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To twist or turn aside, etc. See saligwatóng.

(B) To twist or turn aside, deflect the aim, hinder a straight hit. Warâ mamúng-i ang mán-og, hay nagsaligwatóng sa kawáyan ang bastón ko. (Walâ matám-i (maígò) ang mán-og, kay nagalángálang (nakasángit) sa kawáyan ang ákon bastón). I did not hit the snake fair, because my stick was deflected by the bamboo. (see salipád, saligotóng).

To be turned out of a straight line, to fly off in an oblique direction, to deviate from a straight line, to hit or strike at a tangent, to hit a glancing blow; glancing, grazing, at a tangent, not direct, not straight. Nagsalipád ang binángon kag naígò ang ákon tiíl. The bolo glanced off (deflected from a straight line) and hit my foot. (see bariwás, saligwatóng, saligotóng).