Yakan - tantu

tantu

Surely.

Tantu ne hadja pangamāne ka'uhin bang takalene we' gey kew takole'-kole'.

Surely she will just scold you when she hears that you did not obey.

Bang gey kew ta'u magda'awa tantu ne hadja katada'agnun.

If you don’t know how to deny (that it was you) you will surely be defeated (in a lawsuit).

tatantu

To be sure of s.t.

Tatantuku we' asal inamāhan kew.

I am sure that you will be scolded.

Tatantune asal pitu iye balik.

He is sure (that) he will come back.

bugtu'

Not very well, not very much (with verbs); not so ...(with adjectives.).

Occurs only with a negative.

Gey iye tantu nabang maghinang.

He does not help very much with the work.

Gey ku tantu tumuli bang sangem.

I don’t go to sleep very well at night.

Gey tantu kata'uhanku.

I don’t know it very well.

That person is not so very stingy.

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