menilad Root form ilad noun English. A heron, probably the little mangrove heron, Scientific name. Butorides striatus Example sentence: Subanen. Ki menilad, kaas iini piningalan nami dun, pu' sa' mektalu', gembageli talu'en, laak sug lawasen, maika' gupia. Kaas melauni me'iladen. English. The reason we call the heron menilad is because when it calls, its call is loud, and yet its body is very small. So it deceives many other birds. Example sentence: Subanen. Muka' pa pagid, kaas iini piningalan nami dun, pu' gemputi' ig bembul di siladen. English. And also, another reason we call it that is because it has white secondary wing feathers. Cultural Note. Some speakers identify root as silad “secondary feathers” and others as lad “deceive,” in the Cebuano Visayan language. See sentences below.) Generic. manukmanuk