Sama, Central - basbas

basbas

N-, -an

‘wood’ to whittle down; to trim wood with small, sharp, downward strokes.

Basbasin gih duwa insih supaya magdasalih.

Whittle off two inches so that [it] will be the same.

eh, ni-, -an

to be trimmed.

Eh na masbas na timbow bey sohoh ku nibasbasan.

The board that I asked to be trimmed was already trimmed by him.

He had already trimmed the board that I asked him to trim.