mag-
-an
To eat or gnaw on something large while holding it with
the hands; to tear something apart with the teeth.
Pagki-kiba si ta paomanggang ilaw, taben magsit tang sian
mo.
You're eating unripe mangoes again, perhaps you'll get a
stomachache.
Way ang baboy, pagki-kib da tang nioy.
Look at the pig, it's tearing the coconut apart
with
its
teeth.
Ono si siang agki-kiban mo?
What is that you are
gnawing
on again?
Kimini-kib tanandia ong bato pagkabot na don
ong Linabog para mailala tang mga sapat don.
He gnawed
on a rock when he arrived there on Linabog
island so that the sapat spirits living there would know
him.
Some people say that when a person arrives in a new place,
they should gnaw on a large rock by the beach so that the
evil spirits will know them and not cause anything bad to
happen to them.