For one or more pairs (patient ma-) to be successively two by two doing something, one pair at a time, in several successive acts; i.e., for a pair to do something repetitively or for a second pair to begin after the first pair finishes and so on.
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Madugwadugwa ayun manāyaw ta maphod hi tigon.
You be successively two by two in dancing because it is nice to see.
For pairs (agent) to be two at a time, to do something to or with someone or something (theme, loc ref or patient -an); i.e., several pairs, acting one pair at a time, or one pair repeating an action several times.
manugwa
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Dinugwadugwāan da Bukkāhan ay Innāwan an pinī'ug din mun'adamot an āyiw.
Bukkāhan and Innāwan were two at a time carrying the heavy logs (i.e., they made several trips carrying one log between them each trip).
Dinugwadugwāan din ung'ungungngan immuy himmāgub.
The (several) boys went two at a time carrying water (i.e., each pair carried a single pail between them, one pair after the other).
maN-: manugwa