alaw noun English. Sharpened bamboo or rattan palm stakes which form the entrance of a trap and which give ingress only, esp. for fish or for monkeys. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug bubuu, baalen ku pa galaw, pu' taanen ku pa ditu sapa'. English. I'm going to fasten the alaws in my fishtrap, because I'm going to set it in the creek. c.f. bubu; panggal