balay noun English. Any building. Example sentence: Subanen. Bena' minateng tug balay, sinaakan nu sawa nen sa' nda' ma metaban sug bubu nen. English. When he arrived at (their) house, his wife asked whether his fishtrap had caught anything. In group with: baldung; dansal; gapet; huspital; kemalig; lekaw; lepintaw; lulu; payag imbelayan noun English. Many houses, though they may be widely separated, a village. Example sentence: Subanen. Begudin, kangayu dinig Bangkud, maika' pai gimbelayan dun, nemuun mipakayaw na megdekitdekit. English. Long ago when I came to Bangcod, there were few areas of houses, now the place is thick with them. Synonym. bawang mengumbalay Variant. mengumbelayan verb English. Pays a visit in s.o.'s home, not overnight. Example sentence: Subanen. Pia duuni mapit mengumbalay deli' buat di markiting, paanen nu gapu' balay gaan, kegbasa ditu minaik tug balay. English. Even if s.o. stops by to visit shortly from the market area, the host gives him s.t. to eat, respect to the one entering. Example sentence: Subanen. Bu' sa' melauni mingumbalay tu ni'a duma mu maan, ndi' mu telu'ay su mekelengilengi tug duma mu. English. And if there are a lot of visitors eating with you, don't talk about anything that will embarrass one of them. bilimbalay Variant. binumbalay noun English. A person left to guard one's house. sumbalay noun English. One's neighbor, s.o. whose house is in sight. Example sentence: Subanen. Nda'idun tanani sumbalay nilan saba' kelayu' nilan di guseba nilan. Ndi' tanan medengegi guni manuk dia. English. They had no neighbors at all, because of their distance from their relatives. No crow of a rooster was heard there. bibalay noun English. A single-layer offering stand having four posts stuck in the ground or in a container of grain or hulls, used in connection with appeasing etaw telunan. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki gelet, mekanu bibalay di silangan bu' sindepan, dunut megbelabag gayu, pegdipagen dig dalan. English. As for the elet ceremony, a four-posted offering stand is set up on the east and the west (sides of the house), and poles as barriers are placed on the other side of the trail. c.f. kanu