Yakan - kulang

1

Few; little; lacking.

Kulang ne sīnku.

My money is lacking. (I don’t have enough, or: I have little money.)

Kulang sinsilyukun.

I have (only) a few coins. / I have little change.

There is little water in the well in dry season.

Kulang dem kōknen.

He is lacking in his head (i.e. he is stupid or crazy).

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labi ekka

kulang-kulang

Lack of intelligence.

A'a miya'an, niya' kulang-kulangne.

That person has a lack (in the head).

2

Reduction in price.

Ga' ne niya' kulangne dagangannu iyan?

Is there no reduction in (the price of) your trading goods?

kulangan

To reduce the price of s.t.

Kulanganun du halga' dagangannu iyan.

Reduce the price of those trading goods of your’s.

3

pa-

To grow less, to decrease, to recede, go down (as level of water).

Pakulang-kulang ne panas kōknen.

The hotness of his head (fever) is growing less.

Mangkin kite palabey bang pakulang ne bohe'in.

We will pass by when the water has receded.

Labo'an lahingku iyan gey isab pakulang gey isab palabi amban duwe ngibu.

The yield of my coconuts does not grow less than, nor exceed, two thousand (pesos).

hilang

kulang-labi

Approximately, more or less.

It is not used a lot. Usually one would express it with ‘almost’ or ‘more than’ etc.

Kulang-labi ne ku duwen tahun tu'u.

I have been here more or less two years now.

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