balig verb English. In speaking a given language, affects the sound or words of another language or dialect. sumbalig Variant. tumbalig English. Deliberately misquotes s.o., using similar-sounding words. Example sentence: Subanen. Kelengaslengas nu talu'u, tinumbal ig mu pelum tu melaat talu'. English. What I said was good enough, you in turn misquoted it as inappropriate talk.