Ibatan - tabtab

Someone (may-) hacks something.

Ilo. tabtáb 'to hollow out, trim'

Maytabtab kaba so kayo.

Don't hack the tree.

Someone (maN-, mangi-) hacks something (-an) with a bolo or axe (-i, pa--en).

Patabtaben mo bahayang mwaya do kayo.

Hack the tree with your bolo.

A part of the body or something (ma--an) has a cut from a bolo made with a strong downward stroke.

Natabtaban tanoro ko, ki maynyin, ta rakoh.

My hand has a cut, well, (it is) painful, because (the cut) is big.

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