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ma'ama   n. brother; brother of a woman.

'maan   v. know; inform.

'madang   n. marang; kind of fruit tree.

'madmad   v. know s.t.

madu'kilom   n. nighttime. See main entry: du'kilom.

mae-   affix. as small as the object/noun being affixed. See: maga-.

'Maegunut   n. name of a mythical woman.

maga-   affix. as big as the object/noun being affixed. See main entry: mae-.

'magahat   n. outlaw.

mag-a'sawa   n. married couple. Syn: magti'ajun. From: Cebuano.

Magba'bajà   n. name of the creator spirit.

mag'bangkug   interj. rubbish! exclamation belittling the ability of s.o. Usage: derogatory.

magda'hinì   n. kind of very small aromatic dry rice with a yellow husk. Smaller and sweeter than mag'dejù. About 3mm long and 2mm in diameter. Usually used as an offering in rituals.

magda'yujù   See main entry: mag'dejù.

mag'dejù   Variant: magda'yujù. n. kind of very small aromatic dry rice with a yellow husk. About 4mm long and 3mm in diameter.

Magdi'wata   n. name of a mythical giant.

n. name of a certain mountain.

maghi'hiyup   Variant: manghi'hiyup. n. kind of snake, perhaps a spitting cobra. Enlarges its neck and spits. See: hi'yup.

magti'ajun   n. married couple. Syn: mag-a'sawa. From: Cebuano.

ma'gù   v. for puppies or kittens to play.

ma'gubay   n. kind of tree that bears red seeds for making necklaces.

ma'hae   Variant: ma'hal. adj. expensive.

ma'hal   See main entry: ma'hae.

maha'tongod   See main entry: to'ngod.

'mahay   v. feel hurt. Syn: na'sawà. From: Cebuano.

mahi'tongod   Variant: maha'tongod. prep. about. See main entry: to'ngod.

Mai'buyan   See main entry: Mau'buyan.

'maja   n. rice bird.

ma'jumù   n. brown sugar. From: Cebuano mayumu.

maka'amung   n. son-in-law who lives with wife's parents and serves them in lieu of the bride price.

Maka'hagtong   n. kind of evil spirit. Kills people. See: 'hagtong.

maka'libri   n. cassava. Syn: 'manggala. From: Cebuano.

'Makay   n. name of a mythical giant.

'makina   n. machine; engine. From: English.

ma'kupa   n. kind of fruit tree with red heart shaped fruit. Syzygium samarangense.

ma'ligae   n. excuse.

ma'ligayan   v. make up excuses in order to get out of doing s.t. unpleasant.

ma'litan   n. bitch; female of certain animals, esp. dogs.

ma'ma   voc. brother! term of address from man to man.

ma'mà   v. chew betel nut quid.

ma'maktin   n. sow with piglets. See main entry: 'baktin.

'mamamang   v. copulate.

'mamang   n. bug; any small undesirable insect, reptile, or other crawling creature.

Ma'manwa   n. name of an ethnic group.

ma'maon   n. betelnut palm tree and fruit. Areca catechu.

'mamue   v. feel a sense of loss, having lost s.t. that one is depending on.

man   part. emphatic particle.

man no   conj. since. See: man; no.

'manag   exis. be related. 'manag si'kata we are related. 'manag si'kiyu you all are related.

managam'honay   See main entry: pana'gamhon.

manag-'anay   n. prophet. Syn: mana'nag-an. See main entry: 'tag-an.

manag'suun   exis. be related. See: 'manag.

mana'kuay   n. breeder. See: ta'kù.

manambu'kawa   See main entry: tambu'kawa.

mana'nag-an   n. prophet. Syn: manag-'anay. See main entry: 'tag-an.

mana'nap   n. animal.

ma'nanggat   n. kind of tree, the leaves of which can cause severe skin irritations. Syn: sa'goy. Grows in virgin forest or uncultivated land. It is said that the leaves quake when a person approaches it.

mana'ngilan   adj. decaying, of a pig, from two to four days after its death. Only of pigs killed in a trap, not from natural death.

n. decaying pig. Roasted with spices in a young bamboo tube and eaten as a delicacy. If two to three days old, it is called ma'yombù no mana'ngilan, 'young'. If four days old, it is called ma'guyang no mana'ngilan, 'old'. After four days, it is no longer called mana'ngilan, but du'nut, 'rotten' and not eaten.

ma'natad   n. kind of bird, green-winged ground dove or bleeding heart pigeon, with green wings, red beak, and red breast. Chalcophaps indica.

mana'-ue   See main entry: mano'-ue.

