Sama, Central

napas

breath.

Heya napas-na.

Her breath is big.

She takes big breaths./ She took a big breath.

pa-, maka-, mag-

‘body functions’ to breathe.

Mbal hap eh ku magnapas.

Breathing by me is not good.

I cannot breathe well.

We are not able to even breathe because there are so many people.

pa-, caus.

to allow to breathe.

Panapasun gih ya bohoh tilowhun, masi ya hapus.

Please allow him to breathe before [you] ask [him], he is still breathless [from exertion].

Give him chance to breathe before you ask him, he is still breathless from exertion.

bowa napas

euph

to breathe the last breath; to die.

Literally, "to carry the breath".

He is breathing his last now.