pupus 1 verb English. Consumes energy or a quantity, hence completely. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' iini pegbetagen mu, su titulu'an dini'a, ndi' mu betang di gulu mu, ma'niin luten mipupus. English. If you keep on this way, not learning from good advice, you'll end up like fagots burned up (implies extreme poverty.). Example sentence: Subanen. Ta' dun santa' dungus pu' mpupus na gpayntedi. English. I don't know how many hills were covered with pine trees. Generic. gela' Synonym. papas 2 Sense 1 adjective English. Characteristic of a person who neither gives nor lends: stingy, penurious. Synonym. pinget Generic. saku Sense 2 English. Characteristic of s.o. who has no social standing, poor, outcast. Example sentence: Subanen. “Aa, Ina', mauma dema mpiid? Misuunan melaun getaw, ita, gempupus ita.” English. “Oh, Mother, why be ashamed? Everyone knows that we're the lowest of the low.” Synonym. pubedi; pusuk