Sama, Central - battah

territory; location; area; place.

Ma battah anuhan ingga Bukidnon ili?

In which location is the territory of Bukidnon there?

Taguun tukul ni battah-na.

Put the hammer in its place.

1.

0

to place on or over something.

Eh na maggotan kakanah ettom battah bowah-na.

A black cloth was placed over his mouth, [it] was securely tied by him.

2.

nga-, N-, -an

to align one particular thing or person with another; to place facing or directly opposing; to be opposite someone or something.

The nga- prefix here shows reflexive action, where Amin is both the subject and the object.

Si Amin ngabattaan aku ningkoh.

Amin is seating himself opposite me.

3.

N-

to place the time of anything.

Mbal gih tabattah ku bang sumilan aku palaan.

I cannot yet place if when I am leaving.

I don't yet know when I am leaving.

4.

eh, ni-, ngam-, -an

to be aligned.

Teh ingga na pin eh ku ngamattaan iya, mbal du takoddoh ku.

Howsoever it continues to be aligned by me now, I shan't be able to get [it].

However I align it, I just can't get it.

mag-

to be side by side; to be in one row; to be in one column.

Magdabattah kami mantow.

We are standing side-by-side.

Magdabattaan du kam?

Are you indeed staying in the same place?

eh-, ni-, nipa-/pinag-

to be placed side by side.

Pinagdabattah eh na naguh tukul ka gularih.

The hammer and the saw are side by side having been place [that way] by him.

The hammer and the saw were placed side by side by him.

dansap (sap), diril, magbihing-bihing (bihing)

aligned next to each other or in a row.

Dabattah-dabattah eh na naguh.

[What] was placed by him is aligned.

He aligned the stuff.