dia article English. Determiner that marks a generic locative referent noun phrase. Example sentence: Subanen. Adin ma sug babuy? Nda' na dia giniketan dun. English. Where is the pig? He's not in a place for tethering it. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' meligu'a diag betuan, sa' denglagan ka nabek, melimbaga tug batu, magem ka. English. If you swim in a rapids, are swept against a rock by waves of the current, you'll be knocked out. pronoun English. Demonstrative locative pronoun, not particularly near hearer and speaker, in sight, there. Example sentence: Subanen. Mpia pemena'ani tubig kia, melaun gupia seda' pengasab dia. English. That river is a good place for spear-fishing; many fish are surfacing there. verb English. Goes there, usu. to a familiar area. Example sentence: Subanen. Ndi' ita mediag lumpuk ni Bututan kia, duun buus ig buliten. English. Let's not go to Bututan's gathering; he might poison us. c.f. dia'