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ta   pron. We, our. Dual person pronoun. Occurs as unfocused Actor or Agent, or as Possessor. “Ā,” yuk Ambaw, “ya du ēꞌ-i kasusahanta,” yukna? "Ah," said Mr. Rat, "so that's your problem, is it?" Tambalanta du ka, angagad ka daiꞌ-daiꞌ. I will certainly medicine you, wait just for a minute. Category: Pronouns. cf.: tam, bī; link: ku.

ta   v. prefix. Marks perfective aspect, oblique focus. The co-occurring verb can usually be translated: happened to, or able to. Halam taꞌndaꞌku ai-ai. I was unable to see anything. {Or I didn't happen to see anything.}. cf.: maka-.

taba   n. A species of edible shellfish which clings to coral rocks. Category: Shellfish. link: lꞌssik-lꞌssik.

tabak   (See patabak).

tabakuꞌ   n. The tobacco plant or leaf. Nicotiana tabacum.. linkset: banusu, bungkal₃, pasta, pikaroda, siga, sigupan.

taban   v. AO-1. To take something as plunder or loot. Pagtunuꞌ Sūk inān aheka anaban. When Jolo was burnt there were many looting. Gram: AO-1 link: langpas.

tabanas   v. AO-1. To weave a mat with the tabanas pattern, a variation of the basic check. Gram: AO-1 link: diyandi.

tabang   1 • v. AO-1. To help someone by doing something for him. Subay toꞌongan iya amikilan bang buwattingga kapanabangna baranna boꞌ iya magkataꞌu-marayaw. He should definitely be thinking how to help himself know that which is good. Gram: AO-1 linkset: tambin, tulung; cf.: dangin.

2 • v. AO-2. To assist someone with what he is doing. Gram: AO-2

3 • v. AO-2 pag-. To form an alliance against someone. Bay aku pinagtabangan heꞌ sigām mpat puhuꞌ. Four of them ganged up against me. Gram: AO-2 pag- cf.: pila₂.

tabas   1 • v. AO-1. To cut cloth to a pattern. Gram: AO-1 cf.: simpay.

2 • v. AO-2. To cut a piece out of the whole. Agtūy angāꞌ kayu dandꞌppa tahaꞌna, agtūy tinabasan min duwa, min duwa, min tōng duwampōng. He promptly took a length of wood a meter in length, and promptly cut pieces from it, did it twice, {once} from each end. Gram: AO-2

tabawan   (See tinabawan).

tabaꞌ   1 • n. The richly flavored or fatty part of fish or meat. link: lanab.

2 • adj. a-. Rich tasting. Such food is considered bad for small children. Atabaꞌ daing kariyan bang binꞌlla. Mbal makakakan ondeꞌ-ondeꞌ buwat heya si Linda ko daꞌa niugam apa sidda atabaꞌ. The kariyan fish is rich when cooked. It cannot be eaten by children the size of Linda lest they get blisters in the mouth, because it is very rich. Gram: a-

tabaꞌ-tabaꞌ   v. AStat. pag-. To masturbate. Gram: AStat. pag-

tabba   adj. zero. Left behind.

taberak   n. A soft cake of dried cassava meal mixed with banana and sugar and fried in oil. Rice or wheat flour is occasionally used, and fish and liver may replace the banana and sugar. Category: Desserts.

tabeyaꞌ   v. AStat -um-. To be included with. Tumabeyaꞌ batangan, tumabeyaꞌ katig. Outrigger booms and outriggers were included (in the sale). Gram: AStat. -um- cf.: lapay.

tabid   v. AO-1. To twist something, especially something flat in section. Gram: AO-1 linkset: piyut, lubid; cf.: tangbid.

tabid bowaꞌ   adj. a-. Wry or twisted, of someone's mouth. link: kiyuꞌ.

tabid lling   v. AStat aN-. To manipulate words in an argument. . Ataꞌu anabid lling. Ai-ai pinahꞌlling heꞌ dangan taꞌāꞌ sadja diyataꞌan heꞌ dangan. He knows how to manipulate words. Whatever the other says he takes advantage of.

tabid-tabid   n. A donut, made of a twist of dough. Category: Cakes. link: kolleng-kolleng.

tabin   v. AO-1. To select and hold from among a number of items, as a person in a crowd or things tipped from a canoe. Hal busay tatabin maka panait. Only the paddle and a bailer was saved. Gram: AO-1 link: appula.

tabiyaꞌ   1 • v. AStat pag-. To request pardon for an intended violation of some social norm, as when passing between speakers or mentioning a subject or item usually avoided. Usually as an imperative. Tabiyaꞌ min kaꞌa, tabiyaꞌ min si Anu. Begging your pardon, begging so-and-so's pardon. Gram: zero

2 • v. AO-2 pag-. To ask someone for permission, as above. Ai pagtabiyaꞌannu? Lꞌlla kita saliꞌ-saliꞌ. What are you asking permission about? We are both men. Gram: AO-2

tabiꞌat   n. Good behavior or good manners as a result of being well brought up. . cf.: biꞌat, panduꞌ; link: jaguniꞌ.

tabla   1 • adj. zero. Reaching the same stage or state together, as a race that ends in a dead heat or a resource that has exactly met a need. . Tabla kita abatiꞌ. We woke at the same time. Hindi tabla "a pair of small percussion drums. Gram: zero

2 • v. AA pag-. To do things at the same time, of two entities. . Magtabla aku maka llaw ma Musuꞌ. I reached Musu' just as the sun set. Gram: AA pag-

tablig   n. Member of a lay movement calling Muslims to observe their religious duties. From tablighi jamaat, a transational Indo-Islamic movement founded in 1927 by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas.

tabtab   1 • adj. a-. Come to an end, of a conversation or dispute. Buwat kami magbissala maka si Garabu, na atabtab na bissala kami, apuwas na. Like when Garabu and I were talking, then our talk came to an end, all over. Gram: a-

2 • v. AO-1. To cut off the ends of something. Tinabtab na daun langkay. Inaꞌan nihinang eskoba. The leaves of the dried coconut frond are cut off. That is for making a broom. Gram: AO-1 cf.: utas.

tabtaban   n. The end, conclusion of a matter. cf.: tobtoban.

tabug   n. A species of fig tree. . Category: Shore tree. Ficus sceptica..

tabul₁   1 • adj. a-. Treated equally, as when gifts are given. Pꞌppotun tꞌbbu ilū abōꞌ kitam atabul magbahagiꞌ. Cut that sugarcane into lengths so we can share equally. Gram: a- link: kaniya-kaniya.

2 • v. AOC-2. To give equally to someone. Tabulin makannak. Give equally to the children. Gram: ACS-2

tabul₂   n. The endosperm of a coconut. whole: niyug; synonyms: bōt.

tabula   n. A slender squid, has a slimmer body than kulabutan. . Category: Cephalopods.

tabula-nangkaꞌ   n. A deepwater squid. Category: Cephalopods.

tabula-tunyang   n. A small variety of tabula. Category: Cephalopods.

tabuli   n. Various large conchs.

tabuli-bbet   n. The helmet shell. Category: Shellfish. fam. Cassidae.

tabul-tabul₁   v. AO-1 pag-. To treat people equally. Buwat si Parantet maka si Gillian maka si Linda, dakayuꞌ-dakayuꞌ labban kolol ma dangan. Pinagtabul-tabul. Like Frances and Gillian and Linda each one has a box of crayons. Given equally. Gram: AO-1 pag-

tabul-tabul₂   n. The lashing which secures a sail to mast or boom. Ya tabul-tabul niluklusan, tinugutan hambawan. The lashing has come loose, the halyard has run free. Category: Sails and rigging. link: baggot.

tabun-tabun   n. Commercial toilet powder in cake form. link: borak.

tabung   n. A species of fish, the mangrove jack. Category: Saltwater fish.

tabungay   n. A black stinging insect, possibly a species of hornet. Category:  Insects . link: kabulig.

tabuꞌ   1 • n. A market mainly for the exchange or sale of local produce, esp. between agricultural and fishing people. In the Siasi area the days of the week are frequently designated by the market which occurs on each. link: tinda; cf.: tiyanggi.

2 • v. ASite aN-. To do the marketing. Subay na llaw Hambilan aheya boꞌ kami anabuꞌ. It must be the main Hambilan day for us to do the marketing. Gram: ASite aN-

tabꞌggak   n. A species of fish. Category: Saltwater fish.

tabꞌllung₁   n. The boxfish or cowfish. Category: Saltwater fish. Ostracion cornotus. cf.: banggaꞌ-banggaꞌ.

tabꞌllung₂   v. AStat pag-. To make a noise by blowing through vibrating lips, as to amuse a baby. Gram: AStat. pag-

taka   1 • n. A notch cut to give grip for the feet in climbing; the rung of a ladder. linkset: tanggaꞌ, tekmas, tengham.

2 • v. AO-2. To make notches in something for climbing or for supporting a cross-beam. Gram: AO-2

takabba   1 • adj. a-. Lost by slipping from one's hand. Kinomkoman koꞌ mbal takabba. Held in the hand so as not to be lost. Category: Falling. Gram: a- cf.: larus, tanak.

2 • v. AO-1. To let something slip from one's grip. Waꞌi atanak, waꞌi takabbata daing, waꞌi alaꞌan. It's dropped, we've gone and let the fish slip, it's gone.

takabbul   adj. a-. Arrogant in regard to one's assertions that something will or will not happen. It will only happen if God takes note of the assertion. . Atakabbul aꞌa hēꞌ, ya magtūy sinulat heꞌ Tuhan, yuk-i, “Bꞌnnal aꞌa inān.” That man is arrogant in his speech, which is promptly recorded by God, who says, "That man speaks truth." Atakabbul, tinuhug eꞌ Tuhan bang ahꞌlling. Bang mbal kinale heꞌ Tuhan putingan. Arrogant, (his words) kept by God on a string when he speaks. If God doesn't hear the man is a liar. Gram: a-

takal   adj. a-. Averse to the carrying out of some duty, as work or marriage responsibilities. Mbal na ka atakal anulat? Uskawan saliꞌ? Aren't you reluctant to write yet? Sort of unwilling? Gram: a- cf.: hukaw, lisuꞌ.

takas   n. A place where a house has been built previously. Taꞌabut na ahinang lumaꞌ pabīng, pabīng ni takasna, ni bay patꞌnnaꞌan lumaꞌ tagnaꞌ. When the time comes to build a house again they returned to the former site, to where the house had been originally. cf.: bai.

taka-taka   Adverb. Inevitably, as the result of a persistent course of action; whenever the described situation occurs or conditions are met. . Taka-taka kita maglata makapagbonoꞌ kita maka seheꞌta. When we start joking we are bound to end up by fighting with our companions. Taka-taka ondeꞌ-ondeꞌ inān maglete-lete, mbal du atꞌggol ahūg pareyoꞌ. For sure if that child keeps walking along the raised walkway, it won't be long before she falls down. link: tiyap-tiyap.

taka-takahan   Adverb. Eventually; inevitably. Taka-takahan magkaꞌat kulaetku itu. Eventually my pressure lantern will be damaged.

takāk   n. A mast extension. Category: Sails and rigging. link: taruk.

takbil₁   v. AO-2. To declare the greatness of God by uttering the phrase Allahu Akbar. This forms the basis of some religious observances. . Maglukum sangom, abay kohap saga magtakbil na. Paglisag siyam akatis. At night we eat the communal meal, late afternoon we chant. At nine o'clock it is finished. Gram: AO-2 cf.: impasal, tahalil.

takbil₂   Variant: takdil. conj. With reference to; regarding. Bang takbil angambit, pinakaꞌllum ma paldu. Regarding fish drives, the fish are kept alive in a cage. Ma takdil saga tendogku, bay na sigām hakaꞌanku bang maingga pagsabuhan kami. With regard to my followers, I have told them where we will meet up. link: pasal₂.

takbiꞌ   v. AA pag-. To fight without artificial spurs, of fighting cocks. . Magbulang na manuk ya magtakbiꞌ inān. Angalahaꞌ pēna, bay tinittuk eꞌ manuk dakayuꞌ. That cock without spurs there was fighting. Its comb is bleeding, it was pecked by another cock. Gram: AO-1 link: bulang.

takkop   v. AO-1. To close something up, of something with a hinged lid or with two opposing sections. Takkopun ba baꞌul ilu boꞌ mbal sinōd kamahung. Shut that chest to keep it from getting cockroaches in it. Gram: AO-1

takdang   v. AO-2. To strike something with a light blow not intended to hurt or cut. Min tꞌllu tinakdangan ni mundaꞌ akatis. With three taps at the bow (the canoe) was finished. Gram: AO-2

takdil   conj. With regard to; in reference to.

takil   n. A unit of measurement for processed sago. A takil is a single package of meal. cf.: kalanjang.

taklay   (See pataklayan).

takmay   v. AO-1. To hold something by placing both hands or arms beneath it, as a baby or a package which may burst. Gram: AO-1 link: tayak.

tako   n. A rod for shooting balls or discs in certain games, as in pool. link: pūl.

takod   1 • v. ASite pa-. To go inland or uphill. cf.: talun; synonyms: tukad₁.

2 • v. AOS-1. To obtain something from inland, as cassava, fruit or firewood. Waꞌi giꞌ anakod ma deya Jambangan. She's still away getting supplies inland from Jambangan. Gram: AOS-1 cf.: sasab.

takon   n. The heel of a shoe. Category: Footwear. link: taumpaꞌ₂.

takos   1 • n. A personal weapon, especially one which is worn at the waist in a scabbard or holster. . Taga-takos aꞌa inān. That fellow has a weapon. cf.: kokos₁.

2 • v. AStat pag-in-. To wear a sidearm. Bang aku lumꞌngngan kaleya magtinakos aku barung. When I walk inland I am armed with a fighting knife.

takot₁   n. A submerged reef. linkset: munu-munu, puhu, tahetek.

takot₂   n. A variety of sea snake, said to be venomous. Category: Sea snakes. synonyms: sowa-takot.

taksil   1 • n. A fine imposed for breach of cultural restrictions. . .

2 • v. AO-1. To impose a fine on someone for offenses involving improper behavior to someone of opposite sex, typically for such things as brushing against a girl. Gram: AO-1

3 • adj. a-. Fined for offenses of improper behaviour; liable for a fine. Ataksil ka, amayad lima pilak. You're liable for fine, you'll pay five pesos. Gram: a-

taksiꞌ   1 • n. Small items such as shells, stones, buttons, used as counters or markers in various games. link: mano.

2 • v. AO-1. To knock shells off a stand with a thrown pebble, a game of skill in which thrower keeps what he knocks off. Gram: AO-1

taktak   v. AO-1. To take down something which has been hung in place, as curtains or a mosquito net, occasionally used of a sail. Buwat kultina bay pinasablay pariyataꞌ, bang taꞌabut na tinambol pinataktak na pareyoꞌ. Like a curtain that has been hung up, when it reaches (the time) to close, it is lowered down. Taktakun na banog sababna aniyaꞌ na baliyu. Lower the sail because there is wind. Gram: AO-1

taktek   v. AO-1. To beat a rhythm on gongs or a bamboo marimba. link: dapuꞌ.

taku-taku   v. AA pag-. To work cooperatively to help someone. Buwat kaꞌa-i magpahāp lumaꞌ, magtaku-taku aꞌa Siganggang. As when you are repairing your house, the people of Siganggang combine to help you. Gram: AO-2 pag- cf.: dangin.

taddang   adj. a-. To be legally valid, esp. of documents. Aniyaꞌ giꞌ lahat pagpataddangan sulat. There are other countries requiring legal papers. Ataddang sulatnu bang ka ni upis angāꞌ sīn. Your signature is valid when you go to the office to get money. Gram: a- antonym: kolorom.

taddas   n. The underside of a hull; the keel. cf.: singkiꞌ, salig₁.

taddik   n. (See bāt-taddik).

taddok   1 • v. AO-2. To kick something with the sole of the foot. Subay aniyaꞌ dusata boꞌ kita tinaddokan. We must have some sin for us to be kicked.

