Yakan - tuwa'

1

To get done with s.t.; to finish s.t.

Used with a negative.

Bang sā iyan ekka dinekdakankun gey ku tuwa' ma'in bang ga' niya' nabangan aku.

If I have that much laundry I won’t get done today if nobody helps me.

Gey ku tuwa' bang ku magla'it pegge' luwal ku maglekka.

I don’t get done when I sew because I always undo it.

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2

pa-, -um-, mag- -an (repet.)

For s.t. to turn up, show up, drop in (come, or arrive somewhat unexpectedly).

He sometimes drops in here.

Patuwa' balik manukkun, bu bakas lepas ne miya'an.

My chicken showed up again; it had been lost.

Tumuwa' ke kenna pinabo'ohankun?

Has the fish I sent turned up?

guwa' tekka balik

-an

Return, give back, come up with s.t.

He borrowed shoes from me, (and) he hasn’t returned them until now.

3

nuwa'-nuwa'

(Not to do s.t. just) anywhere.

Always with a negative.

When you come here to Zamboanga don’t (go) anywhere; just come here to our house.

Da'a kew nuwa'-nuwa' bang kew tuli, pī kew si pabākannu.

Don’t (lie down) anywhere when you sleep; go to your sleeping place.

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