karna'
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Tausug
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- kalna' (Gimbahanun)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay kerana, karena, from Classical Malay kerana, karena, karana, from Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa, “cause; reason”), from vṛddhi derivative of करण (káraṇa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]karna'
- reason; cause
- Unu in karnaꞌ mu magꞌatud-atud kākuꞌ?
- What is the reason you are looking at me like that?
Adverb
[edit]karna'
- because
- Subay kaw maglima waktu karnaꞌ daakan sin Tuhan.
- You should observe the five-times-daily prayer because God commands it.