palay noun English. A warm region grass cultivated for its fruit; the unhusked fruit of the plant, rice; gen. for parts of the plant, parts of the grain and varieties of rice. Example sentence: Subanen. Kig banggala, palay, saging, ma'is, muka' delay, melengas baalen gasi. English. Cassava, rice, bananas, corn and millet are all good for making wine. Example sentence: Subanen. Kepanaw nami, su palay ni nga Intung, laak pa guligbesen. English. When we left, just a very few stalks of Entong's rice were beginning to fruit. Example sentence: Subanen. Si Tumutung, saba' kesekegen, ki sebakid palay, teknainen laak sedibaluy kemeten. English. Tumutung was so strong he could carry a sack of unhulled rice in one hand. Cultural Note. The planting, cultivating, processing, cooking and eating of rice is central to the Subanen culture. A "meal" consists of eating rice or corn rice. Other staples are considered poor substitute or snack food. In group with: dedengel; dunek; ebas; epis; gani; indagan; iwayan; legami; lintek; lingges; madem Generic. mula