Yakan - semmek1

Clothing, textiles.

Ekka semmek dinagangan si tiyanggi.

Many clothes are sold in the market.

23.1

N-, mag-

To wear clothes; to put on clothes; to dress.

Pī ne kew magsemmek.

Go and put clothes on.

Me' a'a metu'uhin ga'i tantu magsemmek, magsollet hadja.

The people of old did not wear clothes a lot; they just wore loincloths.

Sarang ne isab dayanen, nemmek-nemmek du isab iye.

Her wealth is sufficient; she also has clothes to wear.

pasemmek

mag-

-an

To dress s.o., put clothes on s.o.

Pasemmekanun nakanak iyan.

Put clothes on that child. (Dress that child.)

Pinasemmekan ku we' ne.

She puts clothes on me. (or: She provides clothes for me.)

Ī' pe iye magpasemmek nakanak.

She is still there dressing the child.