ambu'
Sense
v
Affixes mag-*, m-, maN-, -un, i-, -an, ma-
English To select s.t. and have it reserved for oneself.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa In mánganak i ke'deng mi, aken, mambu' akú.
English If your dog has pups, Iĺl pick
one
to
be
kept for me.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Basta na'ambu' na, ega na puyding mapisi' it beken.
English So long as it|́bs selected
and
being
reserved already, no one else can select it.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ambu' kuy iyang talun nga umaen it esang ta'un.
English I|́bve selected
and
reserved that bit of forest for a rice field next year.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Iyang mga taw, ega desang ambu', tálagang mas'ed it amen.
English Those folk aren't just selected as friends, they really are close relatives.
Sense
v
Affixes -un
English To appropriate for oneself.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Pag'ámbu'un niráy ngaran ku.
English They are
appropriating my name for
themselves.
See alsopili'
See alsotaga'
Sense
v
Affixes maN-
English To make false claims.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Da'kuy aken mangambu', it ega ngayán akeng betang.
English I|́bm not going
to
make
false
claims, since it isn't my property.