engkan verb English. Decreases, reduces, subtracts. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki mesaitu kini kana' laak pu' pegengkani kesaitu dun, pu' sigi sumait. English. The consciousness of my pain is not decreasing, because the pain is getting more serious. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa subay launanen kini, gela'en mu betangay dig delendeman mu. Ndi' mu engkanay. Sinangkali' dugangay mu, sa' duun pai mpia mu dugang dun... English. Now then, all of this [teaching], you must put it completely in your thinking, Don't reduce any of it. Rather, add to it, if there is good for you to add to it... Synonym. kulang In group with: egdus; ekped; ekpud; lugbad