Sama, Central - kahagad

kahagad

to be persuaded; to be able to believe; to be "taken in"; to "buy into something".

To be "persuaded" does not mean to be coerced. A person may be persuaded to think in a certain way by his own reasoning.

Daa kow kahagad ling-na.

Don't you believe his talk.

Don't buy into his talk.

Kahagad kow, daa kow pee.

You shall be taken in, don't you go.

Siyan kahagad nu?

Whom are you able to believe?

Mbal du aku kahagad.

I am not so/really persuaded.

Aku kahagad ma Tuhan.

I am able to believe in God.

eh, ni-

to be believed; to have a persuasion.

Iyan nikahagad eh nu?

What is believed by you?

What is your persuasion?

Niyah nikahagad ehku.

There is [something] believed by me.

I have a persuasion.

kabannal (bannal), paratsaya

hagad

to be persuaded; to "better believe it".

This is an irregular form used in active voice, object focus only. It may have been the base stem of this word at one time, but it now takes no affixes, and kahagad appears to be the base form at this time. The ka- may have originally come from maka- "to be able", and is often translated that way.

Hagad nu, daa kow pee.

You be persuaded, don't go.

You had better believe it, don't go.

aa magkahagad

amagkahagad

a believer.

Literally, "a person [who] believes/ a person [who] is able to believe".