-ik no ogkagamit ko du-on oghasò to agoloy no mangulod no ian igbaakì... The kind of alik-ik leaf which can be used is when someone grates fresh corn which is used to make steamed [corn] bread... ...songo ogkuò ki to oghaso-on no agoloy no ogbaki-on woy ko oglugawon; songo maroyow. ...also we will get corn to grate for making steamed corn bread or for gruel; [which are] equally good. [such as corn or coconut which may be grated with a thorn or home made grater made of tin in which sharp-edged holes have been made with a nail. (One can hasò a coconut but cannot use a karuran grater on corn because the grains would just come off the cob.)] see fr.: kagud 2. 2deriv n A grater.