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.