ma-tel
Stiff, as of starched clothes, hair, etc.
Ma-tel tang kolton tenged inalmidor.
The blanket is stiff because it was starched.
kentel, ke-tel, kimintel
For clothes, hair, etc. to become stiff; for one's neck to become
stiff; or a person to become stiff from an epileptic attack; for a
dead person to become stiff (rigor, rigormortis).
Kimintel da tang boao ong sobrang kinit.
My hair has become
stiff from the excessive heat.
Bobokal tang anga na, kakayeget tang mga isi na,
oman dayon dang kentel tang sinangoni na.
His mouth foams, his teeth clench, and then his body will
proceed to become
stiff.
Aroy, ke-tel tang likelo ong sobrang tokok.
Oh, my neck is already getting
stiff from looking down for too
long.
Kimintel da tang sinangoni tang patay.
The body of the dead person has already become
stiff.
Sigoro talabi pa sia napatay tenged ke-tel
da
tang sinangoni na.
Perhaps he already died last night because his body is already
stiff.