latung Sense 1 verb English. Beats rhythmically with the ends of sticks on a small log hung horizontally at a pesenku' ceremony (The beating sticks are held vertically as rice pestles.) Sense 2 English. Pecks wood, of a woodpecker. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' daw meglatungi temiang, penglibuk. English. People say that when the temiang woodpecker drums on wood, it is going to rain. Synonym. basal noun English. The sticks used to beat the log in the pesenku' ceremony. litungan verb English. Makes the sound of beating with ends of sticks on a horizontally suspended, small log.