tumbalig verb English. Deliberately misquotes, perverts what s.o. else says. Example sentence: Subanen. Kamun, miksual dun si Uan muka' su ngudanen, sa' mektalu' si Uan, gegaanen tumbeligay. English. A while ago, the reason What's-his-name and his brother were quarreling was that when Uan said s.t., his brother was able to say that wasn't what he said.