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mungka- proc. this affix encodes a durative time process; cross-references the subject. Ohan algo ya ek bo tinangad nan mangga ya mungkap-u moy bungana. Then one day, I went to look up at the mango tree and its fruit was almost gone. Mu inilanan mungkabigat te muntatalan-uy manuk nah boblen nih-up hidi. He could tell the time (becoming dawn) by the cocks crowing in the nearby village. Indani ya mungkapnu nan lata. After a while the can was almost full. Ya gapu kediyen naat ya nundingngol hi kabobbobley mipanggep hi kalin nan Ap-apu taku ta mungkadakol day mangulug ya mungkihamad di pangulug da. (Acts 19:20)
 And because of what happened, the message concerning our Lord spread throughout the cities and villages so that many became believers and their faith was strengthened.

muntatalan-u (id. of talan-u) an idiom for stating that it is dawn (lit. the cock is crowing).

talan-u intrans. to crow; the cry of a rooster. [Old folks say that the ido-snake also crows.] Muntatalan-u day poltan. The roosters are crowing. Adi tumalan-u nan poltan ku. My rooster can’t crow. Makatallan-u udot tun poltan ku yaden iittay. My rooster crows well although it is still small. Muntatalan-u ke on imme kamih payo. At dawn (lit. when the rooster crows) we go to the fields. muN‑/nuN‑, ‑um‑, maka‑. 1D Sounds. (sem. domains: 2.3.2.2 - Sound.) id. muntatalan-u