At, in, on, with an object, person or place.
Indicates the location of an object or person, the direction from which or to which an action moves or the place in which an action occurs. It may be followed by 1) A hamlet noun, see sec. 7.3.5.
Da Habbēleng ya muntāmudah Babluy.
As for Habbēleng and others, they work in Babluy.
Preceding a village noun. This noun is marked by a determiner ad1.
Tungnin hi ad Bagyu.
It is cold in Baguio.
2) A common noun or noun phrase.
Nolo'dad Kinnākin hi dolan da Bumallātung.
They slept in Kinakin in the place of Bumallātung and family.
3) A locative-inflected verb or verb phrase.
Nahdomandah nuntamūanda.
They were overtaken by darkness in the place they were working.
4) A substantive phrase preceded by nan. Nan identifies a definite locative.
Iponagmu nan inhapna' hinan payaw Anannāyu.
Put down the rice seedlings in the pond field of Anannāyu.
5) A demonstrative adjective phrase introduced by din 2 or tun 2. The demonstrative adjective identifies a definite locative.
Mi'id al'alih tun babluy tu'u.
It is peaceful here in our village.
A phrase introduced by the location determiner hi1 4a is distributed as follows: 1) It expands a verb or verb phrase.
Ad a''u ya nanāyawdah +dolan +Dulīmay.
Last night they danced at the house of Dulīmay.
A verb or verb phrase so expanded occurs either as a sentence comment as illustrated above, or as a substantive phrase preceded by a determiner.
Hay binabāi di nanāyaw hi dolan Dulīmay ad a''u.
It was women who danced at the house of Dulīmay last night.
2) It expands a noun or noun phrase.
Nan linalā'i hi dolan Magga' ya tumūngogda.
As for the men in Gummalaw's house, they are noisy.
3) It follows a place noun, time noun or verb, locative substantive phrase or a demonstrative locative, hidi there far, hina there near, hitu here. Following a place:
Umūya' hi Hīgib hi lūbu' Ama.
I will go to Higib to Father's grave.
Following a locative substantive phrase:
Immudan hi nuntapenganda hi Pannal.
It rained at the place they were building a stone wall at Pannal.
Following a demonstrative locative:
Atatā'ot hidi hi Tappīa' ti dolan di pinādeng.
It is frightening there far at Tappīa' because it is the home of place spirits.
A variant -h occurs when a preceding word ends in a vowel.
Immuy hi Īnah tāmuna.
Mother went to her work.
A variant hinan (or -h nan) occurs followed by a common noun or a locative-inflected verb, sometimes indicating a definite person or object.
Mumboto' da Būgan hinan payawda.
Būgan and others are harvesting in their field.
Immudan hinan numbot'anda.
It rained in the place where they were harvesting.
For a description of concord among ligatures and determiners, including hi1 4a, see ah. See sec. 7.3.5, 7.13.1, 7.25.1.