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jabaꞌ n. A non-toxic variety of cassava, that can be boiled and eaten. Has a dark, flaky skin. Aniyaꞌ isāb tibuꞌuk jabaꞌ, aettom kulitna, saliꞌ maglapis. Makajari bīlla. There is also java cassava, it has black skin, like it is layered. It is all right just to boil it. . Category: Cassava.
jabel v. AStat pa-. To hang in tatters or as a flap, as the hem of short trousers, a piece of flesh partly severed. Gram: AStat. pa- link: gores.
jabel-jabel 1 • n. The tattered pieces of something hanging down.
2 • adj. a-. Torn in many places; tattered. Gram: a-
jabjab 1 • v. AO-2. To shake something out; to flap something, as a cloth to remove dust or dirt. Bang nijabjaban pikpik linggisan, paleyang. When the wings of the frigate bird are flapped, it flies. . Gram: AO-1
2 • v. AStat pag-. To flap, as a sail or flag in the wind. Gram: AStat. pag-
jablut n. Mossy fibres; rootlets. Laput nangkaꞌ, ya jablutna ma deyom, takakan. Jackfruit segments, its inner fibrous parts, can be eaten. Subay atꞌggol boheꞌ ma deyom pelang boꞌ aniyaꞌ taiꞌ-bamban maka jablutna. Water has to be in the canoe for a long time for it to have mossy growth and its rootlets.
jabu 1 • adj. a-. Disturbed by bad people, of the place where one lives. Gram: a- link: hiluhalaꞌ.
2 • v. AO-1. To cause someone trouble. Gram: AO-1
jabu-jabu n. An instrument for calling people together, as a drum or bell. Jabu-jabu, ya nilisag inān, tambul atawa bēl. Sinohoꞌ patimuk saga maꞌamun, atawa ondeꞌ iskul. Jabu-jabu, that thing which is struck, whether drum or bell. It tells the mosque congregation or school children to gather.
Jabul n. The poetic and prophetic books of the Old Testament, in contrast to the books of the Law. linkset: Injil, Tawrat.
jakat 1 • n. A tithe; a religious tax. link: sarakka.
2 • v. AStat pag-. To give ritual alms; religious tribute. Subay taꞌabut bulan sangpūꞌ maka duwa boꞌ kita magjakat pitlaꞌ ni guruta atawa ni imam angamuꞌ apuwa. It should be the twelfth month when we pay religious tribute and alms to our teacher or to the imam, requesting a blessing. Gram: AStat
jakatlaꞌ n. Jakarta. Juhul maka Jakatlaꞌ. Johore and Jakarta (the furthest extent of the Sama world).
jakki v. AO-1. To accuse someone of failing to tell the truth. Asidda anganjakki aꞌa inān ma aku. Mbal ameyaꞌ-meyaꞌ bang nihakaꞌan. Tinajakki aku. That person really treats me as a liar. Will not believe when told. I am doubted. Gram: AStat link: dustaꞌ.
jakkum (See buwaˈ-jakkum).
jaket n. A western style short coat. cf.: badjuꞌ, polo.
jadjahan n. A locality; a neighborhood; a district. Jadjahan kami. Our house group. link: lūng.
jadjaꞌ 1 • adj. a-. Widespread, sparsely distributed. Gram: a- cf.: ladjaꞌ-ladjaꞌ.
2 • v. AO-1. To look for something by going to a wide range of places. Category: See. Gram: AO-1 link: piha.
jaga1 1 • n. A person who guards. . cf.: tungguꞌ.
2 • adj. a-. Watchful. Patijagahun pahāp aꞌa inān bang magusaha. That person is extremely watchful when working for a living. .
3 • v. AO-2. To watch over something; to guard. cf.: halliꞌ2; linkset: alimata, peyan, tullut.
jaga2 v. AStat. pa-/aN-. To attend a religious ceremony or wake which involves staying awake for much of the night. cf.: tingkōꞌ, domol2.
jagjag Variant: dagdag. 1 • adj. a-. Disorganised; disordered. Gram: a- cf.: bulangkayat; link: langkat.
