belian noun English. A local medical and spiritual practitioner, a shaman. Example sentence: Subanen. Kig belian, duun ig laminen, betanganen tug besalenen. English. A shaman has a loft to practice his art (lit. to keep his ceremonial bowl in). Example sentence: Subanen. Talu' nug belian, ndi' daw penega'eni nunuk kiin, pu' duuni megbenwa dun memenwa. English. What the shaman said was that that strangler fig tree mustn't be cut down, because there is a memenwa spirit living in it. Generic. emaw 2