bayan
Variant. bian
Sense 1
verb
English. Passes, passes by.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Mian pau.
English. I'll just go through here (walk in front of you).
In group with: bundas; lapus 2
Sense 2
English. Experiences s.t.; of an event, occurs.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Naa ki Pinukis, kaas piningalan dun Pinukis, pu' su kebian nu gembagel bagyu, sug launan binentudan, migela' melebeng tubig. Ki Pinukis laaki nda' megela', lemen laak mipukisan tubig diag dibabaw kia. Kaas tinalu', pinukis.
English. Now as for Mt. Pinukis, it is called Pinukis, because when it experienced the great typhoon, all of the ranges were completely
buried by water. Only Pinukis was not thus covered, just barely having a strip of itself above the water. So, it is called
“stripped” (pinukis)
Synonym. labet; sekung; sindan; ulaula
Idiom: Bian dun di gelet.
English. Of litigants, reconcile.