Mapun - sallang

sallang

Middle, center, between

Five is between four and six.

N-, -um-, ma-

-an

-an, -un, pa--un

To go, pass, sit between two people or two objects; to put s.t. between two things.

The -an imp. focuses on the two things that s.t. is put between. The pa--un imp. focuses more on the thing that is put between two things. The -un imp. focuses on the person being directed to get between two people or things.

Pag labu' ku, lay ku sumallang ni poon saging.

When I fell, I landed between two banana trees.

Bong si' ku ya' bay luu nallang sila, lay na sila siabut sisuntuk.

If I hadn't been there to get between them, they would have fought with each other.

Bay ku nallangan saging ku.

I put another banana tree between my banana trees.

Daa na ko masallang saging ni sallang mangga naa ka bō' naa sabap sigpit na kalandu'.

Don't put a banana tree between that mango tree and that bamboo because the space is already very short.

Sallangun do' ga anak-anak naa mari patagong magmiting.

Sit between those children so they will stop talking.

sallangan

The area between or in the middle of (two things, people, places).

Luma' si Guat ni sallangan Island Paradise ka luma si Disos.

Guat's house is between the Island Paradise Restaurant and Disos's house.

The deep sea; an expanse of ocean which is not enclosed or interrupted by islands.

Lansa looy bay tumande ni tangnga' sallang.

That boat capsized in the middle of the deep sea.