Sama, Central

lahat

any geographical location; country; province; barrio; place; land.

Tau ya ling lahat kami.

You know the speech of our place.

...ma lahat Milikan...

...in the land of America...

battah, tanah

mag-, pag-, -an

to dwell in a place; to reside; to live somewhere.

Aku maglahat ma Sibutuh.

I live in Sibutuh.

Mingga paglahatan bi?

Where is your dwelling-place?

atag (Sim), paaggal (Sim), patagan, taptap

kalahat-lahatan

many places; other places; place after place.

lahat agon mbal tapaglahatan

desert; wilderness area.

Literally, "place where it is almost impossible to live".

ma lahat ili

idiom

in that place; in the place there.

This phrase is an idiomatic expression which adds emphasis to whatever is being mentioned. Similar to the English "in the first place", "in that case", "for heaven's sake", "for Pete's sake", etc.

Paharok na kow nangis, ma lahat ili.

You stop crying now, in that place.

You stop crying, for Pete's sake. [The expression, "for Pete's sake" is an English idiom.]

paglahat

the location where people dwell; home country; area; one's home and its environs; one's homeland.

Ele si Abdul ma paglahat.

Abdul is there in his home place.

idiom

weather.

Mbal bey kalanjal si Abdul moleh basa mbal hap paglahat.

Abdul wasn't able to come home because the weather was not good.