ánapActive Verb1-om-3, -enTo search, look for (usually something concrete, as a person, place or object)Tolóngam kod sak-én ay en mangánap sin antókos ko.Please help me go look for my glasses.Énak anápen din nalítaw ay pilák ko.I'm going to look for my lost money.2i-To search, look for (something abstract, as a strategy)Iánap nay iyát na ay lomayáw.He is looking for a way to escape.The usage of i- and -en needs more clarification. According to at least some speakers, the affix in the preceding example (Iánap nay iyát na...) could be either i- or -en, but in the example before that (Enák anápen...), it would be incorrect to use iánap.3i...anTo search, look for on someone's behalf.Ianápan yo kod din iiyógtan yo si pan-obláan da.Please look on behalf of your younger siblings for a place for them to work.4maka-, -enTo look for successfully, i.e., to find.Adíak makaánap.I can't find it.With the -en suffix, the past aspect often connotes find, whereas nonpast connotes look for.

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