ungut 1
Sense 1
verb
English. Crosses another of the same kind, as a trail, road.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kalabung iini pasad nami megita' ami dia pekungutan dalan pangay titik.
English. Yesterday our agreement was that we would meet at the crossing of the Titik trail.
Sense 2
English. Shares the same geographic source, as two rivers flowing from the same vicinity, mountain.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kii Gikuan, Lebangen muka' Sibugay iini pikungutan gulu nilan dia Pinukis.
English. The headwaters of Gikwan, Labangan and Sibuguey streams flow from Pinukis Mountain.
ungutan
noun
English. Any leader among the Subanen of high stganding.
Example sentence:
Subanen. “Aa,” laungen, “kaas lai sibutan ku ya'a, uu Ungutan, pu' telebu' lai peglegungutan ka, sa' kana'a kelalagan getaw.”
English. “Ah,” said the other, “that's why I am making a deal with you, because you are a uniquely effective leader, not to mention
what a perceptive person you are.”
Synonym. unut
Ungutan
noun
English. Name of a leader, chieftan, in Subanen oral literature.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Aa naa, Ina', minget mpildi laa' si Ungutan, pu' ndi'en suunan.
English. Intj., now then, Mother, clearly Ungutan is going to lose, for he won't know the answer.