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da part. [discouragement]

daag n. a narrow distant field away from the barrio v. to make a narrow distant field somewhere

daan adj. ancient; old adv. beforehand adj. v. to become old

daat v. to waste something (except money) vi. to be wasted v. to waste or ruin something (esp. money) adj. oh blow! blow it all

daa_v Variant of da part. [discouragement]

Dabaw prop_n.

dabek-dabek v. sound

dabi vt. to hit with the side of fist

dabu adj. for certain foods to be dry

dabuk n. the white inside wall of bamboo

dabul adj. powdery

dabung n. bamboo shoot

daddu vi. to plough a field

dag-es n. it's indicative that the person is suffering from pain

daggil n. knife

dagket vt. to move so as to touch something v. to be touched on something or at someone else v. touching e.g. a man touching a woman

dagmang vt. to get something by swooping down on it

dagpù adj. to not be a local v. to approach or migrate in other nation

dagsang 1. vi. to produce sound immediately, e.g. the crash when a kettle drops to the floor, or for lighting to be directly overhead. i.e., the thunder immediately follows the lightning v. to successive immediately sound (e.g thunder) 2. vi. to put down something on the floor which producing strong sound

dagsè 1. v. to be possessed by a spirit, e.g., Tahabikal or Mannalingan 2. v. to have twins e.g., both evil and good spirits

dagsel vt. to have a snack at someone's residence vi. to request a snack or to be eaten

dahabas vt. to be a part or connected with one thing v. to include or without excemption about something

dahang v. to barter or trade something with someone else (e.g., to trade bananas for salt, tinned fish, or clothing) v. to sell food (e.g. lahas nuts, banana, or meat or fish) to someone else wealthier for much more than the actual value

dahas 1. conj. at the same time; simultaneously, e.g., to kill two birds with the same stone conj. next, soon after 2. v. to continue to do something (mission, vission, goal, etc.) for having success 3. adj. survivor

dahat n. sea; ocean

dahayun v. to be continuous or always

daheb v. to sound when it beating

dahebdeb vi. to make footfalls

dahegsal vt. to crash down on the ground (usually producing loud sound or impact when it reach the ground)

daheneg adj. a loud sound v. to make a loud sound

dahengdeng n. (dorsal or ventral) fin (of a fish) —pectoral fin —caudal fin tail

dahesdes 1. v. to continue in someone adj. continuous; strong; severe (usually for sick) 2. n. hope

dahew v. to do something quickly v. to request someone to finish something immediately to go (somewhere) and return fairly shortly, e.g., go in the morning and return by lunch

dahing n. sound adj. loud; noisy (of sounds or voice) v. to sound because of something adj. the action of sounding v. to make a sound with something

dahubì v. to create sounds from falling down or beating v. to create strong sounds from falling down or beating

dahumey n. a rash in the groin or under the neck of a baby vi. to get a chill after swimming too long

dahupì v. pull down

dakatan n. a piece of wood or plastic for chopping meat and vegetable

dakdak v. to tap something on the ground or stone

dakel 1. adj. big; large v. to grow bigger in size 2. adj. many; much 3. adj. great. 4. v. to become many 5. v. to make bigger 6. adj. considerable 7. v. to grieve adj. size; amount adj. sizeable v. to get bigger by giving a lot amount of food v. to get bigger; to grow 8. v. to get somewhat bigger v. to have increased 9. v. to be love or value to give love, value ( beloved ) at someone else or something for a reason

dakel se bali See bali adj. expensive

dakel se geyinawa See geyinawa adv. to have a high regard

dakep vt. to capture or arrest somebody or something vi. to be caught or arrested

dakesel 1. vt. to hold and push down something on the ground or in a stiff area (so that it would not move) v. to used to pressed down with something n. a clipboard 2. vt. to accuse someone else or to force them into a difficult situation 3. v. to be very weak from sickness, often not able to get up or to eat n. hope

