ektak Variant. tektak 1 verb English. Exhausts s.t., oft. abstractions as time, strength. Example sentence: Subanen. Ektak niui tegel niu mengimbaal, pu' adun mesengku'an amu. English. Work hard (lit. use up your endurance) so that you'll get a good harvest. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa, mitektak dema telu gebii, migela' dema gebasay, muka' mitubus dema baalay su simbaan. English. Now after three days, it was all sawn, and the church was finished being built. Synonym. gela'; papas 2; pupus