A BUHI BICOL VOCABULARY
by Yukihiro YamadaCopied from the Buletin of the Faculty of Education, Kochi University, Japan - No. 24 Series I, 1972
Phonetic
SymbolEXPLANATION ?
glottal stop used in the middle or end of a word, such as in the word 'adi?' (king) vs. 'adi' (this); the pepet vowel
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BODY PARTS AND BODY SENSATIONS
1. head páyo 2. hair bwk 3. grey hair óbán body hair bawkág 4. brain óták 5. forehead ag 6. eye matá 7. dust in the eye poli 8. eyebrow kiráy 9 tears lowá? 10. blind botá 11. nose oróng 12. mucous toáy 13. ear talia 14. deaf bg 15. mouth osó? 16. lips iwi? 17. tongue dilá? 18. tooth ipn molar tooth ba?gá 19. saliva rorá? 20. to breath mag?ia?ia 21. to blow mag?oyóp, oyópan . Blow off the dust. oyópn mo aná alpóg. Blow up the fire. oyópan mo a kaláyo? . 22. cough obó 23. chin k?k? jaw sxá 24. face lalawgn 25. cheek pisi 26. neck li?g 27. nape tirón 28. shoulder baxabá 29. hand kamt 30. palm paxád 31. finger goramy 32. finger nail kóko 33. chest rgán 34. breast of woman sosó 35. ribs gosók 36. lungs polmón 37. heart posó? 38. belly tyán 39. lower abdomen po?són 40. intestine bitóka 41. liver atáy 42. bile, gall apró 43. navel posd 44. back of person tawtód 45. excreta s?d? 46. urine iyi? 47. penis botó? 48. circumcised tor i? 49. break wind, fart otót 50. knee toód 51. foot pa?á 52. skin obák 53. pus naná? 54. sweat iná 55. blood rogó? 56. vein ogát 57. bone tó?wá 58. flesh lamán 59. to see makita, ke?tn, magsx I saw him in the church nakita ko iyá sa simbaán look at this ke?tn mo adi I saw movies nagsx akong sini. 60. smell paró 61. hear rgg . Did you hear him talk? nargg mo na iyan ( ) nagsabi? I listened to the radio last night. nagrgg ako sa rajo kagabi? Let's hear him rgg ta iya? 62. to laugh magirit Don't laugh. di? iká magirit Don't laugh at him. di? mo iyá pagiritán 63. To cry, weep omibi? The widow is crying ni?ibi? aná bálo 64. shout mag?yáw Who shouted 'Fire'? siisáy nag?yáw nin kaláyo? Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
65. clothing, dress badó? 66. cloth téla 67. to cloth, wear iso?wót . Wear your dress. iso?wót mo aná badó?mo 68. naked, from the waist up obó? naked, from the waist down obó? 69. cotton gapás 70. comb sokráy fine toothed comb for taking off lice soród 71. ring sisi 72. scissors gonti 73. needle ragóm 74. thread torsido 75. to sew magtai? Sew your torn clothes. ta?n mo aná gasi? mo badó?
