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1a

A linear piece of a flexible object, as a rope or vine.

poghat 1

bohat 1

1b

For someone, something (agent or actor -um-) to cut, chew, break a linear piece (theme) from a flexible object (loc ref -an), as to cut off a piece of a rope, rattan, vine; for a rat to chew off a piece of rope; a carabao to break off a piece of its leash rope.

pamogtang; mamogtang

For someone or something (agent or actor) to cut, chew, break a flexible linear object (theme -on) into two pieces.

For someone (agent) to use a suitable instrument, as a knife, hands, teeth (inst i-, paN-) for cutting, chewing, breaking a linear piece from a flexible object, as described above.

bohat 2

poghat 2

2a

Someone's brother or sister, with one or both parents in common.

Occurs both as a personal and impersonal noun.

Nā'uy hi Pogtangmu an hi Kukkuwit.

Here comes your Brother Kukkuwit.

Umuy mangāyiw han pogtang Wīgan.

The brother of Wīgan went to get firewood.

A traditional explanation is that at birth, the umbilical cord of each child born is cut off from a single cord common to all unborn children in the womb.

agi iba

2b

For two people (actor muɴ- & theme) to be siblings to each other (loc ref); i.e., for two boys to be brothers, two girls to be sisters or a boy and girl to be brother and sister.

Mumpopogtang, napogpogtang: focus is on three or more who are siblings to each other. Non-past forms of this verb rarely occur.

hina''āgi 2