Sama, Central

hati

meaning; reason.

Iyan hati-na?

What is its meaning?

Hati ba iya ili ngillagan aku?

[What is] the reason he there is avoiding me?

Why should he avoid me?/ Why is he avoiding me?

"Palpal" pangajampa, hatihan-na "mbal makakale".

The word +"palpal" is insulting, [it] has [as] its meaning "unable to hear".

so; and; then; therefore.

Hati is a discourse level conjunction.

mag-

to understand.

Maghati kam maka sigeya?

Can you and they understand?

Can you and they all understand each other?

Tahati nu ba?

Are you able to understand? [The ba can register either impatience or amazement, depending on the context.]

adjey (Sim)

pa-, caus.

to cause to understand; hence, to explain; to announce.

Pahatihun tag kami bang iyan maksud-na.

You explain to us if what his purpose is.

You explain to us what his purpose is.

pahati

announcement; notice; instructions.

preface; introduction.

ya hati-na

what it means is; "it means to say"; "that is to say".

Literally, "what its meaning [is]".

That which is the real truth now, when you were caused to care [for the cow], what it means is that you are the one who is its owner [now].