A little while ago.
Occurs as a sentence introducer, comment or time margin.
Tinnig'u din nangākaw ad uwānin di mu agguy'u inīlay ngādana.
I saw that thief a little while ago, but I didn't know his name.
Ad uwānin di ya pa''uy han mangīli.
A little while ago the visitor left.
As part of a sentence introducer preceding a sentence comment or as a comment, ad uwānin di is optionally preceded by either hay 1 or hi1 4b. As part of a time margin, this time noun is optionally preceded by hi1 4b.
ad abiggat, Time Nouns with Preceding Time Determiners,