baal Sense 1 verb English. Builds, makes s.t. does, works; gen. for most activities. Example sentence: Subanen. Mibaalan gegdan sug balay. English. A set of stairs was made for the house. Example sentence: Subanen. Nandaw megbaal ita balay, pu' sa' ndi' mbaal, nda' ig benwanan ta. English. Let's build the house today, because if not, we'll have no place to live. Synonym. balebeg Sense 2 English. Becomes. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug libun kini, mibaal dayun sualan, pu' su piglekian, ndi' ma meliag ndi' medayun sug bela'i kini. English. Then this woman became a [source of] argument, because the groom's family weren't pleased that the wedding didn't proceed. Synonym. baluy 1 maal English. Creates, of God. Synonym. baglis; betang 1; buat; bunag; ekleb baalegaan verb English. Cooks the staple, usu. rice or corn grits. Example sentence: Subanen. Lema' sa' megendaw, lapus amu baalegaan. English. Tomorrow when its" morning, get up early and cook. Synonym. ba'ug gaan Generic. lutu' pengimbaal verb English. Makes swidden; hence now also, works for pay. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' nandaw mengimbaal ami, meliwag gupia ig benas nami. English. If we work (in the swidden) today, we'll cut a wide swath. Synonym. tedabahu pembaal Variant. pembaalbaal verb English. Lies, oft. in order to implicate s.o.; ascribes to s.o. what he did not actually say. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' lai nda' metalu', ndi' mpia pembaal di sala, pu' mekeksual. English. I tell you, what hasn't been said, don't make up about someone else, because it will cause a fight. Synonym. apel 1 Generic. balus binaal Variant. binaalan noun English. One's swidden field. Example sentence: Subanen. Lema' siselem, pendaginutenen su mibilin ma'is tug binaal ta. English. Tomorrow he will very carefully glean the corn left in our field. see. pengimbaalan baal kelibuleng verb English. Gives s.o. cause for concern, worry. Example sentence: Subanen. Binaalanu niin kelibuleng ku. English. He gave me cause for worry. baal ngalan verb English. Gives s.o., s.t. a name. Example sentence: Subanen. Iin dayuni mibaal dun ngalanen, mikpuun di kelengas betad diin dapit Belengasan kiin. Sampay nandaw, mibaal dayun ngalanen Belengasan, mikpuun di kelengasan. English. This then is the reason they named it that, it stems from the good ways [of people] of that region. Lasting to nowadays its name was made Belengasan, stemming from “place-of-good” [kelengasan].