B - b

'baag   v. heat in fire till red-hot.

ba'aw   n. food carried for a journey.

'baay   n. thorny vine with a large yellow tuber root. Tuber is edible when properly prepared by peeling, slicing, covering in ashes, then drying. When dry, it is soaked in the river overnight. The ashes are washed away the next day. It is then ready for cooking. Usually eaten only during famine. Tops are roasted, pounded together with earthworms, and thrown in the river as a fish poison. Fish will surface drugged. See: saeng'kugi.

'baba   v. carry s.t. or s.o. on the back; if a basket, the straps are slung on the shoulders.

v. for animals to mate, the male riding on the back of the female.

'bà-bà   n. mouth.

'babae   n. soul of a living person which goes around harassing and harming people, usually at night.

baba'nganon   n. medium sized tree with fruit the size of tennis balls. Fruit is a favorite food of hornbills.

babay'lanon   See main entry: 'baylan.

ba'bid   adj. contrary, of a person; slow-witted.

ba'bow   n. top of s.t.

'babow   adj. shallow. Aff: ma-.

'babuy   n. pig.

maba'buy   adj. of an area populated with many wild pigs.

ba'das   adj. poor-shot, of a person who cannot hit a target.

ba'daw   See main entry: ba'jaw.

'badbad   v. untie; unravel; unweave.

n. young unraveled frond of a palm tree.

ba'dì   n. small curved knife usually used for splitting betel nut. Also used for slicing betel and ecmo leaf, and for splitting and cleaning rattan.

'badlis   v. score or make a line on a surface.

n. line; mark.

'badlok   n. silt left on a riverbank after high water recedes.

'badow   See main entry: 'baedow.

'badu   See main entry: 'baju.

ba'dubu   n. medium sized softwood tree that bears small round purple and green edible fruit the size of a marble with four segments.

'badut   v. uproot, yank or pull out s.t. that is quite firmly implanted, such as a post or stick. OvSyn: 'dutdut, 'pispis.

baè   Variant: 'bayà. n. fortune; omen. OvSyn: pama'lihi. See main entry: ti'mayà.

'bae-as   n. tall, sharp bladed grass that grows in swampy places.

ka'bae-asan   n. place where 'bae-as grass grows. Usually swampy lowlands.

'baebag   n. horizontal obstruction.

v. erect a horizontal obstruction.

n. basket like fish trap woven from bamboo strips placed horizontally in the water with the funnel entrance facing downwards. For small fish ('po-it).

'baebagan   n. longitude; imaginary line stretching north-south, that divides east from west.

'baebatà   Variant: beybatà. n. young teenage male around ten to twenty years of age. See main entry: 'batà.

'baebawan   n. small melon about ten inches long and four inches in diameter; honeydew melon. Syn: an'timun. Edible flesh is yellow and slightly sweet.

'baeboy   v. play the drum.

n. rhythm.

'baeboy to 'gimbae   n. specific rhythm. Some rhythms include the following: bi'naylan 'ritual dance'; mi'nangguyangan 'war dance'; 'binanug 'courtship dance'; pi'nandanggu 'ritual dance'; ba'limbà 'social dance'; 'saut or si'neg 'war dance'; ki'nampilan 'bolo war dance'.

'baedi   n. necklace. Usage: archaic.

'baedow   Variant: 'badow. n. straight double edged dagger with a blade about ten inches long.

bi'naedow   n. dagger shaped peg in the center of a fowl trap where the decoy bird is tied.

'baegbag   v. meet s.o. at a certain place by arrangement. OvSyn: 'tagbu.

'baegon   n. rattan.

v. gather rattan.

'Baehinoy   n. name of a mythical person.

'baehiwey   Variant: 'baehiwid; 'bahiwey. v. misalign s.t. out of symmetry; place s.t. out of its proper quadrilateral, equilateral, or isosceles position.

'baehiwid   See main entry: 'baehiwey.

'baehiwoy   n. strand; fiber.

'bae-i   n. parent of child's spouse.

mag'bae-i   n. relationship between parents of a married couple.

baek   See main entry: 'bayak.

bae'kiki   Variant: ba'kiki. adj. black and white color of a kind of chicken or bird.

'baeknan   n. kind of large rectangular basket carried on the back like a backpack. OvSyn: 'babahan. Made of rattan, usually solid, with large outward facing double doors.

'baekung₁   Variant: 'bakung. n. spider lily, a medicinal plant. Crinum asiaticum. Leaves are long and thick. Flower is white. Stalk contains juice used for medicine in treatment of 'pasngu sickness or malaria.

'baekung₂   Variant: 'bakung. n. large basket for storing rice or corn made from the bark of the a'gahon tree.

'baenak   Variant: 'baenok. n. large silver freshwater mullet. Mugilidae.

'baengas   n. wild rambutan tree or fruit.

'baengità   adj. sensitive, of a person who can see spirits and other invisible beings; also of a person who easily finds lost, missing or hidden objects; perceptive; clairvoyant. See main entry: 'kità.

'baengog   n. skull of a person or animal. Syn: bobou'ngon, ya'ngag.

'baengagon   adj. large, of s.o.'s head.

'baengow   n. rainbow. Believed to be a manifestation of the god of war. At one end of the rainbow is a tortoise, about a fathom long.

'baengsì   See main entry: 'baensì.

'baenok   See main entry: 'baenak.

'baensì   Variant: 'baengsì; ba'yansì. n. thunderstorm.

v. for thunder and lightning to occur. OvSyn: 'yugung.

'baentì   n. medium sized tree with large leaves and branches like inverted tripods. Bark used for dyeing; pith in the middle of the trunk is soft and foamy; wood easy to split; branches used as chair legs.

'bae-os   v. for prepared food to spoil or turn rancid.

'bae-ot   v. mix; mingle. OvSyn: sakot.

baes   adj. rough. Aff: ma-, Ant: a'linoy, 'hinglis.

'baetbat   v. fence an area to keep out animals which might spoil a crop. OvSyn: 'aebat, 'ayad, ku'dae.

'baetik   n. spear trap for catching large animals (e.g. pigs, deer) or people. Consists of a sharpened stake attached to a young sapling which is bent back and acts as a spring.

v. trap an animal with a 'baetik trap.

bae'tinow   n. type of hard black stone in river beds.

'baetung   n. cow peas; bean; string beans; baguio beans.

'bae-ugtu   See main entry: bi'yugtu.

'baga   n. ember.

v. heat metal.

'bagà   n. lungs.

ba'gaay   n. kind of wine made with honey.

baga'baga   n. kind of small reddish wasp that makes a mud nest.

ba'gad   exis. is natural, traditional or customary.

ba'gae   n. stem of the ecmo vine. Used as ingredient of betelnut quid instead of ecmo leaves if there are no leaves.

Baga'isan   n. Bagaisan lake.

ba'gakis   n. ritual belt worn by a priest or priestess. Made out of braided cords of 'nitù vine strips and human hair; bundles of dried aromatic herbs, seeds, bark, roots, shells and charms are attached to it.

ba'gakwang   Variant: ba'kagwang. n. spine; backbone.

'bag-ang   n. molar.

v. bite using the molars.

bi'nag-ang   n. pandan leaves which have been stripped and are wider (about half inch wide) than the usual size of stripped pandan leaves (about quarter inch wide), so called because it is about the size of a molar. Used for weaving large baskets and mats.

ba'gani   n. warrior. Refers to a man who has killed many people. He is possessed by a spirit called taeg'busow who incites (pa'majà) him to kill.

baga'now   n. puddle.

