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A
- a-anakn children
- aban taro tuber
- aba-koladj old (woman)
- abadegadj big
- abal-abaln beetle
- abayagadj long (of a period of time)
- abitegadj poor
- abitogn the poor, as a class contrasted with the babaknang (the rich).
- abokadon avocado
- abolann hut used for shade and as a lookout for rice birds in the fields
- abongn roof ; hut
- Abriln April
- abulv to drive away (birds from a field)
- aburidoadj worried, fretful, fussy
- adadsakadj happy
- adagitanadj dirty
- adakaadj cheap, inexpensive
- adakayadj old (man)
- adamosadj with food on one's mouth
- addakn liquor, wine
- adi/agin younger sibling
- adibayn lit. ‘to visit with’ ; drinking session
- adigatadj difficult
- adirongn shadow
- adivayn play, visit
- adiyan another word the Ibaloy use for "soul" (alongside karashowa).
- adokv persuade
- adoneiav/v slowly
- adoyonn system of mutual aid between kinship members
- afaln/v jealousy, envy
- afayn see agpay
- afiladj different
- afitn harvest, benefit, gain
- afon grandfather
- afoyn fire
- afun grandparent, grandchild
- afungotn bandana, piece of cloth worn over the head
- agajapn kind of beans
- agamayon chicken flea
- agasn remedy, medicine
- agatn ginger
- agdaloadj more so
- aggangn hunger
- aggin brother, sister, sibling
- aggobn odor, smell
- agobn smell, aroma, odor
- Agoston August
- agpayn a bunch of cut reeds spread out on the ground and used for dressing an animal that has been butchered as an offering in a ceremony
- agpaysoadj true, as expected, as predicted, it’s the truth
- agsafaadj morning
- agshann stairs, steps, ladder
- agtov carry on one’s head
- ah’ba-enn will carry
- ah’mesv bathe, to take a bath
- ah’mesann bathroom
- ah’mesenv bathe
- ahadv walk, go home
- ahann thing given
- ahopn gather (scoop, get)
- aisheav no, none
- aishe afilid none other, kin
- aisheiy baliid never mind
- aishin no
- aishi-jayv not here
- ajagjagv was left behind
- akadv to walk
- akanv give
- akayangadj tall, high
- akbayv put one’s hand over someone’s shoulder, closest to a hug
- akbotn purse, bag, bundle
- akewn day
- akin monkey
- akopn owl
- akown day
- aksiwn a pole used to hang and carry objects with
- al-alv breathe heavily, huff and puff
- alav get, take
- aladv fence
- alam-amn fern
- alamren wire
- alas diesid Ten o’ clock
- alas doceid Twelve o’ clock
- alas dosid Two o’ clock
- alas nueveid Nine o’ clock
- alas onceid Eleven o’ clock
- alas otsoid Eight o’ clock
- alas quartoid Four o’ clock
- alas saisid Six o’ clock
- alas sieteid Seven o’ clock
- alas sincoid Five o’ clock
- alas tresid Three o’ clock
- alaunan One o’ clock
- alegn the common cold, which one can easily catch if sleeping with one's head positioned toward the east (sunrise direction).
- alin direction
- aliguaav different, unlike, not the same
- alintan leach, parasites that thrive in the mud or in rice fields
- alintoyodn the lowest plot in a terraced omma — the last rice field to receive water; inherited by the eldest child.
- alistoadj quick, ready, energetic, agile
- almasn arms, weapon
- alo-te-itn lizard
- altein liver
- alteyn liver
- aluti-itn house lizard
- am-amn offerings made to kedaring, especially pigs, gin, rice wine, beer, soft drinks, tobaco, money, blankets, clothes, and shoes
- am-aman the length of a house, called am-ama (from ama, father).
- am-ampan looking for
- aman father
- amagv to make, create, do, fix
- ambel-atadj heavy
- ambiyongann greenish type of beetle
- amdagn a kind of wandering spirit ; also name of the ritual to counter it
- amedn ghost, unseen being, spirit
- amisn sweetness
- amoln dew
- ampasitn elf, fairy, unseen beings of the earth
- ampenn will look for
- ampengatn fly
- amtav knowledge, know
- an-anakn the width of a house, called an-anak (from anak, child).
- an-animaln animals
- anain termite
- anakn child
- anamadj appropriate
- anapv look for, search
- angawngawadj wasted, destroyed
- angban a chant sung by the elders during the sinekgowit ritual.
- angdiln bamboo
- angilisadj clear (sky)
- angjav harm
- angkeln uncle
- angkenconj although, even if, never mind that
- angwadn a kind of plant used to make yeast
- aniv harvest, reap
- anodn act of drowning
- anopv prey, hunt
- anosn patience
- ansakitadj painful
- antagv carry something with someone, help someone carry an object
- antin aunt
- antohosn eye glasses
- ap-apv cover
- ap-apon a term by which ancestors are also sometimes referred to.
- apagn meat
- apaointerj alas, gee, gosh, oh my
- apayn a mat made of sap-sap grass to butcher animals and hide the fresh blood from the dogs
- apigadadj inside-out
- apigsaadj strong
- apistiadj infected by animal epidemic
- apitn yield, fruit
- apkon bile
- apon designates grandparents, ancestors and their descendants, or any close relative more than one generation apart in either direction, to the great-great-grandchildren and the great- great-grandparents
- apo ni tohodn great-great-grandchildren, literally 'apo of the four founding pillars of the house.'
- aponann the second and last postmortem place to be reached by the kedaring on their journey, at which point they transform into kaapoan, and are welcomed by the community of the ancestors
- aporbalv approve
- apoyn hearth
- apsolv meet, get together
- apunann meeting place, usual gathering place
- arainterj exclamation of surprise
- aradann death chair
- aragueav far
- arahinterj alas, wow
- araminterj Don't do it!
- aramagn wake (usually lasts a number of days)
- aramidn deed, action
- arasaov rice wash, wash the rice
- arashon/v farm implement to turn over the soil
- aremn courtship
- aremagn ritual of the ‘first’ funerals
- aretosn earrings
- arigv liken to, compare to
- arolv sleep with
- arubayann yard, backyard, front yard, side yard
- asaguan mate, wife, husband
- asaln death seat
- asan ali nemav at a later time, some other time
- asan alinem sahei tao-enid next year
- asan moan nemid some other time
- asan mowan nemav until next time, next time again
- asanemav later, some other time
- asanem Domingkoid on Sunday
- asanem Eneroid in January
- asanem Junioid in June
- asanem mai-kadgua jenid on the second week
- asanem pilmiron domingkoid on the first week
- asanem pinsakid sometime
- asanem sahei alin domingkoid week after next
- asasn/v sight
- asawan spouse, husband or wife
- asbayatv/conj chant that serves as a refrain or a chorus to a lead chant (bah’diw)
- asdegtoadj abundant, plentiful, may, much
- asenv to see, to look
- ashalv study, learn
- ashalenv to study, to think about, deliberate
- asiv pity
- asimv harvest, pick
- asimogaln discomfort, unease
- asinn salt
- askangv be near
- asnengn refusal, disagreement, dislike
- ason dog
- asokn smoke
- asolv fetch water
- asolann water source
- aspolv gather (meet)
- asukaln sugar
- ataktakadj delayed
- ataron caterpillar
- atayv carry
- atepn roof, cover
- atipn scabbard
- atisn atis (sugar-apple)
- ativangdaln fern tree
- atiwv lose
- atiwav enchanted with, be very pleased with
- atobn the response sung by the women while a male elder sings ba-diw.
- atolv gate, pile of rocks used as a fence or support
- avan root crop with big elephant ear like leaves
- avadan shoulder/shoulders
- avakn winnings or loss
- avatn plain and smooth path (not uphill nor downhill); float
- avigv curse
- avonon fertilizer
- avosadj sole, singular
- aw̃aln kind of flying beetle
- awasav/v outside, outdoors
- awatv accept, receive
- awidiadj left-handed
- awiln the money given to a mambonong for his ritual services; not considered a salary but a kind of emotional gift
- ayagn/v offering
- ayatv love
- ayointerj Wow!
- ayodn swing
- ayopadj tame, domesticated
- ayshiv none, there is none
- ayuinterj oh my, have mercy, my goodness
B
- ba-diwn a type of song sang by the Elders for the kaapoan and the kabunian
- ba-engn backyard planted to vegetables and fruit trees
- ba-ingn shame
- ba-inganv put to shame, cause embarrassment
- ba-uln chest, trunk
- ba-w̃etn top (a children's toy)
- baakadj old, aged, said of a woman who isn’t married
- baba-singv to send bad luck; invoked in a negative plea to deceased mambonong: "don't baba-sing (don't send us bad luck)."
- babaknangn the rich (plural form), as a class distinguished from the abitog (the poor) after the Ibaloy adopted cattle farming in the 19th century.
- babawiv regret, rue
- babeltingn cricket
- baboyn generic term for pig
- badahin big black roach
- badaingann kind of small cockroach
- badakin cockroach
- badayann placenta, source
- baddaronginterj damn, darn, expression of anger or frustration
- badiyangn menstruation
- badoadj new
- badon tao-enid new year
- badyuann mortar (for pounding rice)
- bagaenn ‘the one who is sent’ ; paid worker
- bagbagv demolish, tear down
- baggangn throat
- baggha-ann slave, servant
- baghangn/v throat
- bagidatn lightning strike
- bagtitadj crazy
- bagtov perch
- baguisn tripe
- bah’degn size, growth
- bah’diwv chant
- bah’guwitv hang on to, reach for
- bah’guwitanv cause to lower or bend by hanging something heavy
- bah’siln/v lie, falsehood
- bahan cow, cattle
- bahalv fight, quarrel
- bahesn monkey
- bahunav scar made from inoculation, inoculate
- baju-ann a deeper trestle/mortar made from a wood trunk, used for the second (finer) pounding of rice
- bakbahann frog
- bakdangn body, self
- baklan a Tagalog term for men who cross-dress as women, taking on the role of both genders.
