inam
verb
Sense 1
English. Tastes s.t.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Inamaymu da ig lempan kiin, sa' ndi' ma da mpait, atawaka kulang masin.
English. Taste that vegetable dish to make sure it isn't too salty, or not salty enough.
Sense 2
English. Is defeated by s.o. whom one has threatened.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki getaw, sa' melebian miges, dayun sa' duuni pegita'en nag duma nen meglekunteda, daagen dadema, naa kiin sa' ma'niin “mi'inamanen.”
English. When s.o. keeps on talking tough to s.o. else, then meets the one he's against, and loses to him, what we call that is “having
been tasted.”