blakburd n. blackboard
brip n. men's underpants or briefs
brunsi n. bronze v. to have a bronze color
buang1 v. to split something (e.g. papaya, pumpkin, squash, firewood) adj. broke apart
buang3 v. to articulate a thought
Buaya prop_n. the name of a constellation
buaya2 vi. to cease fighting and run away
bubu n. a (bamboo) fish trap n. fish trap (made of split bamboo)
bubual vi. to want his own way and throw a tantrum in order to persuade the mother
bubul v. to drop rice seed (paley) or sometimes corn (aheley) in a cultivated field
bubungan n. a hill or mountain —mountain vi. to live in the mountains vi. to be in the form of a mountain
bubun te bakbak See bakbak n. various spp. of orchids (with leaves and stems resembling frog legs)
budbud v. to plant small seeds, e.g. eggplant (sehutung), wet-rice seed by sprinkling them
Budda prop_n.
buddang v. to put down something that produces a strong sound somewhere v. to slide down on the groud heavily
budiga n. a small room used as a rice store
bueg v. to wrestle (each other)
buel n. a knee v. to kneel at someone else
bugguy n. a professional thief
bugiyungv Variant of bugyung n. trumpet v. Variant of bugyung to blow the horn
bugkalew n. a (medium high) type of grass
bugkè n. lansones; a type of fruit tree; cultivated fruit trees
bugkut v. in fighting for someone to cease fighting and run away
bugsi vt. to pierce something with something
bugsù v. to transplant a banana seedling somewhere by digging a hole and then standing it in the hole v. to keep on transplanting bananas
bugsung vt. to wrap something (e.g. rice or eggs) up in a cloth and tie it into a small bundle, or to put a software into vi. to become wrapped up
bugtul n. the area of the stomach below the navel n. the umbilical cord; the afterbirth
bugtung adj. the only child or only offspring of an animal
bugtus vi. to snap or break vt. to snap or break something
bugyung n. trumpet v. to blow the horn
buha n. a small type of mudfish - a small aluan
buhal n. a generation; descendant v. to multiply?; to increase?
buhat adj. dainty
buheng adj. for bamboo to be thick-walled. i.e., the hole is small
buhis1 n. a type of hardwood tree
Buhis2 prop_n.
buhù v. to be sleepy; not quite awake
buhuk1 n. an egg in the nest which is not fertile and is abandoned by the hen when the others hatch
buhuk2 adj. dumb
buka1 v. to request a marriage partner
buka2 n. the barrel (of a gun)
bukad n. a flower, usually referring to the flowers of trees in blossom v. to blossom
bukal 1. n. a spring 2. v. to boil
bukalas vt. to unroll something —unroll mat —wrap up Ref.Gloss: unroll
bukal-bukal v.
bukalkal 1. v. to pull something unrolled v. to open up 2. v. to be noticed or published
bukalle adj. unfriendly
bukayat 1. vt. to unfold or spread out something —fold vi. to become spread out 2. vi. to be revealed
bukbuk1 n. a fine powder such as insecticide or flour vt. to sprinkle a fine powder such as flour or insecticide onto something
bukbuk2 1. n. weevil 2. n. a woodboring insect
bukè 1. n. froth, e.g., the froth that settles around the top of a pot when cooking rice vi. to froth or foam adj. frothy (esp. of soap) 2. v. to open up
buked 1. n. forehead 2. v. to sing ahead of time by someone's journey in order to give an information either it is good or bad
bukelas v. to unwrap something —unroll sleeping mat
bukelè v. to open up something (e.g., umbrella) or to be opened (e.g., flowers)
bukelud n. a flax variety, the leaves of which are used for making sleeping mats (ikam). This grows about waist height
bukeun vt. serve up something from something
bukew n. the bit for a horse's mouth
buku n. a node or joint such as that of bamboo, sugarcane or a joint of the finger adj. having a lot of nodes or joints
buku-buku n. unkle
bukus n. bandage vt. to wrap up something with something vi. to be in the foetal position
bulagtan n. a wild vine with tomato sized fruit, green when unripe but yellow when ripe
bulak n. a flower v. to bear flowers v. to be flowering
bulalu n. a ladle vi. to cook rice porridge – i.e., a little bit of rice with a lot of water, usually for children n. rice porridge
bulan 1. n. moon 2. n. month vi. to be in a certain state (e.g. being owned, being lost) for exactly a month vi. to be in a certain state or place for nearly a month adv. next month 3. vi. to menstruate; to have a monthly period 4. n. a type of stinging plants that cause you one month to suffer for pain 5. n. a Matigsalug game perform during full moon evening 6. n. shield middle part
bulanan n. the center part of a shield
bulang v. ? v. to be in bed at night without any other sleeping companions.
