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on
1.
name.
Siyan on-na?
What is his name?
2.
the topic of a speech; concerning; regarding.
In this sense, on begins an introductory phrase.
On tudju pee...
Concerning going [there]...
harapun, pasal
1.
N-, -an
to name; to call by a name.
Iyan pangon nu tutu? Ili nionan "maras".
What do you call this? That is to be called "papaya".
Onan nu.
You name [it].
2.
eh, ni-, -an
to be called a name.
Ili nionan "maras".
That is called a "papaya".
3.
N-, -an
to call someone names; to talk badly of someone; to speak ill of something.
This is used in a deprecatory sense.
Ngonan aku ya lisuan.
He is calling me lazy.
Hat sab ya bey mandi, ngonan aku na ya limmih.
Just because he bathed, he now calls me dirty.
"Kupul": Bang mandusiya missala mbal niyah, konoh, Tuhan, atawa magpatuhan-tuhan ndi-na, atawa ngonan mbal niyah bannal agama, minsan dikayuh.
"Blasphemous": If a persons says there is no God, according to him, or [if he] makes himself a god, or [if he] speaks ill [of religion] [saying that] there is no true religion, [not] even one.
4.
eh, ni-, -an
to be gossiped about; to be "bad-mouthed".
Bannal du anu pinagonan.
The thing gossiped [about] is certainly true.
5.
eh, ta-
to designate; to schedule.
Siga anak-danakan, llow tutu koh taon na aku ya ngahutbah maka ngimam; arapun llow tutu, pagka itu niyah ustadj, ustadj gih ya sohoh ta Hadjih Abdul tutu.
Brothers [and sisters], today I am the one who already happened to be designated to give the sermon and lead the prayers; concerning today, since there is here a religious teacher, I am requesting that the religious teacher, this Hadjih Abdul, [speak instead of me].
namely; i.e. .
From a mosque sermon regarding funeral offerings
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