betung noun English. Cultivated, edible bamboo, largest of local bamboos and used for flooring, rafters, water containers, and even percussion instruments. Its young shoots are characteristically sliced for vegetables. Example sentence: Subanen. Kig betung, sa' baalen saleg, melengas tekian, ua'en su tangisen, adun melenu'. English. When giant bamboo is used for flooring, it's good to scrape the fuzzy outer surface off it, so that it will be smooth. Example sentence: Subanen. Su betung nami, meketaas gupia sug banayen. English. Our giant bamboo has very long sections. c.f. beletakan