Sama, Central - lingantu

hunger; appetite.

This work can cause hunger.

This work gives one an appetite.

N-, mag, -han; irregular

‘body functions’ to be hungry.

The stem has an irregular change for certain affixes. See the examples.

Ngilantu toongan aku.

I am really hungry.

Angey gih mbal pakan bi aa? Maglantuhan na koh sigeya naan.

Why have you not yet fed the people? They there are certainly hungry.

eh, ni-; pa-, caus.

to be allowed to be hungry; to be made hungry.

Angey nipalingantu gih eh nu anak-anak?

Why are the children allowed to [go] hungry by you?

to have a ravenous appetite; to be constantly hungry.

This child is constantly hungry.