silay noun English. Slit at side or back of a skirt or shirt. Example sentence: Subanen. Su suubu sinilayan, mibeleng; mabu' pigdaaw dumau, pu' kamun, ikdakan ku, bilatu dia mesempel delungan, dayun kamun, kali'u engayay, ekupay, nda' na ditu. English. My shirt with the slits on the sides is lost; maybe s.o. stole it, because I washed it this morning and laid it out near the spring; but later when I went to bring it in, it was no longer there. Synonym. kila'