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algaw1
1a
A day, lasting from daybreak, nabala'ādan, until evening dusk, nunhīnag.
He'he'dod nan algaw ad ugwan ti lawang.
The days are short now because it is rainy season.
Maphod an algaw ad ugga ti ma'ūgaw an mi'id di būnut.
Yesterday was a nice day because it was dry in that there were no clouds.
Preceded by hidin, it refers to a previous day; i.e., one or more days previous to day before yesterday, hāndi.
Hidin algaw ya immuya' ad Bannāwol.
A previous day (three or more days ago), I went to Banaue.
Someone's, something's day to be involved in a particular action or state.
Co-occurs with a time ordinal, as someone's or something's first day, second day, etc.
Pitlun di algaw Aligūyun ad ugwan hi umayanan mi'tāmuh wanti.
It is Aligūyun's third day now for him to go and join (others) working on the trail.
A unit measure of a day; i.e., a single daytime period, wā'ah, as described above.
For a description of measure phrase see sec. 7.20.2. Hin'algaw `one day time period' has a variant hin'algawan.
Reckoning days is by counting daytime periods.
1b
For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to do something all day long with something (theme i-) or on something (loc ref or patient -on).
algowon
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Iyalgawyun muntāmu.
You work all day long (lit: You `all day' your working).
-on: algawon, algowon
To spend the whole day doing something.
Every day.
hin'algaw
A single day.
Some day.
A daily wage.
2a
The sun.
2b
For someone (agent muɴ- & theme) to go into or stay in the sunshine (loc ref).
For someone (agent) to take someone or something (theme i-) into the sunshine.
For the sun's rays, potang, (actor -um- & theme) to shine on someone or something (loc ref).
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