hun-a 1v Go first, precede. Ko ogmanggi-anak on ka manuk, oghun-a to mgo piak. When a chicken is a mother, it goes ahead of its chicks when it scratches as it looks for something to have [her] offspring eat. She goes first. see fr.: inagak 1. 1.1v The be in front or to be first. 1.2v To cause to precede or walk ahead of. Ko du-on hari ta no maintok pad, igpohun-a ta to igpoipanow ka batò. When we have a younger sibling who is still small, we have the child precede (lit. walk ahead) of us. 2v To do something ahead of time. Oghun-a a ogpurut to kuddò nu no asolom ka pad on oghondiò to baloy ku no og-insò ko du-on igbayad ku. I will take your horse ahead of time and then the next day you will go to my house and inquire whether I have something to use for payment. see fr.: panoy 1. 2.1v To give something ahead of time, such as a downpayment. Ko du-on og-indanan ku no kuddò, ogbogoy a to babuy no igpohun-a ku. Sikan ka igmaganangon ku to og-indanan kud on. If there is a horse which I will reserve, I will give a pig ahead of time [as a downpayment]. That is my guarantee that I have reserved it. 3Nighun-a ni Boyboy so-ini pamulingan to kò ki ogko-ibog to kanta no ko-onon. Boyboy started this changing things into something else because we didn’t like our food.
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inagak 1v To go ahead of (as hen with chicks) Ko ogmanggi-anak on ka manuk, og-inagak on to mgo piak din ko ogpangalkal no ogpamanghò to igpako-on to anak din. Oghun-a to mgo piak. When a chicken is a mother, it goes ahead of its chicks when it scratches as it looks for something to have [her] offspring eat. She goes first. [A dog will also go ahead of its owner on the trail.] see: hun-a 1. 2v to put someone in front of oneself, or have [someone] lead Og-inagakon dut kakoy ka hari. The older sibling has the younger sibling lead [on the trail]. Ka oghun-a oglosut, ka hari su og-inagakon to kakoy. The one to be born first is the younger-sibling because he is put in the lead by the elder-sibling. [When twins are born, the first born is considered the youngest because it is their custom to have the youngest go ahead, or lead, on the trail. The older sibling follows the younger apparently so that he is there to protect the younger one.] 3To follow around, to be led around.
