ma-oy-oyok
adj · Ibaloi (Inibaloi, Nabaloi)
What does ma-oy-oyok mean in Ibaloi?
In Ibaloi, ma-oy-oyok is an adjective meaning ‘submissive, meek, obedient, tolerant’. Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is an Austronesian language of Benguet province in the northern Philippines.
Source: Sofia Olga Anton, A Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language (2010).
Definition
- adjsubmissive, meek, obedient, tolerant
Inflections & forms
- i-oyok to agree, permit, submit to
- in-oyok agreed
- imoyok agreed, permitted
- nay-oyok been granted, been tolerated
About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 120,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family.