sampay
Sense 1
conjunction
English. Introduces a coordinate sentence or phrase, usu. having the same topic as the previous.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sa' megyaga si Arman kia, gitaw Tubuy gupia pikebitanen. Muka' metau meginetaw Salug, sampay gitaw Sindangan.
English. When that Arman speaks, his dialect is the pure Tuboy language. And he knows how to speak Salug, and Sindangan.
Sense 2
English. Introduces an extent sentence or phrase, until.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kalabung, mibelayu laak megelat dinilan, sampay mektui gendaw, muka' glelabung na, kaas minuli'u, nda' ilan gusay dateng.
English. Yesterday I got tired of just waiting for them, until noon and then until evening, so I went home, and still they hadn't come.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Iin dayuni mibaal dun ngalanen, mikpuun di kelengas betad diin dapit Belengasan kiin. Sampay nandaw, mibaal dayun ngalanen Belengasan, mikpuun di kelengasan.
English. This then is the reason they named it that, it stems from the good ways [of people] of that region. Lasting to nowadays its
name was made Belengasan, stemming from “place-of-good” [kelengasan].
Synonym. antud
adverb
English. Indicates adding more information.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Dig delendemanen, ndi' masi' mekauli', pu' laga' na ginaanen su kelaun sala' nu ngag duma nen sampay iin.
English. She thought that unexpectedly she would not be able to go home, for all the offenses of her companions, including her own,
must be paid for by her life.
Synonym. kampu'
Idiom: sampay saumul
adverb
English. Indicates the indefinite future, forever.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Laung ni Isus, adin su memated diniin, megawen di ginukuman sampay saumul.
English. Jesus said, whoever becomes his brother/sister will be rescued from eternal punishment.