pāpa
The source of a story, gossip; the near end of something;
the source, head of a river; the direction the wind is coming
from.
Onopa tang pāpa tang istoria?
What is the source of the story?
Dono magelat ong nio ong may pāpa tang
pantalan.
I'll wait for you there at the near
end of the pier.
Mga ongaypa itaen tang tison don ka tang pāpa
tang mageyep.
Wherever the rainbow is seen, that's also the direction the wind
comes from.
mapa--an (mapamapan)
For a person to be blamed, considered as the source of a
story, news, or gossip.
Indio kay te-maen mo, itaben yoy mapamapan.
Please don't ask me, I might be blamed
as
the
source
of
the
gossip.
Indi gatako tang pāpa na may ang kapotan na.
He/she doesn't know the beginning and the end of it.
Ang taw ang naka pagsatsat lamang ong kamalay
na, ong matod indi gatako tang pāpa na may ang
kapotan tang istoria.
That person is just spreading gossip to her neighbor when in fact she
does not know the
beginning nor the end of the story.