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kakan
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mag- (pl.), mag- -an (pl. and repet.)
To eat s.t.
Gey ne takakan kenna iyan, iyu' ne buhuk.
That fish can no longer be eaten; it is rotten.
Ubus ne kami magkakan tekkanen.
We had finished eating when he arrived.
Kinakan we' ku bāng-bāng nakanakin.
I ate the cookie of the child.
La'i kami si bukut magkakanan bāng-bāng.
We are outside eating cookies.
Maka'akan tolang ku.
I happened to eat a bone.
mangan ajab esso' sebbat tahāl-hāl
kinakan
Food; staple food (usually thought of as rice).
Kuhahun ne kinakanin.
Ladle out the rice.
Ine kinakanbi ley? Buwas duk kenna.
What is your food? Rice and fish.
Kinakan kamihin dibuhi' putu duk kemunti'.
Our food last night was steamed cassava and camote.
bānya'

KINDS OF FOOD
bāng-bāng cookies, sweets
buwa' kayu fruit
kinakan staple food
la'uk viand, anything eaten with rice
ligeteman root crops and plantains
loho' soup
sayul vegetables
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pa-, -um-
To cut into s.t. (as a saw); sink into s.t. (as tires); consume s.t. (as fire).
Gey kakan ebbut labaskun pegge' basse' pe.
The weeds I cut are not consumed (lit. fire does not eat) because they are still wet.
Pakakan kehetin si kayu.
The saw cuts into the wood.
Ka'elletan jīpin pegge' pakakan bettisnen dem pisak.
The jeep got stuck because its tires sank into the mud.
Kumakan ne sakinen pegge' ga' sambut tabo'o si doktol.
His sickness has become very bad (lit. happened to eat) because he was not immediately brought to the doctor.
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