Yakan - tongket

tongket

patongket

N-

To add s.t. to an existing item (that is not part of the original one).

Like adding a postscript to a letter, or adding s.t. to s.o. else’s letter, or tying a piece of cargo to another load.

Patongketku duwa'ankun pī si duwa'anne.

I added my cargo to his cargo.

A'a iyan tinagi luwal matongket.

That person is used to always adding it (to s.o. else’s load).

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To do s.t. at different times or in different places.

Magtongket-tongket siye mamanganin ga' magsumbaya'.

They eat at different times; they don’t do it together.

Da'a pagtongket-tongketun me' panyapnu iyan pagdembuwa'un hadja pangisihan.

Don’t put those belongings of yours into different containers; just put them together into one.

(mag)seddī keniya-keniya towe'

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