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maka
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1.
to be able; can.
In this sense, this word is often but not always used with movement, with going some place.
Mbal aku maka pee ni Talisay.
I am not able to go to Talisay.
Mbal sigeya maka ni aku bang mbal niyah tikit.
They cannot come to me if [they] don't have a ticket.
2.
can cause; can make; to be able to cause; to be able to bring; can bring on; makes.
This form is often used in existential and hypothetical senses, cast therefore in the present or future time. In this sense, the word following maka will always be a noun or an adjective.
Bang kow mangan paheka maka lommok.
If you eat a lot it can make [you] fat.
Maka apus ongkah sugal.
Gambling can cause bankruptcy.
Ya na maka ballang heya eh magkakan.
What now can cause a big interruption [to our work] is eating.
It is a big interruption to have to stop to eat.
Maka iyah-iyah na kow tag mattoa nu pasal eh hinang nu.
Your can cause shame now to your parents on account of your doings.
You are already making your parents ashamed on account of your actions.
Maka malu na ma aku hinang-na naan.
That her actions can cause humiliation for me.
Her actions can bring me humiliation.
Daa lungeyhun tipey naan, maka daya koh ili.
Do not lose that pearl, that indeed can make [you] rich.
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