For two (agent muɴ-) to place or carry a heavy load (theme i-) on the shoulders by center suspension with the optional use of a particular carrying pole (inst paN-), as to pick up or carry a heavy log; a load suspended from a center load carrying pole, as a person in a blanket, a stone tied to the pole.
Nun'ahhiw da Mundēgeng ay Aligūyun hinan madamot an batu.
Mundēgeng and Aligūyun put the heavy stone on their shoulders by center suspension.
Iyahhiwda nan āyiw an miyammah langtay ti madamot.
They will carry the log for making a bridge on their shoulders by center suspension because it is heavy.
To signal the durative aspect of `carry' the stem is reduplicated, see sec. 7.16.2.
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