top pápta-itransitive serial verb1Surtop on mai limánEnglishhold on to; hold backgrasp attach/fastenThis can be done physically or with words. This includes the idea of preventing or stopping something from falling or someone from doing something or going somewhere.páptai2Suratur páptai; kebepta páksiEnglishaccess to; possessThis can be used of things from long ago that people still have and use today, particularly things that are grown, like root vegetables and greens and bananas.Torahin ruprup rung inang i malar kándi tu tungai soi be onin i kándi tan rákrák. Ái á kesi roho a kabinanu er di top páptai onin.The old ruprup (greens type), those from down in the village they are continuing to plant it still today in their gardens. It is a (type of) greens from long ago that they still have/grow today.kebeptai

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