Sama, Central - bulih-bulih

bulih-bulih

N-

‘eyes’ to look out of the corner of the eyes; to look sly; ‘body movements’ to shift the eyes from side to side.

Bang mulih-mulih mata, aa tipuhan.

If the eyes shift from side to side, the person [is a] traitor.

ngam-, -an

to look slyly at someone; to look out of the corners of the eyes at someone.

Bang mandusiya ngamulih-mulih mata ma kau, jaga na kow! Aa ili niyah na pikilan-na siddi.

If a person looks at you out of the corner of the eyes, you watch out now! That person now, his thoughts are different.

eh, ni-, -an

to be looked at from the corners of the eyes; to be the object of a sly glance.

Mbal aku nindah toongan eh na, nibulih-bulian mata sidja aku eh na.

I am not really being looked at by him, the eyes are only shifting [to their corners] at me.

He is not really looking at me, he is only looking out of the corner of his eyes at me.