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nyataꞌvag -um-, mag-; pat -un.To find out, verify (something); investigate (something); see about (something).Nyataun ku madtu in pasal pagkālu.I’ll go there to verify the cause of the quarrel.OV SYN.kitaꞌ 1vag magpa-; pat hipa-, pa-…-un.To reveal oneself (to someone); manifest, show as proof; reveal or disclose (something).Nagpanyataꞌ in malaikat Jibril kan Nabi Muhammad.The angel Gabriel revealed himself to Prophet Muhammed.Hipanyataꞌ da sin Tuhan in hinang mu mangiꞌ.God will cause your wrongdoing to be manifested.Hipanyataꞌ katān in hinang ta mangiꞌ marayaw ha adlaw hukum.Everything will be revealed on the judgment day both good and bad.Cf.manyatakan*lahil

nyawanSoul, spirit, essence of life, the life principle which comes from God and will one day return to God.All living things possess nyawa.In nyawa sin mānusiyaꞌ hambuuk da.Man has only one soul.Cf.nyawalihan

nyawalihannThe part of a person that leaves the body at death or when one is in a trance state or dreaming.Laung nila magpanaw in nyawalihan sin tau bang natutūg.They say that a person’s spirit roams about when he is asleep.Cf.nyawaaluwa

nyuknyuknFineness (of the texture of cloth).adjmanyuknyuk(Of cloth) fine in texture, soft.Manyuknyuk in kakanaꞌ ini.This cloth is fine in texture.ANT.ural

nyungnyungvar.*nungnungvag mag-; ran -an.To adore or value (something) highly.Kanyungnyungan ku in asawa ku.I adore my wife.