dakupal adj. pile up vi. to become thick

dakurak vt. to peel something, e.g., sweet potato, yams boil it in lots of water, and then mash it. to plan to peel something, e.g., sweet potato, yams

dakutan n. clay

dalama 1. n. a particular kind of stone of which certain cliffs are made n. a cliff made of a particular type of stone n. having a lot of cliffs of dalama rock (of an area) n. the name of a particular place which has a lot of cliffs of dalama rock 2. n. evil spirits (busew) that dwell among cliffs of dalama rock

dalan n. path vi. to make a path or trail somewhere vi. to be on the road or path n. paths, roads

dalanag n. run-off from rain v. to have a slight run-off across the ground v. to have a heavy run-off across the ground

dalap vt. to toast something vi. to be scorched by fire

dalapak vi. to approach something

dalapdap v. to spread

dalapet v. to move towards something because they are attracted to it vi. to attract a person or flock of birds, or to be the thing which attracts a person or flock of birds v. to be able to approach something which they are attracted to (e.g., because they have enough strength, or because nobody is guarding the thing which they are attracted to) v. to approach a thing or things which they are attracted to

dalasek adj. forceful

dalawit vi. to weep or wail (as at a funeral)

dalayap₁ 1. v. to spread out somewhere 2. v. to transfer to someone else adj. contagious

dalayap₂ n. cliff

daleet adj. stormy; tempestuous

daleket n. grass variety

dalem 1. adj. patient 2. adj. modest

dalem₁ 1. n. depth 2. adj. deep adj. deepest 3. n. the lower part (e.g., euphemism for the private parts of a human) 4. n. the underside 5. adj. downward 6. adj. profound (used of words and sayings) adj. downwards v. to submit to others adj. humble adj. innermost 7. n. a fine arrow used in a blow-gun

dalem₂ n. a fine arrow used in a blow-gun

dalen-ug n. mole cricket

dalepè n. the world

dalew vi. to groan weakly (because the fever or pain is so bad that they are unable to talk)

dalid n. root v. to grow roots

dali-dì vi. to jeer at someone else

dalikamag n. a type of milkfish which we found only in Pulangi, Salug, and Sita river

dalimasù n. small blister-like sores on the tongue or back of the mouth

dal-in vi. to stain another object

dalingding n. a type of mahogany?; wall?

dalit₁ n. a part of a bees nest that is edible —honey bee —honey —honeycomb —bee larvae

dalit₂ v. to offer something to someone else

daliyang n. a trapping pit v. to make a pit to catch criminals or edible animals in a place

dallut 1. vt. to dip a food (e.g., bread, biscuits, or sweet potato) into a liquid (e.g., tea, coffee, honey, soup) v. to be forcely dip on something 2. v. to be not intense or frequent (e.g.,doing something, like sleeping etc.)

dalu 1. n. sickness v. to be sick adj. ill adj. unhealthy adj. sickly to have a member got sick v. to cause sick 2. n. woman sick

dalung n. a dark area because of someone or something vi. to overshadow something

dalupè n. another term for world

dalupingan n. a small, and flat thin head fish which usually found only in Sita, and Salug river.

dalusung vt. to urge on someone else to work or move faster

daluus n. a rice storage basket

daluwit vt. to dip something into a sauce or soup

damag v. to participate in a wake (for the dead) n. funeral v.

damal n. a fret on a kuglung vi. to finger on the frets of a kuglung

damang n. a generic name of all types of spider

dampas 1. vt. to steal a domestic animal in order to pay a debt v. something stolen n. something stolen 2. vi. to do something secretly to someone

dampè v. to catch something (e.g., frog or grasshopper) v. to keep on catching something (e.g., frog or grasshopper)

dampè₁ v. to catch a bird on the ground v. to be able to catch something v. to be catched

dampelak n. slug

dampil 1. v. to dry (in the sun) something somewhere 2. n. dried something

damuluhan n. a small black type of ground lizard with orange tail; edible

damuluwan n. a variety of bamboo

dan pron. they; (them) pron. they; (them) poss_pron. their; of theirs

danak v. to fall over and lose its shape

dangdang 1. vi. to line up themselves or something else 2. vi. to sit or stand beside someone or something else 3. v. to help others in clearing a field; place (self, somebody or something) adjacent (to somebody or something)???

