abelabel noun English. A long-legged, thin-legged insect, resembling a spider, which gyrates. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki gembata' kini, ma'niin gabelabel, pu' ndi' na metana'. English. As for this child, he's like a gyrating insect, because he can't hold still [i.e. doesn't land, come to rest.]. Generic. tubu'