pana' noun Sense 1 English. A small, rifle-shaped weapon having a slide powered by large rubber bands that throws a small metal spear through water, used for fishing underwater, speargun verb English. Goes spearfishing. Example sentence: Subanen. Pedam mau pa pana' mu, memana' pau seda'an ni Apu', pu' ndi' maan sa' nda'iduni seda'anen. English. Lend me your speargun, and I'll go spearfishing for Grandpa's viand; he won't eat if he has no viand. Sense 2 English. A bow to propel arrows for killing game. Generic. besi'