Isinay Words Related to Dogs

THANK excessively rainy weathers for this piece.

We experienced one such very wet one for several days in Baguio in the early part of August and it has led our whole household to spend long hours attending to the cooking, feeding, toilet, and storm-shelter needs of our three dogs and six puppies. Quite serendipitously, such joyful moments made me remember a number of Isinay words pertaining to or associated with dogs.

I have written an earlier blog related to this that I suggest you should also visit (http://isinay-bird.blogspot.com/2012/02/talking-to-dogs-in-isinay.html) but this one you are reading now should offer more terms to enrich your Isinay vocabulary.

OK then, Isinay language learners the world over, here we go:

Adult and Young Dogs
Dog = asu
Puppy = u-on
Male dog = lein asu
Female dog = bavayin asu
Old dog = lajay/bi-al an asu

Common Dog Descriptions
Short-tailed = potot
Shaggy-haired = barbon
Black = mango^ngot
White = mapuraw
Spotted = labang
Striated = garit
Fat = matava
Thin = nati^lang
Big = ammai
Small = man-oj
Flea-infested = matime
Soriasis-infected = najugguran
Falling hair = namu^pu^
Growler = nangernger

Dog Sounds and Ways
Bark = eyu, aw-aw. The verb or action word for this is: man-eyu or man-aw-aw.
Growl = ngernger. The verb form is manngernger.
Howl = ayuwong. The verb form is man-ayuwong.

Dog Smells
Odorous = meyangdur
Bad odor = majuv
Smells like excreta = Mantepan attay

Dog Actions
Scratching = man-guju
Biting = mangeyat
Nibbling = mangot-ot
Lick = mansimut
Dogs fighting other dogs = man-aange

Terms Pertaining to Good Dogs
Well-behaved = man-a-nge
Good house guard = mavves manbantay si beyoy
Good hunter = mavves manganup
Does not bite = marin mangeyat
Does not run after kids = marin mannor si uunga
Does not bite or run after chickens = marin manmanu^
Does not raid the kitchen = marin mankallung

Terms Pertaining to Bad Dogs
Mad or crazed = nataje
Bites = mangeyat
Eats decayed flesh = mangan si naviyu^
Runs after people = mannor
Runa away with objects = mangipti^ or mangibuti^ Chases and/or eats chickens = manmanu^
Frequents kitchens for food = maakkallung

Dog Assignments
Guarding the house = manbantay
Sniffing birds/chickens/wildlife = manepa
Shooing away chickens, ducks, pigs etc. that raid the garden or the newly harvested rice being dried = manalin
“Cleaning” unwashed kettle and dishes with its tongue = mansimut
Chasing animals being hunted = tonor or mannor

“Dog Style”
This list would not give justice to the topic if it did not include the "censorable" item on how dogs have sex. Well, I don't know how dogs in other countries do it, but in Isinay land (as well as in Baguio and in many rural communities of the Philippines where dogs are part of human communities), dogs are free to "make love" on the streets or in other public places -- unmindful of spectators. The pertinent terms here are:
Female dog in heat = manmaya
Male dog's act of riding the rear of the she dog = manpatang
The copulation act = man-avaya.