Yakan - suwi'

Inverted, upside-down, wrong way round, in reverse position.

Bang kite noso tebbu bu sosohante amban tuggu tudju po'on suwi' panosoten.

If we peel sugarcane and we peel it from the end towards the base, we peel it the wrong way round.

Bang niya' a'a nganak bu dehellu paguwa' bettisnen suwi' nakanakin.

If someone gives birth and the feet come out first, the child is in reverse position.

Suwi' pagtanemku jambanganin.

I planted the plant upside-down.

mag-

To lie in the opposite direction (of how it should be).

Tiya' magsuwi' pamettadnu bābagnu dembuwa' inin.

You placed this one crossbeam in the opposite direction.

pasuwi'

N-

To place s.t. the wrong way round, place s.t. upside-down.

Da'a pasuwi'un kayu binellanun.

Don’t use the wood the wrong way round for cooking.

Sine masuwi' olom luma'ne inin?

Who placed this post of his house upside-down?

sunsang