2 • v. AO-1. To dismantle something or reduce it to disorder. . Nijagjag lumaꞌtam ilū, apinda kitam pehēꞌ ni Butun. This house of ours will be dismantled, we'll transfer to Butun. Gram: AO-1
jaguniꞌ n. Character; behavior. cf.: addat; linkset: apalal, kasuddahan, kajarihan, tabiꞌat, jāt, kaladjaꞌan.
jahallis adj. a-. Ill-natured; addicted to evil. Gram: a- link: jahulakaꞌ.
jahannam n. Gehenna, a division of hell. Category: Heaven, hell. cf.: nalkaꞌ, sulgaꞌ.
jahat adj. a-. Malicious; ill-intentioned. Gram: a- link: jahulakaꞌ.
jahil adj. a-. Evil; ill-natured; immoral. Basta alaꞌat kaul maka piꞌil, hinang maka addat, ajahil. Saliꞌ jahulakaꞌ. When words and thought, actions and customs are evil, that is jahil. Similar to jahulaka'. Gram: a- link: jahulakaꞌ.
jahira n. A species of fish caught in panggal trap. Category: Saltwater fish.
jahulakaꞌ 1 • adj. zero. Cruel; inhumane; unfriendly. Jahulakaꞌ itū asidda amonoꞌ. Alaꞌat kasuddahanna, saliꞌ abbuhan. Jahulaka is someone who is always fighting. His character is bad, he's proud of himself. . linkset: jahallis, jahat, jahil, laꞌat, jilakaꞌ.
2 • v. AO-1. To treat someone cruelly; to cause someone harm. Gram: AO-1
jaip adj. a-. Amazed at. Ajaip pahãp aku itū. Bahaꞌu bay atulak aꞌa inān, atiyaꞌ na atꞌkka. I am really amazed. That person has just left, here he is arrived back already. . Gram: a- link: inu-inu1.
jaitun n. The olive tree and its fruit. . Category: Fruit tree. Note: An Arabic loan not widely known.
jajamuhan n. Items of food eaten at a feast.
jalak v. ASite pa-. To break over something, of waves. Pajalak na goyak tudju kaleya. Ubus patꞌngge, ubus palꞌngngan. The waves are breaking towards land. First they stand up on end, then they move forward. Gram: ASite pa-
jala-jala n. A grid, a trellis. Inaān iya aningkōꞌ ma jala-jalana kahayang-hayangan. He is there sitting in his trellised breezeway. Note: SKR jala 'casting-net'
jalalangking n. A scorpion. Category: Arachnids. synonyms: kadjalangking.
jalampa n. A kind of canoe, no longer in existence but referred to in kata-kata epics. Category: Sea-going vessels.
jalampa-jalampa v. AStat pag-. To travel by a jalampa-type canoe. Gram: AStat. pag-
jalanan n. A cause; a reason. Ai jalananna angkan paniyaꞌ kalaꞌatan? What is the cause that evil has come to be? link: sabab1.
jalani n. The slipper plant, a thorny succulent, the sticky sap of which is used as an antidote for insect bites. Category: Plant. Pedilanthus tithymaloides (probable).
jalang1 adj. a-. Well-shaped; attractive in form. Gram: a- link: dorog1.
jalang2 adj. a-. Occuring at widely spaced intervals, in time or space. Ajalang pahãp aꞌa itū magpiꞌitu. It is only very occasionally that this man comes here. Gram: a- link: lahang; cf.: lantaꞌ.
jaliꞌ 1 • n. A stripe or band of contrasting color, as in a pattern.
2 • adj. -an. Striped; banded. Gram: -an
jallat 1 • n. A loop of rope; a noose; figuratively, a difficult or limiting circumstance such as a debt or a legal dispute. Apuwas man huwas-huwas, apuwas man jallat. Free from obligation, free of the difficult situation (lit. the noose). .
2 • v. AO-1. To enclose something in a loop or noose. . Tambalin aku. Bay aku tajallat eꞌ tondaꞌ. Treat my wound. I was caught in a loop of trolling line. Anth: This frequently happens when a large fish is being played with a handline, i.e. without the benefit of a spool fitted with a brake. Gram: AO-1
jalnang n. A shrub, the seeds of which provide a bright red dye. Category: Shore tree. cf.: passal.
jalum n. A needle.
jalum-kuyyaꞌ n. The dry-love or amor-seco grass, a grass with burr-like seeds. Category: Grains & grasses. Andropogon or Chrysopogon aciculatus, . synonyms: lukut-lappas.
jaman n. An extended period of time; an era. Min awal jaman sampay ni ahil jaman itū. From olden times until the present period. link: masa.
jamaꞌa n. A religious congregation, esp. the congregation of a mosque or a company of pilgrims. cf.: maꞌamun, kuntum.
jamaꞌ-jamaꞌ Variant: ʤambaʔ-ʤambaʔ. v. AA pag-. To speak roughly to each other, ignoring the normal conventions. Gram: AA pag-
jamban 1 • v. AState a-. To defecate, a polite equivalent of sungi'. Gram: AO-2 cf.: sungiꞌ.
