Sama, Central - koleng

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koleng

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a coil.

In the example below, koleng is prefixed with a numerative, dang- "one".

Bey kow billihan ku dangkoleng tangsih maka danggulung salban.

I bought you one coil of nylon string and one spool [roll] of thread.

1.

N-

to coil.

Kolengin aku tangsih tutu, daa gulungun.

Coil this nylon string for me, don't roll [it] up.

2.

eh, ni-

to be coiled.

Eh na ngoleng na lubid supaya mbal sagut.

The rope was coiled by him so that [it] wouldn't get tangled.

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