Karao - kolis

A custom in which a marriage is arranged for two children by the parents of the children; a water buffalo is butchered to seal the arrangement.

san san-kolis

Related to each other by an arrangement to be married.

man- (AG&TH) mankodis/ mankokolis/ iyankolis

To be engaged to be married to each other.

Iyankolis si Pedro ni Anna nonta ka-cheman.

Pedro and Anna were engaged to be married to each other yesterday.

i- ikolis/ inkolis

mengi- mengikodis/ mankokolis/ engikolis

may- maykodis/ emangkaikolis/ iyaykolis

To get engaged to someone.

Inkolis Pedros Anna.

Pedro was engaged to Anna.

-an (TH) kodisan/ kolisi/ kiyodisan

me--an mekodisan/ emangkekolisi/ ekolisan

To get engaged to someone.

Kiyodisan Pedros Anna.

Pedro was engaged to be married to Anna.

kaising

To be engaged to be married. More common than kolis.