ditaas
noun
English. Spacial orientation, up above, on the top of, upstairs.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kamun duuni minita'u gibid diag ditaas gayu.
English. This morning I saw a sailfin water lizard up in a tree.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Baa si Dengan, ndi' tanan megala' mektalu' pia dig ditaas gupisina.
English. Oh Dengan, he doesn't even stutter when he speaks upstairs in the town hall. (Upstairs is conceived of as where more important
municipal offices are.)
Example sentence:
Subanen. Misebu'an ami dun, kali' nami maita', duuni peglabu' buat tug ditaas pegliga', masi' gariplanu nu nga Mirkanu, mibali'i gekpaken dibaluy.
English. We were amazed, as we looked, something on fire fell from above, what-do-you-know, an American airplane, one wing broken.
c.f. dibabaw