selindengen Root form dengen noun English. A swift, probably the lesser tree swift, Scientific name. Hemiprocne comata. Example sentence: Subanen. Kiin selindengen, kaas iini piningalanan nami dun, bala' ngalanen medengen, ndi' lumayug, pia mesempel ita dun gupia. English. As for the tree swift, the reason we call it by that name is that it is tame; it doesn't fly away, even if we are very near to it. Generic. manukmanuk