Yakan - tekang

A step (in walking).

Den tekang sa' tadi'ikku ne sawehin.

One step and I would have stepped onto the snake.

Ta'u ne iye tellun tekang.

He knows how to (take) three steps.

tekangan

Stride, pace (in walking).

Luha tekangannen pegge' taha' pusu'nen.

His strides are long because his legs are long.

Pegge' kiput tekangankun hatu me' sempū' tekang talanen amban aku.

Because my strides are short she is about ten steps ahead of me.

pa-, mag-

To take a step (in walking).

Ta'u ne magtekang nakanakin.

The child knows already to take steps.

Patekang be kew.

Take a step.

Niya' takaleku kuwe' bettis a'a magtekang-tekang.

I hear something like the feet of a person taking (careful) steps.

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