- baknangadj rich, wealthy
- bakwadn reverse
- balangav hopefully
- balangbangn type of fern
- balaon/v criticism, contempt, ridicule
- balasangadj old maid, bachelor, unmarried
- balatn banana
- balatbatav arranged in a row
- balatinawn the best rice variety to use for making rice wine (tapey)
- balegn the ceiling, which according to Ameda et al. (2011) also serves as a granary for rice (though the author states he has never observed this himself).
- balein house
- balekbekn/v froth, foam
- balengbengv throw, cast away
- baleyn/v house, habitat
- balidesn drum
- balitokn gold
- baliwn/v defense
- balnaov rinse
- balnawanv to rinse, to wash
- balon widow, widower
- balo dakeyn single men, who chat while chewing betel leaves and areca nuts, and consuming gin and demshang (snacks) in small groups when not working.
- balodahin young man
- balonn snack
- balon ton "His snack" — a package of food prepared by the family for the deceased to eat during his/her journey, containing two eggs, rice, and chicken meat (from a hen and a rooster) placed in a plastic box, then in a bag; held by an elder widow and then eaten by the elders.
- balsharoadj handicap, handicapped
- ban-agadj crazy
- bana-banan paired/matching in color, so it means it is a pair
- banabaln a variety of white rice that can be grown more quickly, used along with talon in rice wine preparation
- bangagn insanity
- bangdon fragrance
- bangkilayn altar like dais made of reed and saplings and supported by four posts and upon which offerings are made (jar of wine, rice, meats)
- bangkon bench, bank
- bangonv awaken, get up
- bangon ton "His awakening" — the name of the second day of the funeral.
- bani-itn fish hook
- bantayv watch over
- bantiweln intej general expression of swearing equivalent to darn or damn, by golly
- banuln worth, price
- barangn the diaphragm; a part of the pig forbidden to women.
- barasv whip
- baron clothes, dress
- basav read
- basigadj infertility, childless
- basoln fault, mistake, sin, error
- basun drinking glass
- batalinawn purple rice, a variety the elders remember their parents consuming
- batatasn potato
- batbatn type of ceremony
- batikulengn gizzard
- batinn kidney/s
- batiyan tub, a big basin usually used for washing clothes
- baton rock
- batuwangn a big bush whose fruit is supposed to have some medicinal value; its fruit however, is not edible
- bawangn garlic
- bawiv regret
- bayabasn guava
- bayagav a long time ago
- bayawn cousin
- baybain/v sea
- baybay-imn leave alone (let be)
- bayekn tadpole
- bayov/n pound
- bayshanv pay
- be-ein girl, woman
- bebjengv make a dike
- bebkengv to make potholes using sod or turf
- bedatn skin, bark
- beddatn skin
- bejawenv a form of the word bayaw that translates as "to put one's arm around another's shoulder," an image of support between two people.
- bekasn husked, uncooked rice
- bekkasn rice
- bel-akn washing (clothes)
- bel-atn weight
- belsigv to chop wood, split
- benegn back
- bengaon pleasant smelling herb whose stems and roots are dried and worn to ward off evil spirits
- bengatav only, merely
- bengngegadj stubborn
- bengngisn/v growth
- bennegn back
- bes-igv drop, smash
- beshengn a ricebird
- betacn/v outbreak
- betangn share
- betangenv fell, chop down a tree
- betekn bunch
- betikv run
- betkagv send on an errand, order, command
- betnekadj short and squat
- biagn life
- bialnesn Friday
- Bialnisn Friday
- bidan a kind of leech
- bidaggann clothesline
- bigesn worm
- bigisn bacteria, worms
- bih’nekv tear (shred)
- bilagv dry under the sun
- bilangv number, count
- bilegn leech
- bilinn/v advice, instruction
- bilkon belt
- bimasoln erred
- bindiyann a dance to celebrate a successful hunt
- bingan elongated shells
- binidagn clothes on the line
- bintuwann portable fireplace
- binud-budann every month
- bireladj ripe
- birongn bladder
- bisagran hasp
- bisiln sand
- bisitan visitor
- bisngayv part one’s hair
- bisukoln snail
- bitegn poverty
- biyagn life
- biyengn rapidity
- bo-bo-don butterfly
- bo-dayn designates the land, the courtyard, the action of being born, and the male orgasm; associated with a transfer, as when an occupant inherits the land or life passes from the male organ or placenta to the outside.
- bo-dayann lot of land ; yard ; be born ; male orgasm
- bobongn ridge pole ; ‘those who live under the same roof’ ; inhabitants of a house, family members, including the alies, adoptes, and people from outside the lineage who live in the same household
- bodih’dihv turn
- Bodiwann a stand-in name used by funeral (aremag) participants to call each other, as a ruse to hide their real names from the deceased.
- bokdown neck
- boknoladj round
- bolakboln stand-by ; said of men who stand by, waiting a ritual or a drinking session to start
- bolih’div/av turn around
- bolon kind of wild bamboo
- bolodv borrow
- bongotn mouth
- bonjagawn gecko
- bonov kill, murder
- bonongn ritual formula spoken by a mambonong to non human beings ; usually requests made to the deceased or to other nonhuman beings
- bontogadj slow, sluggish
- botangadj "drunk" — the root word from which mabotang ("alcoholics") is derived
- botbotogn piglet/s
- botkav be damned
- boton penis
- bovodn yeast
- bovongn roof
- bowetn a kind of bird
- boyokv decay
- bu-on round mushroom
- buan betel nut
- bubungn house — the term used for "house" by the Ibaloy people of Tublay.
- buh’dain land, earth
- buhaon eagle
- bukdown neck
- bulakv scatter
- bulann moon
- bulan *id month
- bulbul-own butterfly
- bulon/v bamboo
- bulodv borrow
- bulongn leaf, leaves
- bulosv flow
- bulowv bark
- bumalasangn mare/filly
- bumalon bull
- bunakn/v kin, relatives
- bungav flower, fruit
- bungdoln rainbow
- bungetv anger, ire, rage
- bungogn sound
- bungotn mouth
- bungtolv to be in heat, to be horny
- bunongn prayers said by the priest/priestess in a ceremony
- busakv break
- busoln headhunter
- butatown row of lights with human like forms that appear on the hillsides
- butiln seed
- butngagadj boastful, braggart
- buton penis
- buvongn roof
- buwasv rise early
- buwastoav day after
- buwayan crocodile
- buwekn hair
- buweyv break
C
- ca-anahann niece or nephew
- ca-id-irenadj miscellaneous
- ca-ongn sow, pig
- ca-onongav as is, still there
- ca-onoranadj last
- ca-otv dig, bury
- cabasanav tomorrow
- cabdongv swim
- cadguan pair, partner, companion, mate
- cadovongn cap, hat
- caen-ek-ekketv remain silent, keeping quiet
- cafadin subjunctive had it been so, were it the case; expresses rue/regret
- cafin ceremonious party, rite
- cafonv geld
- caggasuwan/v half of
- cah’bisv sneeze
- cah’shemanav day before yesterday
- cahiln mandarin fruit or tree
- cahoyn casava
- caisingn in-law specifically the parent/s of the spouse of one’s child
- cakakn/adj hollow sound
- calav come
- calapaon hut
- calapatin dove
- calapjaon rain cape made of dried palm leaves
- calatv bite
- calbianav night time
- caljapv float, rise to the surface
- calnav calm
- calneron lamb
- calonn betrothal
- calsaran road, street
- calshingn goat
- calson object (wood or rock) to serve as a stopper or as a hindrance
- calsonn pants
- camalin/v error, mistake
- camasv to weed around the rice plants in muddy water
- cambaln native blouse
- camcamv gather, pick
- cameln camel
- camenn mat
- camisonn slip, under garment
- camonconj when, while, if
- camongonconj if, had it been so
- campanan bell
- camposon top
- camudasn measles
- canawanav right hand, right, to the right
- canayonav continuous, continuously, frequently
- caniggidav left hand, left, to the left
- canshilan candle
- cantinan store
- capcapv grope, search
- capin coffee
- capsotadj weak
- caracdann crowd, majority
- caradcadn health, well-being
- caragguiann tradition, practice
- careckav to wonder
- carigshann right, privilege
- cas-anointerj how
- caseljasn toilet
- casiljasn toilet
- casingsingn cousin
- casnan blood from an animal offered in a rite that is smeared on the cheeks or on the foreheads of family members who performed a religious ceremony
- catamtamanav just about right, on the average
- catdin scissors
- catdi-anv cut
- caterin bed
- cavadiann cow
- cavadinann ability, capacity
- cavadjon horse
- cavajon horse
- cavatn scar
- cavilv fight, redder force
- caviten stone wall, atoll
- cavotbotkav curse or swear: damn you, may you rot in hell
- cawasn waste
- cawiln bowl made out of dried coconut shell
- cayabangn basket carried on the back with a strap to the head
- chivan (per H. Bato, 2023, an Ibaloy historian, quoted) stories of extraordinary exploits, strange occurrences, and love matches that fix the earliest remembered ascendant, places of origin, settlements, and day-to-day thereat; each succeeding generation has its share of such chiva, accounting for identification and leadership of the generational ego over widely diffused settlements and families
- choyon wooden bowl
- co-ongv stoop, bend
- codtaln kick, act of kicking
- coh’bilv slip, slip and slide
- coh’nangv open one’s eyes widely in awe, surprise, or greed
- coh’nayv scratch
- cohon nail/s, hoof
- colitn shallow canal usually for irrigation purposes
- colpotn cloud
- comaon goblin, ghost
- comidadj flat nosed
- comitv dent, to flatten
- compayn scythe
- compormipro whatever, whichever, any, either
- conoav according to
- copsitv peel off
- corapv crawl
- cosiln husk, rice with husk still on
- cosinan kitchen
- cotayadj bad, evil
- cotdengv to snap or break a piece of stick, or limb, or twig
- cotsaran spoon
- covaln G-string
- covotn wrinkle
- cowanv say
- cowanenv advise, tell someone off, give a piece of one’s mind
- coyatn infant, baby
- cubcubn pigpen
- cubsilv let go, lose a grasp on
- cudcudv scratch, scrape
- cuebesn Thursday
D
- da-don rice-pounding pestle
- dabav launder
- dabangn two colors (a pig's foot color pattern)
- dabasv to pass in a place
- dabsanv pass
- daemn inside
- dafidn braid
- dafisn pencil
- dafuconj whence
- dagbov earn a living
- dagdagn late picking of fruit
- daggav build
- dagghav act, deed
- dagghashiv saw
- dagghitn dirt
- dagghudadj dangerous, risky
- daghgav make
- dagsayn a basket-like structure made of bamboo with eight splits, used to contain rice, part of the diyavan pole.
