Mapun - sama

sama

In unison; for things to be in line with each other; simultaneously; parallel to each other. [Often reduplicated].

Sama-sama ga gulis katas naa.

The lines of that paper are parallel to each other.

Mengka' kam sama-sama.

Step out in unison.

mag-, ma-

-an

pag--an, pagsi--un, pag--un, pa--un

To do s.t. all together, simultaneously, or in unison.

When pag--an is used the focus is on many people working together on one object. When pag--un/pagsi--un is used the focus is on the object being uniformly changed like the length of one's hair, length of pieces of bamboo, length of a group's marching steps, etc.

Bong itu kitabi ya' magsama-sama buwat, hallom bo' lupus pabuwatan tabi.

If we don't all work together, it will be a long time before we finish our work.

Pagsisama-samahun bi pengka' bi.

March in unison.

Pasamahun pengka' nu ninsila.

Get your steps to be in unison with theirs.

sama-batang

Straight (esp. w.r.t. a woman's body i.e. not having an hourglass figure).

Ya' meka lalla doman danda ma sama-batang baran na.

Not many men desire a woman whose body is straight (with no hips).

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