tenglis verb English. Howls loudly, as of grieving or frightened people, and believed of certain spirits. Example sentence: Subanen. Kamun, duuni midengegu pektenglis mengaduy diag buid sapa', laung ku dun gembata', masi' bangkaybangkay. English. Today I heard s.o. making a howling cry up the stream from here, and I thought it was a child, but I found it was a skeleton spirit. Generic. aduy