U - u

u'bag   part. diminutive particle.

eh 'ubag   exclamation of appreciation of success made by s.o. small.

'uban   n. gray or white hair.

'ubi   n. yam; kind of root crop. Dioscorea alata.

'ubin   conj. or.

u'boy-uboy   v. converse with s.o.

u'bu   Variant: o'bu. n. cough.

v. cough.

'ub-ub   v. fall face first.

'ubud   n. soft heart or top of plants like palms, rattan and banana.

u'budon   v. clean the soft heart or top of such plants.

U'bue   n. ruler of the underworld or place of the dead.

u'bue   n. underworld; place of the dead; place where the soul goes after death.

ubun'-ubun   n. coucal; kind of brown bird that usually calls during the rainy season. Song is a melancholic and built on a minor scale. See: ugun'-ugun.

'ubus   v. consume.

ubus-'ubus   n. kind of black ant usually seen with wings at the beginning of the rainy season.

'ubya   adv. frequently.

'udabang   See main entry: a'jobang.

'udak   adj. much; many; plenty. Aff: ma-.

v. feel like one has an abundance of s.t. so that he wastes, scatters, or gives it away.

'udamà   See main entry: 'odomà.

'udan   v. rain.

n. rain.

'ting-udan   n. rainy season.

u'dayu   n. kind of softwood tree good for building materials.

u'dipon   n. slave.

v. enslave.

'udlin   See main entry: 'uldin.

'udobang   See main entry: a'jobang.

udo'hik   v. wade upstream. Ant: 'yadas.

'udsà   interr. why.

u'due₁   v. pressure s.o. to move on; walk fast behind s.o. to pressure the person into walking faster; hint strongly that s.o. leave.

u'due₂   v. have a strong urge to defecate.

v. be affected by a curse causing cholera; curse s.o. to have cholera or diarrhea. Usage: derogatory.

uduk-'uduk   v. for smoke to rise continuously.

u'dupa   n. cassava plant.

udù-'udù   v. attempt to arouse sympathy, esp. by crying.

'uenan   See main entry: 'uy-an.

'uengan   n. fire-bank; piece of firewood or ember kept smoldering under a heap of ashes on the firetable so that a fire can be easily started anytime from that piece.

v. build a fire-bank.

u'gà   n. chick; baby bird (not of fowl such as chickens and ducks).

ma'ngugà   n. bird with chicks.

u'gaan   n. bird with chicks.

u'galing   conj. because; only because; in case; just because.

u'gam   n. whitish substance on tongue and palate; palate, roof of the mouth.

v. have a whitish substance on the tongue and palate.

'ugang   n. parents-in-law; mother-in-law; father-in-law; parents of a person's spouse.

u'gangan   n. children-in-law; daughter-in-law; son-in-law; spouse of a child. See main entry: 'ugang.

u'gat   n. blood vessel; vein; artery.

u'gaton   adj. full of blood vessels; varicose; fibrous, of plant food.

'ugbus   n. top of certain trees and plants.

ugi'hap   v. have a kind of skin disease characterised by large crusty sores on the skin. Said to be caused by the ya'ya caterpillar.

u'gis   adj. white feathered, of a chicken.

u'gong   n. old sow.

U'gow   n. name of a mythical man.

'ugpà   v. reside s.w.

ug'paan   n. residence.

umi'nugpà   n. resident.

'ugsud   v. for long things such as spears or ropes to lengthen; for rank, knowledge or political power to increase; for living things to increase in weight.

'ugtu   n. noon.

inug'tuhan   n. above the dome of the sky.

u'gud   n. skin ulcer.

'ug-ug   n. excrement.

u'guk   n. runny ear mucus of infected ears.

ugun'-ugun   n. coucal; kind of black-faced bird. Centropus sp. See: ubun'-ubun.

'ugwad   v. for a person, typhoon, difficulty or s.t. similar to go to the worst extreme.

u'haw   v. thirst.

u'hoy   n. rice panicle.

'uhud   n. secondary shoots of rice.

'uhug   v. nose mucus.

'uhut   n. rice panicle after the grains have been removed.

u'jà   n. sister-in-law; female related by marriage; brother's wife; spouse's sister. Syn: 'ipag. Usage: archaic.

u'jabang   See main entry: a'jobang.

'ujag   voc. wife! term of address for the wife used by the husband.

