Panangakar: Types of Walking and Terms for Leg Movements in Pangasinan

Panangakar: Types of Walking and Terms for Leg Movements in Pangasinan

Akar - lakad; walk

Alagey - tumindig; stand

Akar bakukol - snail walk: walks too slow

Akasingkaling - naka-dekuwatro; the leg is crossed on top of the other while one is seated

Antikey so sakey a sali to - walks with one foot shorter

Bungir - nauutit so obet to (opposite of mantuyar, tuyaryar)

Ikang-ikang - unaakar ya singa wala'y akasigpit, singa akatae, o singa akapon

Ikar-ikar - walking in a slow manner with legs apart and with buttocks protruding; singa no balon kapon ya ugaw; synonymous with ikang- ikang

Iwak-iwak - singa pato ya unakar; waddling?

Kinakin - see Mankinakin

Kutdang, Kupbang - step

Kuyakoy - see Mankuyakoy

Mambasyo o mambugso so sali to - walking with the right and left feet going in different directions instead of parallel

Manaakar a singa manlalakoy asin - walking like one is selling salt: walking slowly

Manaakar ed silong na bulan - walking under the moon: walking slowly

Man-aakar ya singa malokon - walking like a pregnant woman

Mangkuyakoy - moving the thighs up and down while seated, with a child on one's lap, to calm him down or put him to sleep

Mankawey ya akar - no onakar et say lima to on-swing ya anggad obet; singa mantatawag na lakin kagantilan; walks with one's hands swinging up to one's buttocks, like inviting a man to flirt with

Mankimkimbot, Mankimbot so obet to - kumekembot pag maglakad; the hips sway when walking

Mankinaking, Mankinakin - swaying of the top foot when the leg is crossed on top of the other while one is seated

Mankitdaoy - one foot is not really touching the ground fully or freely, possibly due to pain, birth defect (pikdol), or akagatin na ta* (nakaapak ng eb*k)

Mankitdi - tiptoeing

Mankitley - walks with a limp

Mankitsing - singa akar o luksoy bakes; "energetic and active in movement while walking"

Mankulagtit - skipping

Mankutdo – hopping

Manlugtot - jumping

Manpayegpeg - fidgeting of the legs as when someone is nervous or feels uneasy

Mantunggaring, Mantungging - pasuray-suray maglakad; walks like someone drunk

Pakang, Pakang-pakang - opposite of tikmor: sakang; bowlegged

Pikdol - maikli ang isang paa; having one foot that is shorter than the other

Question mark no onnakar - bukot-bukot; walks with a stoop

Singkaling - cross one's legs

Singa manaakar ed bulan - like walking on moon: walks so very slowly, like dragging one's privates on the ground

Talimukor - luhod; kneel

Talindeg - stand (formal); figurative: uphold, stand up for

Talora lay sali da - unaakar ya di baston; naglalakad ng nakabaston, kaya mabagal maglakad; walks with a cane, hence walks ever so slowly

Tikmor - piki; mantutupaan so pueg to; in jest, "manpoponotian so pueg no onnakar" (nagsusuntukan ang tuhod pag naglakad); knock-kneed

Tuyaryar - naglalakad ng nauuna ang tiyan; walking with one's stomach protruding

(Sources: Clarita Ferrer-Tagab, Efren Abulencia, Lacey Caparroso, Joey Ferrer, Lily Luz U. Abella, Resty S. Odon, Tessie Reyes, Marina Austria Pauig, Elmer Angalan Domingo)