For someone (agent muɴ-, -um-; s agent maN-) to count people or things (loc ref -on).
e'yap; mangyap; enyap; ma'yap
Umuyap: focus is on indefinite objects, as to count five stones to bring for stone walling.
For someone (agent) to use a counting aid (inst i-) for counting.
A counting aid consists of objects matched to other objects or to people as an aid in counting, as to use share sticks, tubli', to count sufficient portions of meat for the number of people receiving it, to use a given number of pieces of clothing to match the number of people to receive them, to use tallying objects, enlab 1, q.v.
E'yap tu'u nan enlab hinan pola' di payaw ta mapto' hi un nun'olog.
We will use the tallying objects to count the price of the field so that it will be known if it is enough.
i-: e'yap; maN-: mangyap; -iɴ-: enyap; ma-: ma'yap