tampul verb English. Replaces earth in a hole, as in a grave. Example sentence: Subanen. Su gapu' nami geseg, iini pingumbilinen, sa' daw matay, subay ndi' tempulan lupa', pu' sa' tempulan daw iin lupa', mektuyud su gimuuden, musung, nda'i tamanen. English. Our grandfather's instructions before he died were that when he died, he must not be covered with earth, because if he was, his spirit would put an everlasting curse on us.