la'a Variant. la Variant. laa' 1 adverb English. Indicating insistence; certainly, indeed. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa kig betad kini tinalu'u, kana' la'a belemula, midengegu ditu pa nga mekegulang, ma'niin ni Datu' Tangkilan. English. Now, this that I am saying is certainly not s.t. I made up, but I heard it straight from the old people, like Datu Tangkilan. Example sentence: Subanen. Aa naa, Ina, minget mpildi laa' si Ungutan, pu' ndi'en suunan. English. Intj. now, Mother, certainly Ungutan is going to lose, for he won't know the answer. Example sentence: Subanen. Kali' sembag si Bulatuk, “Migbebulu lau daan, pu' migbaa' mai Pulangi.” English. Then Woodpecker answered, “I went on pecking indeed, because the Pulangi River has flooded.”