taun
noun
English. One rice-planting cycle, a calendar year, a year of one's life.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki taun kini, tumaun ami deli' ditu Titik; di sala taun kiin, mpuli' da ami dini.
English. This year we'll just make our field in Titik, and next year we'll come back here.
Synonym. idad
verb
English. Goes through a planting cycle.
Idiom: sala taun
Variant. sala taun kitu
Variant. liu sala taun
English. The year previous to this one.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su sala taun, luminayasi Titik muka' Gigang.
English. Last year, Titik and Gigang rivers overflowed their banks.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Su sala taun kitu minayan, si Lengguling, gembanes metua' dini Titik, laak nemun, nda' na siben metua' dini.
English. Last year Lengguling was always coming here to Titik, but lately he hasn't come at all.