amang-amang
v
Affixes mag-*, m-, -en, i'in-*, maka-, pa-, ipa-
English To act rashly, do s.t.carelessly, half-heartedly or without forethought.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Idawa' bat magayen. Ega ipa'ámang-ámang ka maka'et miyaw.
English Store it carefully. Don't do
it
carelessly or the cat will eat it.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Unu, naka'asawa nay anak mu? Ay, nakapa'ámang-ámang na bayán.
English Did your son get married? Yes, but he acted
rashly.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Basta egay imung kiya'rutan, da'ka pa'ámang-ámang sikayáng mga taw, ka makaka'rut bayán.
English If you don't have any occult knowledge of your own, don't act
without
forethought around those people, because they do have occult knowledge.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega naka'ámang-ámang it pangataldengan, ka wayan ka bay mabándiyan ka it yang kadakulá'.
English He did|rn't
half-heartedly make his defence, because look how much he was going to be fined.
adj
English Half-heartedly, carelessly done.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ámang-ámang i itung buwat. Ega giyayen-gayen.
English This job is carelessly
done. It wasn't done properly.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega baytu ámang-ámang nga sarut.
English This is not just a half-hearted illness. (i.e. It is very serious.)