2 • v. AO-2. To excrete something.
jambangan n. A decorative garden, or the plants grown in it. . cf.: galden.
jambatan n. A pier; a wharf.
jambay n. The trailing strands of some floating jellyfish.
jambay-būng n. A decorative tassel or fringe. Angahinang mandal hinangku jambay-būng abōꞌ pinaleyang. When I make a kite I will make trailing threads and let it fly. link: jambu.
jambaꞌ-jambaꞌ v. AA pag-. To speak roughly to each other, ignoring the normal conventions. Gram: AA pag-
jambeyaw v. AStat pag-. To wander around without purpose. link: lanyaw; cf.: pasiyal.
jambili n. A decorative flap of paper attached to the outer string on the sides of a kite. link: jambu; cf.: tipas-tipas.
jambu 1 • n. A decorative tuft on the top corner of a sail. Ballak nihinang jambu panganjambu leha ko ahāp nindaꞌ. Ballak fibre made into tufts to decorate a sail so it looks good. linkset: jambay-būng, jambili, jombay-jombay.
2 • v. AO-2. To decorate a sail with tufts.
jamin v. AO-2. To go guarantee for someone; to bail someone out of custody. Niluyal ma kaseheꞌan, nijamin ma kami. Saliꞌ nilꞌkkat. Others say luyal, we say jamin. Like being ransomed or set free. Buwat bay aꞌa tajīl, buwat sala lung-kampung kami, na aku anganjamin ma iya. Like when a person is jailed, like from our neighborhood, I provide bail for him. Gram: AO-1 link: lꞌkkat1.
jamput v. AO-1. To do something in undue haste. Gram: AO-1
jamu 1 • n. A feast, usually as part of a religious festival.
2 • v. AO-2. To provide someone with a feast; to invite to a feast. Pagjamuna ma anakna, hatina in bay saki pahali na. The feast he put on for his son, meaning to say that his sickness was healed. Gram: AO-2
3 • v. AA pag-. To celebrate a feast together.
janap n. A short working knife with a square end sharpened for weeding or digging. link: pangꞌntan.
janjiꞌ 1 • n. A promise; an agreement; a contract. cf.: subahat, tunggaꞌ.
2 • v. AOS-1. To promise something to someone. .
3 • v. AA pag-. To be in agreement or in covenant relationship. “Taꞌabut mpat llaw pagjanjiꞌan,” yuk-i ni sultan, “taimaꞌ kami.” "When the four days agreed on are over," said he to the sultan, "we will be accepted."
jantang n. The characteristic appearance of a person. Ya na luwa jantang-jarina. That's the way he looks and is. cf.: lahi3.
jantung n. The heart, the physical organ. Category: Heart.
jangat v. AO-1. To grate into thin slivers, of foods such as green papaya or soft coconut meat, pandanus leaves in preparation for weaving a mat. Jangatun botong ilū, binukayuꞌ. Grate that young coconut to be made into candy. Gram: AO-1 linkset: kugut1, sanggiꞌ.
jangatan n. An implement for cutting vegetable material into slivers, consisting of a handle with a row of sheet metal loops or blades. Amꞌlli aku jangatan panganjangat pandan nihinang tepo. I will buy a strip-cutter to prepare pandanus for weaving a mat. comp.: kugutan.
jangkaꞌan n. The boundary or limit, the mark beyond which a player must not go when throwing his marker; figurative, the predestined time of a person's death. . Tiyap-tiyap manusiyaꞌ aniyaꞌ jangkaꞌanna. It is inevitable that a human being has a limit to his life. . synonyms: tibtib.
jangki 1 • adj. a-. Spiteful because of jealousy. Gram: a-
2 • v. AO-1. To treat someone spitefully.
janggay n. A fingernail extension which fits over the finger tips when dancing.