- dah’bongv catch an animal by roping it in
- dah’jatv lift
- dah’nein node
- dah’siv/id jump the fence, go over
- dahin boy, man, male
- dahov sell
- dakemn harvesting tool
- daktangn structure made of bamboo to store the uncooked meat left from rituals
- dalakayn old folks, elders
- damesn fruit
- damesa-ann desk
- damintan tool/s
- damisaann table
- damonv weed
- damotn root (of a plant)
- dampisakn the action of sitting anywhere, regardless of how dirty or inappropriate it may be, like a baby learning to walk who is still unaware of the space and the ways of positioning himself.
- damsisv bad deed, evil acts, waste, despair
- danan hair oil
- danebn lard, animal fat, oil
- dangajan square cut basket made of bamboo strips
- dangann/v absence
- dangkan jackfruit
- dangkengn vat
- dangkingn cooking vat
- dangteyn the ritual performed for an angry/upset tinmongaw (also called the tinmongaw ritual), consisting of offering a white hen and tools.
- danontann before
- dansav nail
- danshukn piece of metal, steel
- dantin hail
- dapinshayn sitting cross-legged
- dapon place of origin
- dapoann the place of origin, that of the ancestors who passed on their name; the shared point of origin from which apo (ascendants and descendants) come, where an omma is passed on and inherited generation to generation.
- daragn swelling
- daraon lateness
- daretn a small bird
- dasinv separate from, be independent, to have more
- dasonn reason, cause
- dastogadj showy, bragging, boastful
- datan can, tin
- datocn blessings shouted at a ceremonial dance
- daviav night time
- dawv go
- dawasn bamboo water container
- dawitn prayers of petition to the dead; prayers inviting/ calling the dead
- dayan ginger
- dayatv stance, stand
- debbonn a ritual through which the living "pay" the dead to appease them, by offering a pig or dog, alcohol, clothes, and money.
- debengadj deep (water)
- Deciembren December
- dekebn door
- deknan feeling
- deltangv heat, warm
- dememn sleep paralysis
- Demonstrativen Demonstrative
- demshangv to eat pieces of meat while waiting for the main meal/course; equivalent to hors d’oeuvre
- depshitn the plucking of the hair
- desongn a wooden trough made from a big log, used for the first (coarse) round of pounding rice
- dibkanv forget
- digga-on flat basket used for winnowing rice
- diggatn suffering, hardship
- dih’kov leave stealthily
- dihobv gather about to eat/feast
- dikedv to go around in circle
- dikmotv round, circle; go around
- dikshann porch
- dilosn watch, clock
- diman five
- dimaov went
- dimba-otn awareness, memory, consciousness
- dimen dasosid five hundred
- dimen poloid fifty
- ding-etn perspiration, sweat
- dingkav did, made
- diningn glitter
- dinisv clean
- dinomanv altered, changed, repaired
- dinomingkon every week
- dinowann bee/s
- dintegn law, rule/s
- dinuwann honey, bee/s
- dispagn bottom
- ditengn/v well-being
- divagn state of sustained surprise, state of limbo
- divakv deny
- divangv make the rounds to check the animals that are out on the ranch or on the pastureland
- divetn native wrap around skirt layered in different colors and print
- diyangn cave, deep crevice under boulders
- diyaon house blessing ceremony
- diyapv dig and level the ground or land on which a house will be built
- diyavann the pillar attached near the entrance of the house during the kape ritual, root word of diyaw; a pole consisting of a young pine tree, eight twigs of sapsap, and a basket-like structure of bamboo with eight splits to contain rice (dagsay), used to remind the deceased that the house is their home too. Also spelled djavan, javan.
- diyawn ritual of inauguration for a new house
- diyaw ni baleyn alternate name for the diyaw ritual, for inaugurating a house.
- diyekn termites
- do-onganav/id under, underneath
- doakann a tall grass with a hollow stalk and white flowers (for which Loakan/Doakan is named)
- dobann pomelo
- dobon there are two white feet and two black feet (on the pig)
- dobokn burial site
- dogadn the local term for places/hamlets (used instead of the administrative "sitio").
- dogann vehicule
- doggiasn beans
- doh’sohann door, entrance
- dohingawn hole
- dohon fraud
- dohodohon foolishness, fraud
- dokton camote, yam, sweet potato
- domingkon Sunday
- dongbav race
- dongonn coffin
- dopisn objects laid out during the sinekgowit ritual; two dopis are hung above the inner hearth of the house.
- dopotn cloth
- doriasn stringbeans
- doriyasn long beans
- dotov to cook
- doto-ann stove
- dowagn the steam that emanates from cooked food
- dowakann an unidentified grass; a plant that gave its name to the barangay (Loacan).
- doyapn leveling the plot, part of the men's work in cultivating the omma.
- dufan face
- dufa/dupan face
- dufosv skin shed by reptiles
- dughanv ride
- dughitn dirt
- dukusn lemon
- Dunesn Monday
- dungbav race
- dungogn hole
- dunisn Monday
- dutov cook
- duvilbiln handgun
- duvongn world
E
- ebah’degadj big
- ebah’koln old woman
- ebavadegadj huge, very big
- ebaybayan*n left alone
- ebban (usually a baby or child)
- ebbagbagv/id demolished
- ebdeyv rest
- ebiyagadj alive, live
- eboknoladj round, rotund, swollen
- ebosv finish, to be gone
- ebshedn drizzle
- edafuann roots, where one has come from
- edahain old man
- edamonann has, have, had been weeded
- edangn temporary separation between husband and wife for one reason or another
- edaraoav late, tardy
- edaviav night
- eddengn nose
- edefitadj narrow, tight
- edegv forbid
- edengn nose
- edetn grass, weed
- edighaov lost
- edjengv keep still, stay put
- edjengjengv fallen fast asleep
- edowemadj ripe
- eenema dasosid six hundred
- eg-pre not, don't (negation prefix)
- egkav don’t
- egmon don’t
- egmoggav please don’t
- egnakv I can’t; I shall not
- egniminterj Hold it!
- egshav they can’t; they won’t
- eguaguaav morning, dawn, daylight
- eguatanv understand, know
- ek'kebn the state of the gallbladder when it is too small or hidden on the liver; a bad sign, meaning e.g.
- ekadv walk
- ekalv remove, leave
- ekaninv/av wait
- ekasatn luck
- ekdogn/v egg
- ekebtotv frightened, scared
- ekeln disgust of eating meat beside a corpse
- ekesn abdomen
- ekespakv split, snapped, broke, broken
- eketv be quiet, still
- ekiwidn afternoon
- ekkadn a walk ; to visit different places
- ekkann been eaten
- ekkesn stomach
- ekketv be quiet, be silent
- ekkofenn will gather
- ekkulangadj insufficient, missing, not enough
- emabalengaadj red
- emag-anadj dry, barren
- emalsuan creator (God the Creator)
- emanposs possession
- eman joid Yours
- eman koid Mine
- eman moid Yours
- Eman mo eyayid This is yours
- eman shaid Theirs
- eman tayoid Ours
- eman toid His/hers
- emban carried
- embaliwv to cross, go across, go over to the other side
- embanaoadj wide, expansive, great
- embasaadj wet, soaked
- embasoln will err
- emdengn happy
- emena-datn changers
- emengann eating
- emesn take a bath
- eminn all
- emmag-anadj dry
- emoav probably
- emotv hide
- empedov cause a strange or weird phenomenon
- emputiadj white
- en-asimogalv be uneasy, swallow uncomfortably
- en-atongadj hot
- en-eseln to speak, will speak
- en-ulin be back
- enbasoln err/make a mistake
- endaov to go, will go
- endayotadj hard, tough
- enekopn gathered
- enemn six
- enema poloid sixty
- Eneron January
- engann ate
- engngavakv won
- enjah’kengn will hop
- enkagah’teladj funny, hilarious
- enkalabn I’ll climb
- ennivogn watered
- enosanv endure
- enshokeyadj long
- enshuln will lie down
- entahotadj afraid
- enten-ughv to stay
- epalitadj expensive, pricey
- epasn sequence of a ritual
- epatn four
- epat ta poloid forty
- epata dasosid four hundred
- epigghotadj thin
- eponv "To collect, gather, assemble in one place (as people, animals)" — cited by the author (via Ameda et al. 2011) as a possible semantic origin of aponan/apoan.
