mag-, ma-
-an, ma--an
To restrain someone, something; to detain a person; to keep
an animal from running off; to hold something back, hang on to;
to keep something in one's possession.
pigil
Pagawid tanandia ong baleng, oman pario tanirang nangalaba.
He was restraining the drunk, and then they both fell over.
Inding pisan māwid tang manigbantay ong mola.
The one watching the child really cannot keep the child
from
running
off.
Aggawidan na tang domang lambongo para magbaliko pa
tarin.
She is keeping
in her possession some of my clothes so that I
will return here.
Napo-lot tanandia ong kasoay na piro nāwidan
nira ong lambong na.
He got away from his enemies' grasp but they happened
to
hang
onto his shirt.