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beteng1
1
mag-
-en
To pull something, or pull on something; to tug on something; to yank or jerk suddenly on a line: to pull a recoil starter rope or pull cord in order to start an engine.
hila
Betengen mo kay tang tamsi para matolid tang linia.
Please pull the nylon so that the line will become straight.
Binteng da ta yan ang dorog kabael!
Suddenly it [the line] jerked with a huge fish!
betangan ta tali
The game of tug of war (lit. pulling the rope).
Dineg ami ong betengan ta tali.
We were defeated in the game of tug of war.
tolmon
2
m- (meteng)
-en
For a man to approach a woman and extend his hand to her, inviting her (lit. pulling her) onto the dance floor to dance with him; for a woman to be taken by the hand and escorted out onto the dance floor by a man.
Anda enged ay minteng ong yen.
No one at all invited me to dance with them. (lit. No one pulled me [onto the dance floor].)
baili, tabid
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