báleng-báleng v Affixes unaffixed neg. English To *ignore s.o.ś presence or need, take no notice, be absorbed in oneś own concerns. Example sentence Tagbanwa Da'gay báleng-báleng yat may taw aypa' miyuli' aku na. English He was ignoring the fact that there was someone there, so I came home. Example sentence Tagbanwa Ega sayay báleng-báleng yat magsasaw i wa'wa'. English He was ignoring the fact that the child was being a nuisance (i.e. so didn't help his wife). Synonym banu-banu