tubu' verb English. Of any living thing: lives, grows, sprouts. Example sentence: Subanen. Mintubu' na su pimulau kapi. English. The coffee I planted has already sprouted. Example sentence: Subanen. Su milened badeku ditu mesempel Zamboanga, maika' gupiai getaw mitubu'; melaun dai minatay. English. When the ship sunk there near Zamboanga, few people survived; many died. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki galsadu megbenwa di gulangan, laak kilawan tantu, iini mitubu' tug bagyu. English. The "frightening ones" that live in the forest, but are really mortal, they are the ones who survived the flood. Sense 1 noun English. Life of s.t., germ. Example sentence: Subanen. Unglanan ig beni', pu' sa' megangu gupia, matay su tubu'en. English. Seed for planting is dried briefly, because if it is dried out throughly, the germ dies. English. Visible fungi such as mushrooms; gen. for mushrooms. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki tubu' galengaleng, ndi' mpia pa'aan di gembata', pu' sa' sugu'en, laak dayun megalengaleng. English. It's not good to let children eat alengaleng mushrooms, because when you send them on an errand, they just go looking around. In group with: alengaleng 2; lansung 2; lelembu'; ligbes; ligetusen; tetuay 2; uliktep; upas 3; yabeg Sense 2 English. Earliest growth stage of a plant, shoot; gen. for various shoots. Example sentence: Subanen. Su talimpuku, ndi' pa pia giiken, pu' migleginit gupia. Subay sa' pa metigdaw, muka' matay pai tubu'en kia. English. My sheaves aren't ready to thresh yet, because heat has gathered in them. I'll have to wait until they cool, and their new shoots have died. Synonym. samilya In group with: saa' Sense 3 English. One's return on a business venture, interest, profit. Example sentence: Subanen. Su tubu' nu kwadetau, nda' pa nilan begay dinaan sampay nemun. English. They haven't given me the interest on my money until now. Synonym. bata'; ganansia pegleketubu' verb English. Makes one's living. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa, kiin migawid ma na amu duayan, iini pektalentenay niu ki kegleketubu' niu, mengimbaal muka' megimula. English. Now then, here you are married, this is what you are to attend your living, cutting the forest and planting. metetubu' noun English. Any animal, insect, terrestrial or marine. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa sa' mitubus na sug butuk, sumiled dayun si Dumpeken ditug dialem nug butuk, sampay su nga gapenen, muka' su gininisan nga metetubu', sumiled dadema diag dialem. English. Now when the butuk was finished, then Dumpeken entered the butuk, including his children, and the various animals, they entered too. mitubu' noun English. An unseen being, spirit. petubu'en noun English. Any domesticated animal or fowl. Example sentence: Subanen. Ki gansa', gasal dadema petubu'en nu getaw. English. Geese are customarily raised by people. Idiom: ketubu' nda'i tamanen Variant. ketubu' nda'i gikteben English. The concept of living without end, immortality.