CARÁYAT

(ancient) To show joy on seeing something, maca ⊗.

CARAYCÁY

To dig scratching, like hen or mole, ag ⊗; he who, manğ ⊗.

CARÁYO

To love, desire, um ⊗.

Said principally of one feeling great attraction to go with others or unite with them for anything, e.g.: child always wanting to follow mother; one seeing eating feels envy to join diners: umáyac á sica ⊗ á umámang quencá, I come fond of you and with vehement desire to take refuge in you.

Sometimes taken simply for attracting, subjugating: daytá nacacar ⊗ á guil-áyab ti mangliyoengliyoeng á ayátmo, that subjugating flame of your profound love.

CARCÁR

To undermine, channel water through earth deepening river or road when it rains, um ⊗.

CARCARABÁSA

To cut hair unevenly, without order or skill, ⊗ en.

CARDÍS

Small shrub yielding bean-like edible pods (pigeon pea).

CAREMBOBOÁ

Tree bearing small yellow fruit: cas la ⊗, said of something very small.

CAREMQUÉM

Sound made with teeth chewing toasted or hard thing.

To crunch, um ⊗.

See querróom.

CARENQUÉN

Wrinkles on person’s body, cloth: have them, um ⊗.

CARETQUÉT

Shrinking of tendons or nerves; of cloth or cord when wet, etc.

To shrink, ag ⊗, um ⊗.

Wrinkles.

CARGARMÁ

(from carma).

Natural spirit or vigor encouraging and strengthening body to act with agility: napúcao ti na, lost agility (said of imbecile).

Goblin, or spirit of absent person felt in house through noise.

Believed by some to transform into insect while person sleeps.

See aling̃áas, aninğáas.

CÁRGO

(Spanish word).

Obligation, duty to do or fulfill something.

In accounts, sum of received items.

CARÍ

Vow or promise: make or promise it, ag ⊗; that promised, i ⊗; to whom promised, pag ⊗ an.

To give word or promise mutually, agcariu ⊗.

To promise formally, i ⊗ na ti baguina.

Fitting, worthy, reasonable thing: mai ⊗: mai ⊗ ti dayaoen ti Dios, God is worthy of worship; mai ⊗ ca ng̃a sapliten, you deserve whipping.

Merit or deserts, cai ⊗ an.

To threaten someone, ⊗ an; he who threatens, manğar ⊗; he who can threaten, maca ⊗: aoán ti maca ⊗ quenca, no one can threaten you.

When an event is believed almost impossible: cas ⊗ na, e.g.: is it possible you write ten sheets an hour? can the river be forded in a typhoon? etc.

Of happy memory, worthy of remembrance, mai ⊗ únay á laglaguipén.

CARÍBUC

(from ribuc).

To mix, mingle among flogged prisoners to escape punishment, i ⊗.

To take advantage of another’s distraction to steal.

Main strength or time of harvest, sowing.

CARIBUSÓ

Medicinal herb for wounds, swellings, sores: moistened and applied to sore part.

To hurry, rush, um ⊗.

See gánat.

CARIDÁD

Virtue of charity.

Taken also for favor.

CÁRIG

(from árig).

It seems; like; ⊗ la matmatúrog, seems to be sleeping.

For that reason, without doubt; therefore: e.g. he who jailed someone and later hears a robbery was committed says: ⊗ pay ti, so that was why they jailed him.

CARIGÁ

(ancient) Equal and just for deed, mai ⊗.

CARIMBUÁYA

Houndstongue plant whose juice is corrosive; planted as hedge around crops.

See diladila.

CARISQUÍS

Good construction tree.

Tender leaf soothes headache and dyes nets; root petrifies.

To scrape bark of any tree or inner shell of betel nut, ⊗ en.

See carosáquis.

CARISSÁBONG̃

(from sábong̃).

Tender fruit still with flower or freshly fallen.