'bagdak   v. force s.t. pointed downward with stabbing motion; kill an animal with such a motion; pound s.t. into the ground such as a post or stick.

'bagdu   See main entry: 'bagju.

bagibi'tan   n. water level line.

'bag-id   v. rub back and forth against s.t. From: Cebuano.

ba'ginas   n. trail left by a person or animal through grass or dirt.

'bagjang   n. large inedible elephant ear yam plant that grows in swampy places. Used in stopping severe weather by magic, by covering a tree stump with a leaf; sap causes severe itching.

'bagjaw   v. roam around.

'bagju   Variant: 'bagdu. n. typhoon.

'bagkos   n. belt.

v. wear a belt. An amulet is sometimes placed in the belt during pregnancy to protect the baby and for easy delivery.

'bagkot   v. tie or bundle objects together.

n. s.t. used for tying or bundling objects together.

'bagnot   n. grass.

ma'bagnot   adj. grassy.

'bagnus   v. uproot a plant.

'bag-od   v. arm wrestle.

ba'goyboy   n. young flower of palm trees, especially betelnut. Used as decoration for altars (ang'kawan, 'angkow and 'angkae).

'bagsak   n. mud.

adj. muddy.

bag'sangan   n. grey shrimp like crustacean about six inches long with medium sized pincers.

'bagtì   v. for a branch of a tree to snap or break; for s.o. to break off a branch of a tree without tools.

'bagting   v. make a ringing noise, as a bell.

bag'tingan   n. bell.

'bagtù   v. for a dove to whinny or make a trilling sound. Usage: Adgawan dialect. When heard in the direction ahead and two to three o'clock or nine to ten o'clock from the perspective of a traveller, it is considered a good omen. If farther back, it is a bad omen.

v. for a turtle-dove to make a whinnying sound from the direction two to three o'clock or nine to ten o'clock from the perspective of a traveller. Usage: Gibong dialect. Considered a good omen.

'bag-u   adj. new, before.

bagu'bae   v. beat s.o. or an animal severely.

'bagubagu   interj. stop! earthquake! exclamation uttered in the hopes of stopping an earthquake.

bagu'dilà   n. pancreas.

ba'gumbà   n. kind of grass with sharp bladed leaves that grows in big clumps.

ba'gumbun   See main entry: ba'gunbun.

ba'gunbun   Variant: ba'gumbun. n. type of sand consisting mostly of sand and some plant residue; sandy loam.

ba'gutbut   v. complain.

ba'guyus   n. sound of strong wind.

'bagwae   v. break up soil with a sharp pointed stick.

'bagyoy   n. bow and arrow used for hunting small prey such as fish, fowl, monkeys and lizards. Double or triple pronged barbed metal arrowhead is attached to the arrow shaft (daga'sà) with a string and is detachable. Arrowhead will be embedded in the prey, while the shaft serves as a float (in water), called pa'taw, or an anchor (on land).

n. arrowhead.

ba'hada   n. steep downhill grade. Syn: baki'lid. From: Spanish.

ba'hae   v. ferment tuba.

n. coconut sap (tuba) that is highly fermented but not yet vinegar. Maintained as fermented tuba and not vinegar by constant transfer of container, removing the residue.

ba'hag   n. g-string.

pama'hag   v. wear g-strings.

'tamahag   adj. of a person who always and only wears g-strings.

'bahan   n. sawed lumber.

bi'nahan   adj. sawn, of lumber.

ba'handì   n. jar made of 'tisà, which is harder than clay. Silver in color but darkens as it ages. Used to hold rice wine, sugar cane wine, etc.

n. sacred porcelain jar with tiger head handles and dragon figures on the body. Used as the seat for an inductee during induction (yug'natan) as a chief or warrior.

n. wealth of a person as indicated by possessions.

baha'on   v. sneeze.

v. abort journey. Abort a journey when a person or animal in a travelling party sneezes because of the belief that misfortune will befall if the journey continues.

'bahaw   n. leftover or cold food.

v. cool down to room temperature.

v. for emotion to subside.

'bahì   n. fishtail palm. Caryota sp. Top is edible and also a source of tuba ('tunggang). Wood used as flooring. Core used to propagate edible larvae (a'batod).

'bahin₁   v. divide.

n. share.

'bahin₂   prep. about.

ba'hit   v. for a wild pig to eat agricultural crops.

'bahiwey   See main entry: 'baehiwey.

'bahog   v. warn or stop s.o. from doing s.t., usually s.t. bad or dangerous.

'bahuy   Variant: 'pahuy. v. stop wind, rain, thunder and lightning by magic. Using a ladle for wind and rain; 'tubli roots for lightning and thunder; and a command to stop.

'bai   n. female chief; title of a female tribal leader.

'baid   v. ask permission from s.o. to leave or to do s.t.

'bais   n. kind of wine made by boiling honey with water and adding a kind of rhizome ('yangkuas).

ba'jà   v. for a supernatural being to cause s.t. to happen, esp. to humans. Aff: paN-.

'bajà   v. travel a certain route.

baja'anan   n. passageway.

ba'jabas   n. guava fruit.

'bajad   v. pay.

n. charge.

tingba'jad   n. time to pay due debts.

ba'jaku   n. whistler; small brown insect eating bird. Pachycephala sp.

ba'jaw   Variant: ba'daw; ba'yaw. n. brother-in-law.

magba'jaw   adj. the relation of two males, one of which is a brother of the other's wife.

From: Cebuano.

bajo'kò   Variant: bako'kò. n. mumps; double chin.

'bajow   v. raise.

ba'jawon   v. raise.

'baju   Variant: 'badu. v. pound with pestle, esp. rice.

bi'naju   n. rice after pounding.

ba'jun   v. approve or like s.t. that a person does; consider s.t. that a person does right.

'baka   n. cow.

'bakà   n. jaw.

'bakad   v. for the belly of a person to be constipated.

ba'kadan   v. for s.o. to have constipation.

ba'kae   v. plant rice by drilling.

'bakae   v. for a snake to bite s.o.

ba'kagwang   Variant: ba'gakwang. n. spine; backbone.

ba'kaka   n. large kingfisher which nests in steep riverbanks.

'bakan   n. kind of tree that bears flowers only during the rainy season. Litsea sp. Thought to cause cold-like disease in chickens.

v. for chickens to suffer from a cold-like disease.

'bakas   adj. industrious. Aff: ma-.

ba'key   n. thumb or big toe.

'bakhoy   adj. dry and tough, of cooked starches such rice, sweet potato and yams.

ba'kì   n. corn snack made from grated young corn wrapped in corn sheaths and boiled.

ba'kiki   See main entry: bae'kiki.

ba'kilid   n. slope.

bina'kilid   adj. for a pig to be laying on its side tied on the sacrificial table ready to be sacrificed.

ba'kit   n. castrated pig.

'baknà   adj. half full.

'baknit   v. trip outer layer off abaca.

ba'kod   adj. for a part of the body such as the eye or the belly to feel uncomfortable, as when having foreign particles under the lower eyelid. Aff: ma-.

bako'kò   See main entry: bajo'kò.

bako'san   n. python.

bi'nakosan   n. kind of design in weaving, beadwork and tatooing.

'baktas   v. walk a long distance. Syn: po'tos.

'baktin   n. piglet.

baku'kang   n. cockroach.

ba'kukang   n. large skin ulcer.

