sakit
Sense
n
English Pain.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Sakit it tina'i.
English Stomach ache.
v
Affixes mag-*, -um-, ma-an
English To be painful, experience or cause pain.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nasakitan aku.
English I got
hurt.
adj
Affixes ma-
English Painful.
n
sarakiten
English Chronic illness or disability.
See alsosarut
Sense
v
Affixes mag-*, -um-, i-, -an
English To give birth; to be born.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ba'gung siyakitan si Rosa.
English Rosa has just given
birth.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ipiyagsakit na i anak ya.
English Her child is
born now.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ba'gung simnakit i anak nira.
English Their child is newly born.
Cultural Note Tagbanwas traditionally believe that the baby actively brings about the birth, rather than the mother, hence the baby pains
the mother.
n
sasakitan
English Birth house.
Cultural Note The family moves here during the last month of pregnancy and returns home shortly after the delivery. This is so that, should
mother or baby die, the main house would not be affected. Animistic Tagbanwas will not live where s.o. has died.
See alsoanak
See alsolapsag
Idiom pananakit it beteng
n
Note Length of pregnancy, full term.