bulawan1 n. gold v. to have a gold color v. to become golden adj. golden
bulawan2 n. bracelet
bulaya n. a type of insect on the crops
bulbul n. hair, feathers, fur, or wool of a person or animal, but not including the pubic hair adj. feathery v. to pluck the feathers out of something
buldung n. a hard large type of a tree that oftenly used as house walls; has a red bark
buldut vi. for eyes to stare or pop-out, i.e., to have big eyes v. to warning someone else to keep on doing something
buleg n. a small particle in the eye v. to be temporarily blinded by something in the eye (e.g. sawdust)
bulegtak v. to be an energetic and merciful stare
bulehak adj. raise eyed vi. to raise their eyes to someone
bulekè n. a misfortune that hits someone usually as a result of speaking back to an older person
bulekew n. a variety of bamboo
bulengù vi. to become bent over vt. to bend something
bulew v. to have defective eyes
buleynen ???. xxxxxxxxx
buli adj. disgruntled
buliburan n. the place of the head where hair begins from
bulig1 1. vi. to help someone v. to help harvesting someone's else field to after a share v. to be helped of someone else adj. helpful v. to cooperate 2. adj. the target of both bad and good actions 3. n. usually used name for the puppy which is the only female or male among the group
bulig2 n. a wild banana with many seeds in its' fruits and usually eaten by wild cat
bulilii n. a largish red ant that has a moderately painful bite
buling adj. for an animal to be a mixture of colors v. to be a mixture of colors
bulingat 1. v. to pop their eye v. to become pop-eyed 2. v. to open up something v. to be open
bulingkug vi. to become bent back and forth
buling ne laku See laku n. striped civet cat
bulit 1. n. medicine which is roasted by the fire to become charcoal 2. vt. to place a prepared herbal medicine around the site of an infection, especially a boil (buu) with something 3. vt. to put a layer of something, e.g., paint over something else, e.g. a box
buliyew 1. vt. to stir (food in a pot) 2. vt. to stir up the ocean
bullas 1. v. to replace (something); to repay 2. v. to exchange (money) 3. v. to correct (by erasing and rewriting)
bulrung n. bulrung camote
bultus n. wig
bulubulu n. a variety of rattan regarded as a weed
bul-ug v. to attempt something v. to be disappointed because something didn't happen; to have unknowingly bought stolen property
bulukù n. a curl of hair vi. to curl up and lie down somewhere
bulun1 v. for blood to want to come out (such as when somebody cuts their arm) but not be able because their is no break in the skin
bulun2 n. a brown nut chew ingredient
bulung adj. full (of a person or animal) vi. to feed a person or animal in order to make them full v. to be going to be full v. to be satisfied from eating v. to feed a person or animal to make them full
bulus 1. v. to continue (doing a task) v. to continue v. to keep on doing something adj. sustainable 2. v. to waste their time for doing unpredictable useless thing 3. adj. result 4. v. to continue (doing a task) adj. continuous 5. n. the fast forward control (on a tape recorder) 6. n. destination
bulut adj. bold; fierce; cruel; aggressive v. to be brave at someone else somewhere n. courage; ferocity
buluwing n. red-winged crested cuckoo n. blue monarch n. yellowish white eye
bul-uy v. to search for wild game
bumbay 1. n. a large type of goat 2. n. a large type of red onion
bumbiliyav Variant of bumbilya n. a light-bulb
bumilan n. a rotating drum used to separate gold ore from rocks
bunag vt. to spread out something e.g., grain on a mat
bunayuk n. stomach flab adj. a person with a flabby stomach
bunbun n. a cover (placed directly on top of something) v. to cover something v. to be covered adj. veiled v. to be convered or buried
bundul v. to hit something with long piece of something e.g., wood or metal v. to strike against something e.g., wall vi. to collide with a fixed object
bunduy n. a small type of a tree which is useful for fencing and medicine
buneg n. rabies v. to be rabid
bungan adj. idyllic
bungat n. a type of poison used long ago to put into food or vegetables so that if they are stolen and consumed by a thief, he will lose one of his eyes. v. to poison or to curse somene else through poisonous medicine or incantation
bungbuangan n. the soft spot on a baby's head
bungbung n. a bamboo-like weed 1. n. a variety of rice that is small
bungeyew n. a kind of a rattan fruit
bunggalu n. bunggalu house form
bungget v. to ask something forcely
bunggù 1. v. to deliver a still-born baby v. still born 2. v. to be bend
bungkag 1. v. to put corn through the first pass in the grinder 2. v. to shatter
bungketut n. a fresh-water shrimp
bungug vt. to bake (vegetables or fish) by wrapping the prepared food in banana leaves and placing amongst the embers
bungulan n. a (long, sweet, green-colored) type of banana
Buni1 prop_n.