'bakung   See main entry: 'baekung.

bak'yow   v. raise hand/arm.

n. armband made of 'nitù vine or brass.

bak'yawan   n. arm.

bala'la   adj. for bananas to have hard, reddish spots, indicating woody flesh. OvSyn: 'bugtok.

ba'laod   n. law.

ba'law   adj. yellow-orange colored with white spots, of a chicken.

'balbas   v. shave hair from the face or head.

n. razor. From: Spanish.

'balhin   v. transfer residence or objects to another location.

ba'li   v. of two possible positions of s.t, to be the wrong way.

v. turn s.t. over, around, or inside-out.

'bali₁   adv. finally.

'bali₂   n. value.

v. buy s.t. on credit.

ba'libad   v. make an excuse; refuse a request.

ba'lidbid   n. tenderloin, muscles stretching along the spine.

ba'ligà   v. enlist volunteer help.

paba'ligà   v. work voluntarily.

ba'ligdà   See main entry: ba'ligjà.

ba'ligjà   Variant: ba'ligdà. v. sell.

n. things for sale.

'balihow   Variant: 'walihow. n. large hardwood tree with edible sour fruit. Good for building materials.

bali'hukù   n. fragrant medicinal herb. OvSyn: 'kadlom, 'kadiyà.

'balik   v. return. From: Cebuano.

bali'kid   v. turn s.t. around or over.

v. for situations to change.

bali'koskos   v. wrap a cloth around the body; wrap a cloth around the body unde the arms.

bali'kù   adj. crooked.

v. make s.t. crooked.

ba'limbà   n. kind of rhythm.

bali'ngag   adj. contrary, of a person; slow-witted. OvSyn: ba'bid.

ba'linggot   v. tie tightly.

bali'ngotngot   v. tie tightly so that it is difficult to undo. Idiom: Madali ogkabalingot-ngot to apodu. ‘Become easily upset.’.

balin--on   Variant: ben--on. affix. adjectival affix denoting having a pronounced tendency towards the state or action expressed by the root.

ba'lintuad   v. overturn s.t.

ba'lintung   v. tumble, flip or roll over several times. Aff: na-.

ba'lintus   v. tie a knot.

n. knot. Traditionally, knots (usually on a rattan strip) were used to keep track of time and activities, much like a calendar.

v. for potential fruit on a tree to bud in clusters, such as 'bugkà and 'kaepi.

ba'liog   n. choker worn around the neck made of beads.

'bal-is   v. sliver or strip off the outer layer of bamboo.

n. strips or slivers of the outer layer of bamboo. Used in weaving.

n. knife made out of a sliver of the outer layer of bamboo. Used to cut the umbilical cord or tobacco leaves.

ba'liskad   v. turn s.t. over.

ba'liskog   n. collarbone.

ba'litaw   interj. correct! exclamation of agreement.

ba'litì   n. balete tree ; strangler fig. The root of this tree, when pounded, is good for healing broken bones and sprains.

bali'tongtong   n. house beam where studs are attached.

ba'litos   n. vertical stripe on an animal.

ba'liya   n. peg of a rooster trap (ka'liyas). There are four pegs in one trap.

bali'yahon   n. pancreas.

bali'yayà   n. small black and white insect eating bird with some yellow and rose colored spots. Harpactes ardens.

'balsa   n. large raft; floating house.

bal'sada   v. haul s.t. on a sledge.

'balsahan   n. sledge.

ba'lulu   n. kind of small freshwater fish about ten inches long.

'bamban   Variant: 'banban. n. kind of plant from which cord for sewing nipa is obtained. Outer layer is stripped and made into cords.

'bambu   n. walking cane.

'bana   n. husband.

ba'nà   v. give or host a party or special meal in honor of s.o.

'banaba   n. medium sized hardwood medicinal tree. Bears violet or pink flowers; dry leaf is used for kidney cure, boil and drink; bark is used for dysentery and other similar diseases, boil and drink.

ba'nae   adj. for a trail to be clear. Aff: ma-.

'banagan   n. dragonfly.

bana'ulì   v. cure s.o. from sorcery. Potions or ointments are used as a cure for victims of sorcery such as 'kumitan or 'yumajan.

'banban   See main entry: 'bamban.

'bandog   n. radiance.

ba'nga   v. for a house or field to remain unfinished.

'banga   n. kind of poisonous palm found in the forest.

'bangan   v. ambush or wait for s.o. along a path; block or put s.t. across a path.

ba'nganba'ngan₂   n. kind of large and poisonous mushroom.

ba'ngan-ba'ngan₁   v. defend s.o. verbally to s.o. who does not yet know the offense, without stating the offense.

ba'ngas   adj. bald on the top only.

'bangbang   v. notch steps on a tree or a slope.

ba'ngey   v. chock s.t. to prevent it from rolling; elevate s.t. by placing s.t. under it.

n. s.t. used as a chock or to elevate s.t. Idiom: Igbangey to gotok. ‘Food (Lit. Stomach filler).’.

'banggat   n. medicinal plant. Used to treat teething, fever and diarrhea, boil and drink. Grows in a clump with stems radiating out at angles from the center.

'banggut   v. tie up s.t. or an animal securely in a bundle so that it may be easily carried.

ba'ngil   See main entry: ba'ngey.

ba'ngis   v. embarrass s.o.

'bangkà   n. large dugout canoe, usually carved out from a ya'nipgà tree.

bang'kasu   n. spirit altar in the sky. Considered invisible to ordinary people except priests (di'watahan).

n. hanging altar, a replica of the spirit altar in the sky. Open square or triangular box suspended by strings from the corners connected to a single point on a rope. Figures of rooster crests adorn the corners. Young coconut fronds adorn the sides.

'bangkolid   v. for the sun (or moon) to be in the position of early afternoon; that is, after it has passed directly overhead, about one to two o'clock in the afternoon. Usage: archaic.

'bangkù   n. bench. From: Cebuano.

'bangkung₁   n. bolo used formerly in war.

'bangkung₂   v. hit s.o. very hard in the back with a stick.

'bangun   v. rise from a lying position.

bangun'bangun   n. shrub like medicinal plant. Leaves heated until withered and used as a poultice bound around sprains, dislocated bones or broken bones.

ba'ngus   n. milkfish. From: Cebuano.

'banhod   v. for a part of the body to feel numb.

'banlod   v. imprison. From: Cebuano banlud.

ban'sagon₁   v. shout in anger; shout expletives; speak loudly in anger.

ban'sagon₂   n. term-of-address.

'bansiyad   n. female monkey.

'banswit   v. whistle loudly with fingers in the mouth (to call s.o.).

banta'ngali   n. large hardwood tree usually found with woodpecker holes. Parrots and other birds usually nest in these holes.

banta'uyan   n. carabao grass.

'bantoy   n. tutelary deity.

n. guard.

v. guard.

'bantug   n. fame.

v. boast.

'bantut   n. effeminate male.

ba'nug   n. hawk.

'binanug   n. kind of courtship dance.

'banugon   adj. reddish-brown color, of a chicken.

ba'nuut   n. bundle of coconut sheath fibres used as an insect repellent when burnt. Made from the sheath of the coconut flower, which is dried and cut into strips, then tied together as a bundle. Burns very slowly, producing smoke. One bundle may last up to two days.

'banwa   n. place; home; world.

n. honeycomb.

ma'banwa   adj. large, of a honeycomb or insect nest.

Ban'waon   n. name of an ethnic group.

'banyus   n. ointment.

pa'manyus   v. rub s.t. on the body, esp. ointment.

