Yakan - ka-3

1

Affix changing cardinal numbers into ordinals.

Bang kite nambahayang māku-māku kite kahanyangan ka'issa', si keduwe gey keyipatante Tuhanin.

When we worship we ask for peace first, secondly that we will not forget God.

Thirdly we ask for blessing.

Thirdly (lit. its third) we ask for blessing.

Kalimenen kaluma'anin ubus ne eggas.

The fifth (lit. its fifth) village was burnt.

2

Prefix with numerals. It signifies that all items of the number specified are being talked about.

Andahan ne me' pungtina'ikun kalime.

All of my five siblings have wives.

Ga' niya' iskul pungtina'iku dendehin kaduwe.

Both (all) of my two sisters have no schooling.

Ubus ne ineggas kalime tumpuk me' kaluma'an mala'ihin.

All of the five clusters of houses (villages) there were burnt.

Tebbengne kayuhin katellum po'on.

He cut down all three trees.

Belline tennunin kada ba'ul.

She bought one entire chest full of weaving.

3

Nominalizing affix. To be in the state of...

In my childhood there were no jeeps here.

Takiteku iye kasakinen kuwe' kagkag ine.

I saw him during his sickness; he was very skinny.

Tiggel ne kabuwa' kayu miya'an.

That tree has been in the state of bearing fruit for a long time.