Yakan - deppe

deppe

Arm span (measurement of length).

Both arms are stretched out, one measures from fingertip to fingertip.

Limen deppe ingket kābewkun.

The rope of my carabao is five arm spans.

N-, mag-

ngan-

To measure (by arm span).

Magdeppe bulak siye.

They are measuring land.

Deppehun ingket iyan bang piyen deppe.

Measure that rope to see how many arm spans it is.

den deppe

From the tip of one outstretched arm to the tip of the other, approx. 1.50 m.

tenga' deppe

Half an arm span.