ekped
Sense 1
verb
English. Severs, oft. by chopping left and right in a wedge, oft. round wood for construction or firewood, usu. one end being held
in one's hand.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Pengekped su gayu; metubus mu ekpeday, siak mu; metubus mu siakay, engkag mu ditu pedes.
English. Chop the wood; after you've chopped it, split it; after you've split it, put it in the sun to dry.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Cris, edamay mau pa gabas ditu kia' mu, pu' pengekpedan ku pa ig dending ta kin.
English. Chris, borrow your uncle's saw form, because I will cut off that walling of ours.
Generic. putuk
noun
English. Any horizontal beam which extends beyond the house.
Synonym. tenggal
Sense 2
verb
English. Reduces fine or bride wealth.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ekpedani gukuman kiin.
English. The judgment will be reduced.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ikpedan ku su gangut mu.
English. I reduced what you asked for (in bride wealth).
In group with: lekti'
Generic. engkan
peginekpedan
adjective
English. Has parts differing in some characteristic, as half of one color, half of another, a tree seemingly partly softwood, partly
hard.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Duuni minita'u mamak diag dalan, meginekpedan, se pekped maitem. Se pekped gempula.
English. I saw a snake there on the trail that was of differing colors, one part was black. One part was red.