damsis
v · Ibaloi (Inibaloi, Nabaloi)
What does damsis mean in Ibaloi?
In Ibaloi, damsis is a verb meaning ‘bad deed, evil acts, waste, despair’. Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is an Austronesian language of Benguet province in the northern Philippines.
Source: Sofia Olga Anton, A Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language (2010).
Definition
- vbad deed, evil acts, waste, despair
Inflections & forms
- damsisen to lose hope, lose faith, lose trust
- dinamsis lost faith or trust
- malamsis hopeless
- maladamsis bad, evil, untrustworthy
About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 120,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family.