CATÚDAY

Tree so called, whose white flowers and tender fruit are edible (katuray).

CATÚT

(ancient) To contain oneself, not hit upon saying what is wanted; have word on tip of tongue, i ⊗.

CÁUA

To fall into hole, well or ground from careless step, mai ⊗.

To fall into sin from lack of diligence.

To feel lack of a thing, miss it, e.g. house one left; remember: Mai ⊗ ac quen amác á natáy, I feel the loss of my deceased father; mai ⊗ ac iti ubíng á nagtálaw, I miss the boy who fled.

To break pact: in ⊗ nac ni Antonio, Antonio failed me in what we agreed.

CAUÁCAO

Surface of cooked rice removed from pot for being dirty or half-cooked: ⊗ am ti inapúy.

Vain man of little judgment.

See palaoípao.

CAUÁG

Long-bodied; long legs of man or bird out of proportion with body.

See cánas, ráuad.

CÁUAL

To put hand or fingers into any part to take something, ⊗ en.

Dishonest act of woman with herself: ag ⊗ en ti bagui.

CÁUAR

Chain of iron, wood, rattan.

CÁUAS

Long or tall in body, but proportionate; man, bird, stilted, na ⊗.

CAUÁYAN

Generic name of bamboo: bamboo grove, ca ⊗ an; planted bamboos, quinauayánan.

Town of Ilocos Sur.

CAUÉS

Clothing, suit: dress oneself, ag ⊗; dress someone, ⊗ an.

Advice: iti panag ⊗ mo inomém iti saódmo, dress according to your status.

CAUÍCAO

To coil rattans; gather cord coiling it, ⊗ en.

CAUÍL

To interlace legs with one another; cross legs on chair rungs; trip someone up to overthrow him: um ⊗, ⊗ en.

To link chain links with one another, pag ⊗ en.

See cautuit, siccauil.

CAUÍLI

To return whence one came on same day, ag ⊗, um ⊗.

Said ironically when leaving intending to stay long.

CÁUIT

Hook, peg: catch something with it, ⊗ en; he who, manğ ⊗; where hook hangs, ca ⊗ an.

See cal-láuit.

CAUÍUIT

To embrace, clasp with legs someone or something, like one climbing tree, um ⊗.

See cauíl.

Rooster spur curving upward.

White-flowered plant with rough leaves for bone fractures and wounds.

Elephant trunk plant.

CAY-ÁT

In some towns it signifies the same as cuy-át.

CAY-Ó

To collect, heap garbage, grass, earth, etc. with foot: clear something with hand, foot or tool scattering contents, as one who clears a puddle with foot, etc., i ⊗.

To clean with hand or fingers something, as priest does with paten.

Place where what is cleaned, cleared or heaped is thrown, ⊗ an; ⊗ am ti baranğáy, bail water out of boat.

CAY-ÓNG̃

To catch or secure animal throwing rope with running slipknot, ⊗ en; throw rope, i ⊗.

See sarrudg.

CÁYA

Profit, advantage or greater ease of trading in one thing than in another; of earning a living with one trade or skill than with another: ¿aniansá ti na ⊗ ng̃a arámid, ti agpanpandáy oennó ti agtálon? which trade will be more profitable, that of blacksmith or that of farmer?; nacay ⊗ ti panagcomercio iti págay ng̃em iti sapánğ, there is greater profit in the rice trade than in that of sappanwood.

CÁYAB

To wave the flag; to flap or stir in the wind clothes, leaves, paper, etc., um ⊗; that which stirs thus, mai ⊗.

To sway the clouds, be about to discharge rain, ag ⊗, um ⊗; agcayab ⊗ daguiti úlep.

CAYABÁNG̃

Large basket, wider at the mouth than at the bottom, used by fishermen to put caught fish, as well as by Igorots to carry certain things.

To rain thick and sparse drops.

CAYÁBAS

Squall that passes quickly, and where it rains heavily in one spot and very little nearby: to rain thus, agcai ⊗.

