Sama, Central

napsu

appetite; lust (general, not necessarily sexual); desire; hunger; craving.

I have no appetite.

My appetite is good for eating popcorn.

N-, -han

to have an appetite; to desire; to lust (general); to covet; to crave.

That woman has an appetite for eating mangosteens.

eh, ni-, -han

to be desired.

Nipagnapsuhan aku eh nggoh tunang ku.

I am desired by my sweetheart's mother [to be her daughter-in- law].

My sweetheart's mother desires me for her daughter-in-law. [Literally, "has an appetite for me".]

tompol napsu

fig

to turn off the appetite; to cancel desire.

Literally, "to close desire".

No matter how beautiful a woman is, if there is present body odor, immediately people's desire to go with her will be turned off.