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76. rice, unhusked paréy rice, husked bgs rice, cooked méy rice, burnt rkt 77. to leave rice over live coal after cooking to reach the right degree of edibility négn Allow the rice to settle by its own heat négn mo aná méy 78. taro, with big leaves katná 79. yam, violet in color alyén 80. fruit boá 81. coconut noyóg . coconut hust bonót coconut milk naték 82. banana batág a bunch of banana (generall from ten to twentyf), subtended by a single spathaceous bract sapád a stem or a cluster of fruits, especially of banana, etc. bo?lig 83. eggplant taló 84. ginger lo?yá 85. seed, kernel, e.g., mango, etc toxwá seed for planting bini? 86. egg omón 87. salt asin 88. sugar-cane tobó 89. milk gátas 90. water tobig 91. steam, vapor sáw 92. soup sabw 93. wine alák 94. to get drunk maborát 95. chewing tobacco mamá? . areca nut boá areca leaf boyó? lime apóg to chew chewing tobacco magmamá? 96. to cook mag?otó?, magotó? Cook the side dish. otó? mo na aná pagsirá?. 97. to roast, broil magsogbá Broil the fish. isogbá mó aná isrá?. 98. to strain, filter saran Strain the juice. saran mó aná tagk. 99. unripe, raw ilw The mango, fish is still unripe, raw ilw pa aná magá (isrá?) 100. ripe inóg 101. to eat magka? n They ate here. nagka sirá didi Eat it. kaka?n n mo aán. 102. to drink mag?inóm We did not drink there. di? kami nag?inóm adtó. 103. to suck spspn Suck the blood. spspn mo aná rogó. 104. to vomit somoká Vomit what you ate. isoká mo aná kinan mo. 105. hungry ponáw 106. full, satisfied after eating bosóg 107. thirsty pahá? 108. taste námit 109. to taste namitán Who tasted this? siisáy nagnámit niadi 110. tasty masirám 111. tasteless - lack of salt mata?bá 112. salty maasgád 113. sweet mata?mis 114. bitter mapait 115. sour maaxm 116. hot, pungent maaxá? 117. acrid masakrt This banana is still acrid. masakrt pa ádi batág 118. good smelling mawmót 119. bad smelling mabata? 120. rotten ra?t, lpa? 121. mould - mildew agop?op Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
122. house baxy 123. space under a house siró 124. floor saxg 125. pillar tgás 126. wall lnb 127. roof atp 128. to roof atpán Roof the house with cogon grass. atpán mo aná baxy nin gogón. 129. fire kaláyo 130. smoke asó 131. ashes abó 132. charcoal ori live coal bagá 133. to burn matotó, masoló? Their house was burnt last year. nasoló? yo baxy nirá kasó sád a toaón? 134. to sit down mag?xá? 135. to lie down magbatá 136. to sleep matoróg 137. blanket tam 138.. hammock doyá 139. dream katorógan 140. to wake magmatá 141. to get up magbaón, bomaón I woke at six but did not get up. nagmatá akó alás sais kindi? di? akó nagbaón 142. to stand up tomindg 143. to open magbokás Open the window boksán mo aná bintána? Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
144. earthen jar bagá 145. to leak tomobd The jar is leaking nitobód aná bagá 146. mortar losó 147. pestle a?wó 148. to pound magbayó, bayon You pound rice. bayon mo a pary Pound the rice. magbayó iká nin mais. 149. to grind giln 150. nail pakó? 151. saw lagádi? 152. to whet taisn Whet the bolo. taisn mo aná sondá Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
161. life boháy alive boháy 162. fat matabá? 163. thin, lean maniwá 164. tired pagál 165. sick hilá 166. painful maklg smart maklg 167. fever kalentóra 168. wound kaprsán 169. itchy magatx He says his anus is itchy. magatx konó aná botbót niyá. 170. scratch kilotn You just scratch my back. kilotn mo aná tawtód ko?. 171. medicine boló 172. poison iló 173. to kill gra?nn Kill him. gra?nn mo iyá. Who killed him? siisáy nagra?án sa kanyá? 174. to die magra?án 175. to bury the dead ilb Let's bury the dead. ilb ta na aná gra?án. 176. to be defeated mada?g I won. You are the one who was defeated nangána akó. nada?g iká Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
180. person taó 181. man laláki 182. woman babái 183. child, generaly agín child, son or daughter agín a laláki (o babái) Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
207. to go pomontá, magpontá When did you go to Japan? kaso?óno iká nagpontá sa hapón? He'll go to Manila tomorrow. naypontán iyá sa manila? kinaodmá. 208. to go out lomowás 209. to enter lom?g 210. to turn, change one's direction lomikó?, somikó? Turn to the right. lomikó? iká sa toó. 211. to go with, accompany ibaán, ibanán If you are going with us, change the dress. kin iká magiban magsali? na ika. 212. to arrive mag?abót 213. to depart mag?alin 214. to walk mag?agi? 215. to run magdalágan 216. fast mabagsik He runs fast. mabagsik iyá magdalágan. He ran fast. nagdalágan iyá nin mabagsik. 217. slow malowáy Carabao walks very slow. malowáy mag?agi? aná damolág. 218. to crawl magkanáp The earthworm is crawling on the ground. nikanáp sa ragá aná owáti. Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
