sakip / sapkisyncopated verbSurlong pasi pákán tili poktuán; long palai pákánEnglishpick; pull apartSapki is appropriate for picking leaves off a tree, while lusi refers to picking the fruit.Tan wák di han tilanang i poron bu má dik long pasi tan pákán bu tili poktuán. Di sakip pákán bu uri dur tapiok.The women came from down at the betel nut grove and/where they took betel nut leaves from the stalk. They pulled off betel nut leaves for wrapping cassava.Ái nana a long palai tan pákán lamas tili pagal uri kán ol kámnah. A sapki tan pákán lamas ngorer suri nák marán ki nák duti uri ol kámnah.Mom was removing coconut leaves from the stalk for her fire-lighting. She pulled off the coconut leaves like that so there would be many then she would wrap/bind them for fire-lighting.7.9Break, wear outbreaking

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