One, unit of quantity, length, size, time, value, weight, as one bundle of corn, himbunggut; one cupful, hinhowo'; one hand of bananas, hinhāpad; one month, himbūlan.
Himboto' di indatdan lagbu' an numbatāwel.
One bundle of rice is my payment which they gave for my carrying (the rice on a pole).
For the realization of ɴ, see Introduction 6.1.
Derivatives with Hiɴ-
(See also Appendix 19, Measures)
| Family |
|
| himbaluy |
`a conjugal pair' (husband and wife) |
| himpangapu |
‘a clan group’ |
| hina''āgi |
‘a fraternal group’ |
| hina''āma |
‘a father and children; a nuclear clan’ |
| hina''āpu |
‘grandparents and grandchildren’ |
| hini''īna |
‘a mother and children’ |
| hin'agi |
‘a pair of siblings, cousins’ |
| hin'ama |
‘a father and child’ |
| hin'apu |
‘a grandparent and grandchild’ |
| hin'ina |
‘a mother and child’ |
| Places: |
|
| himpanīgib |
‘a single small housing cluster’ |
| himpamabluy, himpangīli |
‘a single village’ |
| Things: |
|
| himpampun |
‘a group of people’ |
| himpamūlog |
‘a group walking in line’ |
Derivatives with hiɴ- occur as verbs with the ff senses:
1
For people, things, a mass object (actor -um-) to become one unit measure of something.
The following are examples: humingkīlu To become one kilogram; huminhe'got To become one bundle of tobacco; humindāngan To become one rectilinear handspan; huminhowo' To become one cupful.
Ināmang'u din binallu an pāguy ya himmimboto'.
I gathered the standing immature rice remnants and they became one rice bundle.
For people, things, a mass object (patient ma-) to be one unit measure of something.
The following are examples: mahimpangapu To be one clan; mahimbumanoh To be one pond-field holding; mahimbunggut To be one bundle of corn; mahin'abā'aw To be one flock of birds; mahimbu'a To be one shoulder to tip of opposite outstretched hand length; mahin'ubun To be one sitting period: mahimpannūman To be one water-pot measure.
Mahimboto' di ngīnan nan uwah'u.
The price of my knife is one rice bundle.
Mahinhūpay mihāang hinan it'ittang an bānga.
What can be cooked in a very small pot is one half-liter measure (of rice.
2
For someone (agent maN-) to earn one unit measure of something in a given period of time, as one half-liter of coffee, hinhowo', as one day's wage.
Nanimboto'da hi ohay algaw nan numboto' hi payaw.
Those who harvested in the pond fields were able to earn one rice bundle in one day.
3
For someone (agent) to set the price of something (theme i-) at one unit measure of something, as to set the price of a knife at one ganta, ihimbayon, of coffee.
Ihimboto'muy ngīnan han manu' ti it'ittang.
Set the price of the chicken at one bundle of rice because it is very small.