Yakan - lipat

lipat

To be inattentive, distracted; be forgetful, lose track of s.t.; to be unconscious; dozing; to be “out”.

Bang lipat pulisin, lumahi pilisuhin.

If the police officer is distracted, the prisoner manages to get away.

Don’t be inattentive tonight; perhaps outlaws will come.

A'a saki miya'an bang patekka isab-isab lipat (gey kasayu atawa lepas indannen).

That sick person is sometimes out (unconscious or confused in his thinking).

Last night I did not really fall asleep, but I was just dozing for a short while.

punung lupa

(ka)sayu

pa-, mag- -an (repet.)

To do s.t. unwatched by others, secretively.

Nakanak iyan bisan du gey dina'ak usa' amban dem luma' masi du iye maglipatan paluwas.

Even though this child has been told not to leave the house, he still goes out (when) unwatched.

Bang ku lumengngan, palipat ku amban nakanak iyan, duk gey ngānat.

When I go out, I do it unwatched by that child, so that he won’t request to come along.

palipat

N- -an

To distract, divert s.o.

Go ahead; I will first distract this child. When he has been distracted I will follow.