Sama, Central - kongkong

curled; bent; misshapen, as of crippled appendages.

Why are your fingers bent?

pa-

‘body postures’ to curl up.

Angey kow tuli pakongkong? Basa tenne?

Why do you sleep curled up? Because it is cold?

eh, ni-; pa-, caus.

to be curled up.

Eh na makongkong anak tangan-na basa makitalow.

His fingers were made to curl up by him because he wanted to frighten [them].

He curled up his fingers because he wanted to frighten them. [Demons are supposed to have curled fingers according to local belief.]