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eman affirmative answer to a question; yesThe 'yes' answer may be followed by a statement of what is being affirmed.Em, mekilawwak ni hi-gayu.Yes, I will go with you.Simuh9.1.5General adverbsem nisi
em nisicomp. ofemnisian emphatic affirmation of something that has been said; yes indeedThis may be a simple affirmation of a truth that has been stated (cf. sentences 2 and 3) or it may be said with annoyed intonation because someone has repeated a question that has already been answered (cf. sentence 1).Em nisi!Yes! (I've already said 'yes'.)Nebahbah law etan langtay di kulukul.The bridge over the creek has now been destroyed.Em nisi et ay endi law pandakdakan ni tuu.9.2.7Interjections
emaggewInf. ofaggew2noontimeEmaggew dintengan kud bebley. It was noontime when I arrived home.Hi-gam e nakappinhed ku, attu mu pengippattulan idan kalneroh mun nunyan aggew niya attu mu pengihhidduman ni hi-gadan emaggew? (Song of Songs 1:7:a)You whom I love, where will you pasture your sheep today, and where will you rest your sheep from the noonday sun?8.4.1.2.3Time of the daydial. var. ofmaaggew
eman1demonstrative pronoun, the location of the referent is away from the speaker; that, thoseKele endi kaammengheb ida eman ni killum di kubkub?Why isn’t there someone to go and close-in those pigs in the pigpen?In-a-appeh da a-appeh Tegnaen eman ni kasal di Dugyu.They sang Tegnaen’s song during that wedding in Dugyu.2refers to a particular time in the past; that time; at the time whenImpandih tu eman ni ag lummeh ida edum ni lumban hu nan-ewangan tu.It was at that time when other pomelo trees did not bear fruit that it was barren.Linu-mum idan Hapon kunud ama di alang di Pablo eman ni gubat.The Japanese caught my father and some of his companions by surprise at Pablo's granary at that time of the war.8.4.1Period of time
emeh1intransto batheKami nan-emeh di wangwang ni kaalman.We bathed in the river yesterday.Yad wangwang di Asipulo daka anpan-e-mehi tep dakel danum diman.They bathe in the Antipolo river because there is much water there.5.6.2BathemaN-/naN-Class 1C General class - Purposeful activities or actions2transto bathe a child or babyImmeh ku hi mahhiken ni kakkabbuhan tep neu-uling annel tu.I bathed baby boy this morning because he is covered with charcoal.-en/-in-
emgagto scold or rebukeThis word is used to refer to sickness or trouble caused by the spirit of a dead person.Maggeh ulu tu tep inemgag ni nangketey.He has a headache because a dead person scolded him.Antan pangkakalang yud eyad muyung tep wada um-emgag ni nangketey.Don't be making noise in the forest because the dead people will scold you.Kaum-enemgag ida etan nangketey ni nangkeikulung di dalan di Nepayew.Those dead buried on the way to Nepayew scold people.Simtemyaw 2iC1-/iN-, um-/-imm-
emsi1na spark from a flame or fireAmta tayu e eleg umtetmel di puyek, tep ya tuu ey neiungnga ngu dedan et manligligat e henin emsin apuy e kametu-ug. (Job 5:6-7)We know that (trouble) does not sprout from the earth, (no, it is) because people are born naturally to suffer hardship just like sparks from a fire fly upward. 5.5Fire2intransfor sparks to fly from something burningKaum-emsi etan keyew hedin intungud apuy.That wood sparks when you put it on the fire.um-/-imm-
emutto place a temporary barrier fenceSticks, twigs from trees, bamboo or reeds are used to prevent entry into an area.Mahapul ni e-mutan ida eya neitnem tep kennen ni gelding ida.They have to place a barrier fence for these plants because the goats will eat them.Yu pan-emusi etan ida hebang ni utut ma-lat eleg ida umlidya.Go and put a barrier fence on the rat track so that they will not come here.6.5.1.5Fence, wall-an/-in- -anClass 5A Changing state of site by adding something
-en-inf. var.-enn-infix, iterative punctiliar aspect, repeated actionKaw makulug ni immenabbal kunun nunman hu tukak?Is it true, according-to-someone, that long ago the frog has been causing rain? (repeatedly causing rain)Kaw inenad-adan mu hu bangan kaalman?Did you clean the cooking pot yesterday? (by repeatedly scraping it)9.2.9.1Verb affixes8.4.6.6.1Again9.4.1Tense and aspect
en-endi-anInf. ofendito be poorEleg da hanggatang etan killum tep nengina ey en-endia-an ida.They cannot buy the pig because it is expensive and they are poor.6.8.1.3Poor
enamutto return homeGibbuh mu eya muka panhellapyutan pakeitneng et han itsu umenamut.Finish smoothing that newly constructed paddy dike before we go home.Tagan Jesus hu tuttuddu e kantuy "Ya elaw ni nan-ap-apuan Apu Dios ey heni etan ni tuun an nan-ehek et umenamut. (Mark 4:26-27a)Jesus continued teaching, he said, “The way of the kingdom of God is like a person who sowed seeds (on the ground) and then returned home.um-/-imm-Class 2A Movement from one place to another
enanfor someone or something to occupy spaceTuka-e-nani mahkang in puyek.He is occupying a wide area of land.-an/-in- -anClass 5A Changing state of site by adding something
endinegative; there is none; something does not exist or will not existEndi manuk mi.We don't have any chickens.Endi begah di kulbung tep inhaeng dan emin ni nahdem. There is no rice in the rice container because they cooked it all last evening.Nem yadda humman ni lintum ey meendiddallin emin ni hakey ni aggew.But as for those created things they will cease to exist some day.Syndepunnah8.1.5.2None, nothingkeendien-endi-ankaendianeendi
endi baingph. v. ofbaingto be shamelessTo tell someone that they are shameless is an insult. Everyone in the culture should feel a sense of shame if he transgresses a cultural norm.
endi maptekph. v. ofpetekto be indeterminate, uncertain or ambiguousEndi maptek hu tuka e-hela et neligat ni meewwatan. What she is saying is ambiguous and so it is hard to understand. 9.4.4.5Uncertain
endibalihan expression meaning never mind, it doesn't matterEndiballih ni nuntan tep endi damengu hilbi tu.That does not matter because it is useless anyway.9.2.7Interjections
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