pata' verb English. Cuts and gathers trees for house building. Example sentence: Subanen. Ma'niin si Melay, megbaal balay. Talu' si Melay, “Memata' pau, pu' megbaalug balay, pu' masi' melaateni getaw sa' nda' ig balay.” English. For example Melay, he builds a house. Melay says, “I'm going to cut timber because I'm going to build a house; it's a poor man who has no house.” noun English. Building materials. Example sentence: Subanen. Tenggal mu pa dini pata' kiin, pu' melegen ku nai menaugu. English. Hand that board up to me, because it's hard for me to climb down now. In group with: baad 2; busug; dumulus; egdan; gatung; genaman; kesaw 1; labat; libungan; madeku; natag; pasek; pegbaug; pegenglag; pektud; sapdag; selegunting; selikan; sepayan; sulay 2; tumungku' Generic. baal