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1a

mid

mīid

mi'īwod

There is, was, are, were none, no one, nothing.

Mi'id di umuy mangāyiw ad ugwan ti īwang.

There are none who will go to get firewood now because it is harvest season.

Mi'īwod di innal'uh nun'agah hi mama ti inamin di bābuy an nun'a'an.

There were no fallen betel fruits which I got because the pigs ate them all.

This existential occurs only as a sentence comment. See sec. 7.7.

wāda 1

Negative Set Clauses
mi'id al'ali	‘peaceful; quiet; no disturbance’
mi'id āmag	‘nothing salvageable’
mi'id amnah	‘nothing remaining; completely gone’
mi'id am'amungit	‘no evidence; nothing at all’
mi'id bihu	‘no imperfection; accurate’
mi'id kutkutīaw	‘no one at all’
mi'id mapto'	‘cannot be determined’
mi'id pī'iw	‘no mistake; no flaw’
mi'id pohod	‘no pleasantness’
mi'id poto'	‘no productiveness’
mi'id tāgad	‘demolition; destruction’

1b

āid

a'id

ami'id

The absence of someone or something.

Hay ami'id'uy dimmatngan din mangīlih dola'.

During my absence the visitors arrived at my house.

1c

inaīdan.

Absent, unavailable.

inaīdan

Inaīdan di muntāmuh nan payaw ad ugwan ti napāyad nan tatāgu.

Those who work in the fields now are absent because the people are lazy.

Inaīdan di miyammah baluy hi āyiw ti napuh.

Wood for making houses is unavailable because it is depleted.

2

For a person (patient ma-) to be dead.

Lit: will be no more.

Nappūhi akbun nan bongbong at gūlat ta itūluy nan mun'ihāwa ya waday mami'id hi imbaluyda.

The bile of the engagement bride-wealth payment is not good and so supposing that the ones to marry continue (with their plan to marry) there will be a child of theirs who will be dead.

It is taboo, panīaw, to speak about someone's death in his or her hearing.

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