Meaning of saka

ascend

climb

v. 1. climb, bring something up. Nagsaka sa hagdan, Going up the stairs. Kinsay nagsaka sa ákung malíta? Who brought my suitcase upstairs? Sak-un ku nang hinug nga kaimítu, I will climb to get that ripe star apple. Isaka ning antína sa ibabaw sa atup, Put this antenna up on the roof; 1a. work off a debt by gathering coconuts. Sak-an ku ang ákung útang nímu, I’ll work off my debt to you by gathering coconuts; 2. break into the house. Gisaka na mig kaduha, Our house has already been broken into twice; 3. lodge, stay in. Mu nay ákung gisak-an sa istudiyanti pa ku, That’s where I stayed when I was a student; n. 1. yield of coconut trees. Pilay saka ning ímung kalubian? How much does your plantation yield? 1a. action of climbing or gathering coconuts; 2. action of coming to stay at someone’s place. Káda saka níya sa ámù magdala giyud siyag sinugátan, Every time he comes to stay with us he brings a present; 2a. one who is staying at someone’s place temporarily. — kanáug v. go in and out of a house. Mga bátang nagsaka kanáug ug dúlà, Children running in and out of the house playing; 2. go up and down. — lugsung n. going up and down. Dálang saka lugsung, A road that goes up and down. (←) v. 1. go, bring uphill. Tuktuk nga bungtud nga dì masákag trák, A steep road that a truck cannot negotiate; 2. rise to a high degree. Gasíging sáka ang prisyu, The prices keep rising; 3. formally ask permission to marry. Ugmà musáka na sila si Pidru sa ka Maríya, Tomorrow Pedro and his family will ask for Maria’s hand; 4. gain stones in a game of sungkà (putting them in the home base). 5. carry numbers in adding or multiplying. Singkuwinta idus. Ibutang ang dus ug isáka ang singku, Fifty-two. Write down two and carry your five; 6. for a school of fish to go near the shore. Ang mga bansíkul musáka sa búlan sa Máyu, The mackerel come near the shore in the month of May; 7. for a boat to put into shelter. Musáka ang mga barku ning luúka basta magdáut ang tyimpu, The boats put into this cove when the weather is not good; 8. for cards to come to one; 8a. draw cards. Kun sakáan kug maáyung baráha, If I get good cards; n. 1. set of cards coming up. 2. rental for a gambling device; 3. bag-ung — someone who has just recently become popular. Bag-ung sáka pa siya sa buksing mau nga sikat kaáyu, He is a new boxing star so he is very popular. 4, 5. see saka, n. — kanáug see saka kanáug. — us-us see saka kanáug, 2. pa-(←) v. 1. file a charge, application, petition. Kásung ákung gipasáka bátuk níya, The case I filed against him; 2. file, pass a law. Wà pa ikapasáka ang balaudnun, The bill hasn’t been passed (or filed). 3. rent out a gambling device. paN-(←) v. climb up to pick. Túa, nanáka ug lubi, He’s picking coconuts. sakaan n. in a sungkà game, the hole nearest the home base (balayan)—so called because that is where the stones go into the home base from (sáka, 4). -da(←) n. group of people recruited to work in another place. Adúnay sakáda sa mga trabahadur sa asyinda, They are recruiting labor for the plantation; v. recruit workers. sinak-an a. 1. amount paid to a person picking coconuts; 2. gift of the groom to the bride following the marriage ceremony; 3. amount paid by a parent of children enrolled in a public school to pay for minor projects; 4. food and drinks stored up in a house one has moved into, enough to last for three days, usually including a slaughtered animal. The purpose of doing this is magical: it assures that the owner will not run out of anything while he lives there. mag-r-(←), maN-r-(←) n. coconut picker. sakaun a. something one has to climb if he is to reach it. Layù ang íla ug sakaun pa, Their place is far away and you have to climb to get there.