Yakan - tabang

1

Help, aid, assistance.

There is help from the government; that’s why they are no longer in difficulty.

Helper.

Pakanku ne dahu' me' tabangkun.

I will just feed my helpers.

N-, mag- (recip.)

To help s.o. (by doing s.t. for him).

Nabang iye bang ku melli bulak.

He helps when I buy land.

They help each other when they are in difficulty.

Ine-ine hinang subey kite magtabang-tabang (magtabang-tinabang).

In whatever work one should help each other.

She helped me because I fell.

Tabangne ku melli bulak.

He helped me to buy land.

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2

N- -an, mag-

-an

To help s.o. (in what he is doing).

Tabanganun ku ngalabas sumu.

Help me cut weeds tomorrow.

Ekka a'a nabangan aku.

Many people help me.

Magtabang kite bi maghinang luma'.

Let us all help in building (our) houses.

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3

magtabang

To ask for cooperative and reciprocal work effort, request help (of any kind esp. in weeding, harvesting, or house building).

Bang ku magtabang tabanganun sa' ku.

If I request help be sure to help me.

Ga'i pe ku magtabang mura; tiggel pe ku magtabang.

I won’t ask for reciprocal work soon; it will be a long time before I ask for reciprocal work.

Maki ku magtabang bang ekka ne unaku.

I will only ask for reciprocal work when I have many people who are obligated to me.

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