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1

The number three.

Tulu ayun umuy ad Bannāwol an ngummīnah bābuy.

You be three to go to Banaue to buy a pig.

Optionally expanded into a phrase: 1) by suffixing a number ligature -N, followed by a measure noun.

Tulun howo' di bayah hi ininum han lalā'in nabūtong.

There were three cups of rice beer that the drunk man drank.

2) by suffixing a number ligature -y, (variant of di) or -n (variant of an), followed by either a measure noun, a common noun or noun phrase or a verbal substantive phrase.

Tulun tāguy mahāpul hi mamī'ug hinan madamot an kalga.

There will be three people needed to carry the heavy load.

See sec. 7.20.

2

For a count object such as a board (actor muɴ- & theme) to divide into three more-or-less equal parts.

For someone (agent) to cause something (theme puɴ-on) to divide into three parts, (i.e., to divide it).

Referents of the causal agent of this construction and the agent of the verb construction described below are the same.

For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to divide a count object such as a board (theme -on) into three more-or-less equal parts with the use of a bolo, saw, axe (inst paN-).

panulu; manulu

atlu 2

3

For something (patient ma-) to be three units of measure, of length, quantity, size, time, value, weight.

Expanded into a phrase by suffixing a number ligature -N, -h, (variant of hi2 3), or -y (variant of di2), followed by a measure noun. matulum pongol To be three two-hand-measures of circumference; matuluy gahut To be three hundred.

Matuluh boto' di ngīnan han uwah'u.

The price of my knife is three bundles of rice.

Natuluy tawon di nihina' ad Manīla.

The length of my stay in Manila was three years.

Also expanded by a number ligature -y (variant of di2) followed by an object used as the payment of something.

Matuluy manu' di ngīnan di uwah'u.

The price of my knife will be three chickens.

Unspecified, a time period is understood to be days, a value to be pesos, a quantity to be pieces.

For something (actor -um- & patient) to become three, especially through natural processes such as reproduction.

Timmulu nan bābuy'u ti na'lum hi ināda.

My pigs became three because their mother gave birth.

Expanded into a phrase by suffixing a number ligature -N, -h (variant of hi2 3), or -y (variant of di2), followed by a measure noun indicating length, quantity, size, time, value or weight. tumulun dopa, tumuluy dopa To become three rectilinear arm spans; tumulum baluy, tumuluy baluy To become two housefulls; tumulum bumanoh, tumuluy bumanoh To become three pond-field holdings; tumulun ubun, tumuluy ubun To become three sitting periods; tumulum pīhu, tumuluy pīhu To become three pesos; tumulung kīlu, tumuluy kīlu To become three kilograms.

Timmulun hūpa din inamung'u an kapi.

The coffee that I gathered became three half-liter measures.

Also expanded by suffixing a number ligature -y (variant of di2) followed by an object used in barter or in payment for something.

Tumuluy manu' di mabo'lah nan tapeng ti ten ma'udman di megday.

That earned for the landslide will become three chickens because, you see, that which is sliding keeps being added to; (i.e., the earth keeps sliding).

4

For someone, a particular job (actor maN-) to be able to produce three things in a specified period of time, as for stone walling to produce three pesos a day in earnings, for a man to be a three basket per week weaver.

Expanded into a phrase by suffixing a number ligature -N, -h (variant of hi2 3), or -y (variant of di2) followed by a measure noun referring to something used as payment of wages.

Manulum boto'da nan muntāmuh payaw hi ohay algaw.

Those who work in the fields for one day are able to produce three bundles of rice (each as their wage).

Manuluh pihhu hi Gahhid hi bo'lāonah hin'algawan.

Gahhid is able to produce three pesos as his daily wage.

Also expanded by a number ligature -y (variant of di2) followed by an object used as payment for wages.

Manuluy manu' han puntamūo' hi ohay algaw.

That which I will let be worked in one day is able to produce three chickens (in earnings).

5

tullu 2

For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to choose three people or things (theme, loc ref or patient -on) with which or upon which to do something, as to select three things to hold, three people to call.

Tinulu' di inodna' an āyiw ad ugga.

I chose three (pieces of) wood to carry yesterday.

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

6a

tullu 3

For someone (agent) to set the price of something (theme i-) at three unit measures of something, as three pesos, three gantas of coffee, or at any other three items used as medium of exchange, such as chickens or bundles of rice.

Intulun Innāwan han manu'na.

Innāwan set (the price of) his chicken at three (pesos).

Expanded into a phrase by suffixing a number ligature -N, -h (variant of hi2 3), or -y (variant of di2), followed by a measure noun of something used in trade.

Intulum boto' Aligūyun di nginan nan manu'na.

Aligūyun set the price of his chicken at three rice bundles.

Expanded into a phrase by suffixing a number ligature -N (variant of hi2 3), or -y (variant of di2), followed by a measure noun or something used in trade.

Intulum boto' Hengngel di ngīnan han ubūana.

Hengngel set the price of his hen at three bundles of rice.

6b

For someone (agent; s agent maN-) to buy something (loc ref -on) for three pesos or any other three items used as medium of exchange, such as chickens or bundles of rice.

atlu

A third time period; to be third; add a third object; to be three successive time periods; for something to divide into three parts; to divide something into three parts.

hintitlu

Each group of three; each divide into three parts; arrange into simultaneous groups of three for some action; price each of two or more of three for some action; price each of two or more items at three; be simultaneously three to each group.

pitlu

Third; to do three times.

tullu

Be three to do something; three to occur together.

tulum pūlu

The number thirty.

tulutulu

Always three; three by three; consistently divide into three; consistently able to do three; consistently of the measure of three; to do something three at a time; to always charge three.

tuttulu

Only three; become only three; be able to produce only three things in a specified period of time; be only three units of measure; choose only three; price something at only three; only a few; become only a few; choose only a few.