upisina
noun
English. An office, esp. a town's municipal hall.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Baa si Dengan, ndi' tanan megala' mektalu' pia dig ditaas gupisina.
English. Oh Dengan, he doesn't even stutter when he speaks upstairs in the town hall.
Cultural Note. “Upstairs” is perceived as where more important municipal offices are.