'baod   v. warn.

n. warning.

ba'ratu   adj. cheap. From: Cebuano.

'baryu   n. small community under the jurisdiction of a municipality. From: Spanish.

'basa   v. read.

ba'sà   adj. wet.

'basag   adj. hard.

ba'sak   v. cultivate lowland rice field. From: Cebuano.

'basbas₁   v. chip away protruding or excess parts of wood with a bolo, making it smooth.

binasba'san   n. wood which has been smoothed by a bolo.

bi'nasbas   n. wood chips.

'basbas₂   v. train a dog to hunt game. By letting a young dog go hunting with old dogs.

'basi   adv. maybe.

ba'sikung   n. medium sized softwood tree. Trunk may be tapped for drinking water. Fruit usually eaten by deer and bu'titok parrakeets. Places where this tree grows are considered fertile.

'basloy   n. broom.

'basta   conj. provided; mark my word; as long as.

'basu   n. drinking glass. From: Spanish.

'basue₁   Variant: 'basuy. v. blame; regret; repent.

'basue₂   Variant: 'basuy. n. watery or pus filled blister, usually caused by abrasion.

'basuy   See main entry: 'basue.

'baswat   v. lift s.t. from the ground up to the shoulders.

ba'ta   n. charm like object, usually metal, used to negate evil effects. Must be a personal belonging of the giver. Usually a coin, pin, or other small object. Given by a single young man or woman, or married person who is in an illicit relationship, to a priest or priestess upon entering the house of that priest or priestess. Also given by a woman in labor to the widwife doing the delivery or by the husband of the pregnant woman. And, given by an initiate in a ceremony to the person conducting the ceremony, usually a priest or priestess. This is given to negate evil effects on the receiver, usually illness (or, blindness in the case of a midwife). If it is given by the husband of a pregnant woman to the midwife, it is to negate the effects of his sins on the baby and his wife, and the midwife will rub the object on the belly of his wife. This gift is expected protocol and may be demanded by the receiver if not given. The receiver usually rubs it on his or her own body, usually where there are aches or pains. Some priests might rub the object on their forehead to aid visualization of the cause of an illness during a healing ceremony. A midwife would rub it on her forehead to prevent blindness.

v. for s.o. to give a personal object to a priest, priestess, midwife, or other such person.

'batà   n. child.

ba'tad   n. corn.

'batang   n. decaying fallen tree.

ba'tan-on   n. young adult. Syn: 'baebatà. From: Cebuano.

ba'tasan   n. custom; tradition.

bat'hajan   n. small snare trap usually for birds or sometimes civet cats set on the branch of a tree.

'batì   v. feel s.t. physically or emotionally.

ba'til   n. small kind of dugout canoe which seats one.

ba'tiyà   n. wooden basin.

'batong   n. long net trap for catching wild pigs and deer. About fifty to a hundred meters long and a meter and a half high. Placed across game trails. Game is chased into the net with the help of dogs.

bato'tolì   See main entry: buto'tolì.

ba'tu   n. stone.

batu'batu   n. kidney.

'batug   n. undeveloped egg found inside a bird.

'batuk   v. find or retrieve s.t. that was hidden by oneself or, if hidden by s.o. else, which the retriever knows the location of; go or return s.w. to retrieve s.t. hidden.

batu'kanan   n. specific hiding place for objects, usually regularly used.

batukbatu'kan   v. play hide and seek.

'batun   v. pull s.t. or s.o. upwards.

bau-'bau   n. kind of insect, ladybug.

'baug   v. apply a poultice to a boil or other skin disease.

ba'ungon   n. pomelo. From: Cebuano baungun.

ba'uu   n. turtle.

bina'uu   n. design in weaving, beadmaking, and tattooing following the carapace design of the turtle.

'bawe   adj. square shaped.

bi'nawe   adj. rectangular.

'bawhang   v. for a dog to bark.

'bawì   n. large red bushy plant with small round fruit. Fruit used as pellets for childrens' bamboo air-guns.

ba'wog   n. trap spring usually made out of a long slender shaft of wood or sapling. Traps which use this spring include 'baetik, bat'hajan, 'bayod, and 'lit-ag.

'bawog   v. for s.t. long and slender to bend like a trap spring.

'baya   n. kind of rattan used for tying and weaving of baskets and fish traps.

'bayà   See main entry: baè.

'bayak   Variant: baek. v. meet or find s.o.

hi'bayak   v. for people to meet accidentally.

hig'baekan; hi'baekan   n. road junction.

'bay-an   v. leave s.t. or s.o. alone. Aff: pa--an.

bay'-ani   v. leave it alone!

'bay-ang   n. kind of softwood tree used in the manufacture of matches, toothpicks and spatulas.

ba'yansì   See main entry: 'baensì.

ba'yaw   See main entry: ba'jaw.

Bay'bajan   n. name of a mythical person.

'bayhù   n. face of a person or animal.

n. kind. From: Cebuano.

'baylan   n. shaman, priest, priestess or spirit medium.

bi'naylan   n. kind of rhythm; kind of dance.

'baylu   v. exchange; barter.

ba'yod   n. wave of water.

bayod'bayod   n. dance performed by Manobo from near the Agusan-Bukidnon boundary.

'bayod   n. noose trap for small animals. Noose is suspended from poles crossed in an A-shape. This kind of trap can catch rats, lizards, wild chickens, rats, reptiles.

n. prison cell.

ba'yongkag   See main entry: 'bengkag.

'bayos   v. reciprocate good or evil; reply; revenge.

ba'yot   n. tobacco quid.

ba'yow₁   adj. fluent and articulate, of a speaker and discussion leader. Aff: ma-.

ba'yow₂   n. apitong, kind of hardwood tree used in construction. Sap is used for lighting fuel and for sealing boat hulls.

'bayoy   n. house.

'bayu   n. widow; widower.

ba'yù   v. torment by evil spirit.

'bayù   v. investigate an unidentified noise.

'bayud   n. gray dove; gray.

bayu'don   adj. bluish grey color, of chicken. Color of a certain dove ('bayud). See main entry: 'bayud.

ba'yugtu   See main entry: bi'yugtu.

ba'yugu   n. kind of vine which grows along riverbanks. Stem is pounded, mixed with water, and a bubbly juice is extracted and used as a shampoo or soap.

ba'yuk   adj. bent.

bayu'kow   n. long climbing bamboo about an inch in diameter with prickly segments about ten inches long. Segments contain much water which is used for drinking when in the forest. Segments are split lengthwise and made into rim clamps when weaving baskets.

ba'yunù   See main entry: 'benù.

'bayus   v. clean off the soft unused core of rattan strips by scraping with a blade.

bayu'wow   See main entry: bayu'yow.

ba'yuy   n. pandanus palm. The leaves are used in weaving mats, hats and baskets.

'bayuy   v. change appearance.

bayu'yow   Variant: bayu'wow. n. medium sized softwood tree. Flowers once a year around February. Two events are associated with the flowering of this tree. One is that chickens get sick with mucus in the throat ('pukdow/'bakan). The other is that wild boars caught at this time are smelly.

tig'bayuyow   exis. flowering season of the bayu'yow tree, usually February when it gets cold.

'bebos   v. wave s.t. back and forth, such as a fire-torch, palm frond or handkerchief.

'begbog   v. throw s.t. with one or two hands.

bek   Variant: bo'yok. n. color.

ma'bek   adj. colorful.

