alakansi v To be cheated; suffer loss in bargain or exchange. Nokoy so-ini no otow no lukuluku? Mulò dò no og-alakansion ki. What is this person who cheats? Just a thief (??) by whom we are being deliberately cheated. [DB indicated that this word is only used if one has been cheated.] see fr.: unag.
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ipi 1adj Narrow, small in area. 2v To short-change someone Nig-ipian din ka duma rin to sikan no salapì no warò tonga-a to pogba-ad. Nig-alakansi rin woy nigdo-isok din ka duma rin. He short-changed his companion of that money and did not [give] him half of the payment. He cheated him and belittled his companion. [This seems to have a dual meaning of cheating a person and also belittling them in the process. The following example pertains to two of a house that was sold for twenty thousand pesos, but the one holding the money only gave five thousand of that to his companion.]
unag vs To make an effort for nothing No-unag kow su warò nakuò now no manggad. You made that effort for nothing because you weren’t able to get any cloth. [as when one expended effort but didn’t get what he went after.] see: alakansi.