patipus gileman
adjective
English. Characteristic of a night when neither moon nor stars appear: very dark.
Grammar. Said to be a shortened form of pati' mpupus giileman.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kagebii, patipus gileman gupia, pu' ma'ananen, sug bulan, nda' na mesebang, sampay migendaw.
English. Last night it was the totally dark time of the moon, which means that the moon didn't rise all night.