Yakan - ugey

ugey

Nickname.

Ēnkun si Nene', ugey-ugeykun si Neng.

My name is Nene'; my nickname is Neng.

alen

N-, mag- (recip.)

To use a nickname, to call s.o. by the nickname.

Gey siye magta'at ēn, magugey-ugey hadja siye.

They don’t say the name; they just use the nickname.

Inugey-ugey hadja iye we' ku.

I just call him by his nickname.

Dende iyan luwal ngugey-ngugey sawe'ne.

That girl always calls her companions by their nicknames.

mag-

For s.t. to rhyme.

Magugey-ugey kēmon kalangannen.

All his songs rhyme.

Magugey-ugey ēnden.

Their names rhyme.

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