sala'
Sense
n
English *Fault.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Sala' mu iyan!
English Thatś your fault!
v
Affixes ma-an
English To find fault; have against.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Ta unu nay nasala'an mut ari' mu ngayan ka da'na pagpatngan mut ti'kul?
English Whatever do you have
against your little brother that youŕe hitting him without stopping?
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Pagsala'an ku bat kanya, masyadung ma'ambut. Pag'ambutan ya aku.
English What I have
against him is that heś a liar. Heś lying to me.
See alsopali'
Sense
n
Affixes kasala'an
English Sin, crime.
Cultural Note Incest and theft are traditionally considered crimes. For other sins, see adat.
v
Affixes mag-
English To commit a crime, sin, do wrong.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nagkasala'an kanya. Timnakaw kanyat karbaw.
English He did wrong. He stole a carabao.
See alsokamali'
See alsopakun
Sense
v
Affixes ma-, ma-an
English To compromise oneś reputation, keep unchaperoned company; arrange oneś own marriage without approaching parents to mediate.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa Kanira ngayang pag'asawa, ega aliyug, nasala'.
English Their marriage was
their
own
arrangement, not their parents (therefore subject to fining because against tradition).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Nasala'an yay iyang babay taka' ega na'asawa ya.
English He compromised that girl but didn't marry her.
v
ikiyasala' (fixed form)
English To be what proved wrong-doing, what was evidence that tradition has been broken.
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ikiyasala' nira, naltegay nagpakawa' it tiyeltel.
English
What
proved their wrong-doing
was that one was seen rolling a cigarette and passing it to the other (taboo).
Example sentence
Tagbanwa
Ikiyasala' nira, nadakpan it betang.
English What proved their wrong-doing was that she was caught with the thing he gave her (as a secret pledge of engagement).
Derivative sumala'
adv
Note Probably, unless Iv́e made a mistake.
Derivative kusala'
v
Note To blame.