Yakan - sali'

sali'

The equal or likeness of s.t.

Hāp luma' iyan, ga' niya' sali'ne.

That house is nice; there is none like it.

Dende iyan ga' niya' sali'ne pettennen.

That girl has no equal as to her good behavior.

pagsali'an

Likeness, similarity.

Kapayahin duk biyabas ga' niya' pagsali'anne.

There is no similarity (between) a papaya and a guava.

Me' mākanak miya'an bisan kambal magseddili bantukden. Iye du pagsali'annen si kōkde, sali' kulinut.

Those children have different appearances even though they are twins. The only likeness is their hair; it is equally curly.

For s.t. to be equal, alike, the same.

Sali' du hadjeden.

Their height is the same.

Magsali' bantukden.

Their appearance is the same (they look alike).

kuwe' epang same agid 2 demikkiyan ayu-ayu 2 leppeng lingu pasang suga

bidda' seddī

Equally, identically, both.

Kōkden sali' kulinut.

Their hair is equally curly.

Sawalnen sali' ittem.

Their pants are equally black.

Sali' siye kinatel.

Both of them have sores.

pasali'

To compare s.t.

Da'a kew pasali', gey kite sumali'.

Don’t compare us; we cannot be compared.

Pasali'ne ku si a'a dehellu.

He compared me to people of old.

Da'a pasali'un luma'nun si luma'nen, pegge' luma'nen hāp manamal.

Don’t compare your house with his house, because his house is very nice.

kasali'an

To compare with s.t.; to match s.t.

Gey siye kasali'ante pegge' ekka sīnde.

We cannot compare (ourselves) with them because they have much money.

Bang ku pabasag maghinang kasali'anku dayahannen.

If I work hard I will match his wealth.

sali'an

To make s.t. be the same, copy s.t.

Bang kew ngahinang luma' sali'anun hadja hadje luma' inin.

When you build a house, just make it the same size as this house.

Sali'ante hadja addatnen.

We just copy her customs.

pagsali'

To make s.t. be identical, the same.

Bang bellihannu anaknun badju' pagsali'un hadja.

If you buy blouses for your children just make them be the same.

Pagsali'ku hadja ekkahannen bang siye urunganku bāng-bāng.

I make it an identical amount when I give them cookies.