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leklek
/leklek/
 
vi.
for something or someone living (egkaleklek, naleklek, egkA><ø-) to be strangulated (e.g., an animal whose tether pulls tight around its neck)
Ka leklek iyan igpasabut ka egkeehet ne kenad e egpakaheheyinawa ka neyiketan/nahen-genan se lieg. Egkaayun ne intuyu wey warè, neyiketan naa wey warè.
Egkaleklek e ka babuy ne napanaman-tamani hiketi.
The pig that was tightly bound was almost strangulated.
Eng. choke; strangle; strangulate; grab throat; suffocate; throat strangled; hang (strangle)
Tag. binigti
Ceb. tuok
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
Created: 20/Jul/2016
Updated by: RAA,RJH
Last updated: 22/Jan/2017