'ujap   n. tiny shrimp.

'ujun   v. for long objects to be parallel with one another on a horizontal axis.

v. for s.o. to agree with another.

'ukad   v. unwrap; open a container with with a lid that easily opens upwards.

u'kap   n. peelings or skin of fruits, vegetables and roots.

'ukba   v. open a lid with a little effort.

'ukdu   v. bulge.

'uki   n. kind of small oval basket used to carry a decoy rooster.

u'kis   v. unveil or uncover s.t. which drapes across or over s.t.

'ukjang   v. hold s.t. while in water in order to keep afloat.

Uk'tubri   n. October.

u'kù   v. be sick with chicken pox.

'ukud   v. stuff one's mouth full of food. Aff: na-.

'uldin   Variant: 'udlin. v. exhort; instruct s.o. in proper behavior; preach.

'ulì   v. return home; regain health.

'paulì   v. return.

pag-u'lion   v. reconcile.

'ulib   n. seed.

uli'mug   v. gargle. Aff: paN-.

'ulin   n. stern of a boat.

v. steer a boat from the stern.

u'lingit   v. for a pig to squeal.

'ulingon   n. kind of hardwood tree.

u'lingot   v. ask persistently; insist.

u'lisi   n. kind of rattan.

'ulit   v. provoke by persistent action; wear down s.o. by persistent action; tease s.o. persistently.

uli'tau   n. bachelor; unmarried man.

manguli'tau   v. court a woman.

ulì'-ulì   n. kind of grass like plant used medicinally to treat teething, fever and diarrhea. Also used in ritual purification after burials. Hands and feet are washed with water mixed with this grass ('pandihas) before entering the house of the buried person.

u'ma   n. farm; field.

mangu'nguma   n. farmer.

uma'ayù   n. generic term for evil spirits, such as those that cause people to become prostitutes or murderers.

v. give bad advice.

U'maegad   n. guardian spirit of wild animals. He is said to accompany wild animals and warn them of danger. See: u'yagdok. See main entry: 'aegad.

u'mag   n. animal wounded by a hunter or trap that has not been found by that hunter or owner of the trap which caused the wound. Must be grammatically possessed by the hunter who wounded the animal or the owner of the trap, but may be physically claimed by anyone else who finds the animal.

'umagad   n. soul of a dead person.

u'magak   n. hen.

u'mamon   v. be controlled internally by sin, shyness, anger, grudge, etc.

mau'mamon   adj. homebody; of one who likes to stay at home.

'umang   v. aim a projectile weapon at a target threateningly at close range.

'umbak   n. layer of banana sheath obtained from the stem of the banana plant, usually used as a plate; sheath of similar plants like abaca. OvSyn: 'yuak.

'umbud   n. kind of weevil.

'umey   n. gums (part of mouth).

'umid   v. be silent in shock or anger.

umi'nugpà   n. resident. See main entry: 'ugpà.

'Umlì   n. name of a spirit considered higher in rank than tutelary spirits.

'umod   v. fall face first.

v. thrust the face down into s.t.

um'pawak   n. kind of kidney infection.

v. have a kidney infection.

'umue   v. experience weakness in the legs such that one cannot stand well. Can result from breaking the 'Anit taboo.

Umu'wiwi   n. cloud spirits.

'una   adj. first; ahead.

v. do s.t. first.

na'nguna   n. leader of a group.

pa'nguna   n. foreleg.

'unag   v. exert time and effort, especially if it seems in vain.

u'ngas   adj. malicious, foolish, of a person who lies, creates sympathy for oneself, creates malicious rumors.

'unggas   n. swamphen; kind of long legged brown water bird. Amaurornis sp.

'ungkag   n. teat or nipple, excluding the areola.

u'ngus   n. cluster of lansones fruit. See: 'pungos.

u'noy₁   v. do s.t. harmful or socially unacceptable to oneself or a close relative or friend, such as commit suicide or incest.

u'noy₂   adv. personally, do s.t. by oneself.

v. stay close to one's work, such as a farm.

u'noy₃   v. build a structure on a natural feature, such as a house on a tree or stump (such that one does not need additional posts), or a defensive structure in a high rock (with natural defenses).

'unsuy   n. chick of fowl such as chickens and ducks.

ma'ngunsuy   n. fowl with chicks.

