ba'in
Variant. bahin
verb
English. Divides s.t. into shares.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa, Mengya', sa' mesu'at, sanggi' mu su ma'is megba'in ita.
English. Now then, Mengya, if it's all right, pick the corn we've dividing among us.
noun
English. A share in s.t. including an activity, hence one's turn.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Dadi bahin pelum di keglelegasin nami, subay sa' sakup gebii bu gendaw, megandam ami tentung, iini elapen kig betung, paat banay....
English. So with respect to our turn (share in) making salt, it's necessary that at dusk, we prepare a bamboo tube, getting one of
betung four sections in length...
Synonym. bahagi'; ilas 1