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mahngan
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manghan
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cmpr. mangmanghan.
Few, fewer of people or things; little, less of the amount of a mass object, as food, a liquid, earth; of knowledge, what one relates; moderate, more moderate, of the intensity or measure of something, as of a cry, an emotion such as anger, hatred, jealousy, love, pity; of a flood, rain, storm, sunshine, pain, noise, a snore; width of a blanket, the height of a tree, depth of a river, distance of a town, weight or size of a stone.
Manghan mahkay di matī'id hi Bulbul ti nawantīan.
The steep (incline) at Bulbul is finally moderate because a trail has been constructed.
For the comparative `fewer,' `less,' `more moderate,' sentence nucleus is followed by ya un `than,' and the basis of comparison.
Manghan di an'ongol han bābuy'u ya un han bābuy Gum'at.
The large size of my pig is less than (that of) Gum'at's pig.
There is no implication as to the absolute number, amount, intensity or measure of that being described; the number may be few or many, the amount little or much, etc. The comparison may be to other people or things or to what is expected, planned, etc.
Manghan di na'ālah gadiw hidin hinālopmi ya un din ninomnom'u.
Fewer river fish were gotten when we caught fish by draining a river section than what I thought (we would catch).
mangmanghan.
Very few, considerably fewer of people or things; very little, considerably less of the amount of a mass object, as food, a liquid, earth; of knowledge, what one relates; very moderate, considerably more moderate of the intensity or measure of something, as of a cry, an emotion such as anger, hatred, jealousy, love, pity; of a flood, rain, storm, sunshine, noise, a snore, pain; width of a blanket, the height of a tree, depth of a river, distance of a town, weight or size of a stone.
For the comparative `considerably fewer,' `considerably less,' `considerably more moderate,' the sentence nucleus is followed by ya un `than,' and the basis of comparison. There is no implication as to the absolute number, amount, intensity or measure of that being described; the number may be few or many, the amount little or much, etc. The comparison may be to other people or things or to what is expected, planned, etc.
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For someone to do something to a few people or things (loc ref or patient -on) or with people or things (theme i-), as to call a few people, carry a few logs; to do something to or with a small amount of a mass object, 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 i-, -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.
Imanghanmuy onom ti un ītang di ma'an.
Moderate what you eat because there is only a little food.
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Minanghan Intan di andukkoy din wonoh'u an inyobolna.
Intan moderated the length of my loin cloth in weaving, (i.e., she wove it a moderate length).
For someone (actor; s actor muɴ-) to do something to a very few people or things (loc ref or patient -on) or with a very few people or things (theme i-), as to call a very few people, carry a very few logs; to do something with or to a very small amount of a mass object, as to carry a very small amount of water, eat a very small amount of food, sell something for a very small amount of money; to moderate considerably what one does, as calling out, making a noise, expressing an emotion, carrying water, eating food, building a house, making a blanket.
Occurs as part of a verb chain, see sec. 7.19.
Minangmanghan Intan din ohan wonoh an inyobolna an bāgin han imbaluy'u ti ung'ungnga.
Intan moderated considerably (the length of) one of the loin cloths in weaving which was my son's because he is only a child.
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