Yakan - keleng

1

pakeleng

To turn (the head) sideways.

Pakeleng kew.

Turn (your head) sideways.

pakeleng

To turn someone’s head sideways.

Pakelengun nakanak iyan duk untul kinultihan kōkne dengkepakin.

Turn (the head of) the child sideways so that I can cut his hair on the other side.

2

N-, mag-

To give an adjustment of the neck (vertebrae) to s.o.

Kelengun ku.

Give me an adjustment of my neck.

Niya' a'a bakas da'akku ngeleng aku.

I asked someone to give me an adjustment of the neck.

3

keleng-keleng

N-, mag-

To shake the head back and forth in short shakes.

It means “no” or dismay or wonder.

Magkeleng-keleng a'ahin pegge' niya' ta'ambanne si luma'.

The person shakes his head because he forgot s.t. at home.

Ngeleng-ngeleng a'ahin pegge' arak aksidente jīpin.

The person shakes his head because the jeep almost had an accident.

Kineleng-keleng we' ku kōk nakanakin pegge' gey ngasip da'akku tahala'.

I shake the head of the child because she doesn’t obey my telling her to leave.

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