ulug
verb
English. Explains the meaning of s.t..
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ulug mu dinaan sa' tai' ma'ananen.
English. Explain to me what its meaning is.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Inaan, misindanan ku nai megubad. Masi' melegen gupia, sa' ndi' da ita metau megulug di nga penggelal.
English. As for me, now I have experienced translating. I find that it's very hard, if we don't know how to explain the words.
ulugan
noun
English. What a person intends his/her speech to mean, esp. of whatever is not understood directly; the significance, implication of
s.t., physical or abstract.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kali'en tibaway, ma'antu da, mitelanta dun, saway mipenu' batu. “Tumu' anduni guluganen ini?”
English. When he pulled it up to look at it, he was surprised again, to find a can full of gravel. “What does this mean?”
Synonym. ma'anan; panseb