pailis verb English. Makes a sacrifice in anticipation of cutting forest to plant rice, to prevent misfortune while working. Cultural Note. Memenwa spirits are believed to own the forest, hence they must be appeased if the forest is cut. Example sentence: Subanen. Mekpailis ita, adun ndi' ita pegdena'en nu nga memenwa. English. We'll hold a ceremony, so that the memenwa spirits won"t talk about us (saying we haven't sacrificed, and therefore harm us). Synonym. dulang Generic. kanu