Sama, Central - sangpat

sangpat

old enough; enough; sufficient.

Mbal gih sangpat umul nu ngiskul.

Your age is not sufficient for going to school.

You are not old enough to go to school.

Sangpat na umul ku, makajari na aku ngoddoh halla!

My age is enough already, I can get a husband now!

I am old enough now to get married!

pa-

to have reached a certain stage of progression; to be sufficient.

Bey pasangpat umul ku suppu ka waluh; bey nilinganan aku magsundalu.

My age reached eighteen years; I was called to soldiering.

Having reached eighteen years of age, I was called into the military.