Yakan - sipit

1

A clip (such as hair clip, paper clip, clothes-peg or clothespin, clasp).

Antag bettadnu sipit kōkkun?

Where did you place my hair clip?

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ta-, -um-

To catch and pin s.t. (as between a stationary and a movable part such as a door frame and door).

Tasipit gulameykun we' dinding.

My finger was caught in the door.

Sumipit bettiskun diyawa' kāpan.

My foot was caught under the floor.

ligpit

N-, mag- (pl.)

To pin s.t. (between two movable parts of an instrument such as a hair clip, a clothes-peg, etc.), fasten s.t., clip s.t.

Sipitun semmek diyata' pahayangan iyu' pales baliyuhin.

Fasten the clothes on the clothesline; the wind is strong.

Magsipit kite bi kēmon bang lumengngan.

We all fasten (our hair) when we go out.

Gey ku ta'u nipit sawe'ku.

I don’t know how to fasten (the hair) of my companion.

2

nipit

To pilfer money (a recent figurative use).

That conductor always pilfers.

tangkew

3

pa-

For s.t. to squeeze into a space; to squeeze between, in between, or under s.t.

There is a centipede that squeezed between the floor boards.

Pegge' ga' ne niya' pabākanku pī ku hadja pasipit si pabākan a'a sinduwehin.

Because I don’t have a sleeping place I just go and squeeze onto the bed of others.

pasipit

N-, mag-

To squeeze, cram s.t. (into a small space).

Papīhun ne hadja badju'nu iyan masipit dem bag.

Just put your blouse into the bag; cram it in.

Pasipitun pitakanu iyan diyalem bagku.

Squeeze your purse into my bag.

Magpasipit semmekne diyalem bagku.

She squeezed her clothes into my bag.