For someone or something (patient ma-) to be a long time doing something, being in a particular state; for an activity, a state (patient ma-) to be long.
Nabayag di inu'umbūna' ya un umāli din talak.
The time of my lengthy sitting was long before the vehicle came.
For someone or something (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to delay, someone, something, an event (loc ref -on).
mamayag
Nabayag amih nan goday.
We were delayed by the landslide.
Unspecified, reference is to the completion of an event; reference to the beginning must be specified.