Mapun - buwat

1.1

0

pa-

To do s.t.; make s.t.; to work; to apply for or get a legal paper (as a marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc.).

Let's apply for a marriage certificate so we have s.t. that validates our marriage.

I'm working now.

Oy pabuwat nu?

What are you making?

buwatan/pabuwatan

Work; occupation; job; possessions; thing.

Meka pabuwatan ta ntuu ni Mapun.

We have lots of work to do here in Mapun.

Biyas, inaa buwat an inilagan me' ku.

Embarrassment, that's the thing I avoid.

1.2

0

0/pa-

-un/pa--un

To treat s.o. in a particular way.

The way I treat you is as if you are a king.

1.3

ta-

To be able to get or fit s.t. inside (of s.t. else).

This book can't fit in his pocket.

Bong jama alistu ngandasok, tabuwat niyug tallu hatus njawom disu karut.

If a person is skilled at cramming, he can get three hundred dried coconuts in one sack.

1.4

buwat le' mangan

0

To cook.

Nda ku buwat le' mangan tuktuk lisag sapū-rambuwa'.

My wife cooks every day at eleven o'clock.

1.5

-redup

-redup/pa--redup

To make up a false story, teaching, report, etc.

Lay ja' bilay pabuwat-buwat nu tō' nu.

You just made up your teaching.

2

-redup/pa--redup

To cast a spell on s.o.; to practice sorcery.

Lay pabuwat-buwat ku nda ku. Sangkon ya domanan aku.

I cast a spell on my wife. That's why she wants me.