-en, i-, ipa-
-an, pa--an
To connect, join two things together at the ends; to add
something on to the end of something else in order to
lengthen it; to graft a branch on to a tree.
dugtong
To-paten mo kay tang ta-bayan, nabontok da.
Please join
together the clothesline, it snapped in two.
Pato-patano rin tang kalioliotong dipot da.
I'll have my pants which are now too short be
lengthened
by
adding
on
to
them.
Ang papa tang narangha sino-patan ta tanga tang
kalamansi.
The pomelo tree had a branch from a kalamansi tree
grafted
on
to
it.
For two things to be joined, connected together.
Mga lantap tang talsi ganing ang lagi tang mga mepet
nagto-pat da tang langit may ang talsi.
When the sea is very calm the older people immediately
say that the sky and the sea have
become
joined
together.