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dembuwa'
1
One (in counting objects).
Niya' sinsimku dambuwa'.
I have one finger ring.
da issa' dangan tedde (min-) lowang
7.2
2
magdembuwa'
To be or become one (in spirit or understanding); to be united; to be together.
It is also used as euphemism for being sexually united, and so to be married.
Magtewwa' siye pegge' magdembuwa' pikilanden.
They hit it off because they are one in their thinking.
Magdembuwa' ne siye pegge' bakas kinawin siye.
They are one now because they have been married.
Ga' pe kami magdembuwa' kamatey sa'inen.
We were not yet one (not yet been married) at the time of his mother’s death.
padembuwa'
To be in one place with s.o., share (a place); to be one (have sexual intercourse) with s.o.
ku padembuwa' mustakero si iye.
I go to be in one mosquito net with her.
Padembuwa' luma' ku si sakaku.
I share the house with my older sibling.
Padembuwa' ne iye si andanen.
He has intercourse with his wife.
3
dembuwa'-dembuwa'
Individually.
Magbahagi'-bahagi' sa' ka'am buwas inin, ga'i ne ka'am urunganku dembuwa'-dembuwa'.
Share this rice; I will not give to you individually.
tadembuwa'
To divide, receive or get s.t. - one for each person.
Tedembuwa' ne kite kenna iyan.
The two of us get one fish each.
Lime kite bi, tedembuwa'-dembuwa' kite bi bāng-bāng iyan.
We are five, we get one cookie each.
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