cmpr. a'ahhup.
For someone, something, an event, condition to be a relatively long time, i.e., after the expected time, of someone or something involved in an event; for an event to occur late; for a condition to last for a long time.
Ahup ya un'u palgan nan utang'u ti do'ol.
It will be a long time before I can repay my debt because it is large.
Occurs only as a sentence introducer.
Unspecified, reference is to the completion of an event; reference to the beginning must be specified.
For someone or something involved in an event, for an event (loc ref ma-an) to be delayed.
Na'ahupandad ugga an nalpuh tappīa' at na'potdah din udan.
They were delayed in coming from the waterfall yesterday and so they became wet by the rain.
Someone or something causing the delay is implied but not expressed within the sentence. Unspecified, reference is to the completion of an event; reference to the beginning must be specified.
For someone (actor; s actor maN-) to delay, someone, something or the occurrence of an event (loc ref -on), as described above.
Adīyu ahupon nan tāmuyu ti malādaw ya un malpah.
Don't delay (the completion of) your work because (if you do) it will be completed late.