kapal noun English. A large, motorized, ocean-going vessel. Example sentence: Subanen. Tinalu' nu nga mekegulang dengantu, ita nu nga begu getaw, mesagut ta pai kapal lupa', kapal di dagat, muka' kapal di gawanawan. Sa'itada dipelanu, badeku, tedaak. English. The older generation long ago said that we young folks will come across ships of the land, ships of the sea and ships of the air. That is, airplanes, ships and trucks. Synonym. badeku; bapur; sakay