bitin Sense 1 verb English. Hangs, suspends s.t. Example sentence: Subanen. Kig sambulayan, duma dademag bitekel, laak pembitinen dia ki kwadeta, muka' melaun pa ig lain. English. Sambulayan is also another kind of necklace, a kind with coins dangling from it, and many other beads. In group with: kalembaing; kaluaitaing; kalempuyut; salempikit Sense 2 English. Promises a sacrifice. Synonym. bala' 1 Idiom: bitin buku verb English. Gives a major exhortation at a well-attended ceremony, usu. so that carrying it out such instruction will to avoid an offense or taboo. Example sentence: Subanen. Nandaw megbitinu buku. Adin su mekesenung dun, ukemen telu pulu' kumpaw, telu pulu' pilak dema. English. Today I give an exhortation. Whoever violates it, will be judged worthy of a thirty kumpaw fine, thirty pesos, too. Cultural Note. The one giving such an exhortation holds onto a knot in a rope or rattan suspended from the rafters of the house for this purpose and begins by saying, "I suspend knot (lit.)..."