'alasadvAn event happens or a state exists at any hour or fraction thereof from two to twelve o'clock.Kung tunā'an mu ning 'alas sayis nang 'āga 'ang pagdābuk manga 'alas tris nang hāpun lūtu' gid 'ang lūgit.If you begin the building of fire at six o'clock in the morning, about three o'clock in the afternoon the copra is already cooked.vIt becomes any hour or fraction thereof from two to twelve o'clock.'ala1advAn event happens or a state exists at one o'clock.Kahāpun, Lūnis, nang manga 'ala 'ūna 'imidya, nagbunit 'aku sa 'āmun tungud, 'aba kadamu'dāmu' 'ang bayānak!Yesterday, Monday, at about one-thirty o'clock I went fishing with hook and line near our house; oh, there are very many mullet fish!2vIt becomes one o'clock.nag'ala 'ūna became one o'clockma'alasHay siniru' ku 'ang 'ākun rilu, ma'alas dyis na.When I looked at my watch, it was already becoming (i.e., was almost) ten o'clock.mag'alasMagsāyud ka na nang 'adtung tūbi' nang kabūhi' bāgu mag'alas dūsi nang gab'i.You catch that water of life now before [it] will become twelve o'clock midnight (lit., twelve o'clock of the night).pagka'alasti gerupon its becoming any hour or fraction thereof from two to twelve o'clock Hambay ku gāni' kay Dirāno, "Pagka'alas nuwībi," nga nākun, "Pa, kadtu'a sina Lūsi kag siru'un."I said to Derano, "Upon becoming nine o'clock," I said, "Pa, go to Lucy and the others and check [on them]."
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