giwayan Variant. ginewayan noun English. The small stems rice or other grain forms on; ears of grain. Example sentence: Subanen. Su palayu, mekepelek gupiai giwayanen, pu' milebeng sigbet, muka' melaaten ig lupa' gidekan dun. English. My rice has very short stalks, for it was crowded out by weeds, and the soil I planted it in was poor. c.f. indagan