Mapun - pantok

pantok

A vertical stake, post, or pole stuck in the ground (for marking s.t. like where a house will be built, where a grave will be dug, trees will be planted, also for tying a boat or raft to in shallow water, etc.).

Pakoyun pantok tuu man nu mantokan kubu.

Use this stake in order to mark where the grave will be.

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-an

-an, pa--un

To put a stake in the ground; to be in a vertical position above the ground (as a kite, the sun at noon, a person kicking straight up towards the sky).

Bong ko mantok daa hangat palawmun.

When you put the stakes in the ground don't put them so deep.

tumbuk

Accurately able to diagnose what the problem is when s.o. is sick; able to predict the future or where s.t. is that has been lost.

Ba'-bā' kasohean, Pa' Aspal tud pantok nguli' sabap meka jama kaulian me' na.

According to some, Uncle Aspal can really diagnose accurately what the problem is when he medicines because many people are healed by him.

Ba'-bā' kasohean, Pa' Ladja Insan tud pantok nganda' sabap tuktuk na noho' nganda', sukud jama sikatuwa' ja'.

According to some, Uncle Ladja Insan really knows how to predict the future because everytime he's asked to see what's in the future, people's fate always comes out like he predicted.