For someone (agent muɴ-) to place or carry someone or something (theme i-) on the back, optionally with the use of a carrying blanket, aban, (inst paN-).
Pangabba nan aban.
The carrying blanket is for holding on the back.
Iyabban Oltāgon han ibāna.
Oltāgon will put her sister on (her) back.
To signal the durative aspect of `carry' the stem is reduplicated, see sec. 7.16.2.
Methods of Carrying
| abba |
`carry on the back with or without a carrying blanket, aban'
|
| agtu |
‘carry on the head’ |
| ahhiw, attang |
‘carry on the shoulders, pole-end borne’ |
| apūpu |
‘cradle in the arms, (one or both arms underneath)’ |
| batāwel |
‘carry on the shoulders, pole-center borne’ |
| bayagtūtu |
‘carry a person or animal on the shoulder(s)’ |
| bayanggut |
‘carry an animal on a shoulder’ |
| ba'lūlu |
`carry in front with a carrying blanket, aban'
|
| dāyun 2 |
‘carry in a carrying hammock’ |
| hagāngaw |
‘carry on a shoulder, with a stone-hod’ |
| langa |
‘carry in an armload (one arm underneath, one above)’ |
| pahon |
‘carry a heavy object on a shoulder’ |
| pī'ug |
‘carry an object on the shoulder’ |