- esawa-ann the term for a second/pairing animal used in ritual when a first animal is killed and a pair must always follow (of the other sex, a different color, or simply a second animal); derived from esawa/asawa, husband or wife.
- eseln/v speech, utterance
- esengn bad luck
- eshaheladj many, numerous
- eshomadj some, other
- esimn galvanized iron roofing
- et/djetconj and, then, so
- etakn bolo, big knife
- etann the action of rising from a low position, such as squatting or lying down.
- etegn a boundary (Ibaloy notion of boundary, not associated with exclusive land rights to human beings); given as a second term alongside ketteg for the same concept
- eteyadj dead
- etkabv belch
- etpokv/id scatter, cause dust to rise
- ettakn big knife (bolo)
- etulingadj black, dark
- etuwangv fell
G
- gafutconj since, because
- ghan please
- gualon eight
- gualon dasosid eight hundred
- gualon poloid eighty
- guaran av phrase there is/was/were
- guara sunid have
- guared baleyid at home
- guasayn ax
- guatekv give a forceful blow with a sharp object as an ax
- guayguayv to greet, notice
- guwat-guwatv distribute
- guwingiv look back
H
- hadjay alin bolanid next month
- hadjay alin domingkoid next week
- hadjay jen bolanid this month
I
- Ipre from, to + verb
- i-ahanv to give
- i-amagv to do, to make, to fix, to repair
- i-ayagv to offer
- i-baleyn the ethnonym of the Ibaloy people, meaning "house people," derived from baley (houses)
- i-uliv to return, will return
- ibaegv reveal, tell on, make known
- ibaggav ask
- ibagghav to ask, inquire
- ibah’jatv to hang
- ibaliwanv take the side of, fight for someone, protect
- ibansha-anv to warn, to give notice
- ibih’lagv to dry under the sun
- ibiyangv disown
- ibjagv cease, let go, stop
- ibulosv to set free
- idekjasv leave behind
- idowemv let the fruit ripen
- ifitn/v clip, clasp, thongs
- ifulv scrub and wash
- igghangv moan, groan
- igghemn/v vengeance, spite
- ighgutn envy (be envious)
- igualakv to scatter
- ihotn selfishness
- ihuln tail
- ikadmangv look across, look over, see from afar
- ikafuv to start, to begin
- ikasampolon tithes
- ikayadv drag
- ikedotv broil, cook over the fire or coal
- ikelkelv to launder by hand
- iketn/v leash
- ikilangv to dry roast on a frying pan (as in coffee)
- ikuh’pitv to tuck, to fix
- ikulkulv wash one’s hair
- ikuwanv to tell, to say
- ilin town
- ilicn rice that has yet to be husked
- ilotv to massage
- imanav there, there it is
- imbisav instead of
- imbitalv invite
- imdengn happiness, joy
- immeketv became silent, became quiet
- imokn mosquito/s
- imonv jealousy, to be jealous
- imoranv rained
- impah’dinv put blame on someone else; have an excuse for; passed responsibility to someone else
- in-a-egn told on
- in-ahanv gave
- in-pugnon told the truth
- inan mother
- ina-akowav every day
- inapon child-in-law
- inbaleyv to marry
- indegv prevented, did not permit
- inepon in-laws
- inepoyn cooked rice
- ineppon in-law
- ineppoyn cooked rice
- ingkaprep until
- ingngesprep like, same as
- ingshasadj contemporary, of the same age
- Inibaloyn an alternative name for Nabaloy, the language of the Ibaloy people, preferred by some speakers
- iningningn look at
- inkaringann sequence of a ritual
- inkatod-inkaav forever, for eternity, indefinitely
- innapn looked for
- inningningn looked at
- innomv drink
- inobayan the name for giving the liver and pieces of meat to a widower in the kape ritual; means "to leave something alone, not to disturb it," helping protect the widower from the kedaring spouse who may demand he join her in the postmortem.
- inomv drink
- inon-anv saw, saw it
- inongo-anv kissed
- insepav left an object
- inshumanv added
- insultov insult
- intededn held down
- ipagghodv to tie, rein in
- ipaghalv forbid
- ipah’sasv show, to reveal
- ipahatv try one’s utmost
- iparasv to try, to attempt
- ipasdongn stranger, from a faraway place, migrant
- ipasnekv keep in mind; do wholeheartedly, be dedicated; put one’s heart and mind to
- ipavododv lend
- ipiyalv entrust
- ipokdaiv leave objects around
- ipugnon tell the truth
- isafatav swear
- isagn mixing, mix
- isakpav lay (put)
- isakpalv put on top of, lay
- iscuedan/v student, pupil
- isedadv boil (meat)
- isemv smile
- isengditv fry
- isengdiwv fry
- ishugguiv to start, to begin
- ishuh’dogv push, let something go through a hole or narrow opening, thread a needle
- ishuheyv lengthen
- isingpetv arrange, fix, take care of, keep
- iskoidan pupil, school child
- isongaconj hence, therefore
- ispitaln hospital
- istay/istayanav almost
- istayann almost
- istoriav story, tale, narrative
- isuav really
- isu-olv to dry over a fireplace
- itak’kedv wait
- italov save
- itaronv like, compare to, used to
- itededn hold down
- itenengv listen, hear
- itikn duck
- itiln hard work, labor
- itsan tea
- itsoran nature, characteristics
- itsuran characteristic, appearance, demeanor
- itulshunv push
- itungpalv achieve, make good, comply
- iturov teach
- ituvov whisper
- ivongv throw, discard
- iyanv stay, put
- iyasn stick poles for climbers as in beans; reed used as climbers
- iyaypro/av this
J
- jabjabv/av fan
- jadjarann a kind of bird
- jah’kengv hop and skip, step over
- jah’keng*n hop (and skip)
- jah’pasv go over the rim, jump a fence
- jah’tokv jump
- jakangkangn a position where the legs are spread too far apart; considered arrogant body language.
- jakjakn/v sieve
- jamjamv advice, advise, reprimand, pep-talk
- jaodn hollow of the knee
- japotn licking
- jasjasv breath, breathe
- jaspirn jasper
- jegjegn earthquake
- jemah’kengn hopped
- jetconj then, and then, so
- jobjobn fresh air, breeze
- joggaon rice porridge
- joh’joh’kown fern creepers
- joh’kowadj sleepy
- joksosn sadness, melancholy
- jowinn the process of women cleaning stones in water using sieves and shovels to separate the earth from the sand and gravel, then returning the stones to the bags
- Julion July
- Junion June
K
- ka-afo-ann ancestors
- ka-asin pity
- ka-asi-ann pitying (having pity on)
- ka-asian*n will pity
- ka-dos/ka-josn a gesture in which the mambonong uses a soaked owik to mark the family members of a house with the blood of a pig
- ka-etn fellowmen, company, kin, relatives
- ka-iln exhumation sequence of the késheng ja waray batbat
- ka-itn relatives, kin
- ka-ongn pig
- ka-ubingann contemporary, of the same age or generation
- kaapoann ancestor ; owner
- kabajon horse
- kabakaln enemy
- kabasann tomorrow
- kabjonn sharp pronged hoe
- kabuniann ibaloy gods ; they are ten pairs of them
- kadann place
- kadasann forest, woods, jungle
- kadkadwan double, companion, partner
- kafun cause, start
- kafuann cause, reason beginning, ancestors, forefathers
- kagawadn councilor of the barangay
- kagosiminterj Hurry!
- kah’dangn crab
- kah’gwatv reach for
- kah’shimann day before yesterday
- kai-iln exhumation of the dead's remains, part of the treatment of the dead alongside offerings (am-am), enabling the kedaring to feed themselves during their post-mortem journey.
- kaidi-ann townmate
- kainiton star-apple
- kaisingn in-laws, allies
- kaitn companion
- kajemn fiancee
- kakaokn crow (of a cock)
- kakarav purpose, intention, objective
- kakawan spider
- kakeln orange
- kakkakv to cackle (of a hen)
- kakoyn cassava
- kalan come
- kalabv climb
- kalamansin kalamansi
- kalapintiron carpenter
- kalatv bite
- kalebawn pomelo (citrus fruit)
- kalebown pomelo; in dream interpretation, dreaming of harvesting ripe kalebow is a sign of luck because it represents gold.
- kalesayn shield
- kalikatanadj hardest, most difficult
- kaliman the fifth day of the funeral, on which teknal pig offerings continue for children who have not yet donated, along with opo and other donations.
- kalimkemann eyelashes
- kalkan cargo
- kalkalv chew
- kalneron lamb
- kalombasan yellow squash
- kalonn arranged mariage
- kalsan cymbal used during the ceremonial dance
- kalsaran road
- kalshangn guitar
- kalsonn trousers
- kalumotn fingers
- kalutn/v string, rope, or anything that can be used for tying
- kaman bed
- kamaln collective work, e.g., to build a house
- kamaptengann best
- kamasn weeding (of a ricefield)
- kamatisn tomato
- kamayann centipede
- kambangn copper, vat
- kameng ton the wealth of the deceased
- kamesitan undershirt
- kamisitan T-shirt
- kamitv to close the eyes
- kanv the verb kan translates as "to eat"
- kanemn the sixth day of the funeral; a repetition of the fifth day.
