For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to arrange people or things (patient -on) into groups of three for some purpose, as to group bundles of rice on a carrying pole three on either end, to arrange people into groups of three for eating, to select three pesos each to charge for similar items; for two or more to choose one or more groups of three each, with whom or which or to whom or which to do something, as for each to carry three logs, for each to select three pesos to charge for similar items.
manintutlu; manintitlu
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Hintitluwom nan tatāgun umuy ipalo' hinan abalubaluy.
Arrange the people into groups of three in sending them to sleep in the various houses.
Hintitluwontay endoganta.
We (two) will choose a group of three (people) each to be in charge of.
hintihintitluwon To arrange into many groups of three; (for two or more) to choose several groups of three each.
Hinintihintitlun Bukkāhan nan ung'ungungngan nun'ipabun hinan bintaw ta way inatdan nangan.
Bukkāhan arranged the children into many groups of three sitting in the yard so that they could eat.