'bengkag   Variant: ba'yongkag. n. mane of a pig (usually only wild boars have manes) or horse; pig's hair. Pig's mane can be made into a necklace or bracelet.

ben--on   See main entry: balin--on.

'benù   Variant: ba'yunù. n. tree and fruit that looks like mango, but green with a fibrous rounded seed.

ber'hinas   Variant: biling'hinas; biring'hinas. n. eggplant.

'Bernis   n. Friday. From: Spanish.

bes   Variant: bo'yos. v. borrow.

'betu   See main entry: 'beytu.

'bewang   n. durian seed with the fruit still sticking to it.

beybatà   See main entry: 'baebatà.

'beytu   Variant: 'betu. n. boat made from a carved tree trunk.

'biad   v. for the back of a person or animal to arch backward or curve concavely, such as a pregnant woman or pig, or a horse with many riders.

'bibi   n. metal tool used in harvesting rice. Syn: ka'lut.

v. harvest rice by cutting each head individually.

'bibitan   n. beater; reed; flat piece of wood used to compress the weft threads in the waist loom.

'bibu   adj. merry; lively; joyful.

'bibug   v. cook rice porridge.

bi'nibug; bi'nubug   n. rice porridge.

'bidbid   v. twist; wring.

'bidjù   Variant: 'bidyù. n. harpoon driven by a rubber band.

pa'midjù   v. fish with a harpoon under water using goggles.

'bidù   v. tease s.o. to the point of tears or anger.

ma'bidù   adj. of a person or spirit who persistently teases people.

'bidyù   See main entry: 'bidjù.

'bigà   n. sexual urge.

big'tanà   n. kind of lizard that jumps from tree to tree with ribs extended like wings.

'bigtow   v. break s.t. long and narrow.

'bigtujan   n. edible fungus that grows on dead plants during the wet season. Emits a flourescent light ('aemag) at night.

'bigwas   v. slash or stab s.o. with a weapon unexpectedly, without warning.

'bihag   v. capture.

n. captive.

bi'ka   v. roast s.t. by placing it beside the fire, usually root crops.

'bikad   v. spread the legs wide apart.

'bikog₁   n. leaf vein.

'bikog₂   v. get a cramp in a muscle.

'bilà   n. peace agreement between feuding parties.

'bilang   v. count.

bi'las   Variant: i'las. n. If you are a man, the husband of your wife's sister is your bi'las. The wife of your wife's brother is NOT your bi'las. If you are a woman, you should NOT call either the wife or the husband of your husband's brother or sister bi'las. The above definition may be the traditional view. Some men call the wife of their wife's brother bi'las. Some women call the wife or husband of their husband's brother or sister bi'las. Some people consider these latter usages incorrect usage of the word bi'las, noting that 'idas is the right term. See: 'idas.

'bilas   n. dirt that forms in the eye.

pang'himilas   v. rub eye dirt out of the eye.

bila'sà   adj. greedy, of s.o. who eats a lot all the time.

'bilin   v. leave s.t. or s.o. behind. Syn: 'tuus.

bi'ling   v. separate gold dust from sand by panning.

bi'lingan   n. round, concave wooden disk for panning gold.

biling'hinas   See main entry: ber'hinas.

'bil-og   v. hinder s.o. from voicing, speaking or singing. Usage: archaic.

bi'lu   n. soot.

bi'nadbad   n. kind of rhythm.

bi'naengoy   n. banana sp. Musa sapientum var. lacatan.

bina'hanan   n. kind of design in cloth weaving.

bina'jaay   n. drinking party with dancing and singing. Party prepared for close friends. Often the host mixes some rice and viand and gives a handful of this to his guest.

bi'nanga   n. kind of rice with large white grains, husk is also white.

bi'nangkung   n. large war bolo.

bi'nanlawod   n. kind of dance.

bi'nantak   v. threaten to harm s.o.

'binayuy   n. kind of green banana eaten cooked when unripe or ripe, or raw when ripe.

'bingà   v. bend the gape of a fish hook wider or narrower; for a hook to pull and straighten while fishing.

bi'ngas   adj. hare-lipped, of one whose upper lip is split; be shy, as if one is hare-lipped.

v. for lips to be split.

'bingbing   v. twist s.o.'s ear.

'bingkung   n. adze with the blade at an angle to the handle, looks like a heavy hoe. Used to carve dugout canoes and coffins.

'bingwit   v. fish with hook and line.

n. hook and line.

'binhì   n. seed for planting.

tagu'binhi   n. old seed.

'binokà   n. bamboo or wooden carving of a crocodile.

bi'nokyad   See main entry: bi'nukyad.

'binsae   v. mutilate flesh, skin or ears by tearing. Ears of slaves used to be notched as a mark of identification. Now only applied to domestic animals. There is an ant (ami'minsae) which mutilates flesh.

bin'tanà   n. window. From: Cebuano.

'binti   Variant: 'bintis. n. kind of small kingfisher. Ceyx and/or Alcedo. Four times smaller than a 'saegsag.

'bintis   See main entry: 'binti.

'binu   n. wine; alcoholic beverage. From: Spanish.

binu'bungan   Variant: limbu'bungan. n. ridge of a roof.

'binug   n. ground composed of boggy mud.

bi'nukyad   Variant: bi'nokyad. n. type of plait like weave design for rattan or vines. For rattan, this weave is usually constructed from a single strand. This rattan weave is commonly used for ferrules of tools and weapons. Vine weave is made into bracelets, armbands and legbands for men.

bi'nuli   v. do s.t. futile or useless.

bi'nuta   n. medium sized kind of round short basket woven out of pandan leaves. Reinforced with rattan strips and sealed with tabun'tabun seeds. Usually used to contain personal belongings.

biring'hinas   See main entry: ber'hinas.

bi'saya   v. for the spokesman of the potential bridegroom to propose marriage to the father of the potential bride; for the various spokesmen in a marriage proposal to discuss the marriage. The family of the potential bridegroom will hire a spokesman to propose marriage to the father of the potential bride. The father of the potential bride may or may not hire a spokesman to continue discussions. The first approach is for consent for the marriage. If consent is given, in essence, the subsequent discussions will be about the bride-price which the family of the potential groom will give to the family of the potential bride. The first approach and all subsequent discussion is called bi'saya. The discussions are often full of idiomatic expressions.

bi'sayu   n. rhinoceros beetle.

'bisgù   n. problem.

bi'sita   n. visitor. Syn: 'saka.

v. visit with s.o. at his or her house. From: English.

'bislay   adj. mute. Syn: po'hà. From: Cebuano.

'bisti   n. clothes.

v. put clothes on; saddle a horse. From: Spanish.

'bistiga   v. for an official to investigate s.o. From: English.

'bisuk   n. mucus; nasal discharge.

'biswak   v. for a boil or internal organ to burst.

'bita   n. tadpole.

bi'tan-ag   n. kind of medium sized medicinal softwood tree which grows along riverbanks. Cambium layer scraped, boiled and drunk as medicine for cough and fever. Wood is good for carving.

bi'tas   v. leave s.t. or s.o. behind.

nabi'tas   v. lag behind.

bi'taug   n. kind of medium sized softwood tree which grows along riverbanks.

'bitbit   v. carry s.t. such that it dangles.

'bitì   n. disease of the eye characterised by a white growth in the eye; white growth in the eye which can obstruct vision.

v. for s.o. to have a white growth in the pupil of the eye. Often treated in early stages by dripping the sap of the sigun'dina plant onto the growth.

bi'tiis   n. calf of the leg.

bi'tik   v. leave a long line or trail of s.t.