2 • v. AStat pag-. To stamp one's feet in anger. Bang kita lumꞌngngan boꞌ taꞌndaꞌ heꞌ siyalita, na pasꞌngngel. Bang kita palawak, na magtaddok na. When we go off walking and our younger sibling sees us, then he makes a fuss. When we go further away, then he stamps his feet.

taddung   v. ASite pa-. To attend some affair in person. Gram: ASite pa- link: hadil.

tadjaw   (See saging-tadjaw).

tadjuk   v. AStat aN-. To set fruit, in the very early stage before the petals fall, of fruits such as mango. Minsan mampallam, wanni, balunuꞌ, anadjuk. Bang mbal niruplak, palanjal, yampa magduruꞌ-eroꞌ. Whether mango, odorous mango or horse mango, they all set fruit. If they are not impaired they proceed and then form fruit. Gram: AStat. aN- link: buwaꞌ₂.

tadjul   v. AO-1. To melt something, as ice, solid fats, or metal for casting. Pinasuꞌ ni kahaꞌ, halam boheꞌan, ya heꞌ tinadjul. Heated in the frying pan, with no water, that is tadjul. Gram: AO-1 link: tunaw; synonyms: hudjat.

tadjun   v. AStat aN-. To move a swing while sitting on it, by pulling on the ropes. Gram: AStat. aN- link: dundang₁.

tadjung   n. A two-colored check pattern; a sarong with a two-color check pattern. Category: Fabric. link: diyandi.

tadtad   v. AO-1. To cut with repeated shallow cuts. Nilagut, tinadtad, pinagtꞌttok-tꞌttok. Slashed, cut repeatedly, chopped up into small pieces. Gram: AO-1 cf.: tiyadtad.

taem   1 • n. Time as a technical term in various games.

2 • v. AStat pag-. To call time, either to indicate readiness or to ask for a pause. . Bang kami magembet na boꞌ magtaem seheꞌku inān, aku itū bilang na. When we are playing hide and seek and my companions say time's up, I am ready.

taenghog   v. AO-1. To listen intently to someone. Taenghogun konoꞌ bang sai palabay ēꞌ. Please listen carefully so we'll know who is passing by. Gram: AO-1 link: kale.

tag   n. The location of something. Ma tag ingga? Halam maitu. Whereabouts? It isn't here. Waꞌi ma tag jambatan si Omeꞌ. There already at Ome's pier.

tag   prefix. Marks the person responsible for something, as owner or proprietor. Sai tag-dapu pelang magsampig-sampig itū? Who is the owner of this canoe that's banging against the rocks? Pagka kaꞌa ya tag-anak, subay kaꞌa ya pinagbayaꞌ. Since you are the one with rights over the child, you should be the one to decide.

taga   prefix. Prefix indicating possession or presence. Generally written separately from the noun it qualifies. . Taga karaya aꞌa inān, minsan mbal amatuwaꞌ abbuna. That person has wealth, even though he doesn't display his pride. Taga nanaꞌ kalibubut itu. There is pus in this boil.

tagak   v. AStat pag-. To dribble saliva. Ya saga magtagak helota, ya bohelota amꞌttak. Our saliva flow begins, but it is our actual saliva that drips down. . Gram: AStat. pag- link: ludjaꞌ.

tagad   v. AO-2. To wait for someone or something. Daꞌa kita magdaiꞌ-daiꞌ, tagarantam. Let's not hurry, let's wait for them. Note: A borrowing from Tausug used by some speakers and in some compounds link: lagad.

tagad-kawin   n. The period of waiting between the betrothal ceremony, when the bride-wealth is paid, and the wedding. Basta waꞌi na pinehēꞌ ni karꞌndahan ungsud, tagad-kawin na. So long as the bride-wealth has been handed over to the woman's side, it's the waiting-for-the-wedding period. . cf.: tungguꞌ-tunang, pagpahꞌnda.

tagal   (See tumagal).

tagama   v. AO-1. To prepare things in anticipation of a later need or event. Gram: AO-1 link: sakap.

tagambil   n. A resinous gum, usually sold in cubes about two cm. across, an ingredient of the betel nut chew. Tagambil, ya pagmamaꞌ eꞌ kamattoꞌahan, tibuꞌuk-buꞌuk saliꞌ pasagiꞌ. Tagambil, forming the betel chew of the old people, solid and kind of square. Category: Betel chew. link: mamaꞌ.

tagandak   v. AStat pag-. To make a loud repetitive noise, as the sound of horses' hooves or the knocking of an engine. Gram: AStat. pag-

tagang   v. AO-1. To push against something, as to prevent it falling or coming too close. Tagangun hāg ilū. Hold that post up. Gram: AO-1

taganggaꞌ   n. A species of ant, yellow, about one cm. long, with a painful bite. Category:  Insects . synonyms: lalanggaꞌ.

tagay   n. The dead branches and twigs of trees, easily gathered for firewood. cf.: engas, pangayu.

tagaꞌ-tagaꞌ   v. AO-1. To transgress social norms by addressing someone by his given name instead of the appropriate address form. Buwat kaꞌa mbal niōnan maka ōnnu, subay niōnan bapaꞌ. Bang niōnan Kemp heꞌ kaseheꞌan anagaꞌ-nagaꞌ, halam aniyaꞌ pagaddat. Like you, not to be addressed by your name, (you) should be called uncle. If some call you Kemp they are offending against social norms, they have no manners. . Gram: AO-1 cf.: ōn₁.

tagbak₁   n. A low-growing plant of the ginger family, has edible clustered fruit that tastes both sweet and sour. One of the foods traditionally craved by pregnant women. Amꞌlli aku tagbak pangiraman hꞌndaku. I will buy tagbak as conception-food for my wife. Category: Plant. Alpinia or Kolowratia elegans.

tagbak₂   v. AO-1. To strike something with a downward blow, as with a spear or harpoon. Gram: AO-1 cf.: hiyak.

tag-baran   n. A person with responsibility and rights over someone, as an older relative over a young woman.

tag-dapu   n. An owner or proprietor.

tagdok   Variant: taddok. 1 • v. AO-2. To kick something with the sole of the foot. Buwat pinagtagdokan lawang bang mbal paukab. Like repeatedly kicking the door when it cannot be opened. Subay aniyaꞌ dusata boꞌ kita tinaddokan. We must have some sin to be kicked. Gram: AO-2 link: sipaꞌ.

2 • v. AStat pag-. To stamp one's feet in anger. Bang kita lumꞌngngan boꞌ taꞌndaꞌ heꞌ siyalita, na pasꞌngngel. Bang kita palawak, na magtaddok na. When we go off walking and our younger sibling sees us, then he makes a fuss. When we go further away, then he stamps his feet. cf.: tendek.

tagenseng   v. AStat aN-. To make a metallic or tinny sound, as a cracked gong. Gram: AStat. aN- cf.: gꞌmmel.

tagestes   1 • adj. a-. Located in a different place than previously, with the connotation of being restless. Atagestes pahāp paghinanganna inān, mbal atꞌttog ma baina. The place where he works is forever being changed, he doesn't stay where he was. Gram: a- link: lagedled.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To move to a different place. Magtagestes aꞌa. The people are moving off somewhere else. Gram: ASite pa- link: pinda₂.

tagettek   v. AStat pag-. To make the tapping sound of shoes on a wooden floor. Gram: AStat. pag-

tageꞌot   1 • v. AStat aN-. To make a grinding noise, as teeth or branches rubbing together. Bang aniyaꞌ aꞌa parundangan anageꞌot man diyataꞌ. When a person is swinging there is a grinding noise from above. Gram: AStat. pag-

2 • v. AA pag-. To grind together.

tagga   1 • v. AStat pa-. To put off doing something.

2 • v. AO-2. To cause someone to delay, as to postpone his departure. Saliꞌ bang aniyaꞌ amoleꞌ atawa atulak. Mbal pinatulak, tinaggahan. Like when someone is going home or leaving. Not sent off, delayed. Gram: AO-2 cf.: lehod; linkset: liꞌi-liꞌi, tahāl, tꞌddas.

taggahaꞌ   Variant: pataghaʔ. 1 • adv. Unexpectedly, without warning. Taggahaꞌ paꞌin kami makatꞌkka piꞌitu, daꞌa paꞌin paglaꞌatantam atay. When we (excl) happen to arrive without letting you know, let us (incl) not be annoyed about it. Halam gantaꞌ bay ai maka ai, taggahaꞌ hal palintuwad. Though perhaps nothing whatseover had happened, suddenly fell prostrate. linkset: sakkop₂, tanyak, papuwaꞌ.

2 • v. AStat. pa-/-um-. To happen without warning.

taggal   1 • adj. a-. Resting or leaning on something. Ataggal aku ni tuꞌutnu nihinang ūꞌanku. I am resting on your knee, making it my pillow. .

2 • v. ASite pa-. To rest or lie on something for support. . Bang ka magsulat subay aniyaꞌ lampikna, pamataggalan katas. When you write there should be an extra layer for the paper to lie on. . cf.: pahanggal.

3 • v. ASite pa-. To be placed so as to rest on something beneath. Gram: ASite pa-/a-

taggal-taggal   (See pataggal-taggal).

taggaꞌ   (See pataggaˈ).

taggu₁   adj. a-. Durable, of paint, cloth or someone's physical appearance. . Ataggu dꞌnda inān, saliꞌ du ma katoꞌana buwat du bay ma kabudjangna. That woman is well-preserved, as beautiful in her old age as she was when a maiden. Gram: a- link: pagon₁.

taggu₂   adj. a-. Fixed in one's opinion; unmoved by someone's argument or plea.

taghaꞌ   (See pataghaˈ.)

taghuy   1 • v. AStat aN-. To whistle. Gram: AStat. aN-

2 • v. AO-2. To attract someone's attention by whistling. Gram: AO-2

tagi   adj. -in-/-an. To be addicted to some activity. Tagihan kasubulan inān magbola. Those youths are addicted to volleyball. Tinagi-tagi toꞌongan aku magbaek. I am very fond of riding a bicycle. link: bintan.

tagik   1 • n. A row of items, esp. of planted items such as coconut palms. link: badlis.

2 • v. AO-1 pag-. To arrange items in rows. Subay pinagtagik-tagik. They should be arranged in rows.

tagimtim   1 • n. Black spots, as mildew in cloth or freckles. . These freckles are said to be due to exposing the skin to steam from cooking food. link: bagubuꞌ; linkset: bau-bau, langking, taiꞌ-lalat.

2 • adj. -in-. Mildewed or freckled. Gram: -in-

tagisiyan   n. A species of fish. Category: Saltwater fish.

tagi-tuli   n. A sleepyhead.

tag-milikan   Note: From Arabic malik 'king', not from the Sama word for American. n. A person having jurisdiction over a region. .

tagnaꞌ   1 • n. A beginning; a start. Sumiyan tagnaꞌ ya sakina itū? When was the beginning of his sickness? Tagnaꞌ bonoꞌ. The beginning of the war.

2 • v. AO-2. To commence something. Gram: AO-2

tag-ntanan   n. A person in charge of everything.

tagok   1 • n. Sap; the sticky juice of some fruit; the slimy entrails of some trepang. Ahāp nangkaꞌ tignus, mbal kita alꞌmmis. Nangkaꞌ loyaꞌ itū aheka tagok. Tignus jackfruit is good, we don't get dirty from it. Loya' jackfruit has lots of sap. cf.: gꞌttaꞌ.

2 • v. AStat aN-. To produce sap or sticky substance. Anagok kalapiya itū bang kinehet. Angok isab bāt. The rubber tree exudes sap when cut. Trepang also contain a sticky substance.

tagokan   n. (See bāt-tagokan).

tagōꞌ   n. The moray eel, a yellowish-brown saltwater eel considered by Sama to be inedible. Category: Saltwater fish. cf.: kasī; synonyms: endong.

tagōꞌ-bakukku   n. The painted moray eel. Category: Saltwater fish.

tag-patutan   n. A person having the authority to act.

tag-sohoꞌan   n. A person who has the right to command.

tagubataꞌ   n. A married couple, neither of whom has been married previously. cf.: lakibini.

tagudtud   v. ASite pa-. To flow or drift from a fixed point, as a tied rope or a string of canoes moving with the current. . Buwat sapaꞌ, patagudtud min deya tudju kaut. Like the river flows from inland towards the sea. Patagudtud kamundaꞌan, magpabeyaꞌ sadja. The canoes drift, just going with the flow. Gram: ASite pa- link: tonton.

taguntun   1 • v. ASite pa-. To flow or hang from a fixed point; to reach bottom by going down on a line. Pataguntun pareyoꞌ kaseheꞌan sutanghon bang atahak. Some of the fine noodles hang down when cooked. Gram: Asite pa- link: tonton.

2 • v. AO-1. To allow one end of a line to go free. Taguntunun lubid boꞌ mbal asagut. Let the line run free so it doesn't tangle. Gram: AO-1 link: tugut₁.

3 • v. AO-2. To lower something on a line. Taguntunin sau pareyoꞌ. Lower the anchor. Gram: AO-2

tagungguꞌ   v. AO-2. To play brass gongs. Bang magkawin subay tinagungguꞌan ko niluruk eꞌ saga aꞌa. When there is a wedding the gongs should be played so the people will attend. . Gram: AO-2 link: lisag.

tagungguꞌan   n. The sound of gongs being played. Ā bang kalenu tagungguꞌan itū. Ah if you could hear the sound of the gongs.

taguriꞌ   n. A variety of kite. Category: Kites. cf.: birarul.

tagutuꞌ   1 • n. The black spots of mildew in cloth. link: bagubuꞌ.

2 • adj. -in-. Mildewed. Gram: -in-

taha   v. AO-1. To accuse someone without knowing the true facts. The accusation may be true or false, but the connotation is usually of falsity. Tinaha aku heꞌna bay aku konoꞌ magtambuku maka dꞌnda. He put a story around about me that I had arranged to meet a girl. Bang aniyaꞌ alungay ma deyom lumaꞌ itū bo halam tapiha, aku na tinunaꞌan boꞌ halam aku bay angāꞌ. Tinaha aku. If something is lost here in the house and cannot be found, I am the one to be accused though I didn't take it. I am accused falsely. Gram: AO-1 link: tuhuma.

tahak   adj. a-. Ready for eating, either cooked or ripe; mature. Atahak iya ma pagiman. She is mature in faith. Gram: a- linkset: bꞌngkol₂, dauman, lagaꞌ₃, lasaw; antonym: mataꞌ; cf.: angilan.

tahad   (See patahad).

tahalil   1 • n. A prayer in Arabic for the spirit of a dead person.

2 • v. AO-2. To pray for a person newly deceased. This is done by a qualified leader. . Bang ma kaꞌam, mbal tinahalilan bang aniyaꞌ amatay? In your case, do you not pray when someone has died? Gram: AO-2 cf.: takbil₁.

tahan₁   1 • n. Something laid across movable items to keep them in place. . link: tangday.

2 • v. AO-2. To lay one thing across another to hold it in place. Angāꞌ aku bussuꞌ panahanku bubuku boꞌ mbal talaran minsan alandos sꞌllog. I will get rocks to weigh down my fish trap so that it will not be swept away even when the current is strong. Gram: AO-2

3 • v. AA pag-. To be placed so that parts of one thing lie across parts of another, as people sleeping. Magtahan kita bang kita mbal makasayu atuli. We lay our legs across each other when we sleep totally unaware. Gram: AA pag-

tahan₂   1 • v. AO-2. To live with the delay; to endure something for a long period. Bang kita taluwaꞌ baliyu ma dilaut boꞌ kita amꞌssi, tahan-tahananta ma dilaut. When stormy weather hits us out at sea while we are fishing, we just bear it. Category: Endurance. Gram: AO-2 link: sandal₂.

