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batang3
1
To want to do s.t.
In this sense it is never affixed and is followed by a verb with the nasal prefix (except for verbs like tuli that never occur affixed).
Tiya' ko' nakanak inin batang mangan bāng-bāng.
This child says he wants to eat a cookie.
batang tuli
Want to sleep; feel sleepy.
batang nginum
Want to drink, be thirsty.
baya'1 2
2
batang-batang
N-
-an
To make a claim for or on (a girl for marriage), to speak or make a request for (a girl for marriage).
Dende miya'an ga'i makajari magella seddili pegge' binatang-batangan we' lella dembuwa'in.
That girl cannot marry another one because she has been spoken for by that other one.
Dende miya'an ga'i makajari magella seddili pegge' matang-matang ne lella dembuwa'in.
That girl cannot marry another one for the other one made a claim for her.
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