pantag
noun
English. The perceived utility of s.t. or s.o., usefulness.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Gembagel gupiai pantagen ki pinggulaula niu kiin, pu' migabang amu, mengimbaal ni megulang niu.
English. What you have done is very useful, because you helped, you worked for your parents.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Pu' sa' petekawan niu, nda'iduni pantagen.
English. For, if you do it hurriedly, it will be useless.
Idiom: ndai' pantag
adverb
English. In vain, for nothing, useless.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Pu' sa' petuyangen mu meglayub, nda' nai pantagen, pu' ndi' na gupia megbunga.
English. For if you ignore their getting old and tall (of coconut trees), they will be useless, for they will no longer bear well.
Synonym. atag
kepantag
noun
English. What is considered one's responsibility.
Synonym. ketendanan