'untud   v. put s.t. on top of s.t. else.

untu'danan   n. pedestal.

unu   part. may. See: unu ko; su unu ko.

unu ko   conj. lest.

u'nud   n. flesh of an animal, person or fruit; meat.

ma'unud   adj. fleshy.

u'nug   v. follow closely; trace a path.

'unuk   adj. chubby. Aff: ma-.

v. for an infant to become chubby and full fleshed.

'upà   n. chewed betelnut.

u'pat   n. number four.

kau'pat   adj. four times.

tinag'-upat   adj. by fours.

inu'pat   adj. one fourth.

'uplit   adj. cohesive or sticky, such as 'hupì or clay. Aff: ma-.

v. for substances such as 'hupì or clay to cohere.

u'pow   adj. bald headed.

'upu   n. kind of edible white gourd.

'uras   n. hour; time. From: Cebuano.

u'sa   n. deer.

u'sab   See main entry: i'sab.

'usad   adv. walk slowly.

usa'hay   adv. sometimes. From: Cebuano.

'usaug   v. wade.

usi'bà   v. play.

kau'sibà   n. playmate.

usiba'anan   n. playground; auditorium.

usi'baan   n. plaything; playground.

u'siman   n. kind of grass used for pig feed.

'usip   v. question; ask.

'uslat   v. for plants to emerge or sprout from the ground.

v. for voice to come forth, in contrast to hoarseness.

'usmad   v. fall face first.

'usngow   v. for vapor or smell to rise.

u'sue   n. bedbug.

v. be infested with bedbugs.

'usuk   adj. for s.o. to lie down such that the head is inclined or tilted downwards. Aff: ma-.

v. be upside down; for long things to be tilted downwards.

'us-us   v. move backward horizontally or vertically; decrease.

'uswag   v. move forward horizontally or vertically; increase.

'utang   n. debt.

v. borrow; owe a debt to s.o.

'utok   n. brain or bone marrow of a person or animal.

uto'kan   adj. smart.

'utong   v. for a tool or weapon to penetrate s.t.

u'tu   v. heap s.t. over the top of a container.

u'tù   voc. term of address for significantly younger males.

'utue   n. excrement.

utu'kan   n. summit of the mountain or hill. Syn: 'peputukan.

'u-ue   v. suck on s.t. solid.

u'waejan   n. kind of tree.

u'wag   n. kind of very hard vine, sometimes used as a whip.

'uwag   v. lust sexually; have strong sexual urge.

uwa'gan   adj. person with constant strong sexual urges.

u'wak   n. crow.

uwa'kon   adj. black color, of birds. See: u'wak.

u'wat   n. scar.

u'yagà   v. eat or devour meat voraciously, as dogs do after killing a pig.

uya'gaan   v. ritually sacrifice an animal or person to a spirit, esp. Taeg'busow; give an animal to an injured party as a blood substitute (sa'liling). Sacrifice was previously done before and after war expeditions.

pauya'gaan   v. let hunting dogs eat parts of a killed animal before collecting the carcass; for a person, usually a 'datù, to get one party to pay an animal to another party as a blood substitute (sa'liling) of the first party.

u'yagdok   v. conduct hunting ritual requesting the spirit U'maegad to give a good catch. Usually done before a hunt. Main element of ritual is the killing and offering of a red rooster to U'maegad in the forest. The rooster must be completely consumed by the hunter or hunters.

uya'ging   v. sing a kind of native song.

n. native song. Style of singing with a high pitch and distinct staccato.

u'yahù   v. shout.

u'yajan   n. kind of hardwood tree that bears pods. Good for firewood.

u'yak   v. waste.

uya'kit   v. for s.o. with a disease to infect s.o. else; for a contagious disease to spread; for s.o. with a bad habit to contaminate s.o. else and influence the person to pick up the bad habit.

'uy-an   Variant: 'uenan. n. pillow.

u'yangag   v. for a pig to cry in pain, lower pitched than u'lingit.

u'yang-uyang   v. waste.

u'yayod   adj. poor.

'uyod   n. worm; snake; caterpillar.

'uyow   n. kind of rambutan tree that bears black colored fruit.

'uyu   n. head.

ka'uyu   n. headwaters.

u'yù   v. for one's head to point in a certain direction when lying down.

'uyug   v. drop or fall from a high place.

'uy-uy   v. step on s.t. or s.o. with both feet and bounce up and down without lifting the feet.