Tboli - English


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sakay1vTo ride.
saki11.1nA cowrie shell, white with brown spots, used to burnish and shine abaca cloth.1.2vTo burnish and shine Tboli abaca cloth with a cowrie shell.
sakub11.1nDipper, anything used for dipping water or rice from a sack.Ke deng sóól twogun omin le kminì ne muta le, ne mò le knuhom. Ke deng deng ke wen knuhom, omin le hemsù du te blogo, là bud blay du ne yem blogo ne yem sakub halay, abay se deng wen liihen bélê le.When (the rice) is already at the older sibling stage (almost mature), then they make a family feast and harvest and make puffed rice. When they have finished making the puffed rice, then they place it on top of the betel nut box, (signifying that) they won't give the betel nut box or the rice dipper away, because it is already taboo for them to do so.1.2vTo use a dipper; to dip.
sakuf1vTo include, to take in a whole area, as being under one's jurisdiction.cflakuf 1.1
sakung1adj(In old age) chin and knees meet.When a person starts not to be able to walk or move around freely because of old age, he just stays by the firetable for warmth until he dies. What he can do is very limited to just lying down, sitting and walking a few steps for waste disposal.synkogò 1.1
sakù11.1nSack.Ke yó nógówem lewu lata efet sotu sakù, tódô blay le kóm yó.(At harvest time) if you go to get two cans up to a sack, they'll just give it to you.1.2vTo store, keep, put things in a sack.
sal1advAlways.Sal gel wen henyuhen kun mò gunun ma kenen ne hlahen.He always puts some (rice) away for his food and for planting again.cfgel 1
sala2idiom ofsala1 1.2To make a nest.
salaf11.1nA funnel-shaped net for fishing, made from abaca.1.2vTo fish using this net.cfbu1 1.2
salang1nThe last small, unsaleable leaves on a tobacco plant.
salà keswì1exprIndicating one chose the reverse of the right choice, as in choosing items of lower value or quality.
salì1vTo count pieces of property by using sticks, as at the beginning of a case to know how much property one has already given.cfsken 1.2fromken2nThe grain in meat.The grain in each kind of meat is different.
salu1nThe fluid that seeps or oozes out of rotting flesh, as after a person dies.Deng sut saluhen tau mlef tu.The fluid of that dead person there has started to come out.
salud11.1nBamboo tube wine container.Salud tifas yem dou kobong nwit.The wine container is the bamboo tube I am bringing.1.2vTo use this wine container.
salù1vTo praise, exalt something or someone.syndóyón 1.2
samal1vTo catch an object thrown by another person.
sambag1nTamarind tree and its fruit.Tamarindus indica.
sambì11.1nLoose change, coins.1.2v(Of money) to change large bills into smaller denominations.cffilak 1.2
samuk11.1nA serious offense; crime relating to an unlawful sexual act.1.2vTo commit a serious offense or crime.syndà yehen 1.2dà 2sdà 1.1dà 2
samul1v(Of a baby's mouth) to encircle a nipple.
samut1vTo add to or collect little by little, as food, anger or details.synsegleg 1.1cfsilek 1.2