Yakan - tibu'uk

tibu'uk

Whole (not broken or cut); solid.

Bang tunagnu timbuha' iyan tibu'uk iyan balik bang kennel.

When you melt that lead it will be solid again when it is cold.

Niya' belliku kenna, ga' pe kinehet-kehet, tibu'uk pe.

I bought some fish; it was not yet cut up; it was still whole.

magtibu'uk

For s.t. to form lumps (as flour, sugar, etc.), become one solid piece (as ice); to solidify (as planning).

Magtibu'uk-tibu'uk tiriguhin.

The flour has formed lumps.

Magtibu'uk bohe'in bang manjari ayis.

The water is one whole (piece) when it becomes ice.

Magtibu'uk ne isunden.

Their planning has solidified (they agree).

bungkel

(The) whole of s.t. (not just a part).

Used with some form of the number one, either kedembuwa' tibu'uk or dembuwa' tibu'ukan.

Bono' kedembuwa' tibu'uk Basilanin.

There is fighting on the whole of Basilan.

Kedembuwa' tibu'uk kennahin kinakan we' meyongin.

The whole fish was eaten by the cat.

One whole house burnt down.

mag-

To use an item as a whole (not cut into pieces).

Basag iye nigup bu magtibu'uk pe isab.

He smokes a lot and what’s more (he) uses the whole (cigarette)!

(Most people used to take them apart and make several small ones out of one.)

Tibu'ukne pe sigupan sawe'ne de lowang-lowangin.

He used up the whole cigarette of his companion, the only one he had.

Bang kew magsayul talung da'a ne kehet-kehetun tibu'ukun hadja.

When you cook eggplant as a vegetable don’t cut it but use it whole.

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