Mapun - pongat

pongat

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To breathe with difficulty; to gasp for breath (as when about to die).

That man is gasping for breath because he is weighed down by that box (he is carrying).

Magpongat anak-anak looy arak bay limbo.

That child is gasping for breath from almost having drowned.

kapongatan

(For more than one person) to be overcome by gasping for breath.

Kapongatan ga anak-anak looy njawom humbu.

Those children are gasping for breath in that smoke.