A particular situation is caused by someone, something, an event.
Natoy hi Gumman an dalat di binūtongna.
Gumman died, caused by his intoxication.
Dalat functions as the comment of a dependent sentence. The dependent sentence occurs following an independent sentence and is joined to it by the ligature an.
Nagah hi Himmaybu an dalat din namolāhanah tū'a'.
Himmaybu fell, caused by his looking for frogs (in a rocky cliff).
The dependent sentence may be transposed to occur before the independent sentence to give emphasis, and is joined to it by the ligature ya.
Dalat di agguy nitnudan Aligūyun, ya agguy napuh din tāmumi ti mi'id nuntudu.
Caused by Aligūyun's not having gone with (us), our work was not finished, because there was no one to explain (our work to us).
The cause of a particular situation, either a person, thing or event.
As a possessed noun, it occurs as the head of a substantive phrase functioning as topic of an equational sentence. The phrase as topic has only been observed transposed, occurring before the sentence comment and joined to it with the ligature ya.
Hay dalat di numpattayan din nunhin'agi ya nan payaw an pumpolhanda.
The cause of the fighting of the (two) who came together as a fraternal pair was the fields over which they were struggling against each other.
For someone, something, an event (actor -um-) to cause a particular situation.
Natoy hi Gumman an dimmalat di binūtongna.
Gumman died, his intoxication caused (it).
The verb form dumalat (past: dimmalat) has two major functions: 1) It occurs as the comment of a dependent sentence. In this function there is little if any semantic contrast with the function of the preposition dalat (see above under prep).
Nagah hi Himmāybu an dimmalat (or dalat) din namolāhanah tū'a'.
Himmaybu fell, his looking for frogs caused (it).
The dependent sentence of which this verb form is comment may be transposed to occur before the independent sentence, as described above, for the preposition dalat.
Dimmalat nan āyiw an lengngoh'u, ya nageto' di hu'i'.
The tree which I cut down caused (the situation), and so my foot was cut;
2) The verb form also occurs as the head of a substantive phrase, functioning as topic of an equational sentence.
Nan amnaw di dumalat hi pumbahōlan.
That which causes wrongdoing is desire.
This phrase, of which this verb is a constituent, functioning as topic may also be transposed, occurring before the sentence comment. In this position the verb form dumalat/dimmalat has minimal semantic contrast with the possessed noun dalat in a parallel position, (see under possd n).
Hay dimmalat hi numpattāyan din nunhin'agi ya nan payaw an pumpolhanda.
That which caused (the situation) with reference to the fighting of the (two) who came together as a fraternal pair was the fields over which they were struggling against each other.