Sama, Central

pa-

to pass by; to pass through; to pass.

This word is often reduplicated.

The happiness of this world will pass.

The happiness of this world will pass away.

Palabey gih aku.

Excuse [me] I am passing. [This example is a polite form used when having to cross in front of another person.]

1.

N-

to stop by any place; to drop by to see someone.

Drop by [to get] me when you go out.

Labeyhin aku ni opis.

Drop by the office for me.

2.

eh, ni-; pa-, caus.

to be passed through; to be allowed to pass; to be caused to pass.

Mbal na kami bey niungkaran eh atungguh, ley na sidja kami eh malabey.

We did not have to have [our cargos] opened by the guard, we were being just allowed to pass through [by him].

3.

N-

to go through experiences; to experience.

Daa na aku hakain pasal tiksah, bey na aku makalabey beteh ingga ssa katiksaan.

Don't tell me now about suffering, I have been able to experience how [it] feels to suffer.

1.

to be affected by personal experiences; to have experiences.

2.

euph

to have premarital sexual experience; to be a "woman with a past".