Sama, Central

pagey

N-, -han

to do anything with an intent; to be going to do something; to have a reason for doing something; to be up to something.

This stem is often reduplicated.

Magey ya asih?

[What's] he up to?

Mbal niyah bey magey-magey iya.

No one did anything to him.

Pamagey nu barih?

[What are] you going to do [with] the bolo?

What is your purpose with the bolo?

eh, ni-/-in-, -han

to be done.

Mbal du kow bey pinagey-pagey.

Surely nothing was done to you.

Nipageyhan kau intollo?

What is to be done to the eggs for you?

How do you want your eggs done?

Eh nu magey ya? Angey ya nangis?

[What] was done to him by you? Why is he crying?

What did you do to him? Why is he crying?

magey-na?

magey-magey na?

"how's it going?"; "how's it doing?"; "what's happening?".

Magey na eh nu malla?

What's happening [to the food] cooked by you?

How's your cooking doing now?

magey-magey na kow ili mili?

a greeting; "How ya doin' there?"

The "ya" in English is a lazy/informal pronunciation of "you". Likewise for dropping the final "g" on English +-ing words.

hiyah tapagey

nothing can be done; "beyond the pale".

In idiomatic English, "it is beyond the pale".

Dikayuh lalla mele, sah limmih hiyah tapagey limmih-na.

There is one man there, but [he] is so dirty nothing can be done [about] his dirt.