tablun noun English. Longitudinal section of a log, usu. 20-25 cm. thick, sliced square and from which lumber is cut or split. Generic. tabla particle English. Counting particle of such sections of timber. Example sentence: Subanen. Sug linaksi' nami gesulu, melaaten, pu' ki se tablun dun, lima laad da ig tabla malap dun. English. The esulu tree we sawed up was no good, because each section of it only yielded five boards.