Wordlist

Parts of the Body

Word English Bicol
hand kamot
left too
right wala
leg (upper) tabay
leg (lower) bitis
skin onit
back likod
belly/stomach tulak
bone tulang
intestines bituka
liver katoy
lungs baga
breast dodo
shoulder abaga
blood dugo
head payo
neck liog
hair (head/body) barbon
nose dungo
mouth ngimot
tooth ngipon
tongue dila
eye mata
ear talinga

Family Terms

Word English Bicol
person/human being tawo
man / male lalaki
woman / female babayi
child aki
husband agom na lalaki
wife agom na babayi
mother ina
father ama
name pangaran

Everyday Objects

Word English Bicol
road/path dalan

house harong/balay
roof/thatch atop

rope bugkos/gakot
needle dagom
stick tumagiktik

Animals

Word English Bicol
animal hayop
dog ayam
bird bayong
egg bunay
feather barahibo
wing pakpak
rat kino
meat/flesh karne
tail ikog
snake halas
worm/earth worm ulod
lice lusa
mosquito namok
spider lawa
fish sira
pig orig

Natural Objects and Phenomena

Word English Bicol
branch sanga
leaf dahon
root gamot
flower burak
fruit prutas
grass awot
earth/soil daga
stone gapo
sand basod
water tubig

sea dagat/salog
salt asin
woods/forest/jungle kadlagan
sky langit
sun araw
moon bulan
star bituon
cloud dampog
rain uran
thunder dalogdog
lightning kikilat
wind paros

fire sulo/kalayo
smoke aso
night banggi
day aldaw

Verbs of the Body

Word English Bicol
to drink mag-inom
to spit maglustab
to eat magkakan
to chew magsapa
to breathe maghangos
to smell parungon
to laugh umulok
to cry/to weep maghibi
to vomit/to throw up magsuka
to bite magkagat
to hear magdangog
to see mahiling
to yawn maghagab
to sleep magkaturog

Verbs of Action

Word English Bicol
to walk maglakaw
to swim magkarigos
to know/to be knowledgeable aramon/inaram
to think isipon
to fear makatakot
to say sabihon
to cook magsapna
to sit magtukaw
to stand magtindog
to lie down maghigda
to climb magsakat
to tie up/to fasten igakod
to sew magtahi
to hunt magayam
to shoot badilon/magbadil
 to stab/to pierce tagaon
to hit rapaduhon
to kill gadanon
to die/to be dead magadan
to live/to be alive mabuhay
to scratch kagawon
to cut/hack bangaon
to work magtrabaho
to plant magtanom

to choose magpili/maghanap

to grow magdakula/dumakula
to squeeze pagaon
to hold kaputan
to dig kaluton
to open abrihon
to throw itapok

Adjectives

Word English Bicol
dirty maati
clean malinig
sharp matarom

dull madiklom/malabog
warm maalingahot
cold malipot

small sadit/sadiyot
big dakula
short halipot
long halaba
thin (body) maniwang
thin (object) mahimpis
thick mahibog
narrow piot
wide mahiwas
black itom
white puti
red pula
yellow amarillo
green berde

painful/sick makulog/may helang
old (object) luma
old (person) gurang
new bago
good maray
good (person) maboot
bad maraot
correct/true tama

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