pala noun English. An implement for digging or moving earth, gravel, grain, shovel, spade. Example sentence: Subanen. Lema', sa' muli'a, apita pa edam pala dia nga Ansibay; pu' pelaan ku pa ig basak di gupid silung ta kiin. English. Tomorrow on your way home, stop and borrow a shovel from Ansibay, and I'll shovel away the mud around our house there. Generic. betang