pales 1 adjective English. Forceful, of rain or sea. Example sentence: Subanen. Kamun, gempales gupia dupi' pegangay dini. Kali' dulukay genus, nda' kebundas dini. . English. Earlier there was a hard rain headed here. But it was blown away by the wind, and didn't reach here. Example sentence: Subanen. Menikadnikad ita, pu' gempales dupi'. English. Let's sort of hurry along, because the rain is pouring down.