Yakan - ulan

ulan

Rain.

Dunuk bohe'in pegge' landes ulanin.

The river is flooded because the rain was heavy.

benek-benek buhawi' mange' kabal

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To rain.

Bakas ulan dibuhi'.

It rained last night.

Bang ulan eddo'un pinahayangin.

If it rains fetch the clothes (off the line).

ulanan, ka'ulanan

To get rained on.

Ulanan (ka'ulanan) kami si lān.

We got rained on on the way.

mag- -an, mag- redup.

To go out into the rain, to (voluntarily) let oneself be rained on.

Ga' kami pasayindung, magulanan kami.

We did not take shelter; we let ourselves be rained on.

Da'a kew magulan-ulan.

Don’t go out in the rain.

N- -an

-an

To put s.t. out in the rain.

Ga' niya' ngulanan pinahayangne.

Nobody puts his laundry out in the rain.

Ulananne tehompa'kun.

He put my shoes out in the rain.

Ga' niya' ngulanan asinne.

Nobody reveals his secrets (lit. nobody puts his salt out in the rain).

pangulan

Rainy season.

Ellum me' sapa'-sapa'in bang beytu pangulan.

The creeks start to flow when it is rainy season.

Bang pangulan tomo' me' sabetin.

When it is rainy season the weeds sprout.

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