sumbalig Variant. tumbalig verb English. Changes one's planned activity, destination, subject of conversation/discourse. Example sentence: Subanen. Sa' su getaw mektalu' kana' nu pektelu'enen sia, su metalu'en paingalan dun sumbalig. English. When a person says s.t. that is not what he would have said, what he says is called sumbalig. Generic. palin