Sama, Central - towwah

1.

appropriate; apropos; suitable.

Iyan na pin towwah nionan...

What is being appropriate to be called...

What is appropriate to be called...

2.

right on; correct.

Towwah toongan sambung nu.

Your answer is/was right on.

towp

0

to be hit.

Lahi kow mindili, towwah ka i eh baanan pasagih.

You get away from there, you may be hit by the pieces of lumber.

Bang bangbang ley na towwah eh baliyu, mbal ma malopok.

If the cookies were already hit by the wind, [they] will not be crisp.

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

I must not be hit by the sprinkling rain, [or else] immediately my head aches.

1.

N-

to go right; to do properly; to do correctly; to be "on target"; to go well.

Nowwah usaha si Abdul teh ili.

Abdul's business is going well now.

2.

N-

to be fortunate; to be lucky; to be right.

Ley aku nowwah patagan tag bi.

I was fortunate to stay with you./ I was right to have stayed with you.

Siyan-siyan kakawinan danda naan nowwah basa hap addat-na.

Whoever is able to marry that woman is fortunate because her character is good.

dipara

3.

N-

to happen; to befall one; to be hit by some circumstance.

Angey kow nangis? Iyan nowwah ma kau?

Why are you crying? What happen to you?

Niyah na nowwah ma sigeya, angey mbal na pin luun, oo sangom na.

There is something now that [must have] happened to them, why are [they] continuing to not already be here, oh oh, [it] is already night.

panjari

1.

maka-/ka-, mag-

to be in agreement.

Magtowwah kita.

We are agreed.

Bang ya kehem, hati-na katowwaan na ya.

If he clears his throat, its meaning [is that] he is able to agree now.

sulut, towp, amu

2.

mag-

to match.

Pagtowwaun kinakan nu, deyng maka buwas.

Match your food, fish with rice.

towp

3.

pa-, caus.

to correct; to make right; to fix.

Patowwaun eh ku missala.

Correct [what] was spoken by me.

Correct my speech.

samlang, panduh, pahap (hap)

4.

N-

to acurrately hit; to make a direct hit.

This can be literally or figuratively.

Bey ru kow makatowwah manuk-manuk?

Were you able to hit the bird?

to feel agreement; to be harmonious; to be in accord; to be contented.

Teh naan katowwaan aku eh hinang ku, mbal na aku miha pasiddih atawa mbal na aku mataasan iskul ku, sabab minsan beteh tutu, sara du aku magsin-sin.

Like now I happen to be contented by my work, I am not looking for something different, or I am not causing [myself] to go on in my school, because even though [it] is like this, I am duly satisfied with the money.

Like now I am contented with my work, I am not looking for something else, nor am I continuing my education, because I am duly satisfied with the money.

Katowwaan aku eh na manduh.

I am in accord with [the lesson] taught by her. [The "lesson" indirectly referred to was discipline.]

kahapan (hap), towp, kasannangan (sannang)

harmonious.

Iyan katowwaan atey nu?

What is harmonious [with] your liver?

What seems comfortable to you?/ What agrees with you?