padang noun English. A tall, slender grass used for roofing: cogon. The blade of the leaf has tiny serrations causing painful cuts for humans. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug balayu, nda' metubus teklebay, pu' su gikpeku padang, nda' metektub. English. I haven't finished putting the roof on our house, because the pieces of cogon grass I had cut weren't enough. Example sentence: Subanen. Mesait gupia matau, mitudiuk daun padang kamun. English. My eye really hurts; it was poked by cogon grass earlier today. Generic. sigbet