dangeb 1. adj. another; other 2. n. the next; the second one 3. n. two-pronged

dangeleg n. a type of tree

dangep v. to request help for a problem

dangew n. a hand span (about 8 in.) —foot, 12 inches v. hand span

danggut n. a fine-toothed comb for combing lice out of the hair —comb vt. to comb the nits out of their hair with a fine-toothed comb

dangkey v. to rest with legs up on something

dangul v. to hit oneself on the floor

dani adj. near vi. to be near something or someone vi. to approach something or someone vi. to be closed; to be in the vicinity adj. to be close together vi. to be approaching

dantey v. to rest above something else

dantul v. to visit somewhere else out of town (for example to buy something)

dapa n. the span of both arms (stretched out)

dapal vi. to place their open hand on something

dapan v. to go together well

dapat v. to have no holes or gaps

dapè v. to be insufficiently sloped

dapenet adj. pure or holy v. to remain fixed in one place

dapet v. to approach something to feed e.g., fruit of manimpulun, luhimit and balitì trees

dapì vt. to dab something with something vt. to hold something on something

dapig 1. v. to put aside something somewhere v. to be able to put aside something n. a person who regularly sets aside things for other people (because that is their task) 2. v. to move things one by one from a place to another place until there are no more in the original place 3. v. to separate from the group deliberately 4. vt. to favor or side with someone else

dapil-dapil v. do good to someone for something

dapit lnk. on the other side

darab v. to peep or to watch out someone or something

darayibil n. a driver

dares v. to do or have something to excess

dari v. to surpass someone else

daru n. plow vi. to plow some land somewhere

daruwa num. two (counting) adj. two

daruwampulù num. twenty

daruwam pulù wey daruwa_v Variant of daruwa_ne_pulù_wey_daruwa num. twenty-two

daruwam pulù wey sabeka_v Variant of daruwa_ne_pulù_wey_sabeka num. twenty-one

daruwan n. a field

daruwa ne pulù_v Variant of daruwampulù num. twenty

daruwa ne pulù wey daruwa num. twenty-two

daruwa ne pulù wey sabeka num. twenty-one

dasag n. a gift or payment vt. to give a gift or reward to someone else

dasdas v. to use all the vegetables all at once

dasè vt. to give bribe

dasek adj. dense; thick vt. to press down on something and keep adding more until it becomes compacted vi. to become compacted

dasen v. add to much

dasig 1. v. to encourage others (e.g. church members) v. to ak someone for encouragement v. to be encouraged by someone or something (e.g. a good situation) v. to encourage someone, or to be the thing which encourages them. n. encourager adj. having skills for encouraging people 2. v. to cheer themselves up

dateng v. to arrive; to stay inn

dateng₁ v. to arrived in the bride's residence to marry vt. to give a gift to someone usually as a forerunner to making a bigger request from them

dateng₂ vi. to have a fever

datu adj. impassive

datù 1. n. chieftain adj. dominant n. leader —supreme chieftain adj. venerable; grand; majestic; noble adj. royal v. to be a spokesman of other side 2. adj. wealthy vi. to become a leader; to be wealthy n. wealth; anything of value

datul vi. to bounce v. to bounce something

daug v. to win a competation to have won

dawa n. sesame

dawat vt. to receive something

dawi v. to pounce and seize its smaller prey (e.g., a chicken, a mouse) v. to be able to catch a prey

dawit vt. to mention someone's name, i.e., to associate someone's name with an action vi. to be mentioned in connection with some action, e.g., when the children misbehave then others remember that the father never disciplined the children

dawunlud v. to transfer

day n.

