bangel Variant. bangil 1 verb English. Props a mortar for pounding rice, corn, or coffee; puts a shim under s.t. to make it level with others like it, as one leg of a table. Example sentence: Subanen. Bengelay mu sug lesung, pu' megbayu ita. English. Put the props under the mortar, and let's pound rice. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' megbaal ita balay, sa' gemiten tai tibuuk gayu, dayun saleg ginabas, subay pembengilan sug duma saleg. English. When we build a house, if we use round timbers and sawed floorings, some of the boards in the floor have to be shimmed up. Synonym. bingal; tangel Generic. taal noun English. Skid-like props laid horizontally on which to rest a rice mortar horizontally.