buni2 n. a type of skin disease
buniyagv Variant of bunyag v. to dedicate a child dedicate
bunlis v. to get angry with someone who has annoyed them and so kill them somewhere v. to get angry because they weren't given something they wanted. A child might throw a tantrum, an older person might become angry somewhere
bunlud n. a wave of water – usually an up-and-down type swell vi. to have waves vi. to have many waves adj. wavy (of water)
bunsilew n. a sore or sty under one's eyelid v. to have sore under eyelid
bunsud 1. v. to begin something n. the foundation stones of a house n. topic; title adj. beginning n. a capital letter v. to begin a process 2. n. the foundation of something
buntel vi. to having aching thighs
Buntetalèv Variant of Bahuntetalè n. a morning star
buntug vt. to throw something with two hands at something else
bunù v. to kill someone else v. to fight; to war n. a habitual murderer; a fighting cock which always wins
bunut te niyug n. coconut husk
bunuwit n. a (large) fish hook vi. to be caught on a hook v. to go fishing for fish
bunyag v. to dedicate a child dedicate
burakan n. a variety of vine plants which was used by old Matigsalug people to make their hair longer; it is common in Sita river and usually wide leaves; it produce white sap n. one of the famous Matigsalug dance which was imitated from wild cat v. to perform a buburakan dance
buring n. a loose woman who sleeps around v. to have find loose woman somewhere
burun n. bee larva which is eaten as a delicacy
burunsiv Variant of brunsi n. bronze v. to have a bronze color
burusa n. a pocket v. to put the hands into pocket
burutburut n. a small variety of fish that live in canals and along rivers; most of them are big abdomen
busagsag vi. to become scattered
Busawen1 n.
busbus 1. vt. to pour out a liquid or non-liquid somewhere (e.g., container or box) v. to be accidentally wet by water or liquid 2. v. to have a miscarriage
busenggeyet n. a name of a witch
busew1 1. n. a generic name of all evil spirits adj. a well known place for evil spirit 2. v. to play tag 3. n. shaman; a person has a third eye
busew2 adj. crazy; insane v. to cause someone to be crazy to become crazy n. imbecile adj. idiotic
busi-sì adj. slowly apart/burst
busug n. a single-tipped arrow - made with luwey cane but tipped with laak bamboo or bulu.
bus-ug 1. n. dipper v. to water plants v. to keep on watering plants v. to use dipper for taking a bathe 2. adj. brave (easily crying in anger)
busuwak 1. n. a weeping skin sore v. to weep or ooze 2. v. to flow very strong 3. v. to flow strongly from a body (e.g.,skin)
butaku n. a black cloud (whether due to a storm to pollution)
butal v. to vote or elect an official
butas n. boots
butbut vt. for someone or something to pierce something e.g., for a chicken to peck a hole in an egg vi. to become pierced n. a patch on a piece of cloth to patch cloth
buteng n. a horse fight v. to be fighting v. (for children) to fight each other v. to fight each other
butig n. a mole or raised lump on the skin —wart v. to have moles
butiki n. a poisonous frog which inhabits small streams in the forest
butiliyav Variant of butilya n. a bottle
butinis1 n. button v. to do up buttons on, or to sew buttons onto, a garment
butitì n. tadpole
butittil n. pygmy woodpecker
butù n. testicle n. scrotum n. the growing part inside a mature coconut
butu-butù n. a very large, black type of ant that lives in the grass
butud1 adj. a blind person v. to lose an eye
butud2 1. v. to cause someone's belly to swell with excess wind 2. n. a small variety of fish that live in canals and along rivers; most of them are big abdomen
butung n. a coconut young fruit
Buù prop_n. the name of a constellation
buu n. a boil v. to be inflicted with boils v. to swell
buung 1. v. to return 2. v. to swell with excess wind
buut v. to command someone else
buutan v. fixed married;
buv Variant of buwa part. maybe; perhaps
buwad n. descendant/multiply/increase
buwalew n. a type of poisonous tree (used for fishing)
buwanv Variant of buwa part. maybe; perhaps
buwas n. a traditional medicine for treating someone who is no longer completely sane (busawen) v. to treat someone by the used of a traditional medicine (usually an oil lana) with incantation especially if suffering from a curse or poison (eglambusan)
buwat v. to gather up wood so as to clear a field ready to plant with something
buwè1 v. to cause someone to cough v. to let theirselves to cough
buwè2 1. n. kidney 2. n. kidney stone
buwed adj. crazy or inconsistent
buwet adj. genial
buyag1 1. n. old person, mature person 2. adj. decrepit or senile 3. adj. wise or distinguished 4. n. elder adj. moderately old n. the old people; ancestors v. to become older 5. n. to swing using a cane that usually attach to anykind of trees as you stranded at the center 6. v. to cause someone's appearance to be look older 7. v. to become sick or painful
buyag2 adj. to be enlarged or swollen
buyù v. to ask to be given something v. to be asked by someone adj. always asking something to someone
buyu-buyù n. a small type of tree which is good for firewood and the fruit is eaten by birds and wild cat
buyukung n. a kind of small land snail which is good for making lime
buyung-buyung v. to touch and massage the part of the body which is hit by something
buyuwan 1. n. argument or small dispute, e.g. between husband and wife 2. vi. to let them cry until they cry and cry
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