daya n. an upstream location

dayan 1. vt. to praise someone or something with words or actions 2. vi. to pretend to have or be something so that they will be praised 3. vi. to ignore correction or instruction because the style of correction doesn't fit, or is not strong enough for, the situation vt. to encourage a person or animal to ignore the correction, or to be the thing which encourages a person or animal to ignore the correction 4. v. to be outspoken and boastful about something 5. vt. to decorate something

dayi conj. if

dayirayi adj. for someone or something to be better

dayu n. foreigner 1. v. to go to another place

dayuwan n. a place inhabited by evil spirits (busew). Usually this is a rock face (dalama) or a large tree especially the balitì tree

dè part. just; only

debpak_v Variant of degpak vt. to throw something overhand at something or someone

ded₁ part. also

ded₂ n.

ded₃ part. for security

ded maa adv. then also

deeg₁ v. to strike the ground v. to hit by someone

deeg₂ v. to show contempt for or oppress someone v. to keep on oppressing someone else

deeg₃ v. to win a competition or a game v. to be able to win or be victorious vi. to be defeated

deeg_v Variant of daug v. to win a competation to have won

deen n. certain strings of salurey

dees v. to eat raw meat from a carcass

deet 1. n. damage 2. adj. ugly adj. bad (unfavorable) 3. v. to become bad v. to become bad adj. bad (of someone's mood) v. to become bad or depressed v. to become badly or depressed adj. bad (immoral) adj. mean; wicked adj. indecent; vulgar; corrupt 4. v. to damage or destroy something for a reason v. to become broken v. to be able to destroy or run down something, or to be a thing to cause destruction of something 5. v. to waste something (e.g money or food) 6. v. to ruin something

deet se kulis See kulis adj. unfortunate

deet se nanam adj. bad tasting

degma part. also; too

degpak vt. to throw something overhand at something or someone

deg-uy vi. to wince with pain at something

deha v. to refuse to do something again because of the bad experience at first time v. to refuse; to turn down; to not want

deheng vi. to pant

dehes v. to itch

deig adj. burn log which were not consumed by the fire v. to be eaten by fire

deisek 1. adj. little (in size) v. to decrease or decline v. to divide into small pieces as a share 2. adj. few (in quantity) 3. n. last finger —cheap, unexpensive adj. least v. to make smaller i.e to shorten with something

deisek ne pinggan n. saucer

deisek se bali See deisek adj. cheap

deisey adj. small; little

dekat v. to accompany each other

dekdek vt. to pound something (e.g. baluhu used for fishing) using hard materials

deket v. to strain something to something

dekket₁ 1. v. to stick to something else adj. touching or stuck together v. to stick 2. n. a type of grass

dekket₂ v. to light a lamp or fire from another source of fire by using something to carry fire to the thing to be ignited

dekul n. a loud sound that someone makes v. to yell to express bad emotion

delag₁ 1. adv. rarely 2. adj. far apart (in distance) adj. far apart; infrequent

delag₂ 1. n. wilderness 2. n. field; farm

delas v. to flee in fear

deldeg₁ n. a barbless spear —barbed spear v. to spear someone or something

deldeg₂ n. a part of a kuglung instrument.

deldel v. to drive away someone else

delem n. dark gloom

delemetan n. a traditional herbal medicine v. to fetch herbal medicines

delikaddu_v Variant of dilikaddu 1. adj. delicate 2. adj. dangerous

delikadu adj. dangerous

delikit n. type of airplane that carries bombs

delreg_v Variant of deldeg1 n. a barbless spear —barbed spear v. to spear someone or something

delrel_v Variant of deldel v. to drive away someone else

delug v. to put something to scare away rice birds (maya) (and maybe monkeys in the past) usually with strings and empty tin cans

demmug n. dew or moisture v. to be on plants v. to be wet with dew for a reason adj. having a lot of dew (plants)

