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 b w
k
3. grey hair óbán body hair bawkág 4. brain óták 5. forehead a g
6. eye matá 7. dust in the eye poli 8. eyebrow kiráy 9 tears lowá? 10. blind botá 11. nose oróng 12. mucous to áy
13. ear tali a
14. deaf b g
15. mouth osó?
16. lips iwi?
17. tongue dilá? 18. tooth ip
n
molar tooth ba?gá 19. saliva rorá? 20. to breath mag?i a?i
a
21. to blow mag?oyóp, oyópan . Blow off the dust. oyóp n mo aná alpóg.
Blow up the fire. oyópan mo a kaláyo? . 22. cough obó 23. chin k ?k
?
jaw s xá
24. face lalawg n
25. cheek pis i
26. neck li? g
27. nape ti rón
28. shoulder baxa bá
29. hand kam t
30. palm paxád 31. finger goram y
32. finger nail kóko 33. chest r gán
34. breast of woman sosó 35. ribs gosók 36. lungs polmón 37. heart posó? 38. belly t yán
39. lower abdomen po?són 40. intestine bitóka 41. liver atáy 42. bile, gall apró 43. navel pos d
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?t n, mags
x
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I saw him in the church nakita ko iyá sa simbaán look at this ke?t n mo adi
I saw movies nags x
akong sini.
60. smell paró 61. hear r g
g
. Did you hear him talk? nar g
g mo na iyan
( ) nagsabi?
I listened to the radio last night. nagr g
g ako sa rajo kagabi?
Let's hear him r g
g ta iya?
62. to laugh mag irit
Don't laugh. di? iká mag irit
Don't laugh at him. di? mo iyá pag iritán
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?
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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 si si
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 b g
s
rice, cooked méy
rice, burnt r k
t
77. to leave rice over live coal after cooking to reach the right degree of edibility nég
n
Allow the rice to settle by its own heat nég
n mo aná
méy
78. taro, with big leaves katn á
79. yam, violet in color al yén
80. fruit bo á
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 s áw
92. soup sab w
93. wine alák 94. to get drunk maborát 95. chewing tobacco mamá? . areca nut bo á
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 sara n
Strain the juice. sara n mó aná tag
k.
99. unripe, raw il w
The mango, fish is still unripe, raw il w pa aná ma
gá (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 s ps
p
n
Suck the blood. s ps
p
n mo aná rogó.
104. to vomit somoká Vomit what you ate. isoká mo aná kina n 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 maax m
116. hot, pungent maaxá? 117. acrid masakr t
This banana is still acrid. masakr t pa ádi
batág
118. good smelling mawmót 119. bad smelling mabata? 120. rotten ra? t, l
pa?
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122. house bax y
123. space under a house siró 124. floor sax g
125. pillar t gás
126. wall l n
b
127. roof at p
128. to roof atpán Roof the house with cogon grass. atpán mo aná bax y 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 bax y 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 magba ón, boma
ón
I woke at six but did not get up. nagmatá akó alás sais kindi? di? akó nagba ón
142. to stand up tomind g
143. to open magbokás Open the window boksán mo aná bintána? Back to Top... :: Go to BUHI.Com
144. earthen jar ba gá
145. to leak tomobd The jar is leaking nitobód aná ba gá
146. mortar losó 147. pestle a?wó 148. to pound magbayó, bayo n
You pound rice. bayo n mo a par
y
Pound the rice. magbayó iká nin mais. 149. to grind gil n
150. nail pakó? 151. saw lagádi? 152. to whet tais n
Whet the bolo. tais n mo aná sondá
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161. life boháy alive boháy 162. fat matabá? 163. thin, lean maniwá 164. tired pagál 165. sick hilá 166. painful mak l
g
smart mak l
g
167. fever kalentóra 168. wound kapr sán
169. itchy magat x
He says his anus is itchy. magat x konó aná botbót niyá.
170. scratch kilot n
You just scratch my back. kilot n mo aná tawtód ko?.
171. medicine boló 172. poison iló 173. to kill g ra?n
n
Kill him. g ra?n
n mo iyá.
Who killed him? siisáy nagra?án sa kanyá? 174. to die magra?án 175. to bury the dead il b
Let's bury the dead. il b
ta na aná g
ra?án.
176. to be defeated mada? g
I won. You are the one who was defeated nangána akó. nada? g iká
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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. naypontá n 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 magiba n magsa
li? 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 sabi n
What did you say? onó yo sinábi mó? You say, "Thank you". mabálos inti
g
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236. to play magyam n
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 ipat
o
d mo
Give a guave to your brother táwan mo bayáwas aná ipat
o
d 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 balokát n
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249. to wait mag? xát
I waited for you for a long time. x
y 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 magr g
p ta iyá.
Let's help him. r gpán ta iyá.
252. to rescue, save agapán He saved the child from drowning. ilinigtas niyá yo agin sa pagka? m
s.
253. to hit, with fist sontok n
254. to kiss ara n, mag?arang
255. to bite kagat n
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 la it
296. cloud pa ganor
n
297. dew ambón 298. rain orán drizzle tagíti 299. thunder da gd
g
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 mad l
m
397. light, bright maliwanág 308. wind par s
typhoon bagyó 309. hot ma ?ínit 310 cold malip t
311. mountain bókid 312. river sowó 313. foam, bubble sobó 314. to sink malonód s yó ?ía? a
ó
á
315. to float up on the surface of the water magl tá w
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332. tree, wood kaóy, kahóy 333. grass t k
334. trunk of a tree po?ón nia kaóy 335. branch sa á
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 itan m
You (pl.) plant rice, itan m ninyó aná par
y. (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 ow d
347. dog ayám 348. cat o aw
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 b y
d
358. octopus pogíta squid kano?ós 359. crow owák 360. ant sir m
. termite an y
361. mosquito namók 362. flies la w
363. louse kot ó nit, egg of louse l sá?
364. leech limtá? 365. snake axás 366. house lizard tia?gáw 367. horn so g
y
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 magla óy
376. to be drowned ma m
s
The fisherman was drowned. na m
s yó pará? isrá?
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377. round bilóg 378. sharp mater m
edgge, of knife, etc. ter m
379. dull ma r
w
380. hole lobót 381. straight togyó? 382. line lińa 383. thing bagáy 384. big dak x
385. small sadáy 386. long maabá? 387. short ali?pót 388. thick mai?b g
389. thin maimpis (thing); maniwá 390. red polá 391. yellow amarilyo 392. white poti? 393. black it m
394. indigo ań l
395. sound tonóg 396. noisy maribók