Mebpa (em-ebpa)

English: (m- prefix (Stative verb or adjective)) to fall, of people or animals falling accidentally; to drop (person)
from a platform


Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary


Examples


Ame tauh ngabak dalan ebpa' maya' reked dih.
Let's make a canal (water-way) on the slope.

Batuh ineh doo' penaan narih ebpa' dih.
Those stones are good for damming the river.

Doo' nagag kuh men bera inih keh, kadi' teh idih doo' na'em mula' ata'.
The rice has been well sifted by me, that'w why there isn't too much unhusked grain.

Doo' natang kamih tamen ieh kadi' ieh na'em kereb nalan ngen kukud nadih neh balun.

Kuman ngae-ngae teh narih, dih teh narih na'em ngager luun epin dih.
Eat slowly so that you don't litter the mat with bits of food.


Related to Mebpa (em-ebpa)


mebpa: to entangle hair, to disentangle hair

mebpa' (em-ebpa'): melt

mebpak (ng-bebpak): to tear

mebpan (ng-bebpan): to catch birds with a bird-line stick

mebpat (ng-bebpat): to share, divide