Agutaynen - lotaw

lotaw

-om-

For something to float on the surface of water.

lutang; litaw

Indi ra lontaw tang kasil tenged may wi na ra ong teled.

The outrigger won't float anymore because it is full of water.

Yading loltaw ong tinimplao ang kapi.

There are lots of things floating [on the surface] of the coffee I mixed up.

lolotaw-lotaw

For something to float, bob around on the surface, without going forward.

Way, may lantsa ong laod ang lolotaw-lotaw lamang.

Look, there's a launch out at sea that's just floating (i.e. not going forward).

magpaltaw

ipaltaw

To take a boat from dry dock and launch it in the water (lit. to cause a boat to float).

Ipaltaw da mandian tang motor ang mabael ang ba-long natapos.

The large motorboat that was just finished being built is about to be launched.

lotaw

The waterline of a boat; the part of the hull which is above the waterline.

Ge-ley lamang tang lotaw amen tenged dorong karga.

The hull of our boat was just a little bit above the waterline because there was so much cargo.

pa-law

A toy boat made of wood or bamboo.

palotaw

Small doughy balls cooked in coconut milk which float to the surface when fully cooked.

lotaw, mapaltaw

For something to appear out of the water; for something to float up or come up to the surface, i.e. to surface.

Ong pagboat tang Dios tang kalibotan, ganing tanandia, “Mamagara-pen ong tanga logaran tang wing don ong babakan tang langit agod lontaw tang tanek.”

When God created the world he said, “Let all the water down below the sky be gathered into one place so that the land will appear.”

Golping napaltaw tang yan ang mabael ong toga tang bilog ang agtāyan amen.

Suddenly the huge fish surfaced right next to the small outrigger we were riding in.