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tammat
1.
0
to be completed.
Ley na tammat eh ku massa dikayuh Kuraan.
The Koran was completed once by me.
I already finished reading the Koran through once.
talus 2, tangbus
2.
to be quit; to be stopped.
Dipara ley buwanan ku sin, bohoh ley tammat eh na nangis.
But fortunately I gave [her] money, and then crying was stopped by her.
Fortunately I gave her money, then she stopped crying.
paharok (harok)
3.
idiom
to be finished; "you are history"; you are finished; your whatever is finished.
In this sense, tammat can be applied to anything to be slaughtered, sacrificed, punished or married. This can be used as a threat or a joke.
From a conversation between a bride and her friends
katis
pa-, caus.
to make a finish to something; hence, to give a graduation celebration.
Si Fatimah matammat anak-na pahalu.
Fatimah is giving her child a graduation celebration tomorrow. [The child is graduating from a course in reading the Koran].
lami
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