'bitok   n. roundworm.

v. be afflicted with worms.

'bitoy   v. hang.

n. string used in hanging mosquito nets.

'bitu   n. pit; deep hole in the ground.

bi'tuon   n. star.

bini'tuon   n. kind of design in embroidery, beadwork and tatooing.

'bitut   n. boil on the skin.

'bius   See main entry: 'biy-us.

'biwhù   v. stab downward with a spear or bolo to kill a sacrificial pig.

n. hole in the side of a drum.

'biyà₁   v. separate from s.o. or s.t. formerly highly valued (e.g. spouse, house).

panabi'yà   v. say farewell to s.o.

'biyà₂   n. larva of an insect which eats the flesh of young coconuts.

bi'yajà   adv. even if.

'biyod   n. roe; cluster of fish eggs found in the belly of a fish; fish ovaries.

interj. invert an eyelid to expose the red inner part of the eyelid which looks like fish ovaries. Kind of funny face made at people who have had a mild accident.

n. kind of fine yellow rice that looks like roe.

ma'miyod   adj. of a fish with full ovaries.

bi'yugtu   Variant: 'bae-ugtu; ba'yugtu; 'buegtu. n. rainbow. Syn: 'baengow. Usage: archaic.

'biy-us   Variant: 'bius; 'bue-us. v. accompany s.o. while travelling.

'boak   v. break s.t. open.

bobou'ngon   n. skull.

'bodbod   n. kind of sweet made from root crops or glutinous rice mixed with coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves and boiled.

'bodos   v. for a woman or female mammal to be pregnant, especially if it is evident from appearance.

bo'gas   n. polished rice.

n. fruit.

ma'bogas   adj. fruitful, of a tree.

'bog-at   adj. heavy.

n. weight.

'bogbog   adj. intense, of rain, wind, flood, famine, fever and sickness. Aff: ma-.

'boghà   v. get heartburn.

'boghat   v. for s.o. to get a relapse of a sickness; for s.o. to get sick after recovering from a sickness; for a woman who has just given birth to get sick, usually from bleeding.

'bogjas   n. kind of funnel shaped woven fish trap about two feet long and a foot in diameter. Usually for catching catfish ('pantat) when baited with termites and ants wrapped in banana leaves. Placed facing downstream.

'bogkot   v. tie.

n. s.t. used for tying.

'bognà   n. kind of harwood tree used medicinally. Cambium layer is scraped and juice extracted for treating white fever sores in mouth.

bo'gon   n. goiter.

bo'goy   v. give.

'bogsang   v. have high fever.

'bogtak   v. break; crack open.

'bogtok   v. for the sun or moon to reach its zenith.

'bogtong   v. twist s.t. very hard in order to break it apart. In the story of Mangondo, a small but strong wire was used to bind Mangondo after his subjects bound him with strong rattan in vain.

'bohi   n. female; girl; woman.

bo'hu   Variant: bo'huk. n. cotton like fluff obtained from the outer portion of the heart of fishtail or cabonegro palms. Used as kindling in starting fires with flint and steel ('titilan). Prepared as kindling by thorough drying and mixing with ash from pandan leaves.

bo'hù   adj. bad smelling.

bo'hug   v. feed animals.

bo'huk   See main entry: bo'hu.

bo'hus   v. repel unwanted animals.

bo'kas   v. for an animal to spring a trap; for a trap to spring; attack s.o. by surprise.

'bokbok₁   See main entry: 'bukbuk.

'bokbok₂   v. pound grain such as rice or corn into powder.

bi'nokbok   n. rice or corn which is first dry fried, finely pounded, then mixed with sugar cane syrup, and wrapped in dried banana leaves. Common trail food which lasts a long time.

bo'kog   n. bone.

'bokos   v. wrap s.t. for roasting, usually fish or meat with banana or a'nahaw palm leaves.

'bokton   n. arm; forearm.

'bokyad   See main entry: 'bukyad.

'bokyas   v. gather clothes or similar materials which have been hung out to dry.

bo'lad   n. dried salt-water fish. Syn: 'daing. From: Cebuano.

'boli   v. buy.

'bonae₁   v. give s.t. as an appeasement to an offended one so that the offender can be released from liability.

v. be satisfied or pleased with s.o. Aff: na--an.

'bonae₂   pound fiber so that it can be woven.

'bondak   v. do s.t. forcefully (as putting s.t. down); speak hurtfully.

bonga-'bonga   v. refuse to entertain a visitor.

bong'à-bongà   v. stammer, esp. due to shyness or fear; hesitate to speak, esp. when afraid to tell the truth.

bo'ngey   adj. deaf.

bo'ngit   n. kind of small black nocturnal bird. Much smaller than a crow and believed to be possessed by evil spirits to bother people in the evening, especially during moonlit nights, making a scary sound (ngit... ngit... ngit...).

'bongkag   v. break; destroy; abort a fetus intentionally; miscarry.

bo'ngot   n. beard; facial hair (mustache). See: po'ngot.

'bongyoy   v. clear newly harvested rice field; clear a newly harvested field of leftover growth.

'bonhong   adj. slow to respond.

'bonos   v. reinforce a woven pandan container with rattan or nito.

'bonot   n. river debris left in a pile.

'bontas   n. hunger; famine.

v. be hungry.

Ma'kabon'tasay   n. name of a malevolent spirit who creates famine.

'bontey   v. slash a long object perpendicularly.

'bonyag   v. baptize.

bo'ot   v. decide.

n. will; conscience.

bo'otan   adj. good in character; kind; honest.

'botad   v. serve food.

bo'tang   n. things.

v. put s.t. or s.o. somewhere.

botang-'botang   v. beat a certain kind of rhythm.

bo'tì   n. vagina.

'bot-oy   n. pound rice the first time through.

bo'tu   v. burst.

bo'-ue   n. pubic area.

'boung   n. coconut shell with small opening used as a cup.

bo'ungon   n. pomelo. From: Cebuano.

bo'yà   v. split wood.

bo'yad₁   v. dry.

bo'yad₂   n. hand.

bo'yang   n. beam of a boat.

'boyas   adj. naked.

'boyat   v. spread out s.t. which can open flat, but not flowers.

bo'yok   See main entry: bek.

'boyong₁   v. be surprised.

'boyong₂   v. experience or discover the absence of s.o. or s.t.

bo'yos   See main entry: bes.

bo'yoy   v. be tired of doing s.t. or waiting. Syn: 'abyoy.

bo'yù   n. anger.

v. be angry.

kabo'yù   n. anger.

ka'bean; kabo'yuan   scold.

bu'ad   See main entry: bu'wad.

'buad   adj. thrifty. Aff: ma-.

bu'ada   See main entry: bu'aja.

bu'aja   Variant: bu'ada. n. crocodile.

binu'aja   n. bamboo or wooden carving of a crocodile.

n. kind of design in embroidery, beadwork and tattooing.

bu'ang   adj. crazy; foolish; mad.

'bubi   See main entry: 'bubue.

'bubu   n. kind of funnel shaped woven fish trap about six feet long and more than a foot in diameter. Much larger than 'bogjas.

bubu'ae   v. for s.o. to act disgruntled, murmuring and stomping the feet, but still obeying instructions.

'bubue   Variant: 'bubi; 'bubuy; 'buwibuwi. n. hair; feathers; fur.

'bubunbun   adj. for the direction of the whinnying sound of the turtle-dove to come from the direction just above the forehead directly ahead from the perspective of a traveller. Considered a bad omen.

bu'bung   n. cover on the ridge of a roof.

bu'bungan   n. mountain.

