linis adjective English. Characteristic of what will dissolve in water or melt such as ice dissolves in the mouth, digests in the stomach. verb English. Dissolves s.t. in the mouth, digests in the stomach. Example sentence: Subanen. Su ginaan ku, nda' melinis; tebia', kali'u udu, iin da ig palasen, nda' mpalin. English. What I ate was not digested, so (excuse the mention of it,) when I moved my bowels, it looked the same, it hadn't changed. Synonym. tunag; tunaw 1