- kani-anv hurry
- kanininterj Wait a minute
- kansharun cooking pot; pot
- kansilayn coin
- kansiyonv sing
- kanson goose
- kantiladj naughty, mischievous
- kantinan store
- kanu-anv hurry
- kanyawn a generic term used in the Cordillera to refer to a significant ritual or collective celebration; also spelled cañao
- kao-atv reach for
- kapanin bean
- kapatn the fourth day of the funeral, on which a pig donated by the bobong (called the kameng to) is slaughtered and a dog is put down while the grave is built.
- kapen sequence of a ritual
- kapin the ritual performed near the door/main entrance after which the diyavan pole is built, to remind the soul (karashowa) of the dead person of his home.
- kapitann captain, chief, head of the barangay
- kapiton the seventh day (in the abstract numeric day-naming pattern); the same as the second, fourth, and ninth days, as distinct from the burial day itself which can fall on a different day.
- kapkapv feel, grope
- kapov to start
- kapoann beginning, source, starting point
- karakeln quantity, degree
- karaoyann custom
- karashowan interiority of all living things, esp. of human beings ; life ; soul
- karingn bracelet
- karingann sequence of a ritual
- karotn carrot
- kasatn fate, luck
- kasda-aoadj unusual, surprising
- kashowan half
- kasikasn a ritual through which the living "pay" the dead to appease them, by offering a pig or dog, alcohol, clothes, and money.
- kasingsingn cousin/s
- kastov spend
- katasn milk
- katdin scissors
- katdon the third day of the funeral, on which the eldest married child offers a first pig called semmek.
- katelv itch
- katih’dangn crab
- katinn/v footprint
- katon type of mushroom, small and brownish
- kawan "Half" (in Nabaloy); gives, in combination, "half double," or half of the double, i.e. "one" of "two," as an alternate gloss for karashowa.
- kawadann literally "where there is"; contracted to form kadan.
- kawedoav on the eighth day
- kawiln bowl made from coconut shell
- kawitann rooster
- kayabangn a basket carried on the back with a belt that holds the basket and is looped on the carrier's head
- kayengkengn spasm, tremor
- kaykayotn clothes, rags, old and tattered clothes
- kedaringn newly deceased
- keddengn plot of land
- kedkedv cut up
- kedotn a ceremonial rite accompanied by feasting, singing (chanting), and sometimes dancing
- kedpelv blow, box, strike
- kedti-iln stamina
- kefutn/v small backside
- keh’ guananid sink
- keh’nitv wink
- kehingn little finger
- keikeiyn motion
- kekaban spider
- kelaon calf
- kelbigv box, strike
- kelingn bird with a red spot on its neck
- keljaov shout, yell, sream
- kelmegv hold onto, grasp
- kelshin green peas; a type of pea sold by the kilo, one of the products grown in the family garden (omma) and traded.
- kemkemv hold tightly
- kemkemann eyelids
- kemkemtin firefly
- kemtadn a ritual in which the tips of chicken wings are cut into small pieces so that the kedaring will feel ashamed and stop influencing a person who has heard the voice of someone who died by suicide
- kentomann sweet, gelatinous, red rice grown in the highlands
- keroln thunder
- kes-env heave
- kesheln generic term for pig
- késhengn referring to the action of finishing something
- késheng ja waray batbatn exhumation ritual
- keshewv ask
- kesisn sperm; the substance that does NOT produce the child in Ibaloy society (unlike the Baruya), since Ibaloy society is not patrilineal.
- kespagn a meal made entirely of rice
- ketapn blanket
- ketdangn/v camote/yam vine ready to plant
- ketebn bedbug
- ketteg/ettegn boundary
- kevotv steal
- kewalv mix, stir
- kiasv hiss, swish, swoosh
- kibdongn a sequence of a ritual to help the disgust of eating the meat at a funeral
- kidigann the square formed by four porong (sap-sap stems) during the sinekgowit ritual.
- kih’nitv wink
- kih’notv pick the bone clean
- kikann feast ; generic term for a ritual ; designates ritual with an emphasis on the action of eating
- kikiyesn cricket
- kilign edge of a field
- kilingn an enormous metal ball mill filled with water and steel balls, powered by a petrol engine connected to a large wheel by a belt; the steel balls crush pebbles and remove the gangue (undesirable mineral layer)
- kilon kilo
- kilogv fry
- kilotn/av mud
- kimatn lightning
- kimbaln one of the two Ibaloi drums (paired with the solibao)
- kina-ka-asiann pitied
- kinodayn strips of meat hung out to dry
- kintomann refers to several varieties of red rice
- kipkipn chick
- kiroln thunder
- kiskisn scraping
- kitabn wood chips
- kitedjopro us, we
- kitopro us, we
- kiwalv scratching (of fertilizer into the soil)
- kiyagn winnowing basket
- kiyown tree, wood
- kohon fingernails
- koho ni seddiid toenails
- kokon fingernail, toenail
- kolangadj insufficient
- kolebawn a type of cloth/sheet used to distinguish status; used for the poor.
- kolidn skin eruption
- kolkolv fussing, protesting
- kolokoln irrigation ditch
- kolongn coffin
- komodn heel
- kompayn sickle
- konoid it is said (reportative particle)
- kosinan kitchen
- kostov it's all right; to like
- kotkotdin lizard
- koton louse
- kotonn ant/s
- kowakon smoking pipe
- kowarton bedroom/s
- koyatn small baby
- ku-dingn mouth harp (jew's harp)
- kuanenv advise
- kubon a type of square hut made of bamboo, the interior of which is furnished with four large, high benches on which one can sit in various ways, elevated from the ground.
- kudkudsaran spoons
- kudsaran spoon
- kuh’shitv kindle, light a match
- kulangv lack
- kulukoln irrigation canals
- kumbilann deer
- kuran cap
- kurabadj blind
- kuvatn war
- kuwebisn Thursday
- kuwitv touch, feel, nudge, make a pass at
L
- libren a free ride, asked for directly by naming this word.
- likidn one foot of the pig is white and the others are black
- lolan term of address for elders
- lola ba-ekid great grandmother
- lolon term of address for elders
- lolo ba-ekid great grandfather
M
- ma-aliv coming, here he/she comes
- ma-asasav can be seen, in sight
- ma-ikkemn is vengeful
- ma-ikotadj selfish
- ma-ingpisadj thin, flimsy
- ma-isn corn
- ma-oy-oyokadj submissive, meek, obedient, tolerant
- ma-shemn evening
- ma-u-owapadj liar, untruthful
- ma-ukipv to sleep, will sleep
- maasinadj describes food that is too salty
- mabotangn drunk, drunkard
- mad bangagn a state/condition whose symptoms sometimes lead to the role of mambonong; a person under the influence of spirits who is driven mad until they accept their gift and become a mambonong (illustrated by the case of Lolo Edward).
- madmadn/v prayer
- madtesn Tuesday
- Madtisn Tuesday
- mafispisadj choosy, picky
- magenoadj quick, fast
- mah’kesn grief, sorrow
- mah’ma-env cause to worsen, add oil to the fire (id)
- mah’mah’ketadj quiet, silent, shy
- mah’shemav afternoon
- mahedseladj bad, evil
- maheltingadj fair, pretty
- mahinan machine
- mai-ikotn envying
- makan possessor
- maka baleyn possessor of a house
- maka omman the possessor of an omma (garden/field).
- maka ossokn the possessor of a mine.
- makikann those who eat
- malaav already
- maladamsisadj bad, evil
- malamangav doubtful, doubtfully
- malasn the taste of spiciness, achieved by mixing vinegar and hot chilies, added with grilled meat to whet the appetite
- malkav mark
- malkaron market
- maltikan lard; rendered pig fat
- mampre as a prefix to a verb means to or will/shall
- maman betel nut (usually chewed with lime)
- mamaptengadj beautiful, pretty, lovely
- mambajokjokv running water, water gushing
- mambejov to pound rice, pounding rice
- mambonongn person who is in charge of performing rituals
- mambudangv two or more animals in a fight with their heads and horns smashing against one another
- mambudov to wash one’s hands
- mambungetadj angry
- mambuniyangv glowing in the dark, afire, aglow
- mambunongn native priest/priestess
- mamisadj sweet
- mampusosv to hang oneself
- manpre as a prefix to a verb means to; indicates the progressive or the future tense
- man-a-agujukv walking slowly or stealthily
- man-a-atongadj feverish, hot
- man-adiamv go all the time, to frequent a place
- man-adivayv play, visit with
- man-ah’mesn taking a bath
- man-ah’sekv planting, will plant
- man-araspoln will gather
- man-as-asnengav unwilling, hesitant
- man-aseguan marry/wed
- man-asilv to play, playing, will play
- man-emtangadj crazy, insane
- man-engngaoadj crazy
- man-enniv to harvest, harvesting, will harvest
- man-ikkemn will be vengeful
- man-imonv be jealous
- man-ingngesv be the same, be like
- man-iyamanv be grateful, be thankful
- man-od-odopv going together
- man-shushokoln lying down
- man-ukanv to cook
- manangn term of address for seniors
- manbebayutokv tears falling, tears running down the cheeks
- manbedinv to become, will become
- manbesbesoln erring
- manbodiav watching, will become
- mandasniyangv can be seen through
- mandebbasn a kind of wandering spirit that hunts and eats the karashowa of human beings
- mandebosv to go naked, undress
- mandekdekv stalk, to spy on
- mandemonn weeding
- mandileng-etv perspiring, sweating
- mandiningadj shining, glittering
- mandoton the act/manner of cooking; described as simple, adding only a few condiments
- manemnemadj wise, sagacious, thoughtful
- manengngisv crying
- mangpre a complex affix (also 'man') used in many Philippine languages; as a prefix it can transform a noun subject like omma into a verb ('to make/work the garden') or put focus on the subject ('the one who works/looks after the omma')
- mangaaninterj "Let's eat" — the formula used to systematically invite a friend or clan member who passes by at mealtime to join in.