2 • v. AO-1. To detain someone, as for interrogation. Bay kami tinahanan heꞌ bagung-lipunan. Soldiers of the former rebels held us back. Gram: AO-1

tahan₃   Adverb. Preferably; as a matter of choice. . Amakꞌllat subu. Tahan dakuman kami amoleꞌ. We waited for morning to come. We are the last ones to go home. cf.: atas₂.

tahap   v. AO-2. To winnow chaff from grain. Bang kami magtꞌppa pai, binuwattēꞌ, tinahap boꞌ alaꞌan kuwit pāy hēꞌ. When we pound the rice, we do like that, we winnow so that the chaff is removed. Gram: AO-2

tahaꞌ   1 • n. The length of something. antonym: puꞌut.

2 • adj. a-. Longer than the expected or average length, mainly of spatial dimensions, occasionally of time. Bang paꞌin atahaꞌ umulnu. May your life be long. Gram: a- link: lanat.

tahaꞌ akkal   adj. a-. Clever; wise. Atahaꞌ akkal aꞌa itu. This man is clever (lit. his intellect is long).

tahāl   adj. a-. Caused to wait by someone who did not come on time; delayed. Gram: a- link: tagga.

tahellaꞌ   n. A species of fish, caught by netting in shallow water. Category: Saltwater fish.

tahemtem   1 • n. Various barnacles; specifically an edible barnacle-like bivalve found on rocks or mangrove roots.. Category:  Crustaceans. link: lꞌssik-lꞌssik.

2 • adj. -in-. Having barnacles growing on it. Aheya sowa, sowa tinahemtem. A huge snake, a snake with barnacles growing on it. Gram: -in-

tahetek   n. A submerged reef. link: takot₁.

tahik₁   n. The sea as a body of water; sea water as opposed to fresh. . Halo itū taga-tahik-tahik, halam aniyaꞌ tꞌbbana. The halo referred to has sea water in it, there is no exposed sand. . cf.: boheꞌ₂, gintanaꞌan.

tahik₂   n. The seasons as defined by major wind periods. Duwa tahik magbalos, tahik uttaraꞌ maka tahik satan. There are two opposing sea-seasons, the season of the north wind and the season of the southwest monsoon.

tahiꞌ   v. AO-1. To sew something, as fabric, thatch. Subay laꞌit bang ma kami, tahiꞌ itu saga Sama Lipid atawa Sūk. According to us it should be la'it, for Land Sama or Tausugs it is tahi'. Gram: AO-1 link: laꞌit.

tahiꞌ buta   n. A stitch which is not seen from the surface of the fabric.

tahod   n. A natural spur on the leg of a chicken. cf.: epoꞌ.

tahu   adj. a-. Knowledgeable; informed. Category: Informed, aware. Gram: a- Note: MLY tahu 'to know' link: bistu.

tahud   v. AO-2. To like something very much. . Ya angkan iya halam alaꞌan min tinda aniyaꞌ tinahuran heꞌna. The reason he hasn't left the store is that he has something he badly wants to buy. Gram: AO-2 link: bilahi.

tahun   n. A year, as a period of twelve months or as a unit of time. Category: Year. cf.: musim.

tahun bahaꞌu   n. This present time.

tahun itu   n. Present time; today in contrast to time past. . Kamanahutan itū mbal ameyaꞌ garaꞌ, anak tahun itu. Subay kami aꞌaslag. The young ones can't take advice, the youth of today. It must be us adults.

tahun ni tahun   adv. of time. Time after time.

taibuꞌ   n. An edible fungus; a mushroom.

taikut   Variant: taikut. 1 • v. ASite pa-. To turn away from someone, as to avoid seeing him. Gram: ASite pa-

2 • v. AO-2. To ignore or reject someone (lit. to turn one's back on them). Tinaikutan kita heꞌ kaseheꞌan, saliꞌ kita mbal nindaꞌ heꞌ sigām. Bang aniyaꞌ pamuwan mbal kita binuwanan. We are ignored by the others, like they don't see us. When there is something given we do not receive. Gram: AO-1

3 • v. AA pag-. To be back to back. Gram: AA pag-

taimaꞌ   Variant: taimaʔ. v. AO-1. To accept someone or something; to accept a financial offer. Bang kita taꞌabut, yukku, amatay, tinaimaꞌ toꞌongan eꞌ Tuhan. When the time comes, I said, for us to die, we will certainly be received by God. cf.: sambut, tamuk. Affix info: AO-1.

tainga   n. The ear; the lug or loop handles on opposite sides of a circular container.

tainga lumping   n. Sensitive hearing.

tairuk   n. A species of fish; an angel-fish. Category: Saltwater fish.

taisay   n. The sea almond, a species of tree, with useful timber and edible kernels. Category: Trees, shrubs. Terminalia catappa..

Taitiꞌ   n. The eighth month of the Islamic year, the month when family graves are tended. Magtitiꞌ kami bang ma bulan Taitiꞌ. In the month Taiti' we sprinkle (the graves). synonyms: Nispu, Saban.

taiꞌ₁   1 • n. Residue or waste from the preparation of raw material such as bamboo for making fish traps. . Taiꞌ pꞌttung. Bamboo waste. Bamboo is scraped and split into flexible strips for making fish traps.

2 • v. AO-2. To remove the under layer of vegetable tissue from bamboo or cane strips, in preparation for use. Tinaiꞌan pꞌttung boꞌ anipis. The vegetable layer removed from bamboo (strips) so it is thin. link: hait.

taiꞌ₂   n. Faeces; dung. . cf.: tandak.

taiꞌ eroꞌ   n. 1 • Dog faeces.

2 • Something useless and unreliable. Busay taiꞌ eroꞌ itū! This useless paddle!

taiꞌ-ambal   n. Ambergris, a secretion of the sperm whale. cf.: gadjamina; synonyms: ambal.

taiꞌanak   (See magtaiˈanak).

taiꞌ-asang   n. A species of fish. Category: Saltwater fish.

taiꞌ-baliyu   n. Cirrus cloud formation; high cloud in general. Nggaꞌi ka ulan, dampog. Ya taiꞌ-baliyu inān. It's not rain, it's dark cloud formation, that scattered high cloud. . Category: Cloud. link: gabun.

taiꞌ-bamban   n. Short mossy growth in the hull of canoe. Aniyaꞌ saliꞌ ma deyom mohang, Anahut-nahut saliꞌ. Subay atꞌggol boheꞌ ma deyom pelang boꞌ aniyaꞌ jablutna. There is some in the bilge, it's kind of small. Water has to be in the canoe for a long time for it to have rootlets.

taiꞌ-buway   n. The refuse from the processing of rattan into flexible material.

taiꞌ-kōk   n. Loose skin or scale on the head. Kosokin, aheka taiꞌ-kōknu ilū. Give it a good shake, you have a lot of loose skin there. link: hagikgik.

taiꞌ-gahaꞌ   n. Flaky rust.

taiꞌ-hangin   n. A parasitic growth on certain tree species, pink or white and about the size of large rice grains. This substance is collected and pulverized for use in cosmetic powder. cf.: sangan-lokot; link: borak.

taiꞌ-lahing   n. The fibrous residue left after purifying coconut oil. . link: angkas₁.

taiꞌ-lalat   n. A black spot or mole on the skin. link: tagimtim.

taiꞌ-pꞌttung   n. The soft material removed from the inner face of bamboo strips in preparation for weaving.

taiꞌ-ulangan   n. Something of no worth. Tahinang kami taiꞌ-ulangan. We are treated as worthless.

taiꞌ-uniꞌ   n. The refuse from the preparation of bamboo or cane. Bang buway niōnan taiꞌ buway, taiꞌ-uniꞌ itū man pꞌttung, man tꞌmmang. If rattan is involved it is called rattan trash, tai' uni' is from bamboo or cane.

tajakki   1 • adj. a-. Reluctant to believe; hard to convince. . Atajakki pahāp aꞌa itu. What a doubter this fellow is! Saliꞌ pinagputingan iya bay mangahakaꞌ. Mbal ameyaꞌ-meyaꞌ nihakaꞌan. Saliꞌ atajakki ma iya. Like accusing the teller of lying. {The accuser} will not agree to being told. Sort of skeptical towards him {the teller}. . Gram: a- link: dustaꞌ.

2 • v. AO-1. To question someone repeatedly on the same subject, with the implication of doubting the truth of his responses. Gram: AO-1 cf.: katilaw.

tala   1 • n. Distance; remoteness.

2 • adj. a-. Distant; far away.

talam   n. A brass tray used to present food on special occasions. Talam itū anginggat la buwat garul ma inaꞌ si Taꞌan. Bahaꞌu ya, na luwa bulawan, pinagbaseꞌ maka tahik agtūy anumbaga. This tray simply sparkles like the brass bowl Taan's mother has. When new, it looks like gold, when wet with seawater it immediately turns coppery. link: garul.

talang   v. AStat pag-. To engage in a coin game in which two coins are thrown in the air. Scoring is on the basis of the fall of the coins, not on the call (in contrast to Western style 'two-up'). Gram: AStat. pag- link: mano.

talap   v. AO-2. To seize someone bodily and destroy, the action of saitan spirits. Pehēꞌ ka magpatalap dī-nu. Go and get yourself snatched by a demon. Gram: AO-2 link: tꞌkkob₂.

talbang   1 • adj. zero. Lost at sea, an expression used as a curse. Talbang ka ma dilaut! Mbal ka tapoleꞌ ni lumaꞌ bang ka atuhun. You'll vanish at sea. You'll never return home if you go diving. Gram: zero

2 • v. AO-2. To cause someone or something to vanish while in the sea, the action of saitan spirits. Gram: AO-2 linkset: liyaw, lanyap, tanggal₁.

talkalaꞌ   conj. The situation being such that; since. Talkalaꞌ bay tatangkawnu anu inān, subay ka binuwanan lꞌgga ko daꞌa tabaliknu. Since you have in fact stolen something, you should be given a lesson so that you don't do it again. Talkalaꞌ itū suli-suli, daꞌa ka pasekot. Since this is a discussion, don't come close. link: bang₁.

talkin   v. AO-1. To take proper care of someone by doing work on their behalf, as a man cares for wife during pregnancy. Analkin kita hꞌndata. Ngāꞌanta iya kayu, boheꞌ, apa mbal iya makakaleya. Abꞌttong iya. We men care for our wives. We get for her firewood, water, for she is not able to go inland. She is pregnant. Category: Look after. Gram: AO-1 link: ussap.

talkun   n. The head-cloth of a corpse. link: saput.

talengog   Variant: taeŋhog; teŋhog. v. AO-1. To listen to something intently. Gram: AO-1 link: kale.

taletek   v. AO-2. To beat an elaborate rhythm when playing the kulintangan gongs or the bamboo marimba. Category: Music. Gram: AO-2 link: dapuꞌ.

taleted   1 • adj. a-. Located in a series of places, with the connotation of being unnecessary. Ataleted pahāp kalꞌngnganan aꞌa hēꞌ. That fellow is forever going from one place to another. Gram: a- cf.: latag.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To go to one place after another. Magtaleted-taleted ba. Ubus ni lumaꞌ dakayuꞌ, ni lumaꞌ dakayuꞌ. He keeps going from place to place. First to one house, then to another. . link: pinda₂.

taleꞌed   Variant: taleted. 1 • adj. a-. Located in a series of places, with the connotation of being unnecessary. Sinohoꞌ kita ni lumaꞌ inaꞌan angamuꞌ api, na ni lumaꞌ dakayuꞌ, ataleꞌed. We are told to go to that house and ask for fire, then to another house, one place after another. Ataleꞌed aku bang aku sinohoꞌ. Saddī ya nihinang eꞌku man bay panohoꞌannu. I am all over the place when I am sent. What I do is different from what you sent me to do. Ataleted pahāp kalꞌngnganan aꞌa hēꞌ. That fellow is forever going from one place to another. Gram: a- link: pinda₂.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To go to one place after another. Magtaleted-taleted ba. Ubus ni lumaꞌ dakayuꞌ, ni lumaꞌ dakayuꞌ. He keeps going from place to place. First to one house, then to another. .

talhakit   adj. zero. Undeniably true, of a report or rumor. Katalhakitan na lansa inān. The news about the launch is confirmed. Talhakit na ni kamemon. Known to everyone. Gram: zero cf.: bꞌnnal.

talik   v. AO-2. To take someone or something to another place. Tinalikan seheꞌna ni lumaꞌ itū. His companion was brought to this house.

talik-talik   v. AO-1. 1 • To lead others into doing something, as the child who organizes a game or some mischief. Pehēꞌ kam analik-nalik magongkaꞌ boꞌ makabeyaꞌ kaseheꞌan. You go there and organise the game so that others can join in. Daꞌa na paꞌin talik-talikin saga ondeꞌ-ondeꞌ ilū. Don't keep on getting those kids to do something. . Gram: AO-1 cf.: bowa-bowa.

2 • 

taligrama   n. A telegram.

talilliꞌ   1 • v. ASite pa-. To follow an oblique trajectory, as a flat object falling through water. Bang aniyaꞌ ahūg pareyoꞌ mbal amontolan, patalilliꞌ. When something falls but not straight-down, it moves obliquely. Gram: ASite pa- cf.: tambelleng.

2 • v. AO-2. To throw something with an irregular projectory, as something turning over in flight. Gram: AO-2

taling   n. An eye-tooth or canine tooth. link: empon.

talinga   Variant: taiŋa. n. The ear; the lug or loop handles on the opposite sides of a circular container.

talinga-usuk   n. The collarbone. Category: Bone, joint.

talipan   n. (See bāt-talipan).

taliruk   Variant: taiduk. n. A species of fish; an angel-fish. Category: Saltwater fish.

talisay   Variant: taisay. n. The sea almond, a species of tree which provides useful timber and edible kernels, also used medicinally. Category: Shore tree. Terminalia catappa. cf.: pampan.

talisoksok   

talisꞌssok   Variant: talisoksok. 1 • n. An enlargement of the glands in groin or armpit. link: gulandiꞌ.

2 • adj. -in-. Suffering from swelling of the glands. Buwat kalibubut, sagō' halam aniya' kōkna. A'a tinalisoksok, apasu' iya. Like a boil, but without a head. A person who suffers from this has a temperature. Gram: -in-

tali-tali₁   1 • adj. -in-. Suffering from a severe headache or migraine. Gram: -in-

2 • v. AO-2. To remove such severe headaches by the recitation of the appropriate charm. Gram: AO-2

tali-tali₂   v. AO-2. To guide the movement of something moving through the air by means of a string attached to it, as a swing, or fruit lowered from a tree. . Gram: AO-2 link: tonton.

taliyagaꞌ   n. A harmless snake-like sea animal with a calceous tubular skeleton, found on the bottom in shallow water. It has the ability to elongate itself. Category:  Marine-others.

taliyan   n. Decorations woven from palm leaflets and used on special occasions such as the Mawlud celebration. These are beautifully made in a variety of forms. specific: manuk-manuk manggis.

taliꞌ   v. AO-1. To consider something carefully. Ai tinaliꞌnu? What are you thinking about? Category: Think. Gram: AO-1 cf.: honaꞌ-honaꞌ; link: pikil₁.

taliꞌanak   (See magtaliˈanak).

tallak   v. AA pag-. To divorce each other. Gram: AO-2 cf.: timan₂.

tallad   n. A species of fish. Category: Saltwater fish. fam. Labridae. synonyms: geyok.

tallang-hati   adj. a-. Able to learn quickly. Atallang hati iya itū, apantun. He is very quick to learn, teachable. Gram: a-

talli₁   n. A species of seahorse with a simple tubular shape throughout its length. Category: Saltwater fish. cf.: unduk-unduk.

talli₂   1 • n. A chant used in a children's game. Talli talli, maꞌai lumaꞌ kami? Waꞌi ma birarali. Talli-talli, where is our home? There with the rainbow (or celestial maidens).

