elad
verb
English. Leafs through a stack of flat thin objects such as paper, pages, leaves, cards and the like.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki getaw kia, melaun gupia kuwarta nen, minita'u kamun, pegeladeladenen lumbus gupia pingmegatus.
English. That person has lots of money. Earlier today I saw her counting and counting, all actually one-hundred peso bills (lit. all
by-the-hundred)!
Idiom: mengelad daun gayu
adjective
English. Characteristic of an arbiter who apparently knows everything there is to know.
Example sentence:
Subanen. “Mauma dema mengalad daun gayu?” “Pu' su melaat muka' melengas, metau gupia megunapunap dun.”
English. “Why is he so skilled an arbiter?” “Because he can ferret out the true from the false.”
Synonym. unap