- mangidin visitors, neighbors
- mangilotn the masseurs, who use coconut oil to massage and "grease" the body, concentrating on limbs affected by "wind" and "cold" which are more vulnerable to the affect of spirits.
- mangitv smile
- mangkan mango
- mangka-idinggin-etiv sweating profusely
- mangkadamonin being weeded
- mangkakateladj itchy
- mangomman occupant ; the one who cultivates an omma
- manin peanuts
- maninomn those who drink
- manitaladj awake, jolly, lively, pert, witty
- maniyaladj bright, lighted
- manjah’jah’kengn hopping
- manjasjasv breathing, alive
- manjoh’kowv be sleepy, be drowsy
- mankansiyonv singing, will sing
- mankantinav to operate a store
- mankeiykeiyv moving
- mankuh’ku-shepv flickering
- manmanoav/adj seldom, rarely
- manmanokn fowl, birds
- manobdav the verb for an occupant's work on entrusted land — 'to show his presence, an occupant must work (manobda)'
- manokn hen, chicken
- manongn term of address for seniors
- manossokn miner
- manotnotv gossipy, gossip monger, gossip
- manpeditv getting to be expensive
- manpukesv have a haircut
- mansan stain
- mansah’datv change
- mansaksaktiln crossing
- mansaktiln cross one’s legs
- mansebiv approaching, coming
- mansedangatadj very hot and spicy
- manshah’dopv to wash one’s face, washing one’s face
- manshashalav bleeding
- mansheguatv to pray, to ask
- manshilosn "those who make the shilos"; a generic term for ritual sponsors who are external to the household
- manshushuwav to be undecided
- mansibokn person who has a gift to interpret trouble and dreams, and advise on the rituals to perform
- mansih’bokn/v seer, clairvoyant
- mansudatn will write
- mantekilin people who do not want to eat the shangdis (funeral meat); their refusal is well accepted since the Ibaloy know some people get sick from eating at funerals or are disgusted by the meat served.
- mantiyapv soaring, to/will soar/fly
- mantunedv to plant rice, planting rice
- map-maptengn better
- mapkesadj loud, intense
- maptengadj good, well, fine
- mara-maladj scenic, beautiful
- maramaav on going, in progress
- maranumadj juicy, moist
- mariketn single women; the word also refers to feminine beauty. Single women spend more time than men visiting the homes of clan members and friends.
- marikitadj young lady
- marinaladj bold, confident
- Marson March
- marunongadj good, trustworthy
- masapn passion fruit.
- masbaliconj even if, better yet, rather
- masda-aowv to be surprised
- masdoadj hardworking, industrious
- masedangadj hot, spicy
- masheladj thick
- masi-metadj enthusiastic
- masiguatav occupied, pre-occupied, busy
- masih’metadj willing, eager
- masiyaadj good, suitable, bountiful
- maskuladoadj muscular
- matan eye/s
- matebaadj stout, fat
- matekaladj skillful
- mavaba-ingadj shy, meek, humble
- may-aknanv will be given
- may-ibongv will be spilled, will be thrown
- may-udin be going back
- maydesinposs "His or her" — a possessive term used of a spirit's presence, quoted from testimony about a newly arrived spirit not being welcomed by the community of spirits.
- maykuwanv to say, to tell, will tell
- Mayon May
- maysudatn will be written
- mebbedinv can be
- mebih’nekn will tear
- meddemonann will be weeded
- Medkolisn Wednesday
- mekikann lit. "to eat with (others)"; these "eaters" are the guests who attend the kikan
- mekkanv food, to be eaten
- mekkemanv to participate, be part of
- meksayanv to be reduced, to lessen
- mem-melsign will chop
- memojokn midwife
- menanahotadj frightful, dangerous, risky, scary
- menanekshekv boiling
- menangshangv to warm one’s self before a fire
- menekshekv boiling
- menganv to eat, will eat
- mengdotv perform some rites presided by a priest/priestess and inevitably accompanied by partying and merrymaking
- mengenopv to hunt, will hunt
- mengesawav to get married
- mengngebigv to curse
- menibogn watering
- menokenn a ritual performed to give thanks when the dead bring luck to the omma (garden), so that the ancestors' spirits will continue to give luck.
- meppangdov go first, be ahead
- meryendan a snack
- mesepolv need, have to
- meskitanv exposed to the sun, get sunburned
- meteyv die
- midkolesn Wednesday
- migisn drizzle, light rain
- mikmikadj very flat-nosed
- mirasoln sunflower
- misu-otv frown
- molimoladj round; associated with the shape of a human body, as if the person were round by nature.
- monggon mung bean
- motitn wildcat
- motokv arrive
- mowanav again
- mul-okn damp, mist
- mulan plant; crop
- mutitn wildcat
- mutokn/v arrival
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- na-alan gotten
- na-avakv lost
- na-enshiv disappeared, gone
- na-iggemn be vengeful
- na-iggotn envied
- na-inomn has/have/had been drunk
- na-itolav horny, in heat
- na-kebann variant of ek'keb; means "it is covered" — the gallbladder hidden/covered by the liver, a bad sign associated with difficulty finding money.
- na-oghesadj ugly, homely
- na-umaadj bored, tired of
- na-unodv was last, left behind, lagged behind
- naban unprocessed ore containing gold particles
- Nabaloyn the language of the Ibaloy people. Some speakers prefer to call it Inibaloy.
- nah’busanv depleted, run out of, breathed one’s last, died
- nah’detanv full of weeds, grassy
- nah’guwekv fell into a hole or a pit
- nah’mav entranced, possessed, under a spell
- nah’pegv satisfied
- nah’pegganv contented, satisfied
- nah’shemav yesterday
- nah’tanv change habitat, left from one place to go to another
- nah’tenganadj old, mature, ancient
- nah’ti-anv dried up
- nakolconj it is the reason why
- naksayanv reduced, lessened
- nakshengv finished, done
- naktelv chilled, soaked in the rain, wet
- nalbengadj wet
- nalpengv lost consciousness, fainted
- nam-ayadj easy
- namatv imitate
- namitn fat
- nampambonongn the deceased mambonong who preceded a living mambonong (traced back until ten or so generations); the ones who gave the living mambonong their powers.
- nampanbonongn deceased mambonong
- namtanv taste
- nanpre indicating the past tense
- nan-aseguan married
- nan-emmesn took a bath
- nan-emotv hid
- nan-etakn clubs
- nan-ingngesav alike, the same, similar, identical
- nan-ingshasav simultaneously, at the same time
- nan-ulopv went together
- nanangn mother
- nandamonn weeded
- nandasinv had more than anybody else
- nandavosadj nude
- nangngisv cry
- nankainan middle-aged woman
- nansaktiln crossed one’s legs
- nanshah’dopn washed one’s face
- nansuwanv used a cane or staff
- nantifonv united, mated, married
- nantih’koadj crooked, curved
- napnapn gabi planted in dry earth
- naptangv warmed up, heated
- nashemn yesterday
- naskin those who are married and live in their own house
- nasnasv wipe it up
- natengn vegetable
- nay guwat-guwatid has/have/had been distributed
- nay-ahann given
- nay-esekv planted
- nay-olayv abandoned, gone to seed
- nay-uliv returned
- naybekav buried
- naybeka-ann grave
- naybosin speck
- naydaemav inside
- naygualakv scattered
- nayjoh’nekv sprained
- naykayangav/id above
- naypadkaln speck
- naypaghelv forbidden
- naysulatn written
- naytihelv caught between
- naytuhiadj shallow
- naytuvon been whispered
- nemprep in, on, later
- nemnemn thought, idea, wisdom
- nemnemv remember
- nenprep of
- nga-ngan baby, child
- nga-owadj bad, not right
- ngadngadadj red-rimmed eyes
- ngafuln puppy
- ngafusn burning end of
- ngah’ngah’n baby, infant
- ngah’tav open one’s mouth
- ngalakngakn laughter, guffaw
- ngalaongaoadj boisterous, rowdy, noisy
- ngaledv growl
- ngalngalv chew, masticate
- ngantopro what
- ngantoyn what, why, how
- ngarann name
- ngarrelv growl
- ngarudconj therefore, whence, thus, because
- ngasan waste
- ngataav Really?, Is that so?, doubtful expression
- ngekngekv whimper
- ngemconj but
- ngeposn last flicker of light, ember, burning end of a piece of wood
- ngi-ngiv laugh
- ngi-ngi-ann laugh at
- ngi-nih’ngi-ann laughed at
- ngih’ngiv laughter, laugh
- ngih’shitv smile, giggle
- ngilinn/v period of bereavement
- ngilisn the state of the gallbladder when it is visible/uncovered on the liver; a good sign, meaning e.g.
- ngisdaoadj missing tooth, toothless
- ngisiwn whistle
- ngiviln edge
- ngiyaon cat, cat’s meow, ogre
- ngoav also
- ni olayid all the time
- nimanav now, currently
- niman ma tepid now that
- niman na tao-enid this year
- ningngilv/id peep
- ningningn look, appearance
- niyugn coconut
- Nobiembren November
- nomanid for sure, truly
- nowangn carabao
- nuntaconj during, while, at
- nunta Domingkoid last Sunday
- nunta domingko laid last week
- nunta sahei jen bolanid last month
- nunta sahei jen domingkoid week before last
- nut-nut (pronounced noot-noot)v gossip
- nuwangn water buffalo
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- o-owapn lie, falsehood
- obdav work, toil
- oditenv relate, tell, narrate
- ogghipv sleep
- ogsanv wash
- ogson banana blossom
- oguisn hatred
- ojesn/v skin, peeling
- ojetv eke out, elicit
- ok-okv cough
- okanv cook
- okasv untie
- okatv get (from where it is kept)
- okipann bedroom
- okisn peeling, shell, rind
- okran okra
- Oktobren October
- olain abandonment
- olegn snake
- olesn blanket
- olopv take with, bring with, go with someone, bring along someone
- oman non-rice field
- omman garden
- on dayatn the action of rising from a seated position; used to express the intention to leave, to go to another place.
