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particle
English. Voiced pause, occurs between determiner and noun.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su a kelabaw, miawa' da ditu tubig? Gempales dema dupi', megbaa' buus.
English. The, uh, water buffalo, is it out of the water? It's raining hard, it'll flood later.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Inalap ni gadi' keni ki maika' manukmanuk, maya. “Keni da,” laung, “Mbata', ki maya kiin,” laung, “maya, a sala buuk maya, pelutu' mu, sepulu' bu' dua' ki nanamen.”
English. This king got a small bird, a ricebird , “Just this,” he says, “Child, this ricebird,” he says, “ricebird, uh one ricebird,
cook it, twelve flavors.”