pulintas Sense v Affixes maN-, i- English To break s.o.ś grip on one, *break *free from being held. Example sentence Tagbanwa Da'ku nakapulintas ka ma'ingget i sekel ya. English I could|rn't break free because his hold was tight. Sense fig v Affixes maN-, maka-, paN-en, ipaN-, paN-an English To break away (usually of marriage). Example sentence Tagbanwa Basta sikayang mga taw i na'apyatan mu, makuri' ka bayan kapulintas. English So long as itś those folk you marry into, itś really hard to break free.