dempal vi. to become bluntened

dempil n. on the other side

dengan 1. n. long ago adj. first 2. v. to do two things at once (synchronously), e.g., beating a drum adj. all together

dengdeng₁ adj. stay for while

dengdeng₂ n. a pointed thorn at the back of the fish especially tilapia

dengeg n. prestige; honor

denggew n. a flower used for medicine

densig 1. v. to adjust something 2. v. to give a space to someone or something 3. v. to move something somewhere

depa n. a measure of the span of both arms vi. to stretch out both arms, e.g., to catch someone who is running towards you n. measuring rod

depa_v Variant of dapa n. the span of both arms (stretched out)

dep-ug vi. to wash their own face v. to wash someone else's face

deraruwa v. to hold something using two hands

dereeg n. a kind of trap which used logs for catching wild animals or for killing person

desen₁ v. they work for you and you feed them v. they work for you and you feed them

desen₂ adj. hard (of a surface) or very strong (of something that has been tied) n. strength or power n. all powerful in heaven under God's command v. to firmly hold onto something

deu prop_n.

deul n. a variety of pointed cooking banana

deut vi. to move to an area that has a lot of food

dew-ey v. to scold someone else for something that they have already done vt. to criticize someone or something else about something v. to be criticized by someone else about anything

dewsi n. a dozen

dewun 1. n. leaf v. to produce leaves 2. n. a share for food

deyew adj. good

deyipag n. the opposite bank of a river or stream

deyireyi v. reliable than others

deyrey 1. vt. to praise someone or something with words or actions vi. to feel encouraged to do something again because of the praise which they have received for doing it v. to cause someone to be encouraged, or to be the thing which encourages someone vi. to request praise by someone (perhaps because they are feeling discouraged) 2. vi. to ignore correction or instruction because the style of correction doesn't fit, or is not strong enough for, the situation vt. to encourage a person or animal to ignore the correction, or to be the thing which encourages a person or animal to ignore the correction

dì conj. but

di-

diblu n. book

diddid vt. to strip the outer skin off sugarcane with an instrument such as a bolo or puruk weeding tool

diddì_v Variant of didì n. breast or breastmilk vt. to drink the breastmilk of its mother vt. to breastfeed a baby with her breastmilk

didì n. breast or breastmilk vt. to drink the breastmilk of its mother vt. to breastfeed a baby with her breastmilk

diek 1. v. to thresh (by treading on the rice stalks); ???To tread (something such as rice stalks) v. to step on something 2. v. to abuse

Dihungan prop_n.

dihus 1. v. to sponge down someone or something with a little water (e.g. for a mother to bathe her children) 2. n. swimming pool

diip n. jeepney

diis_v Variant of diyis num. ten

dikabla n. a pinch bar; a clasp and staple

dikamet? adj. independent

diken v. to cook

dikultu n. short pants

Dikuy prop_n.

dilè 1. n. tongue vt. to lick something 2. n. the trigger (of a gun)

dilikaddu 1. adj. delicate 2. adj. dangerous

Dilpin prop_n.

dilus v. to curse someone else

dimalas v. to tease or lure someone else ???

din pron. he; she; it; him; her pron. he; she; it; him; her poss_pron. his; her; its; of his; of hers Ref.Gloss: his; her; its

dineg 1. n. sense of hearing v. to hear or perceive sound v. to be heard v. to be able to hear or perceive something (e.g., sounds) 2. v. to inform to someone else v. to be given by authority to inform anybody

dinegan v. to go somewhere and warn someone about something that has happened v. to go somewhere to enquire about something from someone

dineg-ey vi. to neigh vi. to laugh shouting constantly

dingding vt. to intentionally block a person or thing with something (e.g., part of their body, a piece of paper) e.g., so that they cannot see or are protected from something v. to unintentionally block a person or thing, or to intentionally use something (e.g., part of their body, a piece of paper) to block a person or thing