2 • v. AStat pag-. To play a game in which the player spins himself around to get giddy. . Gram: AStat. pag-

tallung   n. A kind of kite with a simple diamond shape. Category: Kites.

talmal   n. A wedding tax paid through a community leader to the government representative in the village, an amount of five pesos in the early 1970s. Bang aniyaꞌ magkawin subay aniyaꞌ talmal pamuwan parinta, apa sinumbung. When there is a wedding there should be a wedding tax given to the government, for it will be reported. cf.: batu-kawin.

talom   1 • adj. a-. Sharp, of a blade or point. Gram: a- antonym: tompol.

2 • v. AO-2. To sharpen something. Gram: AO-2

talom bowaꞌ   adj. a-. Effective in debate; forceful in speech. link: labas₁.

taloman   n. The pointed part of something.

talom-badji   n. A species of shark. Category: Sattuwa.

talopaꞌ   n. That which is eaten, as food of any kind. link: kinakan₁.

talu   n. Beeswax. Amꞌlli aku talu panambalku tipara. I will buy some beeswax to seal my diving goggles. cf.: lansuk.

taluk   n. The color purple, includes a range from deep orange to dark purple, but excludes red. generic: walnaꞌ.

talug   v. AStat aN-. To reappear in a different part of the body from where it was first experienced, of symptoms. Bay alaꞌan tandogta analug ni kōk, apꞌddiꞌ kōkta. Our fever went away and settled in our head, so we have a headache. Gram: AStat. aN- synonyms: tanog₂.

taluhan   Variant: tauhan. 1 • v. AO-1. To make a bet on the outcome of a competition. Ai panaluhannu? What are you putting up as a stake? link: tūk.

2 • v. AA pag-. To engage in guessing about future events. . Magtaluhan, saliꞌ magtokod-tokod inān buwat bay kita. Yukku, “Aniyaꞌ kappal atꞌkka.” Yuknu, “Halam ba.” Agtūy du atꞌkka. Guessing about the future, like that guessing competition we had. I said, "There will be a ship arriving." You said, "No there won't." It promptly arrived. Binowa magtaluhan ya saitan inān heꞌ jīn. That saitan spirit was drawn by a djinn into a guessing competition. .

talum   n. The eggplant. . Category: Trunkless plants. Solanum melongena..

talum-palat   n. The turkey berry, a species of shrub used medicinally. Prickly, with edible yellow berries. Category: Trunkless plants. Solanum torvum.

talumpas   n. A medicinal plaster. . Some speakers say that this refers to a medicinal plant which is used to impregnate a plaster and applied to the head of someone suffering a headache. .

talumpung   1 • n. A telescope or binoculars.

2 • v. AO-1. To see something through a telescope. Pagkohap llaw dakayuꞌ analumpung na. Pagtalumpung itū aniyaꞌ na leha. It being afternoon the next day (he) looked through the binoculars. Having looked there was a square sail. Gram: AO-1

talun   1 • n. A forested area; the area inland away from the coast. Makatāw-tāw kami bang taꞌndaꞌ lutaw amangguwaꞌ ma talun hēꞌ. We are frightened when we see the ghost of a dead person manifesting there in the forest. cf.: bīd, būd; link: gulangan.

2 • v. AO-1. To gather fruit inland, esp. of seasonal fruits which fall when ripe. Analun aku wanni maka mampallam. I will gather odorous and ordinary mangoes. Gram: AO-1 cf.: takod.

talung₁   adj. ka-..-an. Prevented from growing well by the presence of roots of larger plants, esp. of planted crops. Gram: -in-/ka--an

talung₂   Note: QU v. AO-1. To enhance one's attractions, as by fine clothes or some skill. . Minsan alaꞌat pangluwahanna, tinalung ma pamakayna. Even though she is homely her clothes make her attractive. Gram: AO-1

talungan   n. An area of ground that is full of roots.

talungkup   n. A spinning top. synonyms: gasing.

talus₁   Variant: tapalus. 1 • adj. a-. Completed. Gram: a- link: ubus₁.

2 • v. AO-1. To complete something. Subay tinalus danjām. We should complete an hour (of work). Halam aku bay makatalus amangan, saliꞌ nijogjogan kinakanku. I had not finished eating when my food was kind of jolted. Mbal tatalus sigām hinang sigām inān. They will not complete that work of theirs. . Gram: AO-1

talus₂   n. A person with the ability to foretell the future. Yukna, “Kaut aku, makaꞌāꞌ du aku daing.” Ya hēꞌ kinupul, saliꞌ talus iya. He said, "I am going to sea, and I will indeed catch fish." That will be fulfilled, it is as if he was a seer. Category: Esoteric knowledge. cf.: alamat₂, ilmuꞌ; linkset: kupul, paꞌal.

talus₃   (See hāg analus.)

taluwaꞌ   Variant: tauaʔ. 1 • adj. zero. On target; targeted and struck by something, as by an illness or the malicious influence of a spirit being. . Asaki si B, taluwaꞌ maut. B is ill, targeted by a death spirit. “Bang kaꞌa ya makataluwaꞌ manggis,” yuk Sultan, “ma kaꞌa na anakku siyali.” "If you are able to hit the mangosteen," said the Sultan, "you shall have my youngest daughter." Ahoꞌ, tauwaꞌ bang buwattilu. Yes, right on in that case. link: tumlang.

2 • v. AStat -um-. To meet expectations. . Tumaluwaꞌ hinangnu ilū. What you are doing is what I hoped for. . Gram: AStat. -um-

3 • v. AA pag-. To be in accord with facts or conditions; to suit each other. Ē, mbal magtaluwaꞌ. Hey, that doesn't match up (with the facts). Gram: AA pag-

talꞌngnget-lꞌngnget   n. A cicada. Talꞌngnget-lꞌngnget, ya mangꞌllub ma kayu. The cicada, the one that makes a throbbing noise in the trees. cf.: pilik-pilik.

tam   pron. We, our. First person plural pronoun. Occurs as unfocused Actor or Agent, or as Possessor. cf.: ta, bī; link: ku.

tamak   1 • n. A blemish; a stain, either physical or moral. Bay lobag amikit ma sꞌmmek, ya hēꞌ niōnan tamak. Grime had adhered to the cloth, that's what is called tamak. cf.: dusa, sāꞌ₂.

2 • adj. -an. Stained; guilty. Gram: -an

3 • v. AO-2. To implicate someone else in the wrong one does. Mattoꞌanu isāb kabuwanan tamak ma sabab kaꞌa. Your parents too are affected because of you (your wrongdoing). Gram: AO-2

tamaka   affix. Indicates a superlative degree of the following adjective. Buwaꞌ kayu tamakahāp na. Fruit of the highest quality. Saga aesog maka tamakakosog. The brave and the strongest. link: sidda₁.

tamalengkeng   n. The lionfish, a fish with poisonous spines that lives in holes in the sea floor. Category: Saltwater fish. cf.: lese₁.

tamalengkeng-borakan   n. A variety of lionfish. Category: Saltwater fish.

taman   conj. Introduces a clause stating the limits of something. Taman mꞌnnēꞌ maka mꞌnnitu pangosolnu hāg. You can put in houseposts from this point to that. cf.: tobtob.

tamanang   adj. zero. Unable to conceive; barren. ꞌ

tamangkaꞌ   n. A sand-diver, a species of goby. Category: Saltwater fish. fam Gobiidae.

tamarung   n. The mackerel scad; the big-bodied scad; the short-finned scad. Category: Saltwater fish. Decapterus macrosoma.

tamaꞌ   v. AO-2. To chop something up into small pieces. Anamaꞌan iya dī-na. He is hacking himself. Gram: AO-2 link: kꞌllot.

tamba   v. AOC-2. To recompense someone for his services. Lisuꞌan si Lillaji bang sinohoꞌ ni Mꞌddas, subay tinambahan. Lillaji is reluctant when told to go to Siasi, he has to be paid. . Gram: ACS-2

tambak   1 • n. A wall or raised platform of rock.

2 • v. AO-1. To keep captured fish alive in a rock-walled enclosure. Gram: AO-1

3 • v. AO-2. To build a rock wall around something; to fill in the area beneath a stilt house with rocks. Tipunanta saga batu panambak lumaꞌ. We will gather some coral rock for building up the house foundations. Gram: AO-2

tambahan   n. A remuneration. link: bayad.

tambal   1 • n. A substance used in the treatment of an illness. cf.: papalom.

2 • v. AO-2. To treat an illness. Gram: AO-2

3 • v. AO-1. To repair something by filling a gap, as a split in the bow of a canoe. Buwanin aku talu panambalku tiparaku. Give me some beeswax to repair my diving goggles. link: sꞌnsong.

tamban   n. Various sardines and herrings, Indian sardine. Category: Saltwater fish. Sardinella longiceps et al.

tambang₁   1 • adj. zero. Nearing high water, of the stage of tide. Tambang na tahik, sōng na alalom. The tide is nearly full, almost high tide. Category: Tide. Gram: zero

2 • v. AStat pa-. To rise, of tide. Category: Movement of water. Gram: AStat. pa- synonyms: lalom₁, dakaꞌ.

tambang₂   1 • n. An item, usually of gold, used to protect the wearer against supernatural forces. .

2 • v. AO-1. To protect a child against possible malice from dead relatives. . Amꞌlli aku garul panambangku si Jiani. I will buy a brass pot to protect Jiani.

tambang₃   v. AO-2. To make a token gift to the elders of the woman involved when a couple elopes, done either by the man's relatives or by a local magistrate in order to prevent reprisals before the amount of the bride-wealth and compensation can be discussed. Gram: AO-2 cf.: tampan maru.

tambelleng   v. ASite pa-. To travel on an erratic trajectory. Gram: ASite pa- cf.: talilliꞌ.

tambelleng-tambelleng   v. AStat pag-. To walk erratically; to stagger.

tambelok   1 • n. The shipworm or teredo. Category: Shellfish. Teredo navalis. synonyms: kapang₁.

2 • adj. -in-. Infested with or damaged by shipworms. Gram: -in-

tambilawang   n. The needlefish. Category: Saltwater fish.

tambin   v. AO-2. To aid someone in carrying by taking one side of the burden. Gram: AO-2 link: tabang.

tambis   n. The rose-apple, a tree with small edible top-shaped fruit. Category: Fruit tree. Eugenia aquea.. cf.: makupa.

tambol₁   1 • n. Something which closes an opening.

2 • adj. zero. Closed; shut. Bang ugtu llaw tambol lumaꞌ sigā apa atuli. When it is midday their house is closed because they sleep. Gram: a-/zero cf.: tutup₁.

3 • v. AO-1. To close a door or lid. Gram: AO-1 linkset: bagat, kandaru, kansing, sampong, taplok₁, kꞌbbat₁; cf.: kumbis.

tambol₂   v. AO-1. To gamble using money borrowed from an onlooker. . Anambol aku tꞌllu pilak ni kaꞌa. I gamble three pesos against you. Gram: AO-2

tambol lawang   n. A door in contrast to doorway.

tambol suratan   adj. a-. Closed to the possibility of marrying any other suitor. Atambol suratan dꞌnda inān. Na minsan du aheka lꞌlla abayaꞌan iya, bay iya bay nihinang suratan heꞌ lꞌlla saddī, ahunit iya taga-hꞌlla. The possibility of that woman marrying someone else is closed. So even though many men want her, she has been bound to another man and it will be difficult for her to have a husband. .

tambōꞌ   n. 1 • The thumb or big toe. synonyms: bakol, nggoꞌan-tangan.

2 • The thickness of a thumb as a measure. Maka aniya' panggi' ba, asidda panggi', datambō'. And there was some cassava, a tiny amount of cassave, one thumb (thickness). Category: Thick.

tambu₁   Note: QU v. AO-1. To mold something into a lump. Gram: AO-1 cf.: tampa; link: kompol.

tambu₂   v. AO-1. To inflate something by blowing. Gram: AO-1

tambuku₁   1 • n. A button.

2 • v. AO-2. To button something together. Arak aku angamuꞌ tambuku panambukuku badjuꞌku. I was about to ask for a buttom to button my shirt with. Gram: AO-2

tambuku₂   1 • v. AO-2. To inform someone of needs or requirements, often by a sending a message. Bang aheka hinangnu tambukuhin aku. If you have a lot to do let me know. Mbal kita bilahi pinagtambuku-tambukuhan, subay binaran. Ya hēꞌ niōnan subay kita minahaldikaꞌ. We don't like being sent messages all the time, we should be (talked to) in person. That's what is called showing us honor. “Daꞌa tugutin si Otoꞌ.” Ya hēꞌ tinambukuhan heꞌ mmaꞌna. "Don't let Eldest Son do as he wants." That's the requirement set by his father. Gram: AO-2 link: palapal; cf.: taratu.

2 • v. AO-2 pag-. To agree on details for some action. Bang aku ni Malaybalay anambut lilusku, halam atꞌkka. Bang taꞌabut pagtambukuhanta, sabuta na. When I went to Malaybalay to get my wristwatch it hadn't arrived. When the time we agreed on comes we will be on time for it. .

tambul   1 • n. A drum. cf.: gandang.

2 • v. AStat pag-. To play a rythm on a drum. Gram: AStat. pag-

tambulig   n. The melon squash, a white-flowered gourd used as a vegetable. Category: Vines, creepers. cf.: labu₃.

tambun   1 • adj. a-. Covered, as eyes or entire head. Atambun kita atuli, magbinungkus kita. We sleep with our head covered, we are all wrapped up. Gram: a- cf.: lendom.

2 • v. AO-2. To cover something in order to hide or make it secure; to place a weight on something. Otoꞌ, tambunin togong ilū kaut. Son, put a weight on that fish trap on the seaward side. Bang alandang-landang si Sel porok, saga banak, tinambunan maka laiꞌ mital. When Sir is frying porok (a kind of fish) or mullet, it is covered with a metal plate). Gram: AO-2 link: tangkob₁.

tambun kaiyaꞌan   v. AStat pag-. To put a satisfactory end to a period of embarrassment. Shame is felt when an engaged couple break it off. The shame is ended when one or both are satisfactorily married to someone else.

tambung   Variant: tanduŋ. v. ASite pa-. To come into the mind, of positive emotions towards someone with whom one has been angry or unfriendly. Tiyap-tiyap bang kita kinabꞌnsihan heꞌ mattoꞌata subay kita alaꞌan ni lahat atā. Kalu patambung aseꞌ ni sigā. Whenever our parents get angry with us we should go away to a distant place. Maybe pity will come into their hearts. Binowa aku magsuli-suli pabīng heꞌ bay tunangku, patambung aseꞌ-aseꞌ ni iya. Mbal na isāb aku bilahi, abꞌnsi. Na patambung lasa, magtūy aku alasa pabalik. The one who had been my sweetheart got me to talk with her again, pity had come into her mind. I no longer wanted to, I disliked her. Then love came into my mind and I immediately loved her again. Gram: ASite pa- link: entom.

tambus   adj. a-. Completed; graduated.

tambusaꞌ   n. A circular container of coarsely-woven new coconut leaflets with a handle of twisted banana leaf, used as a container for fruit or for food at ceremonial occasions. Mbal manjari niōnan ansak bang magtapus, subay tambusaꞌ. It mustn't be called ansak (a very similar container) when final funeral rites are being carried out, it should be called tambusa'. Bang tambusaꞌ jukup, tꞌllu ginis, timayuk, panyām maka saging. When a tambusa is complete there are three sorts, cooked rice wrapped in a leaf, rice cakes and bananas. Category: Baskets. cf.: ansak.

tambu-tambu₁   v. AStat aN-. To form blisters as a result of being burnt. Gram: AStat. aN- link: danglus, lutup.

tambu-tambu₂   n. A species of tree found growing on sandy atolls. The fruit is grated to give a pinkish tinge to cosmetic rice paste. Category: Shore tree. synonyms: buta-buta₁.

tambu-tambu₃   n. A balloon. Ni Mꞌddas aku amꞌlli tambu-tambu pangongkaꞌan si Linda. I go to Siasi to buy a balloon for Linda to play with. synonyms: tting-tting.

tambuꞌ   1 • n. A container attached to a line or pole for dipping water. Bang mbal makaꞌabut tambuꞌ ilū sugpatin maka lupis abōꞌ umabut. If that dipper won't reach extend it with a piece of banana fiber so it does reach.

