tunaw 1 verb English. Melts due to heat, dissolves. Example sentence: Subanen. Tunaun nilan su putaw, pu' adun megdeket. English. They melt steel so that it will stick together. Example sentence: Subanen. Su tingga' tunaun ku pa, baalen ku bala nug dibumbau, nda'idun na ig balanen. English. I'm going to melt the lead and make it into pellets for my air rifle; I have no more pellets for it. Synonym. tunag katunawan noun English. Purgatory, heaven, where it is believed souls of the good are reforged. Example sentence: Subanen. Naa kiin pelum tinalu' katunawan, gembagel gupia linaw, dia dadema mesempel guli'an kia nu nga gimuud. English. Now as for the place called purgatory in turn, it is a very large lake, and is also there near that place where the departed souls go home. c.f. baya' Synonym. uli' 1