neknay verb English. Holds a harvest ceremony before harvest and before pesengku' ceremony, to keep the memenwa from bothering in the field or outside the windows of one's house. Example sentence: Subanen. Inemanay niu su peneknay, adun mpekanu. English. Make fermented rice for the peneknay ceremony, so that it can be held. Example sentence: Subanen. Subay puli ita peglegani, peneknayan ta deli' ig binaal ta kiin, adun ndi' daita pegdena'en memenwa. English. Before we harvest rice, we must have a ceremony for that field of ours, so that we won't be noticed by memenwa spirits. Synonym. salimbal 2 Generic. kanu