mintawmintaw Root form mintaw verb English. Lives, works alone (word used in songs). Example sentence: Subanen. Ki getaw kia, mpauk mampu' dig duma nen, kaas mimintawmintaw laak, salanen megbenwa, muka' mpauk menginsawa. English. That person doesn't like to mix with other people, so he lives by himself, all alone, and doesn't care to marry. Synonym. dawindawin; lauy