janggiꞌ adj. -an. Striped grey and black. Gram: -an
janggut n. Any hair-like projection such as a goatee, the tentacles of squid or cuttlefish, or the hair-like projections at the front of a shrimp. See gulamay for the equivalent part of an octopus. . Note: This term is not used for the arms of an octopus, cf.: gulamay.
japang n. A basket of coarsely woven mature coconut leaves, with parallel sides joined at the top to form handles with an opening each side, used for transporting fruit and vegetables. Category: Baskets. synonyms: tampipiꞌ.
jari1 1 • v. AStat zero. To exist, a verbal stem which occurs in a number of modifying contexts. cf.: niyaꞌ2, tiyaꞌ.
2 • adj. maka-. Possible or permissible. Makajari aku angindam pelangnu? May I borrow your canoe? Gram: maka-
jari2 conj. So then; usually occurs as a sentence or paragraph introducer. Jari itu, pagka halam mainaꞌan si Kuhang, amoleꞌ na kami. So then, since Kuhang was not there, we went home. Sangpūꞌ manuk-manuk ma diyataꞌ kayu. Paleyang dakayuꞌ, manjari siyam. Ten birds up in a tree. One flies away, then there are nine. synonyms: manjari.
jari3 v. AStat aN-. To worsen, of a sickness. Gram: AStat. aN-
jatiꞌ n. Teak. Category: Shore tree. Tectona grandis.
jatti adj. zero. Undisputed, as a person's ownership right; unblemished, as the purity of some substance such as gold. Jatti ma iya kapanyapan inān. That equipment is undisputedly his. cf.: porol.
jatu 1 • adj. a-. Satisfactory; well-developed; fruitful. Halam ajatu iskul apa magsakihan mastal. School is not satisfactory because the teachers get sick. Ajatu na paggaraꞌbi? Have you reached a good conclusion in your discussion? Gram: a- cf.: abag.
2 • v. AO-1. To do something completely and effectively. Jatuhun hinangnu itū. Do this work of yours well. Pajatuhun pehēꞌ daing inān ko daꞌa ahaluꞌ. Do the proper thing with that fish so it doesn't go bad. Gram: AO-1
jauk 1 • n. A sweetmeat made of slices of boiled cassava meal, dried, and coated with a sugar glaze. Category: Candy. synonyms: lapuk-lapuk.
2 • v. AO-1. To make a sweetmeat of cassava meal. Gram: AO-1
jauꞌ-jauꞌ v. AStat pa-. To interrupt where one has no right. Saupama kaꞌa ilū sohoꞌku, na, manjari itū beyaꞌ halam giꞌ atꞌkka, ya dangan itu pajauꞌ-jauꞌ supaya binuwanan. For example I send you off, and then, before you have arrived back, this other one interrupts in order to be given something. Bang aniyaꞌ magsuli-suli boꞌ halam lamudnu, daꞌa ka pajauꞌ-jauꞌ sabab ilu-i halipulu. If some people are talking together and you are not involved, don't interrupt, because that is impolite. Gram: AStat. pa- cf.: lamud2, balat.
jawab1 1 • n. An argument; a defense against a charge. Angay iya ananggung jawab dangan-danganna? Why does she take responsibility for disputing (an accusation) on her own? Gram: AO-1 link: palilu.
2 • v. AO-1. To dispute someone's decision.
3 • v. AA pag-. To argue with someone; to bargain vigorously. Gram: AA pag-
jawab2 v. AOC-2. To make someone a counter-offer when buying or selling.
jayak 1 • adj. a-. Plentiful, as of a good catch of fish. Gram: a- link: heka1.
2 • v. AStat pag-. To produce something in abundance. Bang pinagjayak, na aheka, maglabi-labian na. When something is made abundant, then there is very much of it, more than enough.
jā n. A rice cookie made of strands of thin batter cooked in oil to form a kind of mesh, and rolled up while still hot. Category: Cakes. link: apam; cf.: ulayan, sindul.
jām n. An hour.
jāt Note: QU example n. The qualities or features intrinsic to someone. link: jaguniꞌ.
jebel-jebel Variant: ʤabel-ʤabel; sebel-sebel. 1 • n. The tattered pieces of something hanging down. link: gores.
2 • adj. a-. Torn in many places; tattered.
