pengak noun English. An owl, probably the giant scops owl, Scientific name. Mimizuku gurneyi Cultural Note. Gen. for several owls. Name is onomatopoeic of bird's call, perceived as ngaak. Example sentence: Subanen. Kagebii, su pengak, pektalu' dia geksid ma'isan, mabu' luminunang na pelum sug babuy. English. Last night an owl was calling at the edge of the cornfield; perhaps the pigs are grazing there again. In group with: bungkaw; mengigin; paug; pulaw 2 Generic. manukmanuk