Sama, Central

sayu

sul

N-

to be aware; to realize; to mentally grasp.

Mbal bey tasayu ku sumilan bey patakka-na.

I did not happen to be aware of when he arrived.

I wasn't aware of when he arrived.

Mbal bey kasayuhan kami sa niyah bonoh.

We were not aware that there was a war.

We had no idea that there was a war.

bahingow, katoonan (tau, awam)

kasayu

conscious.

Mbal ya bey kasayu.

He was not conscious.

pinonong (ponong)

kasayuhan

awareness; cognizance; idea.

Bang mandusiya awam, mbal niyah kasayuhan-na.

If a person is ignorant, his awareness [knowledge] is nothing.

If a person is ignorant, he has no cognizance.

tau

sikeya sayu-na

‘habit’ to do something unconsciously, as out of habit; to do something as a mindless action; ‘automatically’ to do something automatically; to react by instinct; not to watch what one is doing; to be unaware.

Hangkan iya kakowaan basa sikeya sayu-na na mangan.

The reason he has a bone stuck in his throat [is that] he was unaware now [of] eating.

sayuhun

idiom

to make aware, so that others are not fooled.

This is translated in a variety of ways.

Sayuhun ili sih tuli.

Make [us] aware this just was sleeping. [Said by one who does not believe another has really just awakened from sleep.]

bolloh-bolloh, sayu