gangla' adverb English. As if. Example sentence: Subanen. Su gapu' nami kitu libun, pintay na gupia, pu' puli minatay, sa' menaik di gegdan, subay gangla' megbelabag, pu' mesuntuki gangasen. English. Our grandmother was extremely old, for before she died, if she went up a ladder, she had to go up as if sideways, or she would hit her forehead on the ladder (because her back was so hunched).