-en
degwasen or debasen/ dagwasa/ digwas or dibas,
meN-
menegwas or menebas/ mandadagwas/ enagwas
me-
medegwas or medebas/ emangkedagwas/ edagwas
To go ahead of someone else; do or get something first or ahead of someone else.
Medebasak da.
I will go on ahead (of you).
Medegwas i bii iy say nga-nga.
The woman will go ahead of the child.
Debasen tayoy kansiyon asan idihotso [check if pandihotso].
We will sing first before the speech.
Si-kathoy edagwas a engan.
He was the first to eat.
Debasen koy pahan na kechel asanak da ontened.
I will feed the pigs first before I follow.
Siyay edagwas a iyay-anak? Si Abraham ono afo to?
Who was born first? Abraham or his descendant?
Say piyan Afo Chiyos, si-kathoy mesepol a medebas cha pannemnem tayo.
What God wants, that is what must be first in our thinking.
-an
degwasan or debasan/ dagwasi/ digwasan or dibasan,
me-
medegwasan or medebasan/ emangkedagwasi/ edagwasan
To get or do something before or ahead of another person.
Mothok ka din chakos; nahol ni debasan cha ka na bekas.
You come right away; otherwise they might get the rice before you.
i-
idagwas/ indagwas,
mengi-
mengidagwas/ mandadagwas/ engidagwas,
may-
maydegwas/ emangkaidagwas/ iyaydagwas
To have or let someone go ahead; send someone ahead; put something first.
Idagwas taha tep eg ka onposin man-ekad.
I will have you go on ahead because you can’t walk (fast).
To do something first.
Siyay indagwas Afo Chiyos a engowanan niyay?
Who did God tell this to first?
i--an
idagwasan/ idagwasi/ indagwasan,
may--an
maydegwasan/ emangkaidagwasi/ iyaydagwasan
To go ahead of or before someone.
Idagwasan taha no solit ken onbangon.
I will go on ahead of you if you are slow about getting up.
Kalebas ka say sa-kofen mos ahim a edagwas.
You go ahead so that you can catch up with your brother who went on ahead.
Angken kalebas ka la tep on-osilak da nem engkay.
You go on ahead because I will follow later.
me-
medegwas or medebas/ emangkedagwas/ edagwas
To be past a certain time.
Edagwas i alas singko.
It is past five o’clock.
chegwen domingkon edagwas
two weeks ago
Idi esolok malen tedon tawen a edagwas nonta A.D. 55 emo, engawat si Paul na solat iren ma naematid Corinth nonta naiyantorod Ephesus.
When more than three years had passed in A.D. 55 maybe, Paul received a letter from the believers in Corinth while he was teaching in Ephesus.