Yakan - lekkeb

1

Lid, cover (as of a bottle, jar, box, or pot).

Gey sarang lekkeb kaldero inin.

The lid of this pot does not fit.

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2

N- -an, mag-

-an

To cover s.t. (as with a lid).

Lekkebanun kinakan iyan duk ga'i dapu'an langew.

Cover the food so that the flies won’t alight on it.

Kahaba' salung iye tarabahunen maglekkeb jambangan.

Every morning it is her job to cover the plants.

Pī iye ngalekkeban pinuhi'anne pegge' sōng ulan.

She went to cover her rice because it is going to rain.

palekkeb

N-, mag- (pl.)

To cover s.t. (with an object).

Bang ubus pagtambakne kamahin palekkebne tapohin diyata'ne.

When she has piled up the mattresses, she covers them with the mat (lit. she makes the mat to cover the top of it).

Tabanganku iye malekkeb ubag jambangannen.

I help her to cover her plants with coconut shells (lit. place coconut shells as covers on her plants).

Ga' pe siye ubus magpalekkeb lokap uyat diyata' jambangan.

They have not yet finished covering the plants with pieces of banana trunk.

lokob

3

pa-, mag-

For s.t. to close or fall shut (of its own accord, as a book, a wooden chest, etc.).

Maglekkeb ne libruhin pegge' tapale beliyu.

The book closed because it was blown by the wind.

Maglekkeb ne ba'ulin bu bakas lukaku miya'an.

The chest is shut but I had opened it.

Ga'i ne takasuwa'ku binatsakun pegge' tiya' ne libruhin palekkeb.

I cannot find where I was reading because the book fell shut.

4

mag-

pag-

To cover or close s.t. (with part of the same object that is attached, as a book, wooden chest, computer, rice with part of the mat it is on).

Paglekkebne libruhin pegge' ubus ne batsane.

He closed the book because he finished reading.

Maglekkeb computer iye kaw kapisikan ulan.

He closes the laptop computer lest it be sprayed with rain.

5

maglekkeb

recip.

For two bowl shaped objects of approximately the same size to be covering each other, touching at the openings.

Maglekkeb liguhin duk palanggana.

The winnowing basket and bowl cover each other.

Maglekkeb langitin duk bulakin bang kiyamat.

The sky and the earth will cover each other when the end of the world comes.