palëgto threaten someonePalëg̓ën mu kanay ta siksik yang mulang atia, para mag̓ipës.Threaten that child as if you are going to whip him with rattan, so that he will quiet down.Indi ra magpanaw kung indi mu palëg̓ën ta palu yang kirung naa.This (near spkr) will not move if you don't threaten it with a clubIt's one way to discipline children in order that they would shape-up because sometimes they don't have any fear (of us, their parents). (Another way to discipline children is that they have to be put inside a sack and hung up; sometimes a bolo will be pressed against their neck and made to promise that they will not repeat what they did.

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