PRONOUNS

I

hico

You

hica

He/She

hiya

They

hila

We (inclusive)

hitamo

We (exclusive)

hicami

PARTS OF THE BODY

back

bucot

belly / stomach

tiyan

blood

daya

bone

butol

breast

susu

ear

talinga

eye

mata

hair (head or body)

habot

hand

gamot

head

ulo

intestines

ihaw

left

caliwa

leg / foot

bitih / ayi

lungs

baya

neck

luoy

nose

ahlong

mouth

buboy

right

wanan

shoulder

abaya

skin

catat

tongue

dila

tooth

ngipon

VERBS OF THE BODY

to bite

cayaton

to breathe

manginanawa

to chew

mangyangotyangot

to cry / to weep

tumangih

to drink

minom

to eat

mangan

to hear

angcalngo

to laugh

umlih

to see

nakit

to sleep

maloc

to smell

mangangot

to spit

lumura

to vomit / to throw up

humuca

FAMILY TERMS

person / human being

tawo

man / male

lalaki

woman / female

babayi

child

anak

husband

caambali

wife

caambali

mother

nanay

father

tatay

name

ngalan

VERBS OF ACTION/WORK

to choose

mamili

to climb

manguli

to cook

mangloto

to cut / to hack

iwaon

to die / to be dead

mate

to dig

mangotcot

to grow

humiban

to hit

mamatoc

to hold

gagutan

to hunt

maghanting

to kill

mangmati

to know / to be knowledgable

tandaan

to lie down

mira

to live / to be alive

mabyay

to open

abriyan

to plant

mangmula

to say

manalita

to scratch

magahga (scratch on car)

gogoon (if it's itchy)

to sew

manayi

to shoot

mamaltoh

to sit

tumuclo

to squeeze

puhpuhon

to stab / to pierce

manacsac

to stand

umdong

to swim

tumangoy

to think

mangisip

to throw

ibasyo

to tie up / to fasten

itacol

to walk

lumalaco

to work

magtrabaho

to clean

malimpuh

EVERYDAY OBJECTS

house

bali

needle

carayom

road / path

dalan

roof / thatch

bubong

rope

tacol

stick

cayo

ANIMALS

animal

ayop

bird

manoc-manoc

dog

aso

egg

oybon

feather

habot

fish

ican

lice

cuto

meat / flesh

carne

mosquito

iloc

rat

ibot

snake

ulay

spider

gigang

tail

ecoy

wing

pacpac

worm / earthworm

bulate

NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA

branch

hanga

cloud

lolom

day

awlo

earth / soil

luta

fire

apoy

flower

bulak

fruit

bunga

grass

dicot

leaf

bulong

lightning

cimat

moon

bulan

night

yabi

rain

abagat

root

uyat

salt

asin

sand

buyangin

sea

ambay

sky

langit

smoke

asoc

star

bituon

stone

batoh

sun

awlo

thunder

curol

water

lanom

wind

lupot

woods / forest / jungle

tatalon

ADJECTIVES

dirty

mayangat

clean

malinis

sharp

matayar

dull

purol

warm

mamot

cold

malayop

small

macalog

big

mahiban

short

maantor

long

maanloh

thin

mabong

thick

macurpal

narrow

macipot

wide

malawang

black

mangitit

white

maputi

red

matibya

yellow

mahulyaw

green

berdi

painful / sick

mahcit/ masakit

old (obj)

daan

new

bayo

good

labah

bad

amboh labah

correct / true

tama

beautiful

maganda

intelligent

madunong

fat

mataba

hot

mamot

old (person)

matontawo

cheap

mamura

delicious

malahap

high

matagay

low

maaypa

hard (difficult)

mairap

many

laco