- onitoav better (as in feeling better)
- onoconj or
- ootikadj small
- opon money given to one’s parents during any aremag
- orv goodbye
- oranv rain
- orishann younger sibling
- osilv run after
- ossokn tunnel, mine
- oston okay
- osto-ostoav exactly, perfectly
- otav vomit
- otekn marrow
- otinn vagina
- ototn mouse, rat
- ovodann stone used for sharpening knives and other tools
- ovolv hone, sharpen
- owagn song sang during the tayaw dance
- owakn raven
- owekv pierce with stake
- owenn yes
- owikn wooden stake used to kill pigs in rituals
- oyokv to be meek, to be submissive, to yield
- oyokann wild berry
- oyonn carrying on one's back
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- pa-dokn stream
- pa-idengn fish
- pa-ishamadj selfish, unwilling to lend or share
- pa-itn bitter taste
- pa-utangn the creditor, i.e. the one to whom a debt (utang) is owed.
- padton sign ; esp. in rituals
- padtokv jump, hop
- pafiln paper
- pageyn palay (unhusked rice)
- paggown chest
- pagueyn rice that has been planted
- pah’dokn river
- pahanv feed
- paidengn a big carp-like fresh-water fish
- pakjaov seek some clue, feel out
- pakkongn musical instrument made of bamboo; it’s supposedly used to drive evil spirits away from one’s path
- pakon yoke
- paksheln a collective ritual organized by the community, designed to prevent accidents such as earthquakes and typhoons from befalling the community.
- palan shovel
- paladn fate, blessing, luck
- paladoav worse, too much, severely, brutally
- palangkan chair
- palashongayn turtle
- palitadj expensive
- palitokn gold; also called balitok
- paljan ampalaya
- palsi-itn sling
- palsuan creatures
- paltingn purse, handbag
- paltogn gun
- paltoganv to shoot with a gun
- pamatin belief, faith
- pambayov to pound rice
- pamiljan family
- pampam-ayann aj rough shod, not secured
- pan ngi-ngi-iid laughing at
- pan shoh’tohaid singling out
- pan-ah’ba-an carrying
- pan-ekofan gathering
- pan-iba-egn telling on
- pan-ipugnon telling the truth
- pan-itededn holding down
- panadpadn footsteps
- pandemonn tool used to weed
- pandion kerchief
- panduton cook
- pangaki-ann relative(s)
- pangaln jaw
- pangama-ann uncle
- pangann meal
- pangan ton "his meal"; the name given in Kabayan to the first day of the funeral (called sepit in Loacan)
- panganann dining room, eating place
- panganga-ann thumb
- pangina-ann aunt
- pangjetn headdress, piece of cloth worn around the head, bandana
- pangkeyuwann communal forests
- pangkisadj cross-eyed
- pangodo-ann first born, eldest, older than
- pangodowann eldest child
- pangshann pineapple
- pangshown/v protrusion
- pangutangn the creditor, i.e. the one to whom a debt (utang) is owed (alternate term for pa-utang).
- panpispisan picking out
- pantagv spread, arrange, set (the food as in a picnic)
- pao-itn anything sent to someone through somebody
- paowayn meadow
- papan duck
- papaitangn a soup prepared with the insides (of pork), eaten to cure hangover
- papasn potatoes
- papendekadj short and squat
- paradav park
- parakv wade, have one’s feet wet, step into the water or mud
- parasv try
- parin priest
- parukeiv lengthen
- parukolv lay someone, let one lie down
- pasanv to carry over the shoulder
- pasang ni bi-shas shi naykayangn words addressed to the deities to prevent family members from falling sick
- pasang ni kinenakann a ritual (called "pasang") performed when a woman is pregnant, examining the gallbladder to determine whether the baby is ready to come out and the baby's sex.
- pasdongav along the river
- pasihengn backpack made of rattan or bamboo strips
- pasiyav/av do well, try hard, persevere
- pasiya-env try hard, be firm
- pasiyalv tour, travel, walk leisurely
- paspasn/av eyebrows
- pastoln/v similar to a shepherd; in charge of the animals
- pativ believe, heed
- pati-enn to believe, will believe, will heed
- paton duck
- paw-itn a gift; used to describe the money given as opo.
- pawilv return
- payakpakv stomp, muddle through
- payedpedv shake vigorously, tremble, stomp
- payewn rice paddy
- payown rice paddy, rice field
- paytokv jump, wander about
- Pebreron February
- ped-pedn a kind of plant, its leaves are used for smoking
- pedon strange phenomenon supposedly caused by weird, gross or unnatural acts
- pedpedn an aromatic bush whose leaves (like guava leaves) are dried and rolled for smoking
- peg-asv object used to strike somebody or something, beat
- peh’shitn religious ceremony accompanied by dancing, singing, and merrymaking
- pek-ulv object used to beat
- pek-ulenn to beat
- pel-ogn brook
- pelkakv shout angrily
- pelkeiv shake off, throw, leave
- pelpeln kind of frog
- pelsan boil, scab
- pelshengv straighten, let be taut
- peltikn the act of the bobong pouring a little alcohol on the floor inside the house after the tayaw dance, inviting the deceased to follow them in
- penganann "Place where one eats" — a plot some parents reserve after their children's marriage, used as a kind of social security to ensure a source of food for the rest of the parents' life.
- penganan ni eg mangan ni shangdisn "The house where shangdis meat is not eaten" — a separate, nearby house where mantekili eat their own food on-site instead of the funeral meat.
- pengpengenv to hold, grasp
- peratv touch, feel
- pesawn south
- peseln satisfaction, state of being satiated with food
- peshenv hold
- peshitn a ritual aimed at raisong one’s social status by massively redistributing wealth, killing a large number of pigs, and offering an abundance of meat, rice and alcohol to the community of the living and to the dead
- pesingn/v way
- pesten pestilence, plague
- petangn heat
- petekv alignment, to align
- petnakv shout
- petongawn sitting position
- petsan date
- pidawann mud hole, muddy water hole where animals take a bath
- pigainterj how much?, how many?
- pigadv turn inside out
- piggann When
- pigghaninterj when
- pihotv curl up
- pikpikv to pet, to pat gently
- pilakn money
- pilayv walk unevenly due to a handicap
- pilitn force, persistence, insistence
- pilmiadj permanent, constant
- pimangshowav protruding
- pinpre indicates the number of times
- pinatin believed, heeded
- pingitn a person with a strong desire and appetite for meat
- pingkann plate/s
- pingpingkann plates
- pinispisn picked out
- pinsakav/n altogether, all at once
- pinshahelav many times
- pintangn a meal made of staple foods — either rice, taro, or sweet potato — without meat or vegetables
- pintekv aligned to
- pintolv paint
- pirelav keep on the side, alongside of
- pisin the color of the foot on one side (either front foot or back foot) is white, and the black color is on the other side
- pisingn gabi stalk used as a vegetable
- pisitan twenty centavos
- piskawn dried fish
- pisosn peso
- pispisv choose
- pispisenn will choose, will select
- pitekadj muddy
- pitikn root crop
- piton seven
- piton dasosid seven hundred
- piton poloid seventy
- pitoyadj mud, muddy
- pitsayn pechay
- piyakv scream, yell
- piyaln/v trust
- piyanv/n like, want, prefer, desire
- piyekn chicks (newly hatched)
- pognon truth, fact
- poheln bones
- pokeln bone
- pokisn haircut
- polbosv powder
- ponetn an unidentified organ, a part of the pig forbidden to women (per the author's parenthetical gloss).
- ponin sequence of a ritual ; gen. opening and divination of a ritual
- ponponn "Last day" — the Ilokano term for the day of burial (soybokan).
- pooln fire used to clear a steep mountainside for slash-and-burn cultivation.
- por dian daily salary
- porongn sap-sap stems erected (four of them) to form the square called kidigan during the sinekgowit ritual.
- posan cat
- posegn umbilical cord ; navel
- posiposn a smaller ball mill than the kiling; pebbles remaining in the kiling are put into the posipos and undergo the same crushing process
- posposn the end of a series, finish
- Possessiven Possessive
- pototn child (of a male)
- powegn knee/s
- powekn typhoon season
- powishan outside of
- pu-olv fire, set fire, burn
- puhitv/n put a lid on, patch a hole
- pulagv fall and roll down, slide, slip
- pulson pulse
- punasv wash cloth, rag
- punesv wipe
- pungann pillow
- pungon unseen animal or bird that inhabits the brooks or rivers
- puntav hit the mark
- pusan cat
- pusegn navel, umbilical cord
- pusiv be able to
- pusingn price, payment
- puson heart
- pusosv hang one’s self
- pustav bet
R
- reren/v complaint
S
- sa-ulav foul, treacherous, unfair
- saadv to set down / remove the carrying basket from one's back
- sabaron Saturday
- sabingign beard
- sabonn soap
- sabsabongn flower/s
- sadav dance
- sadsaron peas
- sadshakn happiness
- safadn a bunch of bananas
- safatan/v oath
- safatann a little granary where rice is stored to dry
- safolv earnings, find, earn
- safotn cobweb/s
- sagaysayv comb
- saggangav regretfully, inspite of
- sah’botn stranger, foreigner, newcomer, immigrant
- sah’datv change, exchange, barter
- sah’dinn/v shade, shelter
- sah’sah’keiav one by one, do one at a time
- sah’shadv carry, sling on to one’s shoulder
- sahatin grass for animal feed
- sahein one
- sahei den tao-enid last year
- sahei jen domingkoid one week
- sahey/sahein one
- sahitn/v illness, sickness, pain
- sahon sack, bundle
- sahobn platelike basket
- sajayn This
- sajay eraid These
- sajongpopann the highest plot in a terraced omma — the first rice field to receive water along the course of an irrigation system; inherited by the youngest child.