dingil v. to move one's head to the side v. to bow one's head adj. slanting

dini loc_pron. here

dinuraddu n. a variety of upland rice

dipulyu_v Variant of lipulyu n. cabbage

diritsu adv. directly

disè vt. to use something, usually a piece of wood to rub along the seam of a garment to crush the lice —crush lice between thumbnails vi. to become crushed

disgarasiya_v Variant of disgrasya v. to have an accident

disgrasya v. to have an accident

Disimbri n. December

disinuwibi num. nineteen

disiplina n. discipline v. to discipline someone else (often a child)

disirtu n. a place where

disisayis num. sixteen

disisiti num. seventeen

disiutsu num. eighteen

Dislana prop_n.

dispiras n. the day before a fiesta

distritu n. district

disul 1. vt. to burn a person or animal 2. vt. to be given to somebody

ditdit v. to wear a skirt

diwal vi. to come out

Diwata₁ prop_n. powerful deities

diwata₂ n. a spirit (associated with certain places esp trees)

diyab adj. savage

diyakit n. jacket

diyakit_v Variant of diyakit n. jacket

diyamanti n. a diamond

diyan adv. there

diya_v Variant of diyè loc_pron. there (far away, not specific or out of sight)

diyè loc_pron. there (far away, not specific or out of sight)

diyesnen adj. devout

diyet contraction. there at

diyè te det. [LocF Marker]

diyet_v Variant of diyè_te det. [LocF Marker]

diyis num. ten

diyù 1. adj. far adj. far apart 2. v. to go a distance 3. n. distance 4. n. distance in time

diyulin_v Variant of dyulin n. a (glass) marble

diyus n. statue; any graven images to pleased and worship n. goddess

drama n.

drayir n. cemented area for drying corn, rice etc

du conj. than

duampulu n. twenty

duan 1. n. the purpose or reason for something 2. v. to be affected by something they do

dubli adj. double

duda v. dought

dudsun v. to come in (of a woman who has just given birth)

due₁

due₂

duen₁ Variant of due1 psd_v. there exists

duen₂ Variant of due2 loc_pron. there (within reach of hearer) dem_pron. that; of that (non-focus)

due-rue adv. suddenly

due te det. [LocF Marker]

dugdug 1. v. to be greedy v. to become greedy 2. v. to shatter something v. to become shattered

dugkayep v. to become dark (e.g, at night, or with fog)

dugmè v. to have a convulsion; epilepsy

dugmun v. to create a shelter for itself in the forest

dugpù v. to approach someone else

dugsù 1. v. to hit someone or something with a sharp thing 2. vi. to fall over; to slip over

duhang v. to add or increase the amount or number of something (share) by adding something

duhayas n. a small waterfall

duheng n. a large fish trap anchored in the river vt. to fish in a river using a fish trap

duhi n. thorn n. thorny ground

duhù vt. to disappoint somebody who already has a problem vi. who already has a problem to be disappointed by something

duhung v. to stoop in order to walk in a low place for a reason (because the place is low or in respect to elders)

duhuy v. to call a dog for a reason

dukap n. a small tool used for weeding n. a blunt-nosed bolo

dukduk 1. vt. to thump or bash (someone) with the bottom of a closed fist 2. v. to (engage in) boxing (with somebody)

dukilem_v Variant of dusilem 1. n. night or evening —midnight vi. to get dark, (because night or a storm is approaching) v. to go dark, e.g., a dark overcast day with heavy black clouds adj. dark (of the sky) adj. very dark 2. vi. to wait for it to be dark before doing something 3. vi. to leave something outside during the night

duktul_v Variant of duktur n. a doctor

duktur n. a doctor

duktur_v Variant of duktul See duktur n. Ref.Gloss: doctor

dula v. to butt someone or something with their head

dulan n. storage area on a raft or other vehicle v. to send cargo v. to carry cargo for someone else

dulas v. to miss (e.g., a person walking, or hitting a nail with a hammer) because it's slippery v. to slip; to slide; to skid