Ma'naug   n. kind of spirit: house guardian. Guards the house against intruders. Said to cause sore eyes if maligned.

n. wooden idol carved from a pole representing the house guardian spirit. Placed conspiciously in and around the house. A single house may have several. Only shamans ('baylan) may carve and possess this idol.

ma'nay   voc. term of address for an older woman.

'mandà   adv. again; also. See: man; dà.

man'daegit   n. hawk.

Man'dae-it   Variant: Man'dait. n. name of a spirit who cares for babies.

'mandagit   n. kind of ritual undertaken before war.

Man'dait   See main entry: Man'dae-it.

manda'jaepì   See main entry: anda'jaepì.

manda'japì   See main entry: anda'jaepì.

'mandar   n. rule; command. From: Cebuano.

'Mandaya   n. name of an ethnic group.

Manda'yangan   n. name of a harmless giant spirit.

'mandù   v. order.

n. instructions.

mandu'mogkot   n. person who acts as a go between for feuding parties. See main entry: 'dogkot.

mandu'wewan   n. kind of migratory water bird.

Mandu'yapit   n. name of the spirit said to ferry dead souls to the land of the dead. See main entry: ha'pit.

mangajo'oy   adj. sever, of famine or epidemic. Usage: archaic.

ma'ngajow   n. killer; one who kills, loots and captures women and children to be sold or made into wives and slaves of the captors.

ma'ngamoy   n. father. Usage: archaic. See: 'amoy.

'mangga   n. mango. From: Cebuano.

'manggad   n. cloth. From: Cebuano.

'manggala   n. cassava plant.

manggi'anak   See main entry: 'anak.

manggo'lod-go'lod   adj. wavy, of a line.

manggu'yangan   n. forest people. See main entry: gu'yangan.

manghi'hiyup   See main entry: maghi'hiyup.

mangi'ngisdà   n. fisherman. See main entry: 'isdà.

ma'nginoy   voc. mother! term of address for mother. Usage: archaic. See: 'inoy.

ma'ngoy-oy   n. wild sow with piglets.

mangu'nguma   n. farmer. See main entry: u'ma.

ma'ngunsuy   See main entry: 'unsuy.

'manhak   n. kind of small bird with a loud cry. Sings when it is dark. Its song is hak! hak! hak!

manhumo'got   See main entry: ho'got.

ma'ni   n. peanut. From: Cebuano.

Man-i'buyan   See main entry: Mau'buyan.

mani'gaon   Variant: manigo'on. n. old man.

manigo'on   See main entry: mani'gaon.

ma'nika   n. ecmo vine; leaves of the ecmo vine which is an ingredient of the betel nut quid.

'manitingon   See main entry: pani'tingon.

mani'yà   Variant: man'yà. interr. why? Syn: no'koy.

manja'jaepì   See main entry: anda'jaepì.

manja'japì   See main entry: anda'jaepì.

ma'nogbok   n. snipe; kind of worm eating bird with a long beak. See main entry: 'togbok.

ma'noksok   adj. armlength, measure of the length of a pig from the fingertips to the armpit.

mano'-ue   Variant: mana'-ue. n. kind of fish eating eagle with brown wings and white breast and yellow talons. Lives near lakes.

Man'saka   n. name of an ethnic group.

man'sanga   Variant: mon'sanga. interj. expression of surprise.

man'sasaw   interj. expression of surprise.

manti'anak   See main entry: 'anak.

'manu   voc. sir ...! term of address for older males followed by the name.

'man-u   interr. how much?

Ma'nubù   n. member of the Manobo ethnic group who speaks the Manobo language.

Man-u'buyan   See main entry: Mau'buyan.

manug-'ayom   n. kind of medium sized softwood tree the bark of which is used to produce blue dye. Wood good for building materials.

'manuk   n. chicken.

manukma'nukon   n. crosseyed person.

'minanuk   n. rooster head. Carving in the form of a rooster head usually on war bolos, sacred trays (bangkasu) and rooftops.

manuk-'manuk   n. bird.

ma'nu-manu   v. investigate.

manu'ngot-sungot   v. for a face to age and become ugly.

'manuy   voc. term of address for an older man.

man'yà   See main entry: mani'yà.

ma'ojow   v. refuse strongly, usually of a woman refusing to marry s.o. See main entry: o'jow.

mar'gusu   See main entry: amar'gusu.

ma'ri   voc. term of address by a woman for her child's godmother. From: Spanish madre.