- saka-sakaadj barefoot, shoeless
- sakaangn the way men sit, with their feet and legs spread in opposite directions.
- sakbatv carry on one’s shoulder or back, shoulder a burden
- sakbayv confront, deter, prevent
- sakbotn bundle, bag
- sakguwilv to carry objects with a pole
- sakitn/v pain, sickness
- sakon burlap bag
- sakpalann counter top
- salamatv be thankful, be grateful; thanks
- salangn hot and spicy taste
- salaon jar
- salapv include, affect by accident
- salawn ceramic jars containing rice alcohol
- salbahiadj bad, evil
- salengn resiny kindling wood
- salengitn hatred, contempt, dislike
- salopn ganta
- salshengv stop, cease
- saltegv hit or slammed hard against something
- saluysoyn implement used to harrow the rice fields before planting rice
- saman eraid Those
- samdingn mirror, glass
- samentov cement
- sampeln the visible part (of the gold particles) — glossed in a bracketed translator's note within Lolo Edward's quoted testimony
- sampolon ten
- sampolo tan dimaid fifteen
- sampolo tan enemid sixteen
- sampolo tan epatid fourteen
- sampolo tan gualoid eighteen
- sampolo tan pitoid seventeen
- sampolo tan shuwaid twelve
- sampolo tan siyamid nineteen
- sampolo tan teddoid thirteen
- sampulo tan saheiid eleven
- san dasosid one hundred
- san divoid one thousand
- san ifinsakid once in a while
- san-aggin brothers, sisters
- san-akowav all day long, the whole day
- san-aman father and son
- san-efensakav once in a while, seldom
- san-inan mother and daughter
- sandaviav all night
- sandomingkoav a week, the whole week
- sangabv to face
- sangbov offering in gratitude
- sangin tooth/teeth
- sangkapn garden tool or implement usually for weeding or digging
- sangkatihanav for a little while
- sangngin tooth
- sanokv get something immediately upon its availability
- sapatn top
- sapeyn a type of cloth/sheet used to distinguish status; used for the poor.
- sapnakn a lesser rite performed the day after or eight days after a major rite
- sapsapn sturdy and tall grass used for many purposes, reed
- saramsamn miscellaneous treats, snacks
- sarin a ritual using a stone, performed (after the shaw-es ritual) for a family whose member died by accident, murder, or suicide; consists of burying a small stone at the site of the accident or in front of the house door to prevent the accident from happening again to other people
- sarongn ceremonial dance performed with the tayao
- sarotadj lazy
- sasangon the arrangement of a family sitting facing each other on available chairs while eating together.
- satanpro that (demonstrative)
- savadiadj different
- saviv arrive, come by, join in
- savishongn poison
- savongoladj cluster, clustered
- savosabn rite of offering to the dead, cleansing rite
- savotn root/s, husk
- say-otn string, thread
- say/saiconj so that
- sayon gold panning, in the rivers of the barangay; common in the days of the elders but largely ceased as a technique (less efficient)
- sayutn last of, leftover, what has been left
- sayutin chayote
- sebbitn a thorny plant placed in the grave (once the hole has been made) to prevent the karashowa of the living from entering and mixing with the kedaring; later placed on top of the grave so passersby are not affected by sickness.
- sebkilv turn the soil over
- sebsebotn the condition of a person whose karashowa has been touched and "suspended" by other spirits.
- seddagn/av/v moonlight
- seddin foot/feet
- sedin leg, foot
- sedongav along the river
- sedsedv grow, mature, fill out
- seg-angv reprimand, scold
- segpepn "Time is running out" — the last semmek pig, offered by the youngest child; once it has been offered, no more teknal can be given.
- seh’bokn blow, see as in clairvoyance
- seh’siv broom, sweep
- sehon elbow
- sejov pan gold
- sekbitv to invite someone into your home ; death anniversary
- sekepv to enter
- sekitn sunshine
- sekkedv wait
- sekkelv catch
- sekkitn sun
- sekmolv eat, swallow, put in one’s mouth
- selshin a ritual using a stone, performed (after the shaw-es ritual) for a family whose member died by accident, murder, or suicide; consists of burying a small stone at the site of the accident or in front of the house door to prevent the accident from happening again to other people
- semekn love
- semek shan "Their love" — the term Afable (1975, p.116) reports the Ibaloy use for opo as gifts of love.
- semmekn pig offered by the children of the deceased during the aremag
- sengegn base, source, origin
- sep-itn the taste of fat, typical of pork, obtained by mixing boiled meat and fat with a bit of salt into rice
- sepitn the first day of the funeral; a word that refers to the taste of pork fat
- Septembren September
- sevein eaves
- sha-anadj old, used
- sha-desn a bad omen where the liver is missing a piece
- sha'polann the cooking place; the hearth/cooking grill (often on the ground)
- shafann foot/feet
- shagemn wind
- shagusav soon; quickly
- shah’dopn wash one’s face
- shah’taln floor
- shahitn a cloth used on an inclined washing ramp to recover gold by gravity from particles carried by water escaping the kiling
- shaitn sewing
- shakdann broad place (not rocky)
- shakeladj many, much
- shakidann three stones arranged together to contain a fire
- shakomn needle
- shakshakn wading
- shalann trail; path
- shanagv worry
- shangdisn the meat prepared for the funeral.
- shanomn water
- shaw-esn a ritual performed for people who have seen an accident or helped in the transport of a corpse, in which a dog is put to death to protect them from being affected by the kedaring; done so participants continue to have a good life free from accidents and are not affected by the deceased and the madness he propagates
- sheddengn body fluid
- shedengn the deceased's bodily fluids, which leave the body while it is exposed on the asal and flow onto the ground, penetrating the earth and nourishing humans.
- shemetv pick up
- shep-olann fire box
- shepdasn steep hill, ravine
- shepon possession ; usually caused by a kedaring
- shiprep a word used to locate a place, an object, a person, or a narrative. Example: "shi baley jo" ("in your house").
- shiggon soup
- shigon soup from a boiled hog, contained in one half of a short bamboo stick used in the diyavan pole.
- shiketn glutinous rice used by the Ibaloy in Loacan to make rice wine
- shiktoyv touch, poke
- shilan tongue
- shilann pyrite, also known as "fool's gold"; the brightest pebbles, which should not be confused with actual gold particles
- shilosn rite or ceremony
- shiman Where
- shimanav there
- shimuholn lay
- shindin a type of cloth/sheet used to distinguish status; used for the rich.
- shingkuln disagreement, controversy, legal conflict
- shingshingn wall
- shingshinganv put up a wall
- shinmetv picked up
- shinoh’tokn singled out
- Shiosn God
- shipoljon cabbage
- shitmogn a kind of small seat
- shivan life story, tradition, myth ; also refer to ancestral lineage
- shiyayav here
- sho-tiwn gold particles, as found in mines; in dream interpretation, ripe chili represents the sho-tiw.
- shobdav smoke
- shobda-ann certain bush leaves used for smoking
- shogin beginning
- shoh’tohenn will single out
- shoh’tokn single out
- shontogn mountain
- shopshopn a crowbar, used to fracture the ground when digging up sweet potatoes.
- shoronn locusts
- showan two, double, pair
- showaln outside, yard
- shoy shoann pork leg given to the mambonong
- shuhein length
- shuholv lie down
- shunshunv to lead, hold the rein
- shuntogn mountain
- shuronn grasshopper
- shushutn feather
- shushutin dragonfly
- shuwaadj two
- shuwa jen domingkoid two weeks
- shuwen dasosid two hundred
- shuwen poloid twenty
- si-emv wariness, be wary
- si-sin "The clean-up" — the day after the burial, when everything is cleaned and burned; in the past, the daktang was demolished and fire was set everywhere, an image of regeneration.
- siboyasn onion
- sifapro who
- sifetn roach
- sigedadj good
- sigitn a condition described as an 'unpleasant or unusual feeling — to become sick in a strange way like vomiting, etc.'
- sigodn beginning, origin ; also refer to the first inhabitants, to what is indigenous to a place
- sigsigv splinter, chop wood into splinters
- sih’bokv/id blow
- sih’kakpro I, me
- sih’kampro you (sing)
- Sih’kam ie endaoid You go
- sih’kamipro we, us
- sih’karapro they
- sih’katedjopro we, us
- sih’katopro he, she, it
- sih’kayopro plu you
- sih’kotv tie
- sih’nopv gather as in a meeting, accumulate
- sih’shuv hiccups
- sih’siv sweep
- sih’sihn broom
- sihelv choke
- sihon elbow/s
- sihopn corner of a room, bedroom
- sikatopro he, she, it; him/her (3SG, alternate spelling of sih'kato)
- sikmatv catch
- silagn moonlight
- silguev focus light on
- silin chilli, hot sauce
- silibn/v cunning, craftiness
- Silingn refers to the treatment of the deceased from the moment of death until their transformation into kaapoan (