'bubuy   See main entry: 'bubue.

bu'buyung   n. medicine.

bu'dag   See main entry: bu'jag.

bu'dakan   n. kind of vine with broad leaves. Vine used for tying.

'budjak   n. spear that is prized by the owner. Usually used only during war.

'budjung   n. horn made from large shells or long tubes. Formerly used for signalling.

'budon   Variant: 'budun. n. honeybee larvae still in the comb or extracted from the comb; honeycomb with larvae still in the comb.

'buduk   See main entry: 'bujuk.

budu'kut   See main entry: buju'kut.

'budun   See main entry: 'budon.

'budung   See main entry: 'bujung.

'buegtu   See main entry: bi'yugtu.

bueng   Variant: bu'yung. v. be satisfied.

bues   Variant: bu'yus. n. pole; unit of s.t. long such as logs, bamboo or sugar cane.

'bue-us   See main entry: 'biy-us.

bu'ga   v. spit s.t. out forcefully.

'bugà   n. pulverized lime used for betelnut quid.

'bugae   n. sow.

buga'huk   adj. voracious in eating.

bu'gakhoy   See main entry: bu'kaghoy.

'bugbug   v. concentrate.

'bugdang   v. start; begin.

kabinug'dangan   n. beginning.

'bugkà   n. lansones tree or fruit.

tingpa'mugka   n. season for lansones.

'bugkut   v. pull.

bu'gow   v. guard an area to chase away animals.

n. scarecrow; one who watches the rice field from birds.

'bugtì   adj. different. Syn: 'yain.

v. separate.

'bugtok₁   n. ear wax.

'bugtok₂   adj. for bananas to have hard, reddish spots, indicating woody flesh. Aff: -on, OvSyn: bala'la.

'bugtue   n. lower abdomen of birds.

bu'guk   adj. rotten, of eggs.

adj. dull, of a student. Usage: idiomatic.

n. egg that does not hatch.

v. for work to be left unfinished.

'bugwas   v. cleanse and soften cloth, usually by soaking in lime water.

v. pay a fine for dishonoring a woman.

'buhae   interj. oh no! exclamation of disgust at s.o. leaving s.o. or s.t. alone, or for not doing s.t. good.

bu'hat   v. clear a burnt field of debris.

bu'haton   branches and other debris left behind in a field after burning.

bu'hì   adj. alive.

v. ignite; revive.

bi'nuhì   n. foster child, one who is cared for by s.o. other than the parents or immediate family (can be applied to animals).

'buhì   n. domesticated animal.

'buhin   v. remove.

bu'isan   adj. dangerous.

bu'jag   Variant: bu'dag. n. old woman.

'bujù₁   v. ask.

pa'mujù   v. ask s.o. for s.t.

'bujù₂   n. ecmo vine. Leaf is used for betelnut quid.

bi'nujù   n. kind of design in cloth weaving and embroidery.

'bujuk   Variant: 'buduk. v. bend.

buju'kut   Variant: budu'kut. v. be bent.

binu'jukut; binu'dukut   n. roasted mudfish with scales on, mouth and tail bound together.

'bujung   Variant: 'budung. v. defile, render unfit for sacred use, especially of sacred knives.

bu'kà   v. foam at the mouth as during an epileptic fit. Syn: bu'yà.

bu'kad   v. uproot a tree or pole, toppling it so that it lies on its side.

'bukad   v. attack.

'bukae   n. woven ferrule.

n. lansones flower. Looks like a woven ferrule.

bu'kaes   Variant: bu'kayas. adj. prolific, of a hen, laying eggs soon after hatching the previous brood.

'bukag   v. drive away things that come in a group, such as bees or enemies.

bu'kaghoy   Variant: bu'gakhoy. adj. airy, fluffy or loose in texture, such as soil, cooked rice or a cake.

bu'kakung   n. large basket for storing rice or corn made from the bark of the a'gahon tree. Syn: 'baekung.

'bukas   v. for morning to come. Aff: ka-.

kabukas-'bukas   n. early dawn, when first light appears.

v. do s.t. through daybreak. Aff: na--an.

bu'kayas₁   v. for bees to leave the hive after larvae have metamorphosed and honey has been consumed. Occurs seasonally during the dry season around May.

bu'kayas₂   See main entry: bu'kaes.

'bukbuk   Variant: 'bokbok. n. boring insects such as woodborers or weevils.

'bukdu   n. bulge or mound.

v. for s.t. to bulge. Syn: 'buknue.

'bukliad   v. flee suddenly from s.t. or s.o.

'bukni   See main entry: 'buknue.

'buknue   Variant: 'bukni. n. bulge or mound.

v. for s.t. to bulge. Syn: 'bukdu.

'bukow   See main entry: 'bungkow.

bu'ku   n. node of a tree, bamboo or cane; knot.

bu'kubuku   n. ankle.

bu'kugan   adv. swiftly, of chasing or being chased.

bu'kus   adj. uncircumcised, of a male.

v. sheath s.t. cylindrical in leaves for roasting over coals, such as a fish or durian flesh.

'bukyad   Variant: 'bokyad. v. spread out or unfold s.t. flat; for a flower to bloom.

'bula   n. ball. From: Cebuano.

bu'lakat   n. uncastrated boar. Syn: 'butù. Usage: Binukid dialect.

bu'law   adj. brown colored, of a pig.

n. albino animal or person.

bu'lig₁   v. help s.o.

bu'lig₂   n. bunch of bananas.

bulig'tanan   adj. fatal, of venoms, poisons and evil spirits.

bu'likat   v. open wide s.t. slit like such as eye, mouth, thighs, female genitals.

interj. exclamation at s.o. indicating that that person got the deserved punishment, accompanied with the action of pulling down one's lower eyelid at the person.

v. pull down one's lower eyelid at s.o., saying "bu'likat"; rejoice at s.o.'s misfortune.

bubuli'kat   v. for a woman to sit exposing her genitals.

bu'ling   n. soot.

bu'lingit   adj. dirty, of a face. See: bu'ling; bu'ngit.

'bulit   n. caulking substance.

bu'lit   v. seal a crack or hole with a viscous substance.

'bulsa   n. pocket. From: Spanish.

'bumba₁   n. bomb.

v. denounce publicly. From: English.

'bumba₂   n. pump used to pump air or water. From: English.

'bumbay   n. onion. From: Hindi Bombay.

bu'najuk   n. rolls of fat around the waist or under the chin; paunch.

bu'nanat   v. acquire an animal or plant for breeding or propagating.

'bunat   adj. slow-moving, of a person.

'bunga-bunga   n. heart.

'bungbung₁   n. tassel like flower of plants such as corn, sugar cane or 'tigbow grass.

'bungbung₂   n. tang of a blade such as a bolo or spear, the part that fits into the handle.

'bunggan   v. cook s.t. in a fire, wrapped in leaves and placed on the coals.

bi'nungganan   n. s.t. cooked in a fire wrapped in leaves.

'bunggù   v. hit an obstacle in the way.

bu'ngit   n. dirt on the face.

'bungkae   n. piece of woven rattan or 'nitù vine which acts as a cover, and regulator or shaker of a lime container ('tangtang), a piece of betelnut quid equipment. Some women place sewing needles inside the 'bungkae to prevent the needles from rusting.

n. decorative cover for a 'kambue basket woven from rattan strips and attached to the basket itself (not removeable).

bung'kayù   v. dry fry sago palm starch.

binung'kayù   n. dry fried sago starch.

