pedes 1
verb
English. Condition of local weather, is sunny; is dry season.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Linukmut nai tubig, mabu' mekpuun na memedes.
English. There is algae floating on the river; perhaps dry season is now beginning.
noun
English. Drought: sunshine.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su minian pemedes kitu ditu Ginin, mimatay tanani niug. Sa' su nga ma'is, migela' matay.
English. During the last drought there in Inin, even coconut trees died. As for cornfields, they all died.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ndi'u mbasa, pu' mesulawu saba' pedes.
English. I can't read it, because I'm blinded by the sun.
Idiom: mesait pedes
adjective
English. Of the weather on a particular day, very hot.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' buus mesait nai pedes, su kelabaw, betang mu da tu geleman.
English. When the sun gets hot later, put the water buffalo in the shade.