gaak verb English. Carves steps or terraces, e.g. in a log, on a hillside. Example sentence: Subanen. Su niug, nda'u mpenaik, pu' nda'i gaaken. Pagina gaakan ku, nda'u keguit pais. English. I couldn't climb the coconut tree, for it had no steps carved out of it. And I couldn't carve any steps, for I hadn't brought a machete along. Idiom: gaak ginaa noun English. What one does with determination, single-mindedness. Example sentence: Subanen. Su getaw, sa' nda'i titulu'an dun, adin su gaak ginaa nen, iini penggulaulanen, megdau, menulis, sampay matay, iin ig delendemanen. English. If a person isn't taught, whatever he's determined to do, that"s what he does: steal, rob; all his life, that's what he decides. Synonym. bugi'; buklus; bulug