2 • v. AO-1. To dip up liquid using a container suspended from a pole or string, as water from a well, sea water from the ocean. Gram: AO-1 link: gayung.

tamendak   n. A mudskipper. Category: Saltwater fish. subfam. Oxudercinae.

tamengkaꞌ   v. AStat pag-. To hobble, as when one's foot is hurt. Magtamengkaꞌ, bay kita abakat heꞌ kappoꞌ. Bang kita palꞌngngan tapeꞌta mbal makatꞌkkad. We can only limp, we have been wounded by a stonefish. When we walk our foot can't be put down on the ground. . Gram: AStat. pag- link: pengkaꞌ.

taming   n. A shield, usually round in shape.

tamiyang   adj. zero. Large or gross in build. Gram: zero cf.: tibaggol.

tammat   1 • adj. zero. Completed, especially with reference to a course of study or a vocal performance. Gram: zero

2 • v. AO-1. To complete a performance. Gram: AO-1

3 • v. AStat pag-. To graduate from a religious course or from higher schooling. Gram: AStat. pag-

tamokmok   adj. -in-. Pockmarked or pitted, as skin scarred by acne or a canoe damaged by shipworms. Tinamokmok pelangku palowang. Kinakan eꞌ tambelok. My canoe is marked with blemishes forming holes. It is eaten up by ship worms. Tinamokmok, saliꞌ sinamuwaꞌ. Pockmarked, as though suffering from pimples. Gram: -in-

tamongon   n. Clothing. Category: Clothing. linkset: badjuꞌ, pamakay, sꞌmmek.

tampa   v. AO-1. To work clay into shape for firing, as a potter does. Gram: AO-1 cf.: tambu₁; link: kompol.

tampak₁   1 • adj. a-. Provoked by what someone says. . Bay aku atampak eꞌnu. I was provoked by you. Gram: a- cf.: tumpalak.

2 • v. AO-1. To attack or provoke someone verbally. Gram: AO-1

tampak₂   adv. Facing towards; open to, of a wind direction. Ma tampak Satan Open to the southwest wind. cf.: tampal₁, lahi₂.

tampal₁   1 • adv. Facing towards. Tampal ni sꞌddopan. Facing west. cf.: tampak₂, lahi₂.

2 • adj. a-. Obvious; clearly seen.

tampal₂   v. AO-1. To confront someone, in contrast to speaking behind his back or sending a messenger. . Magtampalan kam, daꞌa magkolorom, daꞌa maglimbung-limbung. Confront each other openly, don't do it privately, don't conceal. . Patampal ka pehēꞌ. Go there in person. link: baran₂.

tampalan   adj. a-. Facing open sea or incoming weather. Atampalan lumaꞌ kami. Our house is open to the weather. Gram: a-

tampan   Variant: sampan. 1 • n. Something which provides protection from physical or supernatural harm; a shield or a charm. Ahāp kam maglumaꞌ mailu. Aniyaꞌ tampan lumaꞌ kami. It will be good if you build your house there. Our house will have a shield. Mbal kapaliꞌan kōkna sabab aniyaꞌ sampanna. His head cannot be wounded because it has a protection. linkset: dainding, gampang, hampan.

2 • v. AO-1. To protect from something that would harm. Tinampan pungluꞌ, makatudju ni baranta sagōꞌ mbal kita ainay. Bullets deflected, coming straight for our body but nothing happens to us. Niraindingan itū, saliꞌ tinampan bang aniyaꞌ saki. “Daindingin saga anak-mpunu, daꞌa buwanin logmay-lamma.” Protected, as though shielded when there is some illness. "Protect your descendants, don't give them serious loss of energy." (Plea to a ritual ancestor.) . Gram: AO-1

tampan basiꞌ   1 • n. An amulet which protects against harm from anything made of metal, i.e. from blade or bullet.

2 • v. AO-1. To make use of a protective charm against a weapon. . Anampan basiꞌ, saliꞌ mbal kita binuwan tāw, binuwanan kita esog. Using a tampan basi' charm, as when we are not given fear but are given courage. .

tampan maru   n. A compensation for shame caused by a violation of social rules regarding sexual contact, e.g. abduction. This is usually a sum of money additional to the usual bride-wealth paid to the elders of a girl who has been abducted. cf.: tambang₃.

tampang   n. The aureole of a nipple. Category: Flesh. cf.: duruꞌ, teteꞌ.

tamparasa   adj. a-. Acutely embarrassed or shamed. Bang kita anampal aꞌa, bang kita amaiyaꞌ-iyaꞌ, makatamparasa. If we confront a person, and if we shame him, it makes him acutely embarrassed. Gram: a- link: iyaꞌ.

tamparung   n. Cooked rice wrapped in a leaf. This, together with bananas and rice cakes, comprises a guest's portion at a wedding feast. synonyms: timayuk.

tampat   1 • n. The grave of an important person, about which there is an aura of supernatural power which may be accessed by the people who go there. Tampat? Aheka panji-panjina, pagsapahan ya aꞌa kamemon, buwat tampat si Tuwan Alawi. Tampat itū aheka kayuna. A tampat? It has many little flags, a place for everyone to make their vows, like the shrine of Tuwan Alawi. These shrines have many tree.

2 • adj. -in-. To make a shrine of someone's grave by marking it with flags or by fencing it. Gram: -in-

tampe   n. The intertidal zone; the upper limit of tides. Tampe itu ma tꞌttopan katohoꞌan maka kabaseꞌan. Hampilan saddī. Tampe is the cut off point between the dry land and the wet. Different from hampilan (dry land). . link: gintanaꞌan.

tampeppet   v. ASite pa-. To skip across the surface of water; to bounce on waves. Ai-ai kabantunganta buwat batu aperaꞌ, patampeppet. Anything we throw with, such as a flat stone, skips the surface of the water. Gram: ASite pa- linkset: samperet, sularaw₂, kulit-kulit.

tampil   v. AStat pag-. A religious feast during the first night of Ramadan; a ceremony during the month Taiti', the month when family graves are tended and ritually sprinkled. Gram: AStat. pag-

tampipiꞌ   n. A basket loosely woven of coconut leaves, used for carrying produce. Category: Baskets. synonyms: japang.

tampiyas   1 • adj. zero. Wet from driving rain, as the interior of a house. Bang niulanan lumaꞌ itū asidda tampiyas man dinding. When this house gets rained on it gets very wet through the walls.

2 • v. AStat aN-. To drive into a house or shelter, of wind-blown rain. Gram: AStat. aN-

tampupu   v. AO-1. To lift something by supporting the base, as a container or a child. Tampupuhun bāg ilu boꞌ mbal abustak. Lift that bag from underneath so it doesn't burst. Gram: AO-1 link: tayak.

tamsil   v. AO-1. To take a matter to heart, as a lesson or an insult. Ya pinikil toꞌongan ma deyom ataynu, ya tinamsil ilū. What you think deeply in your heart (lit. liver), what you take to heart. . Gram: AO-1 cf.: akon-akon.

tamu   n. Rice boiled in a woven coconut leaf container. Maligay itū panyām atopna, tꞌbbu lantayna, isina saging mareyom maka tamu. This model house (a feature of weddings) has rice cakes as its roof, sugarcane as its floor, bananas and packets of rice as its contents. .

tamuk   v. AO-1. To catch something thrown. Bang ka angalarukan bola ni aku, tamukku. When you throw a ball to me, I catch it. Gram: AO-1 cf.: sambut, taimaꞌ.

tamuni   n. The placenta. Category: Flesh.

tamus   Variant: taŋus. v. AO-1. To suck on something outside the mouth with the lips forming contact, as to extract flavor from fibrous fruit such as mangoes or citrus, as to draw blood from a deep puncture wound. Bang ka angehet mangga, aubus agboheꞌ-boheꞌ mangga-i, boꞌ mbal niusal eꞌnu laring, boꞌ kinakan maka bowaꞌnu sadja. Tangusnu na. When you slice a mango, and then it becomes wet with juice so you can't use a knife, then you eat it with your mouth alone. You suck it. Tangusku na, Jammeꞌ, sabab aniyaꞌ ugatna. I am sucking it, Jamme, because it has fibres. Gram: AO-1 link: sꞌssop.

tanak   adj. a-. Slipped from one's grasp; fallen out of reach. Waꞌi atanak, waꞌi takabbata daing, waꞌi alaꞌan. It has fallen, we have lost our grip of the fish; it has gone. Category: Falling. Gram: a- cf.: larus, takabba.

tanam₁   1 • adj. a-. Physically at ease, as with the environment, a tool or a chair. . Mbal atanam si Mam bang atahaꞌ buꞌunna. Teacher is not comfortable with her hair long. Gram: a-

2 • v. AStat -um-. To become accustomed to new conditions, as when taking up residence in a new place. Gram: AStat. -um-

tanam₂   1 • adj. zero. Ready to fight. Gram: zero

2 • v. AStat pa-. To take up an attitude of readiness for fighting. Gram: AStat. pa-

tanay   v. AO-1. To produce powder by rubbing something against an abrasive surface. Gram: AO-1 link: pipis.

tanayan   n. A piece of coarse pottery in which rice is crushed to make powder for cosmetic rice paste. synonyms: pipisan.

tanaꞌ₁   n. 1 • Soil or earth, in contrast to sand or rocks; soil as one of the four basic elements. cf.: gumi, hinasil.

2 • Arable land; farmland. Taga tanaꞌ kami ma deya Sablay. We have farmland ashore from Sablay.

tanaꞌ₂   n. The territory of a people group. Ataꞌu iya magꞌlling lling tanaꞌ Sūk. He knows how to speak the language of the Tausug region. .

tanaꞌ deyoꞌ   n. The sea floor. Guyu itu saliꞌ lumbug, angabut ni tanaꞌ deyoꞌ. Underwater turbulence is a sort of ocean swell that reaches to the sea floor. cf.: babaw-tanaꞌ, gintanaꞌan.

tanāng   n. An earthenware jar with a mouth of medium width, used for storing water. Category: Jars. link: kibut.

tandak   n. The excreta of a newly-born baby. cf.: taiꞌ₂.

tandan₁   1 • v. ASite pa-. To reach the shore from out at sea. Angoleng aku naelon, amoleꞌ na kami patandan kaleya. I roll up my fishing line and we return homewards to land. . Gram: ASite pa- link: abut₁.

2 • v. AO-1. To reach an objective by making landfall. Abila sakali na makapaglꞌngngan, agon mbal anandan lumaꞌ. When (he) keeps on going about, he scarcely makes it home.

3 • v. AO-2. To convey something shorewards.

tandan₂   v. AO-2. To refer a legal issue to a higher court.

tandaw   1 • v. ASite pa-. To look out of a window. “Paluwaꞌ konoꞌ ka,” yukna, “patandaw.” "Go out please," he said, "and look out the window." Category: See. Gram: ASite pa- linkset: hanggaw₁, hundaw, sīb₁, tīk, tilag-tilag₂.

2 • v. AO-1. To observe something from out a window. Gram: AO-1

tandawan   n. A window. Category: Window.

tandaꞌ   n. A sign or symbol; evidence of identity. linkset: tatak, sāp₂, tumbuk₃, umbul; link: bꞌnnal.

tandaꞌ tangan   n. A signature or identifying mark on a document.

tandero   Variant: tendedo. v. ASite aN-. To act as agent for someone in selling his produce. Buwat aku saupama palilitu, na aniyaꞌ daingku niraganganan boꞌ aniyaꞌ kalꞌngngananku saddī. Manjari yukku ma kamanakanku, “Dagangin aku daing itū.” Ya inaꞌan-i anandero, ya mangandagan īꞌ. Suppose I am a trader and I have fish to sell but there is something else I need to go see about. So I say to my nephew, "Sell this fish for me." He is the one who acts as agent, the one selling. Gram: ASite aN- cf.: paltira, palilitu.

tanding   1 • v. ASite pa-. To look at one's reflection in a mirror. Amꞌlli giꞌ aku samin patandinganku. I will buy that mirror for me to look at my appearance in. Gram: ASite a-

2 • v. AO-1. To inspect one's own appearance, with the connotation of being proud of how one looks. Aꞌabbu si Anu maglꞌlla-lꞌlla, magtanding dī-na. So-and-so is conceited pretending to be a tough guy, looking at his reflection. . Gram: AO-1

tandog   1 • adj. -in-. Shaken by fever; to have malaria. Category: Fever. link: lꞌmmun.

2 • v. AState aN-. To shake under prssure. Daꞌa ka lumꞌngngan mꞌnnilu apa ilu anandog lantay. Don't walk across there because the floor is shaking.

tanduk   1 • n. A horn or a hornlike projection.

2 • v. AO-1. To jab something with a spiny projection. Bay aku tinanduk eꞌ kubing. A rhinoceros beetle jabbed me. Gram: AO-1

3 • v. AA pag-. To engage in a contest by butting heads or locking horns, of carabao. Gram: AA pag-

tandukan   n. A species of groper, the adult stage of tangal. Category: Saltwater fish. cf.: tangal.

tandung   v. ASite pa-. To come into the mind, of positive emotions towards someone with whom one has been angry or unfriendly. Gram: ASite pa-

tanjuꞌ   n. A torch or flare. link: palitaꞌan.

tannay   v. AStat pa-. To be in a final coma. Hal patannay, hal palagad nihukum. Lying unconscious, just waiting to be judged. Gram: AStat. pa-

tannay-tannay   adj. a-. Empty of life, as a house with no occupants. Buwat lumaꞌ disi Simul halam magaꞌa, halam minsan aniyaꞌ magbahembas ma deyom. Yukku, “Ndūꞌ, atannay-tannay deyom lumaꞌ.” Like Seymour's house, uninhabited, not even anything in it to make a noise. I say, "Alas, the house is empty of life inside." . link: lingus-lingus.

tanok   1 • n. A splitting wedge. Siningalan boꞌ ahāp lꞌngngan tanok. Wedged so that the splitting wedge will move well.

2 • v. AO-1. To split something by driving a wedge into it. Gram: AO-1

tanog₁   1 • adj. a-. Loud; clear-sounding. cf.: hapal; linkset: ladju, lagsing, lagting₂.

2 • v. AO-1. To listen for the sound of something. Tanogun, boꞌ tanogun itu-i. Listen to this, then listen to this other one. link: kale.

tanog₂   v. ASite aN-. To transmit pain to another part of the body. Bang apꞌddiꞌ emponta ma dambilaꞌ, boꞌ kita amangan ma dambilaꞌ, minsan painay, ananog parambilaꞌ. When our tooth hurts on one side, and we eat on the other side, no matter what is done, the pain transmits to other side. Gram: ASite aN- synonyms: talug.

tanom₁   1 • v. AO-1. To plant something by placing it in the ground. Gram: AO-1 linkset: bakal, tugbal.

2 • v. AO-2. To plant an area with a crop. . Tanaꞌ inān mbal tanoman kami minsan ai. We didn't plant that land with anything whatsoever. Sapiꞌ magararu tanaꞌ, tinanoman panggiꞌ kayu ma deya. Cattle plowing that land, planting it with cassava, inland.

tanom₂   v. ASite pa-. To sink into soft soil. Patanom tapeꞌta tobtob min loꞌakanta ma deyom tanaꞌ. Our feet sink in, up to the knees in the earth. cf.: loblob.

tantang   v. AStat aN-. To be unclothed; naked. Gram: AStat. aN- synonyms: pegtang; cf.: tangtang.

tantu   1 • n. The certainty of something occurring. . Halam aniyaꞌ tantuna. There is nothing sure about it. linkset: bahāꞌ, kalu-kalu, siguru, ya aniyaꞌ, araiꞌ.

