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Banlak n One of three original Ata siblings (two men and their sister) said to have ascended into heaven. According to legend, they gathered kout along the Kapalong river which were turned into white stones. (see Ibul, Boyboy), lived on, believed to have created people, did many miracles. [The Ata Manobo kout refers to a poisonous, starchy root something like cassava which must be soaked before cooking to make it edible.] see: Boybayan; gen: minuna.

Bonol n Name of a village named after a stream which joins the Libaganon river between Kilikili and Gupitan. (This is also called Kiapù).

Boybayan n One of three original Ata siblings who lived on the earth, performed miracles, and eventually ascended into heaven (see Banlak)-- believed to have created the skies--lived on the Liboganon river. gen: minuna; see fr.: Banlak.

Bulisung n The name of a location on the Liboganan river between Suo-on and Mabantow on the other side of a mountain from Tagpopoot where there is a very deep whirlpool and a cave at the foot of a cliff where there are passageways which is too dangerous to explore. Ka Bulisung, dalama no nalugi-an no dakol ka saliuan to linow woy maralom. Bulisung is a cliff in which a hole has been formed [at the base] which has a deep area containing a whirlpool. [There used to be a village at that location but the people have moved to Tagpopoot and Kamansi because many children drowned in the whirlpool.]

ba-ad 1n Half. Nig-agow ka ba-ad no tanò ku. Tongà ka ba-ad. Someone took away a half portion of my land. A half portion is a half. osyn: tongà 1; see fr.: pori 1. 1.1v To divide in half. Ko sikoykow ka tagtu-un to songo saku no agoloy no ogba-aron nu, tongà ka igbogoy nu. Tongà ka igsabuk nu. If you are the owner of a sack of corn which you will divide in half, you will give half of it. You will keep (lit. put away) half. 2n An equal portion. 2.1n To divide into equal portions or parts. Ko ogba-adba-aron to tatolu ka songo saku no homoy, ogtatoluan ka ba-ad. Tatolu ka pogtalad. Og-un-unawa ka talad dan If a sack of rice is divided by three, there will be three |[equal] portions. It will be shared with three people. Their shares will be exactly the same. 3v To divide into several equal parts. see fr.: pori 3. 4v Divided into two parts, as a river. Ko oglanog ka woig, ogkaba-ad on su ogpakabayò diò to siak. Noimu on no darua ka lawa to woig. If the river has risen, it will become divided in two parts because it has passed into a secondary channel. [If the water is divided, it is not necessarily divided equally.] 5v Become divided into three or more parts. [In this case, the portions are not likely to be equal.]

babalakan n A junction or crossing, as of a highway or two rivers that intersect. Ko du-on otow no ogpanumbaloy no ligkat to Kapalong, ogpatomu kanta diò to babalakan oyow ogpoko-untul [ogpakabatuk] to baloy ta oyow konò ogkalagaklagak.) If someone comes for a visit from Kapalong, he will have us meet him at the [river] junction wo that he will be able to find our house so that he won't become lost. [Word applies whether the roads just meet or intersect.]

babaloy, og=, nig= phr.: songo baloy; deriv.: baloy. 1v To build a house. Ko ogbabaloy, ogbunsud pad no oghimu. If [one] builds a house, he begins to make [it]. 2v To find someone at home. Ka nigpanumbaloy ka diò ki Lillian, no-uma nu pad sikandin diò to baloy din, nabaloy nu pad. When you went to visit Lillian, you reached her while she was still at home, you found her at home. see: umaan; see: sapon 1. 3n A person who is a chronic visitor Du-on otow no sumbalayon. Sikan pad ian og-onow to kasoloman no diò tad ogkito-on to songo baloy. There are people who iare a chronic visitors. As soon as one gets up in the early morning, we see them over at someone else's house. [that is, one who is always at someone else's house.] 4n Kobbiung tune. 5v To visit at someone's house. 6v To sexually abuse women who live in the same household. Ka lituk to ogbalbalayon, ogpan-ian-ianan ka mgo boi. Ogpanhilabot dò du-on ka nig-ugpò. The meaning of the term ogbalbalayon, the women are taken advantage of. [A person] simply [sexually] uses [the women] who live there. [This is not by consent of either a spouse or the persons abused and is not accepted by Manobo culture. In the past, such a person might be put in a sack and drowned.]

baga 1n Red hot coals. 1.1v To form red hot coals. Ko nigtotomog a to kayu no nalotoman on ka hapuy, nigdokotan on woy nigbaga on. Du-on on baga. If I fuel a fire with wood and the fire is hot/strong, it has ignited and has formed hot coals. There are already red hot coals. 2deriv n A type of hornet or wasp.

baghot 1adj To stress or emphasize something that is spoken as when making a point in a discussion. Ka otow no ognangonnangon no konò ogngisi, ogbaghot ka ogkagi ko nokoy ka balità din. The person who is speaking and does not laugh, he is emphasizing the words of whatever his news is. see fr.: sugsug 2; see: igpamalogot. 1.1v Something used to emphasize one's speech; to be emphatic. Du-on otow no oglampos ko ognangonnangon ka igbaghot din. There are people who strike [something] when they are speaking to empathize [that which he/she is saying]. Inat to igbaghot ka sikan no kinagian. It's as if those words are emphatic. see: tigda-an; see: daral. 2v To be boastful.

