pu'un Sense v Affixes pa-, ipa-, pa-an English To begin, start s.t. Example sentence Tagbanwa Ka'nuy ipapu'un mut buwat? English When do you start work? Example sentence Tagbanwa Ka'nuy ipiyapu'un it sarut mu? English When did your sickness begin? Example sentence Tagbanwa Magpapu'un akut ba'ay ku. English I|́bm starting (to make) my basket. Sense v Affixes -un, -an, ma-an English To go to or be the source or beginning. Example sentence Tagbanwa Unuy piyagpu'nan mi ka nagrara'et kamu? English What was the source of your fighting? Example sentence Tagbanwa Abaa, napu'nan ba', pagtandesan ya aku. English Oh dear, what got us started (lit. got made the source) was, he said he thinks I did it. Example sentence Tagbanwa Ega bayan atkayan i pamuka'. Pu'nun mu. English Thatś not how to open a book. Start at the beginning. Example sentence Tagbanwa Sabali pu'nun mu i kulebasen mu ka ega akuy tagpu'un. English Youd́ better go to the source (i.e. ask the owner) of what you want to borrow because I'm not the owner (having borrowed it myself). n English Starting point. Example sentence Tagbanwa Pamapu'un nga pa'yag. English Introductory (lit. starting point) explanation. Example sentence Tagbanwa Pu'un it ngaran ku. English My initials (lit. starting point of my name). See alsosaylu Sense v Affixes maN-, ipaN-, paN-an English To take oneś leave, ask permission (usually from parents or in-laws to go s.w.). Example sentence Tagbanwa Mam'un aku in muli' aku. English I|́bll take my leave when I go home. n pam'un English Permission, leave. Antonym lapastang See alsoisun-upakat Sense n English Base of a tree (the first few feet); an individual plant or tree. Example sentence Tagbanwa Walung pu'un nga niyug i sanggetan ya. English Eight (units of) coconut palms are being tapped by him. Example sentence Tagbanwa Nagpalingeb kanya du'un it pu'un it kayu, aypa' ka ega na'igu'. English He got behind the base of a tree so thatś why he didn't get hit. v Affixes mag- cv redup English To be attached to the trunk. Example sentence Tagbanwa Magpup'un i sanga du'ut begtek. English The branch is attached to the trunk. See alsobegtek See alsotu'ud Sense adv magkapu'un English Early *evening. Example sentence Tagbanwa Katdelém nga magkapu'un, nagtidaw kami. English Yesterday in the early evening we went seafood gathering with a light. Derivative kiyapup'unan n Note Original forebears (Adam and Eve), father of race. Derivative tagpu'un n Note Owner.