bangan Sense 1 noun English. A pole split with a wood plank wedged and fastened with rattan about halfway down the split, used as a platform leaning on a tree to be felled. Example sentence: Subanen. Subay baalan bangan ni gayu kiin, adun gindegan sa' penega'en. English. That tree needs a cutting platform built on it, to stand on when it"s felled. c.f. englag; lales; tuduk; tunggul Sense 2 benganen noun English. The stage of growth of very large forest trees which are still small enough to require only a bangan for felling them rather than a full-scale scaffold.