bagkolong v 1To dance, turning first to one side and then to another. Ka otow no nigsayow to kuglung, ogbagkolong dò ko ogsayowsayow. Ka bakolong, agad hondo-i ogkolong sikandin ka ogsayow. The person who danced to the kuglung instrument was turning from side to side as he/she was dancing. As for [the word] bagkolong, he/she turns in any direction while dancing 2Extended Meaning: To be strong-willed; (in a negative sense); disobedient. Ka otow no ogbagkolong, og-atu to agad nokoy no udling. Konò ogpabo-ot Ka kandin dò no katagaanan, ian din ogtumanon. The person who is strong-willed, he resists any kind of advice. He won't let someone control him. He only carries out that which comes from his own knowledge. [considered to be a bad trait]

bagkugung n Tightly wovern rattan container with lid shaped like a cylinder of various sizes used for clothing and personal items.

bagtad v Split open as of soil that is very dry. Ko oggulabung no ogmalayat ka pog-allow, ogbagtad on ka tanò no ogpanbotu on. If it is dry season and the sunny days [without rain] are long, the soil splits open and cracks. see: panggo-at.

bagtos v 1To be silent. Ko ogbagtos ka mgo ulod-ulod, ogdorongan ka oghagtong no ogkakagi. If the creatures become silent, they simultaneously stop making a noise (lit. talking.). [especially at night when no people or creatures are making a sound.] 2To cease talking, be silent.

bagungan n The flesh and bones of the tail of animals and of various reptiles, especially of the larger portion of the near the body. [If a tail drops off, it does so at this location.] cf: kulitut.

bagunbun n Soft soil. Ka ilis to woig no napò no ogtubu-an to tibogow, sikan ka bagunbun no tanò. The edge of the river which is flat in which reeds grow, that is soft soil ground.

bagunus n Tree roots used for planting and worn in tayem.

bagwanan n Part of certain traps which is released by the trigger. Ko ogkapolis ka sa-id, ogkabokas ka bagwanan. When the trigger slips off, the lever [which kills or traps the animal] is released. [This can be a rope stick or lever as the part of a mouse trap which strikes and kills the animal.]

bahag 1n Loincloth, g-string. 1.1n diaper 1.2n Sanitary napkin 2v To wear a g-string. Ka dongan no mgo otow, ogpamahag pad su warò pad amana manggad dan. The people [who lived] long ago, they still wore g-strings because they didn't yet have very much material. Moon-ing ka mgo otow no nigbabahag to sikan no timpu dongan. There were many people who wore g-strings at that time long ago.

bahal n Scaffolding of house. Ka bahal, tago-oran no og-unturan ko oghimu ki to lawa to baloy. Scaffolding is the temporary [structure] on which [we] stand when we build the body of a house. [which can be made of a single pole or multiple poles.]

bailan n Shaman, one who contacts the spirit world. [He may have one or more familiar spirits. He makes sacrifices on behalf of the sick or to counteract the effects of bad luck, bad omens or to convey or reverse the effect of charms.] see: papaganò; see fr.: ganò 3.

bak adv as if (contrary to fact) Bak Magbobo-ot ka apù ta ko ian ogkasaligan! As if our grandparents were God that [lit. if] our trust should be in them!

bakalawan n 1Upper arm 2Neck of a musical instrument as guitar or kuglung.

bako-bakò n An Ata Manobo term for the cross-like symbol also called a kinurus?? see fr.: kinurus.

bako-us 1v To wrap up and bind together, as meat. Ogku-on noy no babuy no ogbako-us noy on no ogbanggutan to balagon ka natongos on. We take the [cut up meat of] the pig and wrap in portions and bind with rattan that which has been wrapped up [in leaves]. [Used especially of large portions of meat or fish which are wrapped in leaves and bound with rattan so they can be carried home on a person's back or suspended from a strap across ones' forehead. Would also apply if a sack or plastic were used if it is bound. Would not apply to carrying things that are not eaten.)] 2deriv n A portion of fish or game that has been wrapped and bound. Tagsagboka no otow, du-on ka kandin no binako-us. Each person has his own bound portion [of meat]/.

bakolow 1n An armband used as a charm. Ka taloy-u, ogsabukan ta ka boi to taloy-u ko konò ki oglangub no og-insò. Ka sikan no taloy-u, ibakolow to bolad woy igbali-og As for a charm, we put a charm on a girl when we don't have courage to ask. This charm is worn as an arm band on the arm or as a necklace. [This armband is worn around one's upper arm and is often associated with taloy-u a love charm. The band has been sewn already so it is slipped over one's hand and up one's arm. It is also used by soldiers to protect them from harm.] see: taloy-u 1. 2v To wear as an arm band around the upper arm. Ka sikan no taloy-u, ibakolow to bolad woy igbali-og. As for that love charm, it is worn as an armband the arm or worn as a necklace.