|< First< PreviousNext >Last >|
hown
1.
N-, -an
to remove from one location and bring together in another; hence, to collect; to gather together.
Hownan ku gih semmek.
I shall gather in the clothes.
Hownin aku ba semmek!
Take in the clothes for me!
Lisag dangey bey pangahown nu lahing?
What time did you collect the coconut?
2.
eh, ni-, -an
to be removed and placed together somewhere else; to be collected; to be gathered.
Pag lai pin ngokkot walnah ma pandan, bohoh nihownan na.
When the dye is penetrating into the pandanus, then [it] is to be removed now.
When the dye has saturated the pandanus, then take it out of the dye bath.
3.
N-, -an
to remove from danger; to rescue.
This word is also used in reference to God saving a person from hell.
Iya bey ngahownan aku min kamatey ku.
He is the one who saved me from my death.
|< First< PreviousNext >Last >|