*taꞌgavar.taggavag mag-, -um-; ran -an.To control, curb, restrain, restrict (one’s or someone appetite, lust, desire, or impulse).Ayaw kaw magtaꞌga ha tau bang mabayaꞌ na mīg.Don’t restrain a person if she wants to get out.Wayruun makataꞌga kākuꞌ sin kabayaan ku hinangun.No one can restrain me from doing what I want.Taꞌgahan ku siya kalu-kalu mabayaꞌ magpabīn.I’ll try to restrain her, she might want to stay.Taꞌgahi in bayaꞌ mu magsiga.Curb your desire to smoke.Cf.paꞌganghawidlāng

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