Mapun - battong

battong

1.1

Stomach, belly (of a person, animal or boat).

Subay ko sigi-sigi sonse mari ya' paehe battong nu.

You should continue to run so your stomach doesn't get bigger.

Mehe battong lansa na.

The belly of his boat is big.

baran

Pregnant.

It is believed that if one carries a corpse to the grave that the pregnant wife of the one carrying the corpse will have a miscarriage. God does this apparently.

Battong na nda ku.

My wife is pregnant now.

To be or become pregnant.

Ya' ku magti doman battong.

I don't want to become pregnant right away.

ka-/kapa-, ma-

pa-, tapa-

pa--un

To cause s.o. to get pregnant.

Soy bay kabattong iya?

Who happened to get her pregant?