Someone (mang-) makes a foothold on a tree, etc., (-an).
Mangitin si ākang so nyoy na.
Older brother makes footholds on his coconut palm tree.
Itinan mwabaw nyoyaya, ta dēkey pa.
Don't make footholds on the coconut palm tree, because it is still young.
A tree (ma--an), especially a coconut palm tree, has footholds cut into it.
Naytinan iyaw nyoy ko.
My coconut palm tree has footholds cut into it.