Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

wahal adj. mischievious adj. mischievious adj. to be mischievious v. to pester

waheswes vi. to do something extremely (perhaps even superhumanly) fast

wahey 1. v. to disintegrate something vi. to disintegrate; to come apart (e.g., for a column of smoke to disperse) 2. v. to shatter something vi. to shatter 3. v. to disturb something (e.g., ants)

wakatwakat n. XXX

wakè n. a largish black ant with has a painful bite that lives on pathways

wakis1 vt. to pull or fold back something, e.g., a blanket or shirt off someone vi. to slide off

wakis2 v. to sparkle

walag v. to place nets across a stream or low river and then go upstream and work their way down, moving rocks and stones so as to frighten any fish downstream and thus into the nets.

wali n. sermon v. to preach a sermon to others vi. to be reached of good news

walì adj. naughty n. a pun; a joke adj. to play; to joke; to tease v. to say something not really meant to someone else

walingwaling n. a type of orchid

walu 1. num. eight (counting) adj. eight (adjective) num. eight (limitation) 2. adj. eighth 3. adv. eight times 4. num. in groups of eight or eight each 5. adv. in eight days' time adv. eight days that have passed vi. to be in eight days' time 6. n. eight nights (and intervening days) in the future vi. to be going to spend eight days or nights somewhere n. eight nights (and intervening days) in the past 7. vi. to become eight in total or eight times in size 8. adv. in eight parts, or eight times vt. to be divided into eight parts or to be done eight times vi. to cause eight things to exist or to happen

walumpulù num. eighty

walu ne pulùv Variant of walumpulù num. eighty

wangal 1. v. to cause a commotion about something 2. n. a distressing situation; a problem

wanggil 1. vi. to move a little (for example to let someone past) vt. to move something aside v. to be movable 2. v. to stop doing a bad custom

wangì n. the pivot point of one's jaw; the end points of the lips

wangwang 1. n. a male type of cicada with a dark color that lives in the forest (puwalas) 2. n. prostitute

warad 1. adv. no more; none remaining 2. adv. already lost

warad kapatayan See patey n. immortality

waràv Variant of warè adv. none; not v. to deny about something true v. to don't tell the truth or hide the reality; to deny v. to be lacking or lost of something v. to be without v. almost none

warè adv. none; not v. to deny about something true v. to don't tell the truth or hide the reality; to deny v. to be lacking or lost of something v. to be without v. almost none

warè aperù See warè See aperù adj. no sense of propriety; no regard for proper social customs

warè egbaluyan adj. useless

warè egkatamanan See warè See taman adj. endless; eternal

waregv Variant of warè adv. none; not v. to deny about something true v. to don't tell the truth or hide the reality; to deny v. to be lacking or lost of something v. to be without v. almost none

warè ngaran See warè See ngaran 1. n. ring finger 2. n. a nickname of Apu Tulalang

warè pulus See warè See pulus n. useless

warè tapid See warè See tapid n. both; no preference

wasang v. to share the spoils of the hunt with someone

wasey n. axe

waswas v. to rinse out something

watak adj. a tear clothes

watwat v. to be torn apart (usually at a seam) v. to tear apart something

wàv Variant of warè adv. none; not v. to deny about something true v. to don't tell the truth or hide the reality; to deny v. to be lacking or lost of something v. to be without v. almost none

wayeng v. to move their head with their neck

weggak vi. to start to boil

wegweg v. to make trouble

weil 1. vt. to cause movement vt. to move adj. shaky vi. to keep on moving v. to keep on moving 2. vi. to take action

wekes vi. to make a rustling or crackling sound when crumpled

welek n. stammer v. to stammer

welewes vt. to wave something back and forth or around in circles v. to keep on waving something

welu adj. used to describe a person who is always changing their mind

welwel vt. to shake something back-and-forth back and forth vi. to shake something back and forth

wengetè 1. adj. crisis point of situation 2. adj. complicated; complex

wereg v. to watch something unclear v. to be not able to see something v. to become fuzzy

werewet vt. wave something vi. to wave back and forth

we-wè v. to be sore from talking too much

wey1 conj. and; with

wey2 conj. or

wey3 adv. later on

weyi n. an affectionate name used between husband and wife

weyig 1. n. water 2. n. river 3. v. to be watery 4. v. to be enough or the exact amount needed 5. adj. watery 6. adj. for someone to be fond of staying water 7. adj. talking about the place which have a lot of bodies of water 8. adj. able to produced liquid subtances

wey ke conj. or

weywey n. eucalyptus

Wibis prop_n. Thursday

wila v. to sit with legs wide apart

wilan v. to have bad fortune

wilding v. to weld or solder something v. to request someone to weld or to solder something

willek v. to wiggle or jiggle around

wingì adj. twisted mouth v. to go out of shape when it is handled v. to keep on go out of shape when it is handled

wingì v. to twist something

wingig 1. v. to go out of shape when it is handled adj. twisted mouth 2. v. to align something (e.g., saw)

witwit 1. v. to sing or to call 2. n. the call of a particular bird 3. adj. used to describe someone who is always asking for things (buyù)