CAYABCÁB

To flap wings, ag ⊗, um ⊗: nadariquet ti ⊗ ti p釜gao, the turtledove has rapid flight.

CAYÁCAY

To lift something, e.g. the foot of a table to put a wedge; the sweet potato to take it out or put something under it; to lift the foot when stepping involuntarily on something, or to put on shoes, etc., ⊗ en.

To be ready and prepared to leave, start the journey; sica ⊗.

CAYAMCÁM

To spread fire, water, cancer; or a thing that extends, like ink, branches of sweet potato, melons, etc. extending over the ground.

To extend thus, um ⊗.

See uáras.

CAYAMMÉT

To intertwine well the branches of vines, etc. tangling with each other, ag ⊗.

CAYÁMUT

To dig or scratch with nails or feet, ag ⊗.

See carámut.

CÁYAN

(from icay).

To abandon someone with anger, i ⊗: i ⊗ nac met laéng̃ á anícmo? do you abandon me being your child?

CAYÁNG̃

To spread and part legs straddling, ag ⊗: ag ⊗ ca man, straddle.

CAYÁNG̃A

Small shrub that gives a flower like a poppy; sometimes red and sometimes yellow, with the circumstance that the same plant gives flowers of both colors.

CÁYAO

Warrior, who on every occasion wants to wage war and thinks of nothing but making war, aycai ⊗, cumacayao.

To capture someone in war, ⊗ an; captive and conquered in war, quinaydoan.

Your eyes captivated me, quinayáoandac daguiti matám.

See daquép.

CAYAO-ÁT

To move arms quickly, gesticulate, like one calling someone, or swimming like dogs, or like a child throwing arm tantrums, um ⊗, ag ⊗.

CAYÁS

Ravine often found at the descent of slopes.

CÁYAS

To pare down a stick, cane, etc. in the manner of cleaning rattan, carrying the knife sideways or obliquely, so that it cuts in the form of shavings or strips part of what is cleaned, ⊗ an: quinayásan á uáy, pared and peeled rattan.

See naút.

CAYASCÁS

To collect scattered things, e.g. plates, fruits, etc., ⊗ en.

CAYÁT

(from ayát).

Irregular passive verb signifying to want, have affection, will or inclination toward person or thing.

Sometimes it signifies to desire; but the true meaning of this word is to want, as an act stemming from will and not from heart or feeling: ⊗ co ti saóm, I want your word, I accept it; cay ⊗ co ti mapán sadi N. ng̃em sadi N., more do I want to go to N. than to N.

CAYBAÁN

Goblin believed to inhabit piles of earth formed by termites and among coconut groves.

They believe also that sometimes it helps make fields, weave and wash pots.

As remuneration for supposed services, they usually put oil and food under a tree or in brush.

Quinaybaán ó na ⊗ á táo, said of person with mange or disease believed contracted by goblin’s curse.

See al-aliá.

CAYCÁY

To sweep dirt and ground, ag ⊗.

(Not said of sweeping above or inside house).

See ságad.

CAYETQUÉT

Contraction, shrinking of something by action of heat or cold.

To contract, shrink, ag ⊗, um ⊗.

Said also of one shrinking from fear, and curling up in corner to avoid being seen.

CAYÓ

Nominative plural of second person personal pronoun sicá, meaning you all: umáy ⊗, come you all.

Always postposed to verb or particle joined in sentence.

CÁYO

Tree.

Wood in general, even if worked.

Stick.

Stalk of lettuce, of any shrub or plant.

Woodcutter by trade, manğay ⊗; he who goes to fetch firewood for ordinary use, manğdyo; he who goes for construction timber, agtarí ⊗.

A bolt of cloth, blanket, etc., sanğ ⊗.

CAYOMANGGÚI

Person of brown or light brown color, ⊗ á táo.

CAYOMCÓM

To gather in all haste clothes in sun when squall comes, or room clothes when visitor arrives, ⊗ en.

To gather habit or skirt in front to cover body well or avoid staining with mud.