puli conjunction English. Conjunction which introduces a prior time margin, before. Example sentence: Subanen. Puli ami minateng dini, mingleka' na ig lipetay. English. By the time we got here, the fireflies were already blinking. Example sentence: Subanen. Kali' pekpetabang, puli pi'undang su nga getawen, misindep nai gendaw. English. When he was having a work party, before he let his companions quit, the sun had set. Synonym. dekag