Yakan - tamba

1

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To add s.t. to s.t. else.

Tambahanun bohe' binellanu iyan.

Add water to what you are cooking there.

Da'a ka'am magtamba magsasa'.

Don’t quarrel anymore (lit. don’t add anything to your quarreling).

Ga'i ne tapatambahan luma' iyan, penno' ne.

Nobody can be added to that house; it is full.

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2

Additional ones, extra ones.

Ga'i ne tapapīhan si luma' kami pegge' ekka ne tamba kami.

Nobody can be added to our house because we already have many additional ones.

Bang ku melli mangga māku tamba ku.

When I buy mangoes I ask for extra ones (additional ones).

Ngalabas ku namba duk niya' tamba tana'kun.

I am weeding more (ground) so that there is an additional piece to my ricefield.

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3

namba

(To want) more of s.t.

A short form for ‘I want more’, ‘give me more’.

Namba ku kinakan. (Mabaya' ku namba kinakan.)

I (want) more food.

Lubakante nakanakin, tilewte: namba pe kew?

We spank a child, we ask: do you (want) still more?

Namba ku bohe'.

I (want) more water.

Urungun ku kinakan namba.

Give me more rice.

4

namba, magkatamba

For s.t. to increase in amount, degree or intensity, to get worse.

Namba ne sakinen bang ulanan.

His sickness gets worse when he is rained on.

Magkatamba sakinen bang ulanan.

His sickness increases if he is rained on.

Namba katelnen bang iye mangan manuk.

His itchiness gets worse if he eats chicken.

Namba ne iye diki' bang ga'i iye mangan.

She will get even smaller if she doesn’t eat.

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5

Next.

The next season or year.

Pitu sa' kew musim namba.

Come here next season. (The next growing or harvesting season it meant not the following season.)

Magiskul pe iye tahun namba.

He will still go to school next year.

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