Agutaynen - padapat

padapat

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To place something on top of something; to place, spread something out flat on top of something; to place one's open hand on top of another's head for healing.

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Ipadapat mo naning daon tang ponsi ong toto mo agod magbawas tang kinit.

Place this banana leaf flat on your forehead in order to reduce the fever.

Pinadapat na tang mantil ong lamisan para masinlong pa-dekan.

She spread a tablecloth flat on the table to make it look nice.

Ipadapat mo kay tang kalima mo para maolikan ig mabawi pa tang kaboi na.

Please place your hand on the top of her head so she will recover and her life will be spared.

bondo

indi pagpadapat ta kalima

He doesn't lay a hand (i.e. on his wife). (This is an expression meaning a person doesn't slap another person or hit them with his fist. This is usually used in instances where a husband has never lifted his hand against his wife.)

To reduce a debt by putting payment owed against it, literally, to put the payment on top of the debt.

Ang bayad tang yan ipadapat da lamang don ong otango.

Your payment for the fish, just put it against (lit. on top of) my debt to you.