Yakan - likut

likut

Absence.

Magbella kami likutnun.

We will cook in your absence.

Mandi si Toto' likut kamihin.

Toto' will take a bath in our absence.

Magdekdak ku likutnen.

I do the laundry in his absence.

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ka- -an

To have left (a place before s.t. else occurs); to be absent (when something else happens).

Lumikut ne kew nabu', tekkaden.

You had already left to go shopping when they arrived.

Lumikut ne ku pagsasa'den.

I was already absent when they quarreled.

Kalikutannu ne magbono'in.

You were already absent when they fought.

Kalikutanne ne kamatey papu'nen.

He had already left at the time when his grandfather died.

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pag-

To avoid s.o.; to wait until s.o. has left.

Paglikutku bisitanun, maki ku harap pī bang ga' siye la'i.

I avoid your visitors; I only go when they are no longer there.

Me' a'a iyan maglikut sawe'ne, maki pī bang ga' la'i dapu' luma'in.

Those people avoid their companions; they go when the owner of the house is not there.

tayikut tahala'

While (at the time when s.o. was absent).

Likutku ga' la'i si luma' tekkanen.

While I was not there at home she arrived.

Likutne la'i si bohe' pamangan kamihin.

While she was there at the stream we ate.

Likutku ne nabu' pagsasa'den.

While I was away shopping they quarreled.

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