pelii verb English. Breaks a taboo in connection with sex and child bearing; experiences a disease characterized as having been caused by one's parents' having broke such a taboo. Cultural Note. It is said that the one breaking this taboo can be absolved by blood anointing. pemelii verb English. Breaks a taboo in connection with Subanen group custom, esp. having to do with marriage; of a person who has broken such a taboo, is open to suffering the result characterized as illness or disaster. Cultural Note. Custom requires that the one(s) breaking this taboo be absolved by arbitration. noun English. Misfortune considered the result of breaking a serious taboo or failure to anoint s.o. as prescribed; e.g. is unable to realize a full harvest or a good catch due to s.o.'s error; has difficulty in birth; becomes seriously ill; dies. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' ndi' mengluat su menginsawa, iin pemelii, kelebu'an dun, matay sa' begu getaw pa atawaka megladu. Pelii dadema sa' megbelengi senglangan. Matay dayun sug bata' nilan. English. If the groom doesn't give the bride wealth, this is the pemelii taboo, its result, death of a young person or disease. It's also the pemelii taboo if the couple divorce. Then their children will die.