Yakan - lengngan

To go, to walk.

lumengngan

Most common form.

To go/walk without specific destination.

Or the destination is irrelevant in the context.

Da'a ne kew nuhut bang ku lumengngan sumu.

Don’t come with me when I go out tomorrow.

Tiya' ku lumengngan hap Lamitan.

I am going to Lamitan.

Lumengngan-lengngan ne ku hadja.

I am just walking.

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meglengngan

To go somewhere; to walk on foot.

Don’t go out (walking) at night.

Maglengngan ku hadja amban Bohe'ibu tudju Lamitan.

I just walk from Bohe'ibu to Lamitan.

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meglengnganan

To move between two places often; not to stay in the same place much, to be on the move.

Si Toto' luwal maglengnganan.

Toto' always is on the move (between two places, going back and forth).

He does not stay here much; he just goes back and forth.

N-

To go somewhere with a specific purpose (good or bad); to go after a person (to find him); to make a raid on s.o.

I will go somewhere tomorrow.

Bang ga'i tekka a'a iyan sumu lengnganku iyan.

If that person does not come tomorrow I will go to him.

Bang ga'i iye tekka, subey ku pī ngelengnganne.

If he does not come, I ought to go to find him.

Da'a kew nuhut aku, ekka inin lengnganku.

Don’t come with me; I (have to) go to many (places).

Lengngante bi luma' miya'an sumu sangem.

Let’s raid that house tomorrow night.

Daran iye ilengngan we' me' mundu bu ga' iye takasuwa'.

The outlaws often went after him but did not find him.

Magguwaldiya ka'am nina', niya' a'a pitu sōng ngalengngan ka'am.

Guard tonight; someone will come to raid you.

Da'a ingketanun patala kābewnu iyan, niya' pitu ngalengnganne.

Don’t tie your water buffalo far away; someone will come to go and look at it.

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