nunuk noun English. A tree whose seeds are deposited in/on other trees and whose roots grow down to the soil eventually killing the original tree on which the seed sprouted, the banyan tree, strangler fig, Scientific name. Ficus benghalensis. Example sentence: Subanen. Nda'iduni baalan nami dun su nunuk. English. There is nothing that we use nunuk for. Example sentence: Subanen. Talu' nug belian, ndi' daw penega'eni nunuk kiin, pu' duuni megbenwa dun memenwa. English. What the shaman said was that that strangler fig must not be cut down, because there are memenwa living in it. Generic. ayu Cultural Note. Considered the abode of unseen memenwa beings, the banyan is generally avoided. To fell one, e.g. in one's swidden, requires the making of a sacrifice called dulang.