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1a

The state or quality of someone, something, an action.

A state or quality includes: 1) physical - shape, size, function - crippled, discharged, strong;

Hay +āat di pampeng nen lalā'i ya nahamad ti adi megday.

As for the quality of the way that man builds stone walling, it is sound because it does not slide.

Measured by the senses - as sound, taste, smell, feel - as sticky, smooth, soft; appearance - as bright, light skinned, red; in relationship to something else - as cloudy, leafy, pregnant, with flowers, pods, roots, tubers, cracked, calloused, leaky; 2) financial - as rich, poor, expensive; 3) mental - as wise, foolish, thoughtful, simpleminded, 4) emotional - as angry, happy, melancholy; 5) ethical - as good, bad; 6) social - as kind, helpful, honest, stingy.

Mi'id inila' di +āat Innāwan ti agguya' immuy hi dolāna.

I don't know the state of Innāwan because I didn't go to his house.

Hay +āat nan maphod an da'da' ya mayāpit.

As for the state of good flagstone, it is thin.

Hay +āat di gāngoh di tungngālin Oltāgon ya mapmaphod.

As for the state of Oltāgon's flute, it is very nice.

Hay +āat ten lubban ya munlanu hi un malum.

As for the state of this grapefruit, it is delectable when it is ripe.

1b

For an action or state (actor -um- & theme), as described above, to be like another action or state (loc ref); for someone or something (actor -um- & theme) to be like someone or something else (loc ref) in action or state, as described above.

Umat is followed by the following: 1) A referent phrase introduced by the determiner hi1.

Danugwoy an ung'ungungnga, ya umatdah +ommodda.

As for those children, they are like their parents;

2) A referent phrase introduced by ay4 1a and a personal noun, phrase or full pronoun.

Hi Gem'oh ya umat ay Amāna ti numpaddung di ugālida.

As for Gem'oh, he is like his father because their customs are the same;

3) A referent phrase introduced by ay4 2a and a demonstrative adjective or demonstrative pronoun de, ne or te.

Din bābuy an tinnig'u ya umat +ēne an ongolna.

As for that pig that I saw, it is like that (other) one in size;

or 4) A demonstrative pronoun hidi, hina, or hitu.

Umat hinay atom an nuntapeng ta mihamad.

Do like that in building a stone wall so that it will be solid.

Preceding these demonstrative pronouns, the form is either umat or at: umat hitu, at hitu `like this'; umat hina, at hina `like that'; umat hidi, at hidi `like that'. See hidi 1b, hina 1b, hitu 1b.

Adi umat hinay atom.

What you do should not be like that.

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2

For someone (agent) to do something (theme -on).

Henen aton nan linalā'i ya nahamad.

As for what the men are doing, it is accurate.