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mangalak (der. of alak) trans. to build an irrigation canal. Sim: mamatung.

mamatung (der. of batung) intrans. to build a stone dam so water will enter an irrigation canal. Mamatung da ta adi matdukan nadan payo. They are building a stone-dam so that the ricefields will not dry up. Sim: mangalak.

kallakal 1comm. mole cricket; edible, burrows in the earth. Tumakutak hi kallakal. I am afraid of crickets. Waday mihdan kallakal. There is an edible cricket. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.) 2trans. to gather edible crickets. Mangalakal da nadan u-unga handi munggaud nadan ammod da. The children were gathering crickets when their parents were spading the fields. maN‑/naN‑.

galak comm. the dregs of coffee or tea; the sediment of coffee or tea. Iwelem nan galak nah aldattan. Throw away the dregs of coffee through the back door. (sem. domains: 5.2.3.6 - Beverage.)

alak 1comm. irrigation canal. Maid di liting nah alak. There’s no water in the irrigation canal. Mibakilang kanuh Abe nah alak ot kanana kanuy “Aday, aday, aday, aday. According to him, he lay down in the ditch and he said “Ow, ow, ow, ow.” Sim: paluk, boy’a, kanal. (sem. domains: 6.6.7 - Working with water.) 2trans. to build an irrigation ditch. <With this affixation the agent-subject is fronted and cross-referenced.> Hi Jose di mangalak hitu. Jose wil build the canal here. maN‑/naN‑. der. mangalak

tubi trans. to arrange the marriage of a child. Initbiyak handih kagolang ku mu immongalak ya adik pinhod nan ek nitbiyan. A marriage was arranged for me when I was a child but when I grew up, I did not like the one I was engaged to. i‑/iN‑, mi‑/ni‑. Sim: mom-on. (sem. domains: 2.6.1 - Marriage.) infl. itbi