gabu' adverb English. At the time of, a certain era. Example sentence: Subanen. Saanan kitu pemedes, mibalayu ig busiung. Gabu' nu gendaw kulaan, lekawui maikutikut. English. During that drought, I experienced severe poverty. It was in the time of the constellation kulaan, a time of great suffering for me. Example sentence: Subanen. Iini mipenggulaula nu nga gapu' nami gabu' nu kebian kitu nu gapan. English. This happened to our grandparents the time of the plague of locusts. Synonym. basa; timpu