bekkat
For s.t. to break (of rope, thread, wire).
The clothesline is broken because the clothes are heavy.
To break s.t. (like thread, wire, rope).
Break this nylon (rope) if you can.
I am not able to break this rope because it is thick.
bekkatan
colloquial
To be in an extremity about s.t.; to exert great effort in doing s.t. (lit. to be broken about s.t.).
We convulsed with laughter.
Bekkatan ku we' haggutin.
I am freezing with cold.
I am racking my brain thinking (about it).
I am slaving but I can’t get rich.
bekkat napasnen
His breath broke. Euphemism for: he died.
magbekkat buwey
To break off a relationship (lit. breaking of rattan).
A piece of rattan is broken as a visible sign by the elders and as a ‘witness’ if family members are so much at enmity that they publicly declare not to be family members any longer.