3 • v. AStat aN-. To become tattered, of clothing or a lacerated wound. Anebel-nebel, ageseꞌ, buwat buliꞌ pantalunku. Becoming tattered, torn, like the seat of my pants.
jego adj. -in-. Marked by scribbled lines. Nijego-jego bukutta, baranta. Bāꞌnu bay palēan omang. Our backs and bodies are marked. You would think a hermit crab had crawled there. Gram: ni-
jelus v. ASite aN-. To be jealous of someone for romantic reasons. Gram: ASite aN-
jeneral Variant: ʤinidal. n. A military officer of any rank higher than colonel.
jengen n. The name given to boat-dwelling Sama, esp. those living in Southern Sulu. Nilangguyuran, buwat aꞌa Jengeng, lling sigā. Dragged out, like the speech of Jengen Sama. . cf.: palaꞌu.
jikil 1 • n. A slow melodic chant from the book of Maulud. .
2 • v. AO-2. To accompany a ceremony with chanting.
3 • v. AStat pag-. To engage in chanting praises to God from the book of Maulud. . Magjikil kita tasbiꞌ. Atawa kita maghinang amatay, atawa hinang maut, subay nijikilan. We chant with prayer beads. Or if we are performing a mourning ritual, or placating the death spirit, it should be accompanied by chanting. Gram: AStat. pag-
jilakaꞌ v. AO-1. To cause someone harm, usually by making them sick, as the action of a saitan spirit. Some speakers say this means to rape someone. Gram: AO-1 link: jahulakaꞌ.
jimban Variant: simpan. 1 • v. AO-1. To throw and catch stones or shells in the game of jacks. Category: Games. Gram: AO-1
2 • v. AA pag-. To play the game of jacks together. . Gram: AA pag-
jimpaw1 n. A towel or napkin. cf.: tawel, tuwaliya.
jimpaw2 n. Thin brown paper. link: katas.
jina v. AA pag-. To commit adultery. Gram: AA pag- synonyms: liyulakad.
jiniral n. A military officer of rank higher than colonel. cf.: tininti, kapitan.
jinis n. A variety; a sort.
jingki v. ASite aN-. To display ill will towards someone, often with the connotation of there being no reason for it. Anganjingki si M ma kami sabab si A abilahian iya. M is ill intentioned towards us because A desires her. Gram: AO-1 cf.: singgit, tikmuhanan.
jinggam n. Chewing gum.
jipun n. The country of Japan; an ethnic Japanese. Hinangan Jipun. Japanese made.
jiyara v. AO-1. To greet someone by shaking hands formally or kissing, especially on important occasions such as the celebration of the Muslim fast, welcoming pilgrims back from Mecca, or restoring good relations with someone who has been offended. Gram: AO-1 ASite pa- cf.: salam.
jiyay n. A brand of cotton thread. link: bannang.
jīl 1 • n. A jail. synonyms: pilisu, kalabusu.
2 • v. AO-1. To jail someone. Gram: AO-1
jīn 1 • n. Supernatural beings who can communicate through a human medium, usually in a trance state. . Magpaubus ni sigā ya taga-jīn. Bang kauliꞌan subay daꞌa maglꞌkkat. Anak-ubus koꞌ hēꞌ. The one who has healing djinn goes to them as a last resort. When healed they should not separate. She is an anak-ubus (to the healer). Category: Supernatural being. An individual may inherit rights over a djinn, which must be invoked in ways appropriate to it, e.g. by dancing, gong-playing, and singing the kata-kata epic. Djinn are similar to humans except for their invisibility and supernatural powers. Some sources say that a djinn may die with its human if the latter has no son with a character good enough to inherit the rights. . cf.: duwata.
2 • adj. -an. Having ongoing proprietary rights over a djinn. Gram: -an
3 • adj. ka-..-an. Possessed by a djinn. Magdamoseng aꞌa inān, mbal makatꞌnnaꞌ ma paningkoꞌanna, ya pasal kajīnan iya. That person is dancing in ecstasy and can't remain in his place, due to being possessed by a djinn.
jīp n. A jeep.
jodjol v. ASite pa-. To persist in visiting someone as á way of showing goodwill. Minsan kita kinabꞌnsihan, pajodjol na paꞌin. Even though they dislike us, we will keep on going. link: tibaw1.
jogjog 1 • adj. a-. Unstable; shaky. Gram: a-
2 • v. AO-1. To cause something to shake. Gram: AO-1 linkset: hengol, siggul, sikmuꞌ, hodjog.