2 • adj. a-. Definite; certain. Gram: a-

3 • v. AStat pa-. To do something deliberately. Patantu ka angusaha, hatina patogol ka. Be deliberate about working for a living, in other words be committed.

4 • v. AO-1. To be specific and definite about something, as when setting a time. . Gram: AO-1

tantuhi   v. AStat maN-. To be fully confident about some outcome. Mbal aku manantuhi atꞌkka ni lahat. I am not sure that we will arrive home.

tantuhun   adj. zero. Certain to happen. Tantuhun ka amatay llaw itu. You are going to die today (as threat!). Gram: zero

tanud   n. A cotton thread used for sewing. Angamuꞌ aku tanud panahiꞌ sanyawaku. I will ask for some thread to sew up my shorts. link: bannang.

tanus   adj. a-. Straight and free from knots, of a length of wood. Gram: a- link: bontol.

tanya₁   v. AO-1. To treat someone harshly, esp. by depriving him of food and shelter. Some speakers insist that the agent must be God. Tinanya, buwat saga ipatannu ilu mbal pinapagkakan bang mbal bilahi sinohoꞌ. Subjected to deprivation, as if your servants were not fed whenever they didn't want to do what they were told. Tinanya itū pinaꞌaluꞌan, pinaꞌllawan, pinaulanan. The tinanya referred to means exposing someone to the night air, to the sun, to rain. Gram: AO-1 cf.: paulan.

tanya₂   v. AO-1. To interrogate someone immediately after death about things done or not done during life, the work of the Questioner preparatory to assigning judgment. Gram: AO-1 cf.: tilosa; linkset: mungkalun, tajakki.

tanyak   v. AStat pa-. To appear unexpectedly in a particular place. Buwat andom, bay halam aniyaꞌ, saruꞌun-duꞌun patanyak andom. Like rain clouds, there weren't any one minute, then suddenly clouds appear. Gram: AStat. pa- link: taggahaꞌ.

tanyag   1 • adj. a-. Widely-known, hence famous or notorious. Gram: a- link: bantug.

2 • v. AO-1. To make something widely known. Tinanyag aꞌa inān ma hinangna. That man is well-known for his work. Gram: AO-1

tangal   n. A species of groper, the juvenile stage of tandukan. Category: Saltwater fish. cf.: tandukan.

tangan   n. 1 • The lower arm or hand. linkset: lꞌngngon, pataklayan.

2 • The divided extremities of an arm or branch, as the fingers of a hand or the tendrils of a plant. . Belleꞌ-belleꞌ aheka tanganna. The belle'-belle creeper has many tendrils. part: kengkeng, daimanis, lasuꞌ, bakol; linkset: anak-tangan, gulamay.

tangan-tangan   n. The physic-nut or candle-nut or castor oil plant. The ripe nuts are rich in oil can be lit to make an improvised lamp. They also provide a violent purgative. Category: Shore tree. Jatropha curcas (Yen); Ricinus communis..

tangangngang   n. A species of crawling insect that can inflict a severe bite, similar to an ant. Category:  Insects . generic: sꞌmmut.

tangas   v. AO-1. To cause the fumes of incense to envelop something, as a medical treatment or a ritual procedure. Buwat saki nirampal, tinangas maka kamanyan atawa hiyu. Measles, for example, are fumigated with incense or incense sticks. Kamanyan ya panangas. Incense, used for fumes. Gram: AO-1 linkset: sangu, sꞌbbu.

tangaꞌ₁   v. AO-1. To hold something between the lips without biting, as a cat does with its kittens. Tinangaꞌ, sinaggaw ma bowaꞌ boꞌ binowa alahi. Held in mouth, grabbed in the mouth then run off with it. Gram: AO-1 linkset: kꞌnnum, tanghab.

tangaꞌ₂   adj. zero. To have a speech defect characterized by the inability to produce lucid speech, as in severe stuttering or some congenital deformity. Tangaꞌ itu saliꞌ mbal ataꞌu ahꞌlling minsan atoꞌa na. Tanga' like he does not know how to speak even though he is old. Category: Disability. Gram: zero link: pongaꞌ.

tangbid   n. A strand of fibre in corded rope. Subay duwa tangbid ko daꞌa abꞌkkat. There should be two strands so as not to break. cf.: tabid.

tangbod   n. A species of fish, the whiting. Category: Saltwater fish. Sillago spp..

tangbus   Variant: tambus. adj. a-. To be completed, of some activity. Atangbus na heꞌna magtambal. He has finished giving medicine. Gram: a- link: ubus₁.

tangka   adj. a-. Harmed internally by some external trauma. . Daꞌa gꞌbbukun ondeꞌ ilu, atangka koꞌ hēꞌ. Don't punch that child, he'll be damaged internally. Gram: a-

tangkal₁   1 • n. An anchored float used to mark the position of fishing equipment. cf.: pataw.

2 • v. AStat aN-. To anchor using a sea anchor. Anangkal kami ma dilaut, buwat pꞌttung pagūng. We float out at sea with a drift anchor, something like floating bamboo. . A floating device let out from the stern of a vessel to keep it headed into the wind. Gram: AStat. aN- link: layo.

tangkal₂   n. The backbone, esp. the section in the small of the back. Category: Bone, joint.

tangkap   v. AO-1. To engage the performance of some entertainer. Gram: AO-1 cf.: kꞌlloꞌ₂.

tangkapaꞌ   n. A coral formation with a large saucer-shaped upper surface sometimes a meter across. comp.: dulang-kokok.

tangkas-biruk   n. An inedible crustacean similar in appearance to a giant shrimp. Category:  Crustaceans.

tangkaw   1 • v. AO-1. To steal something. Gram: AO-1 cf.: langpas.

2 • v. AO-2. To steal from someone. Bay kami tinangkawan pelang dibuhiꞌ. We had a canoe stolen from us last night. Gram: AO-2

tangkay   1 • n. A handle or stem used for lifting, in contrast to the handle of a tool or weapon. linkset: babaꞌan₁, patihan, puhan.

2 • v. AO-2. To fit a handle to something. Gram: AO-2

tangkaꞌ   v. AO-2. To endure the absence of some necessary resource, sometimes with the connotation of deliberate self-deprivation. Tangkaꞌanku amangan bang paꞌin karūlan pꞌddiꞌ atayku. I'll put up with not eating just so long as I can satisfy my wounded feelings. Category: Endurance. Gram: AO-2

tangkekel   1 • n. Small wens or cysts containing a firm whitish core, believed to be the result of grains of rice left sticking to skin. Bang aku amangan buwas boꞌ mbal alaꞌan tahinang tangkekel. If I eat rice and it isn't removed they become cysts.

2 • adj. -in-. Suffering from warts or wens. . Gram: -in-

tangki   n. A tank for storing water or a pond dug for raising fish. . Ya bohoꞌ taꞌndaꞌku daing tangki pinabꞌllian. For the first time I have seen farmed fish being sold. link: danaw.

tangkig   n. (See sowa tangkig).

tangkil   v. AO-2. To enlarge something by adding pieces to it. Bang kita angahinang banog boꞌ mbal makaꞌabut tinangkilan. When we make a sail and it doesn't reach, it is enlarged by sewing pieces onto it. . Saliꞌ aniyaꞌ bay pīs sꞌmmek mbal manjari, pinagtangkil-tangkil abōꞌ sarang. Like when there was a piece of cloth that was no use, small pieces added to it so it would be adequate. Gram: AO-2 cf.: sukluꞌ, sugpat.

tangkis   1 • adj. a-. Agile or nimble. Gram: a- link: kasay.

2 • v. AStat pa-. To move nimbly; to be quick-moving. . Patangkis ka bang ka kaleya apa aniyaꞌ banta. Move quickly when you go inland because there are enemies. Gram: AStat. pa-

3 • v. AO-2. To dodge something, as a blow. Gram: AO-2

tangkiyaꞌ-kiyaꞌ    “Kami lagiꞌ,” yukna, “dahū anganyataꞌ. Tangkiyaꞌkiyaꞌan.”

tangkob₁   1 • v. AStat pa-. To close in and grow dark, of weather conditions. Patangkob na, ilu na andom. It is closing in, rainclouds are coming. Gram: AStat. pa-

2 • v. AO-1. To cover something over so that light is shut out. Gram: AO-1 linkset: tambun.

tangkob₂   n. A cursing equivalent for round items such as a human head, bowls, pots or plates. Tangkobnu! Your damn head! link: bukakkal.

tangkop   n. The hard covering that forms over a wound or cut. . link: lꞌkkang.

tangkop-belleꞌ   n. A large flat seed case 4-5 cm. across, similar in appearance to a shiny black pebble. Found washed up on beaches.

tangkorak   n. Skeletal remains. link: pangdayaw.

tangkug   1 • adj. a-. Moving restlessly. Gram: a-

2 • v. AStat pa-. To move a short distance. Gram: AStat. pa- link: oseg.

3 • v. AO-1. To move something a short distance. Daꞌa tangkugun, halam giꞌ amikit. Don't move it, it hasn't stuck yet. Gram: AO-1

tangday   v. AO-2. To lay one solid thing across another, as legs across someone when sleeping, as fallen trees across each other. Bang kita mbal makasayu atuli, magtangday tapeꞌta, baranta buwat aꞌa maglakibini. When we sleep completely unconscious, our legs and bodies are laid across each other like a married couple. Gram: AO-2 linkset: bangday, tahan₁, tihin.

tangga   v. AStat aN-. To cup the open hands, facing upwards in the prayer position. cf.: tayak.

tanggal₁   1 • adj. a-. Damaged by the removal of a part. Daꞌa padugtulin buliꞌ pelang ko daꞌa atanggal. Don't let the stern of the canoe knock into anything or part of it will come off. Atanggal iya heꞌ saitan. He has been damaged by a saitan spirit. Gram: a- link: talbang.

2 • v. AO-2. To remove part of something, esp. to remove part of someone's body, the action of a saitan spirit. Tinanggalan ka ma deya bang ka mbal makapoleꞌ ni lumaꞌ. You'll be partly eaten by something if you don't return home. . Tanggalanta ka kōknu! I'll take your head off for you! Gram: AO-2

tanggal₂   v. AO-1. To eat food like an animal, an expression used in anger or scorn. Ananggal na ka! Eat, pig! Gram: AO-1 link: kakan₁.

tanggalan   n. Food eaten with no restraint or respect for good manners. . link: kinakan₁.

tanggal-iman   n. Loss of faith in God.

tanggap   1 • v. AO-1. To invoke God or a ritual ancestor. Tanggapun, saliꞌ harapun kaꞌmbo-mboꞌannu. Invoke them, seek the presence of your ancestors. Tuhan halam aniyaꞌ tantuna tinanggap. With God there is no certainty that he will be invoked. cf.: huhulmatan.

2 • v. AOS-1. To present something to a supernatural being, as God or an ancestor. Gram: ACS aN- linkset: buwis, labot, lamas, ungsud₂.

tanggaꞌ   n. A notch cut in post or tree to provide footholds. link: taka.

tanggaꞌ-tanggaꞌ   v. AStat pag-. To form a series of notches.

tanggollayan   adj. zero. Left to the very last. . Gram: zero link: damuli.

tanggu   1 • n. A postponement; a cause of delay. Bang aniyaꞌ amatay hꞌllana, bang paꞌin maghinang na, amandi na, nā maghꞌlla pabīng bang aniyaꞌ atilaw, halam aniyaꞌ tanggu. If someone's husband dies, as long as the ceremonies have been carried out, and the ritual bathing, she may take another husband if someone asks (for her), there is no delay required. link: lehod.

2 • v. AO-2. To postpone something; to make someone wait. Bang bay angutang, pinaglehod-lehoran heꞌ aꞌa bay pangutanganna inān. Sinukut pabīng, tinangguan. If someone has borrowed, he is delayed by the person to whom he lent money. He is dunned again, postponed again. Daꞌa tangguhin pagkahinu bang aniyaꞌ amuꞌna. Do not make your fellow man wait when he asks for something. Gram: AO-2

tanggung₁   v. AO-1. To carry something across the shoulders by means of a pole, as one person carrying a burden with one part at each end of a pole, or two persons carrying a burden between them on a pole. Gram: AO-1 link: babaꞌ.

tanggung₂   v. AO-1. To assume responsibility for someone who has committed an offense, as to accept liability for payment of a fine. Yuk saraꞌ, “Pagka halam mailu saga mattoꞌanu, tanggungta ka.” Saraꞌ īꞌ amuwan kataksilan ni dꞌnda hēꞌ. The law person says, "Since your parents are not here, I will take the responsibility (for your fine)." That person pays the fine to the woman. Angay iya ananggung jawab dangan-danganna? Why does she take personal responsibility for disputing (an accusation)? Gram: AO-1 link: atas₁.

tanggungan   n. A carrying pole for carrying a burden, as described above.

tanghab   v. AO-1. To seize in the mouth. Tinanghab magtūy eꞌ sowa manuk ēꞌ. The snake promptly seized the chicken in its mouth. Gram: AO-1 link: tangaꞌ₁.

tanghul   v. AStat aN-. To howl, of dogs. Gram: AStat. aN- linkset: tangungngul, ūl, usig.

tangiliꞌ   n. The Spanish mackerel. Scomberomorus sp.

tangis   1 • adj. ta-. Overcome with grief, as when a person bursts into tears on recalling a loss. Bang buwat si Inaꞌ amatay anakna dakayuꞌ, boꞌ anuligpat ni atayna, tatangis. Like Mother when one of her children has died, and memories come into her mind, she bursts out crying. Gram: ta-

2 • v. AStat aN-. To cry audibly or inaudibly, with accompanying tears. Category: Weep. Gram: AStat. aN- linkset: asang-selo, ungaꞌ; cf.: olang.

3 • v. AO-2. To cry for something, as for the death of a loved one, a loss or disappointment. Gram: AO-2 paN-

tangīꞌ   Variant: taŋiliʔ. n. The Spanish mackerel. Category: Saltwater fish. Scomberomorus spp.. cf.: gantaꞌan₁, hande-hande.

tanglung   n. A Chinese lantern.

tangon   v. AO-1. To raise something on a supporting structure; to raise a canoe above the sea for maintenance or storage. Bang aku anangon na, niluhu maka langkay ya langgad pelang ēꞌ bay makadugtul. When I put (a canoe) up on supports, the damage done to the canoe when it ran into something is singed with a coconut frond torch. Gram: AO-1 link: angkat₁.

tangonan   n. A structure of posts for supporting a canoe above the sea. synonyms: bantilan, kalangan₂.

tangpad   n. An earthenware jar with a mouth of medium width, used for storing water. Category: Jars. link: kibut.

tangpas₁   v. AO-1. To take or use something without the owner's permission; to use someone's property without regard for the consequences. Tinangpas konoꞌ pelang heꞌ sigā, pinabukagan maka mbal, minsan sigā niꞌinay-inay na. They said they would take the canoe, whether or not they were scolded for it, no matter what was done to them. Gram: AO-1 linkset: dumpās, sabsab, tꞌppas₂.

tangpas₂   Variant: təppas. adj. a-. Competent and able to manage, as children who have reached the stage in childhood when they can speak and behave rationally and no longer need constant watching. Buwat ondeꞌ-ondeꞌ ataꞌu na magdeyoꞌ-diyataꞌ, ya lagiꞌna ataꞌu amissala. Atangpas na. Like children who can go up and down a ladder and, importantly, know how to talk. Competent already. Buwat ondeꞌ-ondeꞌ arikiꞌ, atꞌppas na iya magdeyoꞌ-diyataꞌ. Like a small child, grown-old-enough to go up and down. Gram: a-/zero link: panday.

tangsiꞌ₁   Variant: tiaŋsiʔ. n. Fibrous material for tying obtained from the bark of the center rib of a coconut palm frond; fine nylon line. .

tangsiꞌ₂   adj. -in-. Suffering from a relapse during convalescence.

tangsuꞌ   1 • adj. a-. Separated, of functional parts. Atangsuꞌ kōk busay. The handpiece of the paddle has come off. Gram: a-

2 • v. AO-2. To remove something by pulling it away from its normal location, as the head of a squid or the handle of a knife. Tangsuꞌanku kꞌllongnu. I'll take your neck (i.e. head) off!

tangtang   1 • adj. a-. Entirely removed, of an emotion, of flesh from the bones. Atangtang isita min toꞌolang. Our flesh has gone from our bones. Saliꞌ atangtang lꞌngngonku, bay nilabbaꞌan, sali nihantu. It's like my arm is dislocated, having been harmed by a spirit being, by a hantu sprite. Gram: a- cf.: tantang.