226. to speak magsabi 227. to say sabin What did you say? onó yo sinábi mó? You say, "Thank you". mabálos intig Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
236. to play magyamn 237. to sing magkantá 238. to dance, not social dance but native dance. magbayli 239. cowrie shell boskáy Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
240. to give magtaó Give this guava to your brother. itaó mo adi bayáwas sa ipatod mo Give a guave to your brother táwan mo bayáwas aná ipatod mo. 241. to get. magkok Who took this? Take my smoking pipe. 242. to buy Buy some bread. I'll buy this for you. 243. to sell They are selling vegetables in the market. 244. cheap 245. expensive 246. to borrow Borrow from him. Borrow his g-string. Borrow from him from me. May I borrow your umbrella? Lend him your umbrella? 247. debt 248. to redeem balokátn Redeem his watch from the pawnshop. Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
249. to wait mag?xát I waited for you for a long time. xy na kitá pinag?xát. 250. to ask for something. mag?ayát Ask him for some oil. mag?ayát iká sa kaniyá nin laná. 251. to help magrgp ta iyá. Let's help him. rgpán ta iyá. 252. to rescue, save agapán He saved the child from drowning. ilinigtas niyá yo agin sa pagka?ms. 253. to hit, with fist sontokn 254. to kiss aran, mag?arang 255. to bite kagatn Which dog bit him? 256. to hold Hold the plate well; it might drop. 267. to catch Don't catch the frog. 258. to throw away Throw away the rubbish. 259. to throw Throw the stone to the far place. Throw him the bundle of palay. 260. to push Push the boat first. Don't push him; he might fall from the cliff. 261. to pull Pull the cart. Pull the cord. 262. to kick Kick the laundry tub. 263. to use I didn't use my gun. 264. to hide Hide your earrings. 265. to seek Seek for the lost young carabao. 266. to put Put the cooked rice in the table. Put sugar in the coffee. 267. to wrap Wrap the garlic in the paper. 268. to spread out Spread the sleeping mat. Spread the cloth to measure it 269. to gather Gather hanged clothes. 270. to make Who made this? Make this. Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
295. sky, heavent lait 296. cloud paganorn 297. dew ambón 298. rain orán drizzle tagíti 299. thunder dagdg 300. lightning kilát 301. sun aldáw 302. moon bolán 303. star bito?ón 304. sun-beam anyág 305. shadow, shadow figure anino shade lindó 306. dark madlm 397. light, bright maliwanág 308. wind pars typhoon bagyó 309. hot ma ?ínit 310 cold malipt 311. mountain bókid 312. river sowó 313. foam, bubble sobó 314. to sink malonód s yó ?ía?aóá 315. to float up on the surface of the water magltá w Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
332. tree, wood kaóy, kahóy 333. grass tk 334. trunk of a tree po?ón nia kaóy 335. branch saá 336. leaf daón 337. thorn todók 338. flower borák 339. root gamót 340. to grow tomotóboaná pakó bató Fern is growing on the stone. tomotóbo? 341. to plant itanm You (pl.) plant rice, itanm ninyó aná pary. (Cf. no. 76) 342. bamboo kaláp a kind of slender bamboo. kawayán 343 moss lom Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
344. bird bayó 345. fish isrá? mudfish talosóg 346. worm owd 347. dog ayám 348. cat oaw 349. carabao damolág 350. goat kandí 351. pig oríg 352. chicken manók to brood eggs magl ml m to hatch eggs mag?imsá? 353. deer osá mouse ab? 355. bat kolalapnít 356. crab, generally ogáma crab, big an?ít crab, small kaság 357. shrimp pasayán lobster byd 358. octopus pogíta squid kano?ós 359. crow owák 360. ant sirm . termite any 361. mosquito namók 362. flies law 363. louse kot ó nit, egg of louse lsá? 364. leech limtá? 365. snake axás 366. house lizard tia?gáw 367. horn sogy 368. tail ikóg 369. beak toká? 370. wing pakpák 371.. feather bawkág 372. scales kiskis 373. gills asá 374. to fly maglayóg 375. to swim maglaóy 376. to be drowned mams The fisherman was drowned. nams yó pará? isrá? Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
377. round bilóg 378. sharp materm edgge, of knife, etc. term 379. dull marw 380. hole lobót 381. straight togyó? 382. line lińa 383. thing bagáy 384. big dakx 385. small sadáy 386. long maabá? 387. short ali?pót 388. thick mai?bg 389. thin maimpis (thing); maniwá 390. red polá 391. yellow amarilyo 392. white poti? 393. black itm 394. indigo ańl 395. sound tonóg 396. noisy maribók