suay 
          
         
            Sense 1 
             
            
               verb 
                
               
                  English. Separates from s.t. or s.o. 
                  
                  
                
               Example sentence:
                  Subanen. Si Pilik, yami kamuni pektendug, bena' minateng ami ditug lunsud, sumiiway iin dinami; sampay ami minuli', nda' nami iin mpegita' puli'. 
                  English. Pilik went with us this morning, but when we got to town, he left us, and until we went home, we never saw him again. 
                  
               Generic. sigwag 
               
            
          
         
            Sense 2 
             
            
               English. Marries, i.e. separates from one's parents, though often not literally. 
               
               
             
            Example sentence:
               Subanen. Su kesuay ni Budedi', pitengedan nilan dun si Indang, dua' pulu'. 
               English. When Burdi was married, they gave Indang twenty pesos as her share (of the bride wealth, because she is the bride's aunt.). 
               
            Idiom:  pesuay di tubig 
             
            
               English. A sacrifice for the dead made a few days after interment, to insure safe travel by the bereaved. 
               
               
            Synonym. lingat 
            Generic. kanu 
            sinuay 
            see. sinuay