'bungkow₁   Variant: 'bukow. n. medium sized tree bearing pods containing two or three large round, flat seeds. Children make spinning toys from the seeds. Seed is also used as the flywheel in the cotton spinning process.

'bungkow₂   n. small owl-like bird with big eyes.

'bungkù   v. reach the end or boundary of a place, such as a road, river or mountain top.

bung'kuan   n. boundary; goal; end of the line.

bu'ngue   adj. non-talkative.

bu'nguyan   n. kind of long green banana which turns lighter green when ripe. Eaten raw.

'bungyuy   n. kind of softwood tree with long pods and winged seeds. Wood used for carving religious artifacts.

'bunlow   v. anoint the head with oil.

n. hair-oil.

bu'nog   v. overwork to the point of death. Usage: archaic.

bu'now   n. egg yolk.

'bunsud   v. for a tree or bamboo plant to fall with the cut end into the ground first, when cut, before the rest of the tree falls. Dangerous to the one who cuts.

pig'bunsudan   n. place where the cut end of a tree hits the ground if it falls cut end first. Idiom: pig'bunsudan to 'yangit ‘horizon; place where the sky meets the earth at the edge of the world’; pig'bunsudan to 'bubungan ‘foot of a mountain’.

bunta'taè   Variant: bunta'tayà. n. any very bright heavenly body other than the sun, moon, or smaller stars, including the morning/evening star, shooting stars and comets.

bunta'tayà   See main entry: bunta'taè.

bun'tatok   v. meet a friend after a long time without seeing one another.

'buntit   n. pot belly of a man.

bun'titon   adj. of a man with a pot belly.

bunti'yak   n. pot belly of a man.

bunti'yakon   adj. of a man with a pot belly.

'buntud   n. kind of dark violet colored rice. Two kinds: Glutinous and non-glutinous.

adj. violet colored, the color of 'buntud rice.

'buntug   v. throw a spear or similar long thin object with one hand.

bu'nù   v. stab with a pointed weapon with an intention to kill; kill by stabbing; use a spear to stab with both hands.

'bun-ug   n. bruise. From: Cebuano.

'bunuk   v. grow thin from suppressed grief, sorrow, or anger.

bu'nut   n. coconut husk.

'bunyud   n. moss.

v. for s.t. to be covered with moss.

'bunyug   v. for s.o. to decide or commit to do s.t.

ka'bunyug   v. commit to do s.t. in vain.

pa'bunyug   v. for s.o. to stand s.o. else up, not showing at a prearranged meeting.

bu'sae   v. speak harshly.

bu'sak   v. call down a curse from a supernatural power.

'busbus   v. pour s.t. that is dry, grainy and heavy, such as rice, corn or sand.

na'musbus   v. for rice panicles to come out of the stem, a stage in rice growth.

bu'sikad   adj. satisfied or full with food. Usage: archaic.

bu'silow   n. sty on the eye.

busi'sow   v. urinary affliction characterised by constant passing of urine.

'buslit   v. puncture a balloon-like object.

'busna   v. for s.o. to be through in doing s.t., considering oneself finished, the task not necessarily being completed.

'busow   Variant: 'gusow. n. kind of evil spirit.

v. kill.

'busue   v. give overexaggeratedly to s.o., usually so that that person will suffer from too much (such as by vomitting if too much food is given); pretend to give when one's intention is not to give.

'busug   n. bow used to shoot an arrow.

'bus-ug   v. pour liquid.

'busung   v. for s.o. to be punished supernaturally when going against s.o. considered an elder, such as parents, or when wasting food.

bu'ta   adj. blind. Syn: pi'sok. From: Cebuano.

'butà   v. for chickens to fight, usually two roosters.

bu'taekae   See main entry: bu'takae.

bu'takae   Variant: bu'taekae. adj. male of certain animals, esp. dogs. May sometimes be applied to males of cats, carabaos, goats, horses and civet cats.

'butas   v. acquire a dog.

'butbut   v. uproot a plant or post with upward movement.

bu'ti   n. small pox.

bu'tig   n. small cyst-like growth on skin, not dark.

'buting   Variant: 'puting. n. hard reddish spots on camote or avocado, a kind of plant disease.

bu'titok   n. kind of small green parrot with white beak. Usually found eating the fruit of the a'mison or ba'sikung trees.

bu'tiyow   n. scar.

'butong   v. for a dog to fight another dog (sometimes applied to cats).

bu'butong   v. for dogs to fight one another.

buto'tolì   Variant: bato'tolì. n. kind of small yellow-green bird with a yellow breast. Bulbul criniger and/or pyenonotus and/or Orthotomus. Called tailor bird because its nest looks like two leaves sewn together.

bu'tù   n. uncastrated boar. Usage: Adgawan dialect.

'butù   n. penis. Usage: euphemism.

bu'tù-butù   n. kind of large blackish ant with white markings about three quarters of an inch long. Has a painful bite which tears flesh. Can build their nests on the ground but usually in hanging plants.

'butud   v. for s.t. to become bloated.

n. bloated dead fish found floating on the water.

bu'tud   adj. for a fish, person or animal to be dead, bloated and floating.

'butung   v. buy s.t. (usually dogs) by barter. Can be partially by money.

'butwà   v. take out or reveal s.t. stored or hidden, including secrets; extract body parts such as eyes or intestines.

'butwas   v. let s.o. escape.

bu'u   n. large lump on the skin, usually the size of half a tennis ball, a kind of disease.

'buud   v. refuse to accept s.t. because one feels that what is offered is not enough, or because it was not given when one first asked for it. Aff: pa-.

'buuk   n. unit of s.t.

'buung   v. break s.t. that shatters.

'buus   v. store grain.

bu'wa   part. maybe.

'buwa   v. swing or rock s.o. in a hammock.

bu'wahan   n. hammock.

bu'wà   n. coconut kernel, the soft white spongy part in the center of the coconut from which the shoot grows.

n. prolapsed uterus.

bu'wad   Variant: bu'ad. v. multiply.

'buwag   v. for a couple to separate.

bu'waling   n. stomach of the 'gingow fish, quite large. Used as a container for salted mudfish eggs. Hung over the firetable.

bu'wanting   adj. dark red background with white spots, of the color of a chicken, usually roosters.

'buwibuwi   See main entry: 'bubue.

'buya   v. for a shaman to perform a ritual healing of s.o.

bu'yà   n. bubbles; foam.

'buyag   v. be blinded.

n. cataract; white film obscuring vision. See: bu'yog.

bu'yaghaw   adj. for eyes to be light-colored.

'buyak   n. flower.

'buyan   n. moon; month.

'buyang   v. fight, esp. of chickens.

bu'yangan   n. cockpit.

From: Cebuano bulang.

bu'yat   v. awake.

bu'yawan   n. gold.

'buybuy   v. rebuke s.o. for repaying evil for good.

bu'yog   adj. partially blind.

na'buyog   v. be partially blind, in either one or both eyes. See: 'buyag.

bu'yow   v. quarrel.

'buyu   n. bamboo commonly used for walling, arrows and spears. Cana bojo spp.

bi'nuyu   n. kind of design in cloth weaving and embroidery.

'buyud   n. hill, one side of which is a cliff beside a river. Can sometimes be a hill surrounded by water with no other hills beside it.

bu'yung   See main entry: bueng.

bu'yus   See main entry: bues.

'buyut   adj. brave; aggressive; courageous.