A unit of measure, the distance between a person's arms stretched
out to the sides, about 1.5 meters; an arms-span measurement.
Pirapang depa tang kaministiran mong teked tang
baka mo?
How many depa
measures do you need for the tether
for your cow?
-en
To measure something in these units.
Depaen mo naning ta-bayan mga pirapang depa.
Measure this clothesline with
both
arms
stretched
out to see how many depa
measures it is.
-om-, magpa-
pa--en
To spread one's arms out from each side of the body; to lie
prostrate on the ground with the arms stretched out,
i.e.“spread-eagle”.
Asing Mal ang Kaldaw dimimpa tang padi ong ka-ngan
tang simban pagpaita bilang pagpinitinsia.
On Easter the priest lay
spread-eagle in the middle of
the church demonstrating the sacrificial suffering [of
Jesus].
Pinadepa tanandia tang nanay na tenged nagkayam ong kanal.
His mother made him lie
spread-eagle
on
the
ground
because he played in the canal.