'marku   n. house stud. From: Cebuano.

mar'tilyu   n. hammer. From: Spanish.

'Martis   n. Tuesday.

ma'sem   n. morning. See: 'soyom.

masig-   See main entry: asig-.

mas'yadu   adj. serious. Syn: ma'tigdà. From: Cebuano.

'mata   n. eye.

sagu'mata   n. sore eyes.

tag'maemata   adj. for corn grains to be as big as the eyes of a fish.

Matan'hagà   Variant: Natanhagà. n. mythical land populated by the spirits.

mati-   affix. fond of.

'matoy   adj. dead.

pa'toy   v. die.

ma'matoy   v. die.

mi'natoy   n. corpse.

hi'matoy   v. kill.

ka'matoy   v. will die.

kama'tajon   n. death.

pa'kamatajon   v. on the verge of death.

paka'matoy   v. commit suicide.

'matris   n. uterus. Syn: a'nakan. From: English mattress.

Mau'buyan   Variant: Man-u'buyan; Mai'buyan; Man-i'buyan. n. Underworld; place of the dead.

n. name of the one in charge of the place of the dead.

'maya   n. many kinds.

'mayas   adj. spicy hot, of chili peppers. Aff: ma-.

ma'yogang   adj. red, of cloth.

v. wear red clothes. Only warriors (ba'gani) of the kina'boan rank are allowed to wear the red cloth of the jacket, headgear, trousers and red belt of his war bolo.

'Mayu   n. May.

mayu'banga   adj. half ripe, of fruits.

'mayus   adj. good, only of words spoken by shamans in trance, words which are attributed to the spirits.

'megmeg   v. know the facts. Aff: ka-.

kameg'megan   n. knowledge.

'memow   n. kind of vine. Cambium layer of roots used to dye the teeth black. Roots used as material for tying and weaving.

me'ngalit   adj. sticky, of squash or yam.

'menhow   n. yellowish green palm leaves. See main entry: 'yunhow.

'Merkules   n. Wednesday.

'metù   n. food carried for a journey.

mey   Variant: moy. exis. existential; there is; there are; have. Syn: 'meyduon.

meydu'on   exis. existential; there is; there are; have. Syn: 'mey.

'meygù   v. mourn for a period of time, usually of women. See: 'mey-og.

'mey-od   See main entry: 'mey-og.

'mey-og   Variant: 'mey-od. v. mourn for a period of time, usually of women. See: 'meygù.

mgo   See main entry: 'mongo.

mig-   affix. inceptive aspect intransitive prefix; refers to action begun.

mili-'mili   v. worth; for an effort to in no way compare to the relatively small benefit produced. Aff: maka-, paka-, kona ogpakamilimili, wada makamilimili.

mi'lò   n. civet sp., brown in color.

'mì-mì   v. compact s.t. lightly.

mi'mihà   v. be soggy, watery, of overripe fruit.

'mina   det. 'the late', placed before the name of a deceased person.

mi'nagkilaw   v. for a dying person to have a fit, babbling in delirium or exerting uncanny strength.

mina'ilu   n. orphan. See: 'mina.

'mingaw   adj. lonely.

'minuna   n. former inhabitants of a place who died long ago. Shamans will appease them when conducting rituals.

'minus   adj. few. From: Spanish.

'minyò   v. marry.

'miting   n. meeting. From: English.

'mitrus   n. meter. From: English.

'mognà   v. organise a group of people.

'mojow on   conj. or else; otherwise.

'mokmok   v. be extremely drunk.

mo'mon   v. close the mouth.

mo'nang₁   part. only. phrase: mo'nang dà.

mo'nang₂   v. leave s.o. alone, not interfering; stay at home, not go out. Aff: ka-, paka-.

mamo'nang   adj. staying at home, not going out, of a person.

monga'toyug   n. hen that lays eggs. See: ato'yug.

'mongo   Variant: mgo ‘usual spelling’. adj. pluralizer.

'monmon   v. stick to a resolve, purpose, or work.

mo'noey   n. kind of bird, crane.

mon'sanga   See main entry: man'sanga.

'mosmos   v. fall face first to the ground in a sliding motion; thrust the face of a person or animal into the ground or s.t. on the ground.

moy   See main entry: mey.

mu'kuy   n. chick of the tabun bird. See: 'tabun.

'mundù   n. ant hill.

'mutjà   n. gem.

mu'tur   n. motor; motorboat; motorcycle. From: English.

'muya   v. die.