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The eldest brother. (see mánang-the eldest sister).

The vocative of mánong.

To strike in, add a hand to, to do something together with another in quick turns as one helping another to pound rice, workmen felling a tree or trimming wood by alternate blows, etc. Asod without any other qualification mostly means: to help another pound rice by alternate blows of the pestles. Asdi (asódi) si mánang mo. Help your elder sister to pound rice. Asdi si mánong mo sa pagtapás sang káhoy. Help your elder brother to fell the tree (by giving alternate strokes of the axe, now on this side, now on the other side of the tree). Ang pagásod sa pagkánta maláin, sa pagbásbas kag pagbayó maáyo. To strike in after another in singing (out of unison) is bad, but for dressing timber or pounding rice it is the proper or right thing to do. Ginásdan níla nga duhá sang ákig si Fuláno. They, both of them together, vented their anger on N.N.

To raise, lift, heave, hoist, take up from the ground. Hakwatá iníng bató. Lift this stone. Hakwatí ang dálan sináng mga bató. Take those stones off the road. Indì siá makahákwat sináng bató, kay lakás kabúg-at. He cannot lift that stone, it is too heavy. Ipahákwat lang ináng bató nga mabahúl sa ímo nga mánong, kay ikáw índì makasaráng. Let your elder brother lift that stone, for you cannot do it. (see púlut, gíhit, ínkà, álsa, ógkat-to take up a corpse).

The eldest sister. Si mánang mo diín? Diín si mánang mo? Where is your eldest sister. (see mánong-eldest brother).

(H) Eldest brother (familiar). (see mánong, manóng).

(B) To wear out, use up. Ginarúgnas na ang báyò kang mánong na (kang ána mánong). (Ginasagúlay níya (Ginaságad níya sang usár) ang báyò sang íya maguláng). He is wearing out the jacket of his eldest brother. Indì mo pagrugnasón ang ákon kálò. Don't wear out my hat. (see sagúlay, dagumák, sarabóg).

As well, equally, for the same reason, mostly used with pa. Nanáy, gintugútan mo ang maguláng nga manábad dídto, búsà tugúti man kamí, sáhì pa nga may lúyag man. (Nanáy, gintúgtan mo si mánong nga manábad rúgto, tî túgti man támon, sáhì pa nga may lúyag man). Mother, you gave permission to our eldest brother to go to the banquet, therefore allow us also to go, for we want just as much to be present. Pabákli man akó sing (ti) bág-o nga delárgo, sáhì pa nga mamiésta man akó (tákon). Have a new pair of trousers bought for me too, for the same reason that I too am going to assist at the feast. (see síhà id.).

To rely on, take refuge with, trust to the protection of. Nagasapâ lang siá sa (sang) kinitáan sang íya tiyà. She relies for her living on the earnings of her aunt. Ginasáp-an lang níya ang íya nga mánong. He is dependent upon his eldest brother. (see saúp id.).

(H) To look up, raise the head or eyes towards heaven, lift the eyes. Tanglaá ang lángit. Look up to heaven. Itánglà ang ímo mga matá. Raise your eyes. Tinanglaán sang íya mga matá ang íya maguláng (mánong) nga nagsákà sa matág-as nga káhoy. His eyes were raised towards his eldest brother who had climbed a high tree. (see tukyáhaw, tukháyaw, tangâ, bayáw).