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A covered pit set with sharp spikes; a kind of trap with a spring attached to a sharp-pointed spike which pierces the victim that steps on the trap. Naglikáw sa súyak kag sa balátik kaámbak. He avoided the sharp pegs and jumped down into the spiked pit, i.e. he fell out of the frying pan into the fire. Gindakúp níla ang talunón sa balátik. They caught the wild pig in the spring-trap.
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(B) Thorn, prick, prickle, barb, spike, spine, point; to prick, scatter-, strew with-, thorns, etc. Nadógi ang tiíl ko. My foot was pricked by a thorn. Sín-o ang nagdógi sang dálan? Who strewed the road with thorns? Who scattered thorns on the road? Gindogíhan (gindógian) níla ang kodál sang pamulákan. They put thorns in the garden-fence. Iníng kamúnsil idógi ko sa dálan sa binít sang ákon umá, agúd índì masúdlan sang mga háyup. These camunsel-branches with their prickles I will put on the road near the edge of my field, so that animals cannot enter. (see súyak, dalíngag, tunók).
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Dim. of lúmpa. Nagalumpálúmpa siá, kay nasúyak ang íya tiíl. He limps a little, for his foot was pricked by a thorn. Also; to rock, toss, shake, jolt. (see limpálímpa).