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taas
1.
high; highest.
Taas gadji-na.
His wages are high.
2.
important.
heya
pa-, caus.
1.
to make important; ‘social standing’ to lift up in social standing.
This stem is often reduplicated.
Lalla naan mataas-taas ndi-na, boh mbal du taas.
That man is making himself important, but [he] is not really so important.
That man is blowing his own horn, but he is not so high and mighty.
paheya (heya)
2.
pa-, caus.
to raise; to make higher.
Pataasun gadji-na supaya mbal lahi min kaam.
Raise his wages so [he] will not leave you.
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