Someone (mai-) has begun or has started an action or motion that must continue to the end.
Ilo. lúod 'to destroy, ruin, overturn'
Mailood a mohtot an maychihat a mangheteng bagyo.
(People) have begun to come out when the storm is suddenly calm (not realizing it is the eye of the storm overhead).
Tongtongen ko naw mayam, ta nailood ako na.
I continue to go, because I had already started (and cannot turn back).