Sama, Central - lambat

slow.

This word is often reduplicated.

The launch I took was very slow.

I don't want to go on that slow boat.

pa-, mag-

to be slow; to do anything slowly; to take one's time; to delay; to dilly-dally.

This stem is often reduplicated.

Angey kow palambat?

Why are you [so] slow?

Daa kow maglambat-lambat mili, palikkas kow.

Don't you dilly-dally there, hurry up.

N-, -an; pa-, caus.

to slow down.

Daa na kow meyah, ngalambatan aku sidja kow.

Don't you go with me now, you will just slow me down.

Palambatun eh nu missala.

Slow down [what] is spoken by you.

Speak slowly.