Sama, Central

love; desire.

Toggol na bey pahelo ku maluwah helo ku ma iya.

It has been a long time since I desired to express my love to her.

Ley na matey helo si Fatimah ma si Abdul.

The love that Fatimah had for Abdul is now dead.

bilahi (Sim, Tan), hungun

to want; to love; to like; to desire.

This stem has three forms: Helo , kehelo , and mehelo/mahelo , which are used with different affix sets. Helo occurs with affixes other than 1 actor focus in the indicative punctiliar and 2 the object focus affixes. See the subentries below.

Toggol na bey pahelo-na tag danda naan.

He has loved that girl a long time now.

bilahi (Sim, Tan), hungun, kasi, lasa

1.

pag-, ta-, -han

to want; to love; to like; to desire.

Kehelo is one of two allomorphic forms of helo . It is used with all object focus affixes. Synoptic loss of +-he- sometimes occurs with the addition of suffixes.

Kehelohan ku teh naan na kitabi luman.

At this time, I want that we all go out walking.

I want all of us to go walking now.

Takeheloan nu danda naan?

Can you love that woman?

Iyan kehelohan nu nikakan?

What do you want to be eaten?

What do you want to eat?

Bey pagkehelo ku maka nda ku labi duwampuh tahun.

I have loved with my wife for more than twenty years.

My wife and I have been in love for more than twenty years.

2.

eh, ni-, -han

to be desired.

Danda naan nipagkelohan eh siga subul.

That woman is desired by various bachelors.

Many bachelors desire that woman.

bilahi

hungun, lasa, kasi

to want; to love; to desire; to like.

Mehelo is one of the two allomorphic forms of helo . Mehelo is used only in actor focus indicative mood, punctiliar aspects. The synoptic loss of +-he- occurs with the addition of suffixes.

Mehelo aku ma kau.

I love you.

Mehelo aku mandi.

I want to bathe.

ready to; about to; close to; nearly; "like to have"; almost.

In this sense, the gloss "like to have" or its shorten form, "like to" is equivalent to the nonstandard English colloquial expression "[so sick] I like to died", which means, "[so sick] I almost died".

Pag mehelo kiput na, daa gih sab tempoin.

When it is nearly already closed, don't also still flip oil [on it].

When it is almost closed, don't continue to baste it.

harak, agon

love.

Aku mehelohan kau.

I am in love with you.