Language Name goes here

1a

Someone's left hand.

ngamay

1b

For someone (patient ma-) to be left handed.

1c

For someone (agent muɴ-) to use the left hand to do something (theme, loc ref or patient -on).

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

Winodhong han ung'ungnga an mangdon hi īduhnan mangan.

The child used his left hand to hold his spoon in eating.

Lit: to `left hand' something.

2a

The left; i.e., a location nearest the left hand.

Occurs only with appit, The direction of.

Appit hi wodhong di wadan nan dālan an umuy hi inalāhan.

In the direction of the left is where the trail is that goes to the forest.

2b

For someone (agent) to direct his attention (theme) at someone or something (loc ref -on) on the left.

Wadhongom di tigom an dālan ya hiyay unudom.

Direct your attention at the trail on the left that you see and that's what you should follow.

Hay winodhong'uy nange'wa' an immuy hi ad Padyay.

That (place) on the left at which I directed my attention is the place I passed in going to Padyay.