English: (Transitive verb with subject = agent) to dam a river
Source: Peter Martin's Kelabit Dictionary
Diu' lem aan patun neh narih.
Take your bath in the pool of the dam.
Patun ineh suk naan ebpa' dih.
That dam held back the water in the
river.
S-in-aan ebpa Peluan.
dammed, held back
naang: to cut (eg. planks) with an adze
naang (n-aang): to put a stopper on
penaan (pen-aan): material such as sticks and stones used to dam a river
penaang (pen-aang): stopper; something which serves as a stopper
sinaan (s-in-aan): dammed, held back
sinaang (s-in-aang): was put on by
sinaang (t-in-aang): was worked with an adze by