jogjog deyom dunya adj. a-. Shaking, of an earthquake. synonyms: linug1.
jogjog tanaꞌ adj. a-. Shaking, of an earthquake.
jolog v. AStat pa-. To stand out among a crowd, as someone who is much bigger than his peers. Gram: AStat. pa-
jombay-jombay n. The decorative tassels on the edge of a cloth, esp. of the shawl used in invoking certain spirits. link: jambu.
jompoꞌ adj. a-. Bored or surfeited with something. Gram: a- link: sumu.
jōk v. AO-1. To answer someone flippantly, especially in response to well-intentioned speech. Panduꞌanta ka ni kahāpan, gom paꞌin aku jōknu. I teach you for your good, and you respond by sassing me. Gram: AO-1
juba n. A long outer garment of white cloth worn by men on formal occasions. Category: Clothes for religious occasions. linkset: gamis, luku.
jubul n. The anus; the rectum. Sinurul kita heꞌ aꞌa ma lowang jubulta. People poke us in the anal orifice. Category: Flesh. cf.: tombong.
jukup 1 • adj. a-. Complete. Gram: a- synonyms: ganap; cf.: kꞌnnop.
2 • v. AO-2. To complete something; to make up a shortage. Nijukupan na paꞌin eꞌna kulang-kabus mattoꞌa-danakanna. He kept on supplying what his parents and siblings lacked.
judjal 1 • v. ASite pa-. To stick out in front. . Jungal, ya pajudjal ma mundaꞌ balandaꞌ. A bowsprit, that which projects from the front of a sailing ship. cf.: lodjat1.
2 • v. AO-1. To push something vigorously. Gram: AO-2
judjuꞌ v. AO-2. To give someone much more than was asked or expected, a cultural way of showing resentment at a request. Bang aniyaꞌ badjuꞌ si Jinggo, boꞌ bay tasulugku, apꞌddiꞌ atayna. Kinꞌnnopan giꞌ dakayuꞌ badjuꞌna, nijudjuꞌan aku eꞌna. If Jinggo has a shirt and I am wearing it, he gets upset with me. He adds yet another of his shirts and gives it to me (out of annoyance.) . Yukku ma kaꞌa, “Amuwan ka katas, saga dakayuꞌ sadja pangalampik sugal,” ati bang aku buwanannu aheka, magjudjuꞌ ka. Saliꞌ ka astolan. If I say to you, "Give me some paper, just one piece to wrap my playing cards in," and if you give me a lot, you are responding excessively. As if you're angry. synonyms: juruꞌ.
juhal v. AStat pa-. To protrude, of teeth. Gram: AStat. pa- link: jungal.
Juhul maka Jakatlaꞌ idiom. The furthest extent of the Sama world. Most speakers do not know what these place names refer to. Juhul maka Jakatlaꞌ, saliꞌ tapagliyu-liyu bang kita angamuꞌ. Johore and Jakarta, (meaning) we have gone everywhere making a request. . Anth: Johore and Jakarta:
julangkang v. AStat pa-. To lie with feet in the air. Pajulangkang, saliꞌ tapeꞌna pariyataꞌ, bukutna patꞌnnaꞌ ma papan. Hal yangkon tapeꞌna pariyataꞌ. Pajulangkang means his feet up in the air, his back lying on the floor. Nothing but his feet up. Gram: AStat. pa- cf.: sulalla.
Julkaꞌidda n. The eleventh month of the Islamic year. Category: Month.
julenget v. AStat pa-. To project awkwardly, as of badly set teeth or the leaves of some plants. Gram: AStat. pa- linkset: sulangat, sōng-sꞌlloꞌ, salisi, sōng-suwaꞌ, suwaꞌ-sꞌlloꞌ.
Julhadjiꞌ n. The twelfth month of the Islamic year, the month in which the pilgrims make their pilgrimage to Mecca. Category: Month. synonyms: Bulan Hadjiꞌ.
jullit1 v. AO-1. To tease someone. cf.: juri; linkset: lawat, pabelaw.
jullit2 (See pajullit).
julut 1 • v. AStat pa-. To slide down an inclined plane, of a liquid or semi-liquid. Buwat kita amowa laiꞌ isian kinakan, subay kita kamayaꞌ ko daꞌa pajulut. It's like us carrying a plate of food, we must be careful that it doesn't slide off. Bay latap pajulut kaut pabīng. What had been a flood slips out to sea again. Gram: ASite pa- cf.: dūt.
