likes 
          
         
            verb 
             
            
               English. Wraps itself around s.t. to cling to or kill, of any snake; measures s.t. by stretching s.t. around it, as a tape measure. 
               
               
             
            Example sentence:
               Subanen. Luminikes su mamak dia panga nu gayu. 
               English. The snake was wrapped around the tree branch. 
               
             
            Example sentence:
               Subanen. Ki sawa, sa' dumapa' babuy, subay likesanen deli', panaw kepatayen dun. 
               English. When a python catches a pig, it has to wrap itself around it, and that is how it kills it. 
               
            
          
         
            noun 
             
            
               English. Circumference of s.t., esp. small enough to be measured by hand, such as a tree.