palaw verb English. Fights with words, argues. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' mekpalawpalaw, diadia tigelenen su gangiten. English. When people sort of argue, each person controls his temper. Example sentence: Subanen. Iini gusayan dun, pegelatan nilan ki mesurbi pa ig lupa' kiin, adun ndi' nilan pekpelawan sug dulunan nilan. Sa' surbiur nai tumalu' dun, ndi' na mesu'at ki kekpalaw nilan, pu' peksiba'an ma sukuday. English. This is how it is to be solved, they are to wait for that land to be surveyed, so that they will not be arguing over their boundary. If the surveyor says it, their dispute cannot continue, because it will be measured well. Synonym. sual