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hīgab
For someone, something, an event, condition (actor) to be a relatively long time, i.e., after the expected time, of someone or something involved in an event; for an event to occur late; for a condition to last for a long time.
Occurs only as a sentence introducer followed by ya un. Unspecified, reference is to the completion of an event; reference to the beginning must be specified.
Hīgab ya un miyamma nan payaw'u ti mi'id munggāud
(It will be) a long time before my pond field will be made because there is no one to do spadework.
For someone or something involved in an event, for an event (loc ref ma-an) to be delayed.
For someone, something (actor) to delay, someone, something or the occurrence of an event (loc ref -on), as described above.
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