2 • v. AO-2. To strip something away, as an emotion such as love. Tinangtangan lasana, nilaꞌanan sandal-dohon. Her love is stripped away, an end put to her prolonged grief. . Gram: AO-2

tangungngul   v. AState aN-. To howl, as a dog. link: tanghul.

tangus   

taokeꞌ₁   n. A sweet variety of citrus; an orange.

taokeꞌ₂   n. Chinese. link: lannang.

taoge   n. Sprouted mung beans. cf.: monggo, batung₂.

taoteꞌ   n. Various catfish. Category: Saltwater fish. gen. Plotosus. linkset: bakiꞌ, gaguk, inaꞌ-bakiꞌ.

tapa   1 • v. AO-1. To cook or cure something such as fish or newly opened copra by placing it over open heat; to roast food. Bang aku bay amꞌssi boꞌ taꞌabut kohap halam tabꞌlli daingku subay tapaku ko daꞌa ahaluꞌ. When I have gone fishing and afternoon comes without my fish being sold I have to roast it so it won't rot. Category: Cooking methods. Gram: AO-1 linkset: kuddang, panggang₂, tunuꞌ₁.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To lie in front of a fire for warmth, esp. to aid the recovery of a woman after giving birth. Category: Birth. link: dangka₁.

tapak   adj. a-. Placed so as to be secure and stable. Daꞌa ka amasipi bang ka amatꞌnnaꞌ ai-ai ko daꞌa ahūg. Patapakun. Don't put things near an edge when you put them down, in case they fall. Place them securely. Gram: a-

tapahan   n. A rack for roasting or grilling.

tapalus   tapalus adj. a-. Completed.

tapaꞌut   Variant: dapaʔut. adj. a-. About to take place. Atapaꞌut na lꞌngngan kami. Our journey is about to take place. Arapaꞌut na tulak kami. Ai pabeyaꞌnu? Our departure is imminent. What are you sending? Category: Close, far.. Gram: a- cf.: sintaꞌ.

tapeꞌ₁   n. The tail of a fish. cf.: togel.

tapeꞌ₂   n. A foot as an approximate measure of length. Saga duwa tapeꞌ lambuna. About two feet across. Category: Length.

tapeꞌ₃   n. The part on which something stands, as a person's lower leg and foot, a table leg, the wheel of a vehicle. Category: Limb. cf.: silikan.

tapeꞌ kuraꞌ   n. A species of spiny oyster. Category: Shellfish. cf.: sudlay-sudlay.

tapeꞌan   n. The downstream side of a house relative to the incoming tidal flow. Non-sacred activities are carried out on this side of the house and older children usually sleep there. . Category: Rooms. link: kōkan.

tapil   1 • n. The support for a verbal statement, as the evidence of a second witness added to the evidence of the first, or deposit of money as proof of intention to buy. Ngãꞌun na sangpūꞌ pilak itu, tapil llingku. Take this ten pesos, proof of my words.

2 • v. AO-2. To support a weak post or beam by lashing something alongside, as a plank is added to a bridge which sags too much under its load. Ndiya pōng batangan ilū panapil itu-i. Pass me that broken piece of outrigger beam to strengthen this one. Gram: AO-2 link: hapid₁.

3 • v. AA pag-. To be touching together in matching positions, as two people standing together shoulder to shoulder, two canoes lying parallel with outriggers touching. Gram: AA pag-

tapis   1 • n. A cloth remnant, usually something too small to use as a garment; pieces of colored cloth used to decorate a square sail. . Tapis, ya pīs sꞌmmek. Tapis, an offcut of cloth. Tapis, ya pataꞌ leha. Pieces of cloth, the decorative panel of a square sail.

2 • adj. a-. Wearing a piece of cloth as a temporary garment, as after bathing. Patapisun hōs itū. Use this sarong as a makeshift garment. Category: Clothing. Gram: AStat. a-

tapiyan   n. The seaward edge of the land, just above high water. link: gintanaꞌan.

tapiꞌ   1 • n. The lateral planking or strakes of a canoe hull. Each series of planks, as many as five, is grooved and dowelled to fit the one below it. The term is also extended to the frame and plywood hulls of pambot type canoes. . Category: Canoe construction. linkset: adjung-adjung, dalosan, durung-saꞌam, kapi-kapi, lungtud, palapaꞌ.

2 • v. AO-1. To build the entire superstructure of a canoe, including deck planking, decorations, bow and stern features; specifically, to fit planking to a dugout hull or wooden base.

tapiꞌ dalosan   n. One of the main side planks of a canoe. Category: Canoe construction.

tapīn   1 • v. ASite pa-. To go to someone's help in an argument. Gram: ASite pa- link: dapit.

2 • v. AO-2 pag-. To help someone in an argument. Oy! magtapīn kam duwangan. Oh, you two just stick together! Gram: AO-2 pag-

taplak   n. A fine gauzy cloth used for blouses. Bang ma aku ya kakanaꞌ maglowang-lowang. In my opinion it's the cloth with (decorative) holes in it. link: lere-lere.

tapling   v. AO-1. To slap something with the open hand. Gram: AO-1 link: sampak.

taplok₁   v. AO-1. To close an opening, as to close eyes or ears with a hand, to button clothing. Gram: AO-1 link: tambol₁.

taplok₂   1 • n. A scab formed over a sore. link: lꞌkkang.

2 • v. AO-2. To remove the scab from a sore, as for the purpose of applying ointment. Gram: AO-2

tapog   n. A species of fish, similar to badjangan or tandukan. Category: Saltwater fish.

tapsil   n. The commentary of the Koranic text. Saliꞌ Maulud aniyaꞌ tapsil tabeyaꞌ ma deyom sulat boꞌ mbal tabassa. As in the month of Maulud there is a commentary included in the writing but it is not read.

taptap   Variant: tattap. 1 • adj. a-. Stable, not easily shaken or changed. . Pataptapun imannu. Make your faith steadfast. Gram: a- linkset: dorog₂, dꞌddos, tattal, tꞌttog, kakkal.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To stay in the one place.

tapuk   1 • v. ASite pa-. To hide somewhere. Gram: ASite pa-

2 • v. AO-2. To hide something. Gram: AO-2

tapulaw   n. A torch of resinous wood. link: palitaꞌan.

tapung   1 • n. Rice flour, made by pounding dampened rice grains in a mortar and sifting the resultant powder through a very fine seive. Rice flour is used in many local recipes. cf.: ataꞌ, tirigu.

2 • v. AO-1. To make rice into flour by pounding. Gram: AO-1

tapung bangkit   n. Powdered calceous lime.

tapus   1 • adj. a-. Concluded; over and done with. Gram: a- link: ubus₁.

2 • v. AO-1. To bring something to an end. Angkan tapusku boꞌ mbal aniyaꞌ laꞌat ma deyom kaul-piꞌil. That's why I persist to the end so there will be nothing bad in talk or behavior.

tapusuꞌ   adj. a-. Picked from the tree, of fruit. . Atapusuꞌ kamemon. All gathered. Gram: a-

tapuꞌ   v. ASite pa-. To alight, as a bird; to come upon a person, as a spirit being or an illness. Bang paleyang manuk-manuk man Mꞌddas tudju piꞌitu, patapuꞌ ma diyataꞌ kayu. When birds fly this way from Siasi Town, they land on the top of the trees. Magsukul ma pagkaꞌinagonbi ma pasalan saki bay patapuꞌ ni aku. Thanks for your concern regarding the illness that has struck me. Gram: ASite pa- cf.: tꞌppak₁.

tara   prefix. Indicates frequency of occurrence with the words mint'dda and minduwa. Bang aku sinohoꞌ heꞌ aꞌa taramintꞌdda du. Mbal kaminduwahan. If a man tells me to do something it only happens once. It won't be done twice. Taraminduwa aku pinagbowa heꞌ aꞌa. Only twice has someone taken me (with him).

taramintꞌdda   adv. Done once only. Bang aku sinohoꞌ heꞌ aꞌa taramintꞌdda du. Mbal kaminduwahan. If someone tells me to do something it is done only once. It won't be done a second time. . Mbal makabuwan minsan hal taramintꞌdda. Doesn't give, even just once.

tarangan-tarangan   adv. Individually. . Bang aheka magusaha ma takot Siganggang tarangan-tarangan du amayan man paraw. When a lot of people are fishing over Siganggang reef each man individually in a paraw canoe. . Atabul tarangan-tarangan, saliꞌ aniyaꞌ bay krismas sigā, atabul sigā. Each of them receiving an equal share, as if they had received a Christmas gift, treated equally. link: kaniya-kaniya.

tarapu   1 • n. A cloth for wiping. cf.: sasapu; link: sapu.

2 • v. AO-2. To wipe up some mess or rubbish. Gram: AO-2

tararangan   Note: QU looks ok Adverb. On one's own.

tarasaw   adj. a-. Left behind; late. Bang kami animbak ni Tapaꞌan ameyaꞌ kami man donson. Alꞌkkas binayan, mbal atarasaw bang aniyaꞌ daing binowa ni Mꞌddas. When we go dynamiting to Tapaan we go in a boat with an outboard motor. It is a fast conveyance, we are not late when we have fish to take to Siasi. Gram: a- synonyms: lēt; link: damuli.

tarasul   n. A poetic composition, usually in Tausug.

taratu   1 • v. AO-1. To work by schedule. . Tinaratu ariplano. The airplane has a scheduled time (to arrive). . Gram: AO-1 cf.: idda.

2 • v. AA pag-. To agree together on a time and place, as lovers. Bang sawpama magistori-istori maka dꞌnda. Magtaratu kami, iya lumꞌngngan pehēꞌ, aku isāb lumꞌngngan ati magsabu. For example I talk with a girl. We agree on a time, she will walk there yonder, I also will walk and we meet up. Gram: AA pag- Note: Spanish trato 'contract' cf.: tambuku₂.

taratuꞌ   v. AO-1. To play gongs with a specific rythym. . Gram: AO-1 link: dapuꞌ.

tarawi   1 • n. A special form of prayer during the month of Ramadan. . link: sambahayang.

2 • v. AStat pag-. To pray the tarawi prayer series. Magsambahayang tarawi bang asekot na bulan nihinang. They pray the tarawi prayer when the ceremonial moon phase is near. Gram: AStat. pag-

taraysikul   n. A tricycle, specifically a motorized tricycle for carrying passengers.

taraꞌ-taraꞌ   v. AO-1. To attempt to do something. Gram: AO-1 link: ahat.

tareꞌ   1 • n. The retractable lateral spine near tail of fish. link: sēk.

2 • adj. -in-. Stabbed by a fish spine. . Bay tinareꞌ tapeꞌ si Ikkung. Ikkung's foot was stabbed. Gram: AO-1

tarik   n. The outrigger cross-booms between the main fore and aft booms, fitted on large canoes to add strength. Category: Canoe construction. link: batangan.

taroroꞌ   v. AO-2. To beat a percussion instrument with a syncopated beat. Tinaroroꞌan gabbang, saliꞌ tinaletekan dapuꞌ. The bamboo marimba beaten with a syncopated beat, like the taletek beat. Category: Music. Gram: AO-2 link: dapuꞌ.

taroso   n. The trunk of a tree, felled but unmilled. link: batang₂.

taruk   n. The mast of a sail. Takāk, ilu pasugpat man diyataꞌ taruk. The sprit, joined there on the top of the mast. Category: Sails and rigging. linkset: takāk, tindakan, tukag, tuklug.

tarul   n. A gummy exudation from certain trees, used for filling holes in a canoe. Tarul, buwat ma poꞌon mampallam. Gum as is (found) on the trunk of a mango tree. cf.: buttik.

tasa   n. A cup, especially as a unit of measure. link: panginuman.

tasbiꞌ   n. A string of beads used as a memory aid when in praying. Saliꞌ gantung-liꞌug boꞌ magbuwaꞌ-buwaꞌ anuna. Like a necklace but with a textured surface (to the beads).

tasik   v. AStat pag-. To engage in the business of preserving fish by pickling in brine, associated with catches of herrings and pilchards made with trawl netting techniques. Gram: AStat. pag- link: gamos₂.

tasikan   n. Drying racks made of slats, on which fish are dried after being soaked in brine.

tastas₁   1 • adj. a-. Come unstitched. Gram: a- synonyms: bintas.

2 • v. AO-2. To remove stitching. Gram: AO-2

tastas₂   v. AO-1. To bring a matter of business to closure, especially one which has been adjourned. Bang bay na ahꞌlling huwis mbal kaliyuhan. Ya hēꞌ anastas hukuman. When the judge has spoken no one can go against him. He is the one to finalize the case. Ya anastas magkawin imam. Iya na amuwan katobtoban. The one bringing the wedding ceremony to an end is the imam. He is the one to bring about completion. Gram: AO-1

tatab   v. AO-1. To examine someone, as to diagnose an illness or to assess character. Anatab kita baranta bang kita tauwaꞌ saki, makapagusaha maka mbal. We diagnose ourselves as to whether we have become sick, able to go out fishing or not. Bang aku bīllihan paraw eꞌ si Mmaꞌ mbal aku magtūy bīllihan. Tinatab aku dahū eꞌna, kalu-kalu aku atogol amahilalaꞌ. When Dad is buying a canoe for me, it isn't bought for me immediately. He assesses me first, whether I will be diligent in caring for it. Gram: AO-1

tatak   n. An identifying mark. link: tandaꞌ.

tataklayan   n. A serving dish or tray on which food is served at a feast. link: garul.

tatal₁   1 • adj. a-. Struck by a mortal or decisive blow. Atatal heꞌ paliꞌ. Mortally wounded with knife cuts.

2 • v. AO-1. To hit something with fatal force, as with a weapon or fist. . Buwat kami magboksen maka si Saripul. Na yukna, “Mbal ka araiꞌ makaꞌatu. Na tatalta ka min tꞌdda.” Like when I am boxing with Saripul. He says, "You probably won't be able to fight back. So I will hit you just once." Gram: AO-1

tatal₂   adj. a-. Firmly constructed. Atatal lumaꞌ itū heꞌ pipul, minsan baliyu mbal ahꞌbbaꞌ. This house is firm because of the supporting posts, even with wind it will not collapse. Atatal tapiꞌanna, minsan goyak maka baliyu mbal magpiyut. The manner of its planking is well done, even in rough seas and wind it will not twist. Gram: a-

tatap   1 • n. The cloth laid over a corpse once it has been shrouded. link: saput.

2 • v. AO-2. To lay a cloth covering over a corpse. Gram: AO-2

tatas   1 • n. The period of time which something lasts. Mbal apagon toꞌongan hāg itū. Tatasna limantahun. This post isn't very durable. Its duration is five years. .

2 • adj. a-. Long-lasting; durable. Ahāp amulawan nihinang busay, atatas ma tahik. Molave is a good wood for making paddles from, it's durable in the sea . Gram: a- link: pagon₁.

3 • v. AStat aN-. To last; to endure. Bang aku patuhun mbal aku makatatas. Akulang napasku. When I dive I cannot last long. Not enough breath. Category: Endurance. Gram: AStat. aN- link: sandal₂.

tatat   v. AStat aN-. To tremble as with fever. Category: Tremble/shiver. Gram: AStat. aN- link: lꞌmmun, kogkog.

tataꞌ   v. AO-1. To splash something, as to clean it. Gram: AO-1 link: pꞌssik, titiꞌ.

tattal   v. ASite pa-. To remain in one place. Gram: ASite pa- link: taptap.

tattap   adj. a-. Stable as to location; permanent. Gram: a-

taubang   n. A shallow water sea plant, inedible. Category: Marine plants. cf.: hunas, lꞌmmuk.

taubat   1 • v. ASite aN-. To ask forgiveness from someone as an act of contrition.

