bantang 2 verb English. Of a tree, when topples over, is interrupted in its fall to the earth by a standing tree such that it's trunk is suspended. Example sentence: Subanen. Su gayu kia misampung, kaas nda' metena' sug batangen, mibantang laak dia gawanawan. English. That tree fell onto another, so it didn't hit the ground, it just hung in the air. Generic. dulag c.f. sampung