li'i
v
Affixes mag-*, -m-, -an
English To abstain from s.t. taboo, avoid s.t. which one considers harmful.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Lim'i kat taba' ka sumakít i tina'i mu.
English
Avoid (eating) fat because your stomach will ache.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Pagli'yan kuy mata'mís ka masakít i nipen ku.
English I|́bm avoiding (eating) sweet things because my tooth hurts.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Pagli'yan ku nay pá'adu'ún ka piyapu'nan it sarut ku.
English I avoid going there now because that is where my illness started.
See alsopanya'
n
kalíl'iyan
English Food from which one abstains; prohibitions, rules (in a game).
Derivative li'yen
n
Note Evil spirits responsible for taboos.