Sama, Central

broken.

My leg is not broken, just sprained.

Ingga na longgon hopoh? Tambalan ta na saruun-duun.

Which is the broken arm? We shall treat it immediately. [The clitic pronoun ta can refer to "we" or just to "I".]

pong (Sim)

to break across the length.

I am going to break this stick now.

Please break this pencil in half for me.

pong (Sim)

1.

one half; half.

Buwanin aku dahopoh pinsil.

Give me one half of the pencil.

2.

half way; half; half way point.

This form, dahopoh , is commonly used to describe a location not far away.

Turul ku gih nggoh ku, ele ya ma dahopoh.

Excuse me, I am going to get my mother, there she is at the half way point.

There is mosque in the center half.

to go from one end to the other.

Parahopoh si Abu Nawas.

Abu Nawas went from one end [of the place] to the other.