Sama, Central - jalang

seldom; infrequently; rarely.

Jalang du kami makakakan apple .

Very rarely are we able to eat apples.

Jalangan du kami patibow ni Sibutuh.

Infrequently indeed [that] we visit to Sibutuh.

Jalangan du nipakey "punggut" ma Sibutuh.

[The word] +"punggut" is seldom to be used in Sibutuh.

spaced far apart.

Jalang empon danda naan.

That woman's teeth are spaced far apart.

That woman has gaps in her teeth.

mag-

to be distant in space or time; to be far apart; to be infrequent.

Hati, magjalang lumah-na.

Understand, his houses are far apart.

a rarity.

Kajalangan na aa ngiskul mele mbal minjari mastal!

[It] is a rarity now that all the students there become teachers! [This remark is sarcasm; it means just the opposite, namely, that most of the students do become teachers.]