CÁRIT

Bold, daring to fight another though stronger, na ⊗.

To provoke, incite to anger, ⊗ en.

See cásir, turéd.

CARMÁY

Tree whose fruit makes sweetmeat (Otaheite gooseberry).

CÁRO

Word used to emphasize force, virtue or efficacy of physical or moral things, meaning excessive, too much: applied to force of evil, bodily as well as spiritual, and sometimes in good sense: na ⊗ ti saquitna, ti pudotna, ti cagátna, his illness, heat, bite is great; básol á na ⊗, grave sin.

With composition um, sometimes means worsening evil, and sometimes producing effect that already passed: um ⊗ ti íuit, sun’s heat becomes excessive; um ⊗ ti ininúmco á árac, wine I drank begins to take effect, I feel dizzy.

Di um ⊗ caniác, does not affect me.

To satisfy, doing work to merit pardon of due penalty, agui ⊗: daguiti carárua agui ⊗ da sadi purgatorio iti dúsa ng̃a dida pay nai ⊗.

That which satisfies, i ⊗: i ⊗ m ti básolmo caniac, satisfy the offense done me.

He who satisfies, manğí ⊗.

To take revenge for grievance, pagui ⊗ en; I will avenge myself on you, pagui ⊗ encantó.

CAROMÍNAS

Round shellfish growing to size of plate; resembles congealed water; upper part smooth, lower with octopus-like tentacles; breeds among seaweed, causing great sting to whoever touches it, producing death in some.

Tanğél means the same.

CÁROS

To scrape, rake something, ⊗ en; that scraped, ⊗ an; scraper, strickle, pag ⊗, i ⊗; scrapings, shavings, quináros.

See cuscús.

CAROSÁQUIS

To scrape bark of any stick or inner shell of betel nut, pag ⊗ en; ⊗ am toy á cáyo, scrape bark of this tree.

See carisquis.

CARÓT

Root eaten after soaking.

See inatu.

CAROTÍQUIT

Noise of coins in purse; sound of empty nut or hazelnut; rattle of weapons, chains, links: produce it, um ⊗.

See calanğtíquinğ.

CÁROY

To scrape or remove soft, tender coconut meat, ⊗ en.

To be coconut in said state; have tender meat that can be removed, ca ⊗ en.

CARRACARRÁ

Wobble of spinning top when not spinning upright.

CARRUSÍ

Species of turmeric or saffron; beads made from fruit.

See cambút.

CARSÓ

Small village; countryside site or house where one resides at times, pa ⊗.

CARTÍB

Scissors for cutting: cut something with them, ⊗ en; he who cuts, manğ ⊗; scissors, i ⊗.

See guet-tenğ, manğnğartib.

CARTÍNG̃

Lightness, agility in doing something; walk hurriedly, ag ⊗: na ⊗ á táo, active, nimble man.

See siglát.

CARUÁS

Small funnel-shaped net.

See cáput.

CARUCBÁBA

To rest arms on window sill or knees leaning forward, ag ⊗.

To kneel or prostrate at someone’s feet, um ⊗.

CARUDCÚD

Rake to level ground: level ground thus, ⊗ an.

CARUSCÚS

To slide down rope, tree, slope, ag ⊗: slide down unintentionally, ma ⊗.

See cayuscús.

CAS

Adverb of likeness; frequently meaning like, seems like: iti bulséc ⊗ iti matmatúrog, the blind is like the sleeper; ⊗ quen Juan, like Juan; ⊗ bató, like stone; ⊗ anác ni N., like N.’s son; casic di umáy ditóy, as if I had not come here; calmán pay láenğ ti ipapatáy ni Antonio, it seems only yesterday Antonio died; ⊗ diác imbagá, as if I had not said it.

Like before, without producing effect or result: adú ti palaoágna, ng̃em ⊗ ⊗ diác naánat, he made many explanations, but I remained as before, without understanding anything.