Someone or something in the remote past (ma-) is first in a group of two or more.
anumma
Ivv. manumma 'the first'
Iyaw manōma a anak ko, ki mabakes.
My child who is first is a girl.
kapanōman
The first one.
panōman pan araw
In the beginning, the first day(s) of creation.
also nanōma pa araw
Do nanoma pa a araw, maydamnay kabyay.
In the first day(s), life was easy.