Yakan - lessa

1

Feeling, feel (sensation); taste.

Hāp lessa sayul iyan.

That vegetable tastes good (lit....has a good taste).

Gey hāp lessakun.

My feeling is not good (i.e. I don’t feel good).

Hāp lessa badju'ku inin pagbadju'.

The feel of this blouse of mine is good when I put it on.

Kuwe' kasap lessa kāpan inin bang pangandi'ikan.

The feeling of this floor is rough when one steps on it.

danag sa'at nanam niyamat parasahan

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N-, maka-

ta-

To feel s.t.

Da'a kew magdupang-dupang duk kew gey kalessa talubak.

Don’t do bad things so that you won’t feel a spanking.

Makalessa a'a ku dibuhi' tu'u si bihing luma'.

I felt (as if there were) people here near the house last night.

Ga' ku ngelessa peddi' panugsuk akuhin.

I didn’t feel pain when I was injected.

Niya' talessaku a'a.

I feel (as if there are) people.

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mekelessa

To benefit from s.t.

Mekelessa ne ku uli lahing papu'kun.

I benefit from the proceeds of my grandfather’s coconuts.

Mekelessa ne ku buwa' mangga tinanemkun.

I benefit now from the fruit of the mangoes I planted.

hampit

3

mag-

To divine s.t.; to find out s.t. through divination; to request s.o. to divine.

Pī kew maglessa bang hāp ke kew lumengngan sumu.

Go and have it divined if it is good for you to go tomorrow or not.

Lessahun ko' aku bang tekka ne me' salikun la'i si papīhande ley.

Please divine for me if my younger siblings have arrived at their destination.

Bakas maglessa iye si aku.

He divined it for me.

Bakas lessaku ne.

I have already divined it.

(mag)payam 3 sambit limal

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4

paglessa

Suddenly.

Paglessa tekka iye.

Suddenly he arrived.

Ga' kata'uhanku we' betteng, paglessaku hadja nganak.

I did not know that she was pregnant; suddenly she gave birth.

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