2 • v. AO-2. To make something slide off a slope. Gram: AO-2
Jumadir Ahil n. The sixth month of the Islamic year. Category: Month.
Jumadir Awal n. The fifth month of the Islamic year. Category: Month.
Jumala n. The name of a folk character who does incongruous things. Si Jumala, bang pakapoꞌ magtaumpaꞌ, bang palꞌgngan binenten. Jumala, he wears his shoes when wading, and carries them when walking on land.
Jumaꞌat n. Friday. Category: Day. link: Ahad.
jumla adj. a-. Totalled, of a list of figures. link: itung.
jumlahan n. The total.
junjung Variant: ʤuŋʤuŋ. 1 • n. A favor or an act of mercy by a superior.
2 • v. AOS-1. To request a favor from a supernatural source. Lidjikiꞌ maka barakat ya jungjung kami ni Tuhan. Blessing and power are what we request from God.
junna n. The earth in contrast to sky or heaven.
junub n. The purification from bodily emissions in preparation for worship. link: puppuꞌ.
junya n. The earth in contrast to the sky and heaven; the sphere of human life and activity.
jungal 1 • n. Something that projects out from the main part, as the prow of a sailing vessel. Jungal, ya pajudjal ma mundaꞌ balandaꞌ. Bowsprit, the thing that projects out from the bow of a schooner.
2 • v. AStat pa-. To project, of the upper lip. linkset: juhal, toroꞌ, tungaluꞌ.
jungkak n. A fish species with long white-tipped lower jaw, does not grow beyond about 20cm. Category: Saltwater fish.
jungkal
jungkat Variant: ʤuŋkal. 1 • v. ASite pa-. To move upwards suddenly as if pushed from beneath. Gram: ASite pa-
2 • v. AO-1. To tip someone over by pushing from beneath. Gram: AO-1
jungkat-jungkat 1 • n. A seesaw or teeter board. link: tungkellat-tungkellat.
2 • v. AA pag-. To move up and down; to play on a see-saw. Gram: AStat. pag-
jungkung Variant: kuŋkuŋ. n. A sailing toy made of coconut leaf and a piece of the central spine.
jungjung 1 • n. A favor or act of mercy by a superior.
2 • v. AOS-1. To request a favor from a superior. Lidjikiꞌ maka barakat ya jungjung kami ni Tuhan. Blessing and power are what we request from God. Gram: AOS aN-
jural 1 • adj. a-. Given to teasing. Aꞌa inān magpanganjural. That fellow behaves in a provocative way.
2 • v. AO-1. To provoke someone to anger by deliberate action; to annoy. Gram: AO-1
juri 1 • adj. a-. Joking; making jokes. Ajuri pahāp aꞌa itū. This fellow is such a joker (lit. joking).
2 • v. AO-1. To tease; to make fun of. cf.: jullit1; link: lami.
juruꞌ 1 • v. AO-2 pag-. To give someone much more than was asked or expected. Daꞌa aku pagjuruꞌin ba. Sarang koꞌ ilū. Don't overdo it, huh. That's enough. This is an effective way of showing resentment at a request. Gram: AOS-2 pag- synonyms: judjuꞌ.
2 • v. AStat pag-. To behave in a way which is excessive with respect to cultural norms. . Magjuruꞌan kita dī-ta, mbal kita magay-magay. We behave excessively towards ourslves; we don't care what happens {due to grief}. Minsan apꞌnnoꞌ na poga heꞌ boheꞌ, pꞌnnoꞌanku, pꞌnnoꞌanku. Magjuruꞌ suput aku. Even though the water jar is full, I fill it, I fill it. I make it splash over excessively. Gram: AStat. pag-
juwalan n. Bananas or sweet potato fried and glazed or dusted with sugar. Category: Sweetmeats. linkset: huwal, libusaw, piniritu.
jūd n. A major division of the Holy Koran; by extension a major division of other religious books. cf.: bāb, ayat.
jūng-jūng n. The non-spotted halfbeak. Category: Saltwater fish. Hemiramphus far.
jꞌngngit v. AO-1. To show someone dislike or antagonism. Gram: AO-1