Sama, Central

‘rain’ sprinkling.

Mbal aku towwah pisik ulan, magtuwi ru piddih kok ku.

The sprinkling rain must not hit me directly, [or] straight away surely my head will ache.

1.

N-

‘weather’ to sprinkle rain.

The stem is often reduplicated.

Misik-misik na ulan.

The rain is sprinkling now.

pittik

2.

N-

to dissipate; to evaporate.

In the topics, it is not hard to see the connection between a sprinkling rain and evaporation. Also, the following example is said after someone sneezes.

Salamat kow lanjut umul nu misik sakki nu.

May you be saved [and] may your life be long [and] your sickness evaporate.

1.

N-, -an

to sprinkle lightly with any liquid; to spatter.

This stem is often reduplicated.

Daa kow misik-misik bang kow bey koseh.

Don't you sprinkle [things] when you have washed.

2.

eh, ni-, -an

to be sprinkled.

Eh na nambalan abuta, nipisikan boheh sidja eh na mata abuta.

The blind man was healed by him, water was just sprinkled by him [into] the blind man's eyes.

titih

to be sprinkled; to be spattered.

Lai aku kapisikan eh insallan sinabu aku malla.

I had been spattered by the oil while I was cooking.