Yakan - tunggu'

tunggu'

N- -an, mag-

-an

To keep watch over s.t.; to watch or guard s.t.

Bo'oku iye duk niya' nunggu'an bino'o kamihin bang ku lumengngan.

I brought him so that there is someone to keep watch over our baggage when I go.

Gey ku tapalengngan, tiya' ku magtunggu' pinuhi'an.

I cannot go; I am watching what is drying.

Tunggu'anne lahing hininangnen dibuhi'.

Last night he watched over the copra he made.

unung guwaldiya bantey

A watchman, attendant, watcher, a person who keeps watch over s.t.

Watch over crops in the field, a sick one in hospital, drying grain, things in a shop (shop attendant).

Aku tunggu'nen pala'ine si ispitalin.

I was his watcher when he was in hospital.

Aku tunggu' tindaden di'ilew.

I was the attendant for their shop yesterday.