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1

For people or things (patient ma-) to be few; for a mass object such as knowledge, what one relates, food, a liquid (patient ma-) to be a small amount; for the intensity, measure of something (patient ma-) to be moderate, as a cry; an emotion such as anger, hatred, love, pity; a flood, rain, storm, sunshine, pain, a snore, noise, a blanket in width, a tree in height, a river in depth, a town in distance, a stone in weight or size.

mahnot

Nahnot di danum hi wangwang at mabalin an bad'āngon di binabāi.

The water in the river is a small amount and so the women can cross over.

Ongol di baluy Uddāpon ya nahnot di baluy han imbaluyna.

Uddāpon's house is large and the house of his son is moderate (in size).

ma-: mahnot

2

For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to do something with or to a few people or things (theme, loc ref or patient -on), as to call a few people, carry a few logs; to do something with or to a small amount of a mass object (theme, loc ref or patient -on), as to carry a small amount of water, eat a small amount of food, sell something for a small amount of money; to moderate what one does (theme -on), as calling out, making a noise, expressing an emotion, carrying water, eating food, building a moderate sized house, making a blanket a moderate width.

honton; hennot; mahnot; mannot

Hennot Kul'uy di dinuwīna hi bānga ti mi'id ngummīna.

Kul'uy fashioned (only) a few cooking pots because no one would buy them.

Hontom di anta'nang nan tapeng hinan payawmu ta adi umūngal hi gabūtan nan binabāi.

Moderate the height of the stone wall in your field so it will not be difficult for the women to weed it.

Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.

-on: honton; -iɴ-: hennot; ma-: mahnot; maN-: mannot

manghan 2 īkuy ītang

3

For someone or something (theme mi-) to be near someone or something else (loc ref), as for someone to sit near someone else, a house to be near another.

mehnot

Nehnot di ad Batad hi Patpat.

Batad is near Patpat.

mi-: mehnot

For someone (agent; s agent mangi-) to place someone, something (theme i-) near something else (loc ref).

ehnot

Pangehnotan: occurs as head of a substantive phrase; focus is on someone or something near to which someone or something else is put.

Nan dolan Hinnang di pangehnotan Ganggāngan hinan baluyna.

Hinnang's place is the place near to which Ganggāngan will place his house.

i-: ehnot

heggon 2 hodpeng 1 paēng 1

4a

One's near blood relative.

Near blood relatives are offspring of grand-aunts and grand-uncles, and siblings of great grandparents and great-great grandparents, along with their offspring. This includes second to fourth cousins and their offspring. Excluded as near relatives are parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc., uncles and aunts with their offspring, and grand uncles and grand aunts. These excluded relatives are considered nearer in relationship than near blood relatives. Thus, e.g., uncles are considered standby fathers and grand uncles as standby grandfathers, assuming familial responsibilities as fathers and grandfathers respectively if one's father or grandfather dies. The importance of identifying a near relative includes the need to determine those to whom portions of butchered animals, bolwa, are to be given, and those who are ineligible for marriage because of incest taboos.

tūlang

4b

For a blood relationship of one person (theme mi-) to be near that of someone else (loc ref), as described above.

Nehnot di nuntutulāngan da La''ab ay da Nangleh ti unda pitlun hina''āgi.

The group blood relationship between La''ab and siblings with Nangleh and siblings is near because they are third cousins.

mi-: mehnot