sait
adjective
English. Is painful.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Awa' mu pa dinaani puling ku, mesait gupia matau.
English. Take the speck out, my eye hurts badly.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Si Ina', nda' keglegani, pu' mesaiti gabusabusen.
English. Mother couldn't harvest, because she had gastritis.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki mesaitu kini kana' laak pu' pegengkani kesaitu dun, pu' sigi sumait.
English. My consciousness of my pain is not decreasing, because the pain is getting more serious.
In group with: atel; letup; libaneg; panas; pedes 2; pedi'; tegbing
Generic. ladu
verb
English. Inflicts pain on a person or animal.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' su memesait sawa nen, ndi' mpia.
English. If a person inflicts pain on his or her spouse, it isn't right.
In group with: angel; badas; bentul; dapi'; ebut; edut; geel; limbag; sekat; sipa'; siu; suntuk; tudesi
Generic. batik
Idiom: sait gawak
noun
English. Yellowish discoloration of the body and eyes accompanied by pain in lower back, hepatitis, jaundice.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Maika'a pa, Enaung, mesait nai gawak mu. Naa tumu' labi na sa' megulanga, sigudu penguakan kana' gupia.
English. You're still small, Enong, you have hepatitis. Now then how much worse if you were old, probably being jaundiced wouldn't
be good at all.
Synonym. dalag