2 • v. ASite pag-. To supplicate a ritual ancestor for some favor.

3 • v. AO-2. To forgive an offense.

taubiꞌ   n. The tree at the entrance to heaven, on which the name is written of a person who is to die.

tauhan   v. AA pag-. To engage in a contest of wits, usually for a financial stake. Gram: AA pag-

taumpaꞌ₁   n. (See bāt-taumpaˈ).

taumpaꞌ₂   n. Shoes. Category: Footwear. linkset: bakiyaꞌ₂, sinelas, takon.

taumpaꞌ tinggi   n. Shoes with high heels.

Taurat   n. The books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible.

tausiyu   n. A sauce made of ground peanuts. cf.: batung₁.

tauwaꞌ   

tauꞌ   1 • v. AO-1. To store something; to keep secure. linkset: kuli-kuli, nnaꞌ.

2 • v. AOS-1. To keep something in reserve for someone. Tinauꞌan lagiꞌ si Jani. Some food is to be kept back for Jani. Gram: AO-1 linkset: halliꞌ₁, kapin.

tauꞌan   n. A storage place. Saliꞌ pabūd, ai-ai ma tauꞌan. Sort of forming a mound, like whatever is in a storage plae.

tawakkal   v. AO-2. To risk or dare doing something. Sagwāꞌ halam aniyaꞌ makatawakkal atilaw ni dꞌnda inān bang ai ya gawina. But none dared to ask that woman what her purpose was. Gram: AO-2 linkset: kꞌddom₁, pasibukut₁, halus₂.

tawad   1 • adj. a-. To be covetous for more than was given. Atawad, bay binuwanan boꞌ bilahi giꞌ. Subay na paꞌin binuwanan. Covetous, already given stuff but still wanting. Must be given continually. Gram: a- cf.: napsu.

2 • v. AO-2. To covet something beyond what is given. Gram: AO-2

tawag   v. AO-1. To call or summon someone, in a formal context. Saliꞌ aniyaꞌ bay magbonoꞌ, magdagsol ni saraꞌ ati tinawag saksiꞌ heꞌ saraꞌ. Na bang mahēꞌ ma upis yuk-i, “Bꞌnnal sakup ka bay pagbonoꞌ itū?” Like when there was a fight and it has gone to the magistrate and he calls a witness. Then there at the office someone says, "Is is true that you were an eyewitness to this fight?" Gram: AO-1 link: lingan.

tawag saksiꞌ   v. AO-1. To summon a witness. synonyms: sopena.

tawal   1 • n. A charm or incantation, often in Arabic or Malay, recited to bring about a desired change in physical condition, as to heal a sickness, avert a storm.

2 • v. AO-2. To heal someone or change some condition by reciting a charm. Nihantu si Nulhaini ati tinawalan heꞌ mmaꞌna. Nulhaini was affected by a hantu spirit so his father said a healing charm over him. Magpatawal ka boꞌ pahondong hunus inān. Have someone recite a charm so that squall stops. Gram: AO-2 linkset: buklas₂, hisuꞌ, tilik.

3 • v. ASite pag-. To recite a prayer to God or a ritual ancestor as a request. Magtawal ni mboꞌ pangamuꞌan apuwa. Recite a prayer to the ancestor as a request for blessing. Category:  Invoke. Gram: AOS-2

tawalliꞌ   v. AStat aN-. To make excuses for not doing what was asked. Gram: AStat. aN- link: daꞌawa.

tawan-tawan   v. AStat aN-. To go beyond the limits of perception. . Bang paleyangta taguriꞌ boꞌ abꞌkkat tondaꞌ, yukta, “Hēꞌ anawan-tawan.” When we are flying a kite and the string breaks, we say, "There, going out of sight." Anawan-tawan pahāp gabbang aꞌa inān. How loud that man's bamboo marimba is. Gram: AStat. aN- cf.: tegob-tegob.

tawap₁   v. ASite pa-. To walk around the Kaaba stone during the haj.

tawap₂   v. AStat pa-. To disappear or vanish in a flash. Pagtawapan, subay saliꞌ aꞌa niruwataꞌ magpatawap. Disappearance, a person must be possessed by a duwata spirit to disappear. synonyms: telop.

tawas   n. Alum, used medicinally or as a bleach. Very white, it serves as a reference point for whiteness.

tawaꞌ-tawaꞌ   v. AStat aN-. To become extreme, especially of some desire. Napsu anawaꞌ-tawaꞌ. An inordinate passion. Gram: AStat. aN-

tawbat   Variant: taubat. 1 • v. ASite aN-. To ask forgiveness from someone as an act of contrition, usually but not necessarily directed at a supernatural entity (God or a ritual ancestor). Gram: ASite aN-/pa- link: ampun₁.

2 • v. AO-2. To forgive an offense.

3 • v. ASite pag-. To supplicate a ritual ancestor for some favor. Magtawbat na aku, magtawbat ni mboꞌ pangamuꞌan apuwaꞌ. I will call for help, I will call on a ritual ancestor requesting favor. Saliꞌ kita angampun-ngampun ni mboꞌ, magtawbat saga mamaꞌ, saga boheꞌ. As when we seek help from ritual ancestors, offering things such as betel nut ingredients and water.

tawel   n. A towel. cf.: jimpaw₁, tuwaliya.

tawhid   1 • n. A single-minded intention or comitment. Pabontolun sadja tawhidnu. Just let your intentions be right.

2 • v. AO-1. To make a firm and single-minded decision. Anawhid sadja kita. Mbal pagkabidta atayta. We simply make a single-minded decision. We do not let our minds be unsettled.

3 • v. AStat. pag-. To affirm the unity of God. Magtawhid sadja ka ni maꞌaripat, magitikad ka tunggal tudju ni iya. Be single-minded in maintaining your religious principles, direct your mind only to him (God). Gram: AStat. pag-

Tawrat   Variant: kitab tawrat; taudat. n. The five books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. link: Jabul.

tawtaw   v. AO-1. To temper metal by beating it on an anvil while hot. Gram: AO-1 link: babal₁.

tayak   1 • v. AO-1. To support something on upturned palms or in an upturned container. Tayakun ba suput ilu boꞌ mbal abuꞌus. Put your hands under that paper so that it doesn't spill out. Bang balutanku sawan buwattitu nggaꞌi ka aku anayak. Sawan ya anayak gatas. When I hold a glass like this (with hands round) it is not I who support it. The glass supports the milk. Gram: AO-1 cf.: giba; linkset: sangbay, takmay, tampupu.

2 • v. AStat aN-. To hold the hands out palm upwards as in prayer. Gram: AStat. aN- cf.: tangga.

tayakkup   adj. a-. In agreement, as the opinions of several different people.

tayang   adj. a-. Of slender build. . Atayang baranna. Her body is slender. Gram: a- cf.: lampin₂, gꞌnting.

tayas   v. AStat pa-. To occur in abundance. Gram: AStat. pa- link: heka₁.

taykut   

taymaꞌ   v. AO-1. To accept something.

tayo   adj. a-. Hanging loosely, as a dangling rope or one side of a swing. Atayo engkot lilus itu. Maitu asigpit, bang paluklus aloka. This watch band is sagging. Up here it is tight, when it slips down it is loose. Gram: a-

tayo-tayo   adj. a-. Having sagging folds of flesh, as someone who has been fat and has become very thin. A: “Dꞌnda ingga?” B: “Ya matayo-tayo.” A: "Which woman?" B: "The thin one." Gram: a- link: kꞌppeng.

taytay   Variant: titay. 1 • v. ASite pa-. To walk along a bridge or walkway. linkset: kulatay, lete, sulakat, titay.

2 • v. AO-1. To use something as a walkway. Daꞌa na paꞌin titayun katig ilu. Apōng. Don't keep using that outrigger as a walkway. It will break.

taytayan   n. A bridge or elevated walkway. synonyms: letehan.

taytayan tikus   n. The upper plate of a wall (lit. rat's walkway).

tayudtud   1 • adj. a-. In accord with. Gram: a-

2 • v. AA pag-. To agree together; be united in some opinion. Gram: AA pag- link: sulut.

tayum   n. Various long-spined sea urchins or echinoids. . Category: Echinoderms. Echinoid sp. link: teheꞌ-teheꞌ.

tayum ettom   n. A species of long-spined sea urchin, the black tayum.

tayum matahan   n. An edible variety of long-spined sea urchin with phosphorescent eye-like openings at the base of the spines.

tayum-botoꞌ-botoꞌ   n. An inedible species of long-spined sea urchin. Has large blunt spines about the thickness of a pencil.

tayum-buta-buta   n. A species of long-spined sea urchin.

taꞌabbit   v. AO-1. To invite someone by name. Bang magkawin na, subay tinaꞌabbit kakampungan. On the wedding, the relatives should be invited.

taꞌakkup   Variant: tayakkup. 1 • adj. a-. In agreement, as the opinions of several different people. link: sulut.

2 • v. AA pag-. To be unified or united. Pinagtaꞌakkup, dꞌnda maka lꞌlla. United together, woman and man. Gram: AA pag-

taꞌadjil   1 • n. Sun-dried cassava tubers. link: tumbal.

2 • v. AO-1. To dry cassava tubers in the sun; figuratively, to expose someone to the heat of the sun. Hal kita tinaꞌadjil. We are simply left to bake in the sun. cf.: puhi, buwad.

taꞌalluk   v. ASite pag-. To submit to someone in authority or with great powers. Saliꞌ aꞌa jīnan, bang aniyaꞌ paꞌndaꞌta ni iya agtūy kinataꞌuhan heꞌna saki. Aꞌa inān niōnan pagtaꞌallukan. Like a person who controls a jin spirit, when someone is shown to him he immediately knows what the sickness is. Such a man is known as one to whom we submit. Gram: ASite pag-

taꞌas   1 • n. The upper limit. Taꞌasna duwa hatus. No more than two hundred. cf.: doble₂.

2 • v. ASite pa-. To reach a high level. Ungsudna mbal na pataꞌas ni bay tagnaꞌ. Her bridewealth will not reach the previous high level. Gram: ASite pa-

3 • v. AStat pag-. To behave in a manner meant to demonstrate superiority to one's peers. Aꞌa inān hal magtaꞌas-taꞌas dīna. That fellow just makes himself out to be above others. . Gram: AStat. pag-

taꞌas-taꞌas   v. AA pag-. To struggle together for supremacy. Magtaꞌas-taꞌasan bang sai apatut. They strive for supremacy to see who is the appropriate one. linkset: daꞌug, egot-egot, kosog.

taꞌat₁   v. AO-1. To utter the name of someone who is dead. . Bang saupama aniyaꞌ mmaꞌta atawa inaꞌta boꞌ kita pinakalintaw heꞌna, tinaꞌat na ya mamatay hēꞌ. If for example our father or mother makes us angry, we call on the name of a dead person. Children sometimes do this to taunt a person whose relative has died. link: lingan.

taꞌat₂   1 • n. A request to a superior being; an invocation. Minsan akosog taꞌatna ni Tuhan, taluwaꞌ isab sagdahan. Even though his religious observance is strong, he can still be struck with demonic harm. link: sambahayang.

2 • v. AO-1. To call on God. . Category:  Invoke. Gram: AO-1

3 • v. AStat pag-. To serve God faithfully by regular prayer and observance of religious duties. link: ammal₁.

taꞌawil   v. AStat aN-. To assume mistakenly that one is being addressed or discussed. Linganannu si Mommeꞌ, aku anaul. Tuꞌud aku anaꞌawil. Pangannalku aku. You call Momme, I answer the call. I just assumed wrongly. I thought it was me. Gram: AStat. aN-

taꞌayun   v. AA pag-. To be in agreement with each other. Gram: AA pag- link: sulut.

taꞌis   v. AA pag-. To grind together, as objects tossed about in a moving boat. Saliꞌ bang poga magbihing karuwa boꞌ ma deyom pelang, boꞌ goyakan, magtaꞌis. Like water jars two next to each other in the canoe when it is rough, they grind together. Gram: AA pag- link: banggid.

taꞌu₁   v. AState a-. To have a specific physical quality. . Ataꞌu basiꞌ pagūng? Can iron float? Gram: AStat. a-

taꞌu₂   Note: QU re 5 1 • n. Knowledge. cf.: ingat.

2 • adj. a-. Knowledgeable; knowing about or how to. Daꞌa ka magtaꞌu-taꞌu dinu. Don't make yourself out to be knowledgeable. linkset: alab-alab, himangkan, tꞌppas₁.

3 • v. AO-3. To know something; to know how to do something. Angay ka angkan ataꞌu magsinama? Why do you know how to speak Sinama? Category: Know.

4 • v. AO-1. To acquire knowledge of something. Bilahi isāb taꞌuku bang ai hatina. I also want to know what its meaning is. cf.: anad.

5 • adv. Marks surprise. Ati taꞌu lagiꞌ kam atilaw bang angay aku. And yet you ask what I am up to.

taꞌu-hati   v. AO-3. To show practical concern for someone. Buwat aku itu kulang-kabus, nā kaꞌa ya ataꞌu-hati ma aku. Like when I am short of everything, then you take care of my needs. Category: Look after. Gram: AO-3

taꞌu-marayaw   v. AStat pag-. To know what is good. Subay toꞌongan iya amikilan bang buwatingga kapanabangna baranna boꞌ iya magkataꞌu-marayaw. He should definitely be thinking how to help himself to know what is good.

taꞌut   1 • v. AStat pa-. To bounce up and down, as a child in a cradle. Gram: AStat. pa- link: dundang₁.

2 • v. AO-1. To bounce something up and down, as a hanging cradle. Anã, bang anangis na ondeꞌ inān, magtaꞌut na paꞌin lꞌlla bang dꞌnda inān maghinang. I tell you, when that child is crying the man has to keep on bouncing the cradle if the woman is working. Gram: AO-1

taꞌutan   n. A cradle for babies, consists of a cloth tube suspended from two bamboo laths. synonyms: buwahan₂.

taꞌu-taꞌu   n. A portrayal of the human form, especially a 3-dimensional one, hence an effigy such as the carved figure on the roof peak of some mosques directly above the pulpit. cf.: munyeka, datuꞌ-datuꞌ.

taꞌu-taꞌu mata   n. The pupil of the eye. synonyms: kaettoman-mata.

taꞌuyu   n. Soya sauce.

tā   Variant: tala. 1 • n. Distance; remoteness.

2 • adj. a-. Far away. Gram: a- synonyms: lawak.

3 • v. ASite pa-. To go far away. Bang kami kaꞌapikian heꞌ Sūk, patā kami alahi. If a Tausug comes close to us, we run far away. Gram: ASite pa-

tā biddaꞌ   adj. a-. Very different.

tād   n. A row of items, as people, clothes on a line or a row of planted cassava. Saga sangpūꞌ pilak dantād, panggiꞌ kayu. About ten pesos a row, of cassava. link: badlis.

tād-tād   v. AO-1 pag-. To arrange things in rows. Gram: AO-1 pag-

tāp-tāp   v. AStat. pag-. To be boastful or cocky. Paꞌabbu aꞌa inān, saliꞌ magtāp-tāp. That person is showing off, acting tough. Gram: AStat. pag- link: abbu.

tāw   1 • n. Fear. . Category: Fear. link: gawa.

2 • adj. -in-. Afraid. Tināw aku ma kuting sidda. I am very afraid of cats. Gram: AO-3/ASite -in-

3 • v. AO-3. To fear something. Daꞌa sigām katāwhinbi. Don't fear them. Ai katāwannu? What are you afraid of?

tāw-tāw   adj. maka-. Somewhat frightening.