adap verb English. Faces s.o. or s.t.; is in front of, esp. one of greater age, rank or status. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki gembata', ndi' mengadap. English. Children do not be in front (in adult conversations). Example sentence: Subanen. Ndi'a pengadap diin, pu' maika'a pa. English. Don't be in front of (our guests), because you're still small. pengedapan noun English. Where people gather before a person of rank, esp. to entreat that person. Example sentence: Subanen. Iini tuminulug ilan dun, pu' sa' ndi' mian tumulug, ndi' mekeditu pengedapan. English. The reason they had gone to sleep was because if they didn't voluntarily sleep, they wouldn't be able to go there to the place of entreaty. Synonym. atubang