puka' verb English. Opens s.t. which has a lid, door or shutter. Example sentence: Subanen. Mabu' dia da si nga Rudy balay nilan, pinuka' ma dai dungawan nilan kia. English. Probably Rudy and his family are at home there; the windows are opened there in their house. Idiom: puka' gegdan English. A token payment of bride wealth traditionally extended by friend(s) of the groom on entering the house of the bride where the wedding is held. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa keni menaik ami dayun, pu' pipenaik ma nami nilan. Naa penengian ami pelum paat pisus, puka' gegdani* ngalanen. English. Then we members of the groom's party go inside, for they have invited us to go inside. They ask us for four pesos, which is called the opening of the stairs. Synonym. tukal di gegdan c.f. egdan