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seleg adjective English. Charactreristic of a rapidly flowing body of water. Example sentence: Subanen. Dia Giniin, maika' da gupia sengka'an taab dia, pu' meseleg gupia; laak sa' dia Gikuan, medepet pa diag buid tulay. English. There at Engin River, the tide doesn't go very far upriver, because it is very swift; but as for the Gikuan, the tide reaches up beyond the bridge. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa guna migbaa', ndi' mekiling nu kamun, nug bekna kegbaa'en, mipundu ki tubig. Kia, meseleg pelum. English. Now when it later flooded, it wasn't the same as earlier, of the first flood, the water stood still. This, it was very swift. Synonym. pagas; si'al; sikad; tigam Antonym. lengen noun English. Speed of moving water, current. selegan noun English. Where a river flows most rapidly, center of its current. Example sentence: Subanen. Si Tungkuna, kali' laad tu Gigang, mianud. Gempia palad, bena' ditu na dibaba', duuni gembagel batu tu titenga' selegan, misendal dayun ditu. English. While Tunkuna was crossing the Gigang river, he was swept downstream. Luckily when he got farther downstream, there was a large rock in the middle of the river current, and it stopped him.
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