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la'un
Old, aged, matured (left over from previous batch).
Of rice from previous harvest, tobacco stored for a long time.
Bang niya' paleyte musim dehelluhin pe, pina'in paley la'un.
If we still have rice from the previous season we say it is old rice.
Bellihanun ku tabaku' la'un iyan, pegge' iye mahāpin.
Buy me the old tobacco because that is the best.
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la'unan
Unmarried, single; spouseless.
Of people who would be expected to be married but are not.
La'unan dende miya'an (atawa lella) bang bahi' ne bu gey kinawin.
That woman is single (or that man) if she (he) is old but not married.
Bang mākanak pe, gey pinakan paley la'un megsumbaya' duk paley ba'ahu, pegge' duk ko' gey la'unan mākanak miya'an.
A child is not fed old rice and new rice mixed together so that, it is said, the child won’t remain unmarried.
budjang la'unan
Old maid, spinster, single woman.
Said of people from about 30 years on.
Dende iyan ga' magella hangkan iye budjang la'unan.
That woman did not marry; therefore she is an old maid.
subul la'unan
Bachelor, single man.
Said of people from about 30 years on.
Ga' niya' ngabaya'an lella miya'an hangkan hep iye subul la'unan.
Nobody wanted that man; therefore he is a bachelor.
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