palat 1comm. the handle of a tool e.g. knife, machete, ax, spade. Id-on mu nah palat na. Hold it by the handle. (sem. domains: 6.7.8 - Parts of tools, 8.6 - Parts of things.) 2trans. to place a handle on something. Ipalat mu nan uwa. Place a handle on the knife. Palatam nan otak ta punggaat takuh bigat. Place a handle on the bolo so that we will use it tomorrow. Mumpalat dah gaud te nungkagin-u da. They are placing handles on their spades because they are broken. i‑/iN‑, muN‑/nuN‑, ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an. 3A Move and position object at site. (sem. domains: 7.3.2 - Move something in a direction.)
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gi-u (sp. var. gin-u) to break. 1.1trans. to break long objects. Gi-uwom tun paul ta tumikke. You break this stick so that it will become shorter. Nagi-u nan pencil ku. My pencil was broken. ‑on/‑in‑, ma‑/na‑. 4A Change the structure of an object. (sem. domains: 7.8.1 - Break.) 1.2trans. to break something at a specific spot. Igi-um nah gawwa na. Break it at the middle part. i‑/iN‑. 1.3trans. the information focus is on the partitive concept, to break some, not all. Gumi-u kah paul ta punlagim taku. Break some dried sticks for us to use in singeing. ‑um‑/‑imm‑.
