Mapun - passa'

passa'

To be or get broken or popped.

Passa' na lawoy ku.

My plate is about to break (because of a crack).

My child's balloon got popped.

N-, ma-

-an

pa--un, -un, -an

To break s.t.; (for a hen) to hatch eggs; (for waves) to break; to allow an egg to be hatched [ma-].

Luu gi intallo tallu ya' bay pinassaan me' indu'-manuk looy.

There are still three eggs that have not been hatched by that hen.

Papassaun na intallo naa. Ballihan ta sa ko ni kadday.

Allow those eggs to be hatched. I'll buy you some at the store.

passaan

Broken pieces of anything (esp. glass).

Don't be running all around there in back of the house lest you happen to step on a piece of broken glass.

passa' paddu

Characterized by not using one's head; blank-minded.

Tud passa' bitu paddu nu. Sukat ko ya' bay sinoho', ya' na ko buwat le' mangan.

You're really blank-minded. Just because you weren't told to, you no longer cook.

N-

-un

To explain well what s.o. says; to clarify what the main point is; to define a word.

Bong ko ya' massa' bitsala nu, ya' tahati kami.

If you don't explain well what you are saying, we won't be able to understand you.