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tettas
1
To come apart or undone (esp. of sewing).
Tettas la'it badju'kun.
The sewing of my blouse is coming undone.
N-, mag-
+/- -an
To undo sewing, cut off (rope, vine).
Ī' iye magtettas la'it badju'ne.
She is undoing the sewing of her blouse.
Tettasanne bāhan mana'ik luma'in.
He cut off the vine that climbed up the house.
Tettasne bāhan mana'ik luma'in.
He cut off the vine that climbed up the house.
Go and cut the vines of the camote (for planting them).
2
To finish (speech or items like rice or money), end, terminate, stop (speaking); close (a legal case).
It is used of stopping after speaking a long time about a certain subject, like e.g. in judging a case.
Jumu' ne ku ngagad, iyu' gey ngatu tettas pagbissāden.
I am fed up with waiting; they don’t stop talking (lit. their speech doesn’t want to be cut off).
Tettas ne pagbissāden.
Their talk is finished (meaning: the (court) case has been closed).
Ubus ne tettasne kehukumin.
He already closed the case.
Ensini' tettas buwas de karutin.
Earlier the one sack of rice was finished.
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