pateng adjective English. Of a person characterized as very good, very generous, or very patient. Example sentence: Subanen. Gempateng gupiai' getaw kitu pu' bigayanu niin melaun selapi'! English. That person over there is very generous, because he gave me a lot of money! Idiom: pateng mbulek adjective English. Is so inebriated as be nearly unconscious, dead drunk. Synonym. luktung