elam
Sense
v
Affixes mag-, m-, -en, i-, -an, ma-
English To lose s.t., be lost, mislaid.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ma'intur ka. Barang ma'lam i pirak.
English Be careful. Your money might
get
lost.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ta'way in áriyen i bulpin. Na'lam na.
English I don't know where the pen is. It|́bs mislaid.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega i'lam mu!
English Don't lose it!
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega éla-elámen mu!
English Don't go
losing
it (said to s.o. who has a habit of losing things).
See alsoilang
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Bilá', elam aku pasar it iyán ngayán.
English Expletive, I don't
know
anything (lit. I'm lost) about that.
Sense
v
Affixes ipa- preceded by ega, followed by it pronoun
English To understand fully, not have escape oneś understanding.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Magayen i imu, lamáng dá'kamu pa' na'lay asat kanirá, ega nay ipa'lam it imung mga súgi-súgid nirá ngayán.
English Youŕe okay, even though you aren't yet long at their place, nothing escapes you of what theyd́ been saying.
Sense
v
Affixes maN-
English To become lost.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ega magpanglam, ka ári-ári magkáltegan muy ábwatay ngaytíng balay.
English You don't get
lost because wherever you are you can see that high building.
n
panglam
English Cause for a person becoming lost (thought to be due to evil spirits).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Panglam sikayát iyan'eng talun, buwát muy súli'-súli' asat giyáringan mu.
English The cause
for
getting
lost in that forest is that what you do is keep coming back to where you started.
Derivative panglam
n
Note Bamboo trap (for pigs, etc.).