belag
Sense
v
Affixes mag-, m-, -en, i-, -an, ipa-
English To be different.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nagbelag it batek i inalang niráng tapis.
English The colors of the wrap-around skirts they bought are
different.
adj
English Different, another.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Belag nga aldaw.
English
Another day.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Belag nga taw.
English A different person.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Belag si'.
English (Thatś something) really different.
n
piyagbélagan
English Difference.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Unu i piyagbélagan nira?
English Whatś the difference between them?
See alsobeken
See alsosiyang
Sense
v
Affixes mag-, -an, ipa-
English To separate.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ipablag muy kapuk. Ega isagpun du'ut kalabasa.
English
Separate the cassava. Don't put it in with the squash.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Egay binlagan.
English Itś all one entity. (lit. There's no place
where
it
was
separated.)
n
beblagan
English Separation (of people).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Egay beblagan.
English Thereś no separating
them, (theyŕe always together, inseparable friends).
See alsobida'
See alsopinpin
See alsosiyang
Sense
v
Affixes mag-, -en, pa-, pa-en, ipa-, pa-an
English To divorce.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nagbelag sirá.
English They are
divorced.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nagpablag it lalaki i asawa ya.
English The man divorced his wife.
See alsoiwar-iwar
Sense
v
Affixes maN-, ipaN-, paN-an
English To eat a special family meal following soon after the burial of a relative.
Cultural Note In Tagbanwa animism, celebrating this meal is the official separation from the deceased person, releasing his spirit to go
on to the after world.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Magpamlag sirá na Jose.
English Joseś family are
having
the
family
meal
following
the
burial.
Sense
v
Affixes maN-, paN-an
English To deviate from the ways of oneś parents.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Iyáng taw namlag nat ama' ya nga nakmán.
English That fellow has
deviated
from
the
ways of his father who was a good man.