Yakan - sugpat

sugpat

Lengths of things that are usually joined (such as palm shingles, boards, poles for fruit-picker, etc.).

Lime sugpat nipa' sapew luma'nen.

The roof of his house is five lengths of nipa.

Duwe sugpat kāpan luma'nen.

The floor of his house is (as long as) two lengths of board.

Piye sugpat soroknun?

How many lengths is your fruit-picker?

tongko'

N-, mag-

To join things together (lengthwise).

Sugpatun ingket iyan, iyu' bekkat.

Join that rope; it is broken.

I don’t know how to join my weaving if something has broken.

N- -an, mag-

-an

To add s.t.; to extend s.t. lengthwise (by adding to it); to add s.t. to what has been said.

Sugpatanne bissākun.

He added to what I said.

Sugpatanun pahayangan iyan duk taha'.

Extend that clothesline so that it will be long.

Ī' iye nugpatan ingket kābewne.

He is there extending the rope of his carabao.

Magsugpat sorok iye duk ta'abutne lahing malangkewin.

He extended his fruit-picker so that he will be able to reach the tallest coconut palm.

tamba tangkil

Magsugpat bāhanin duk buwey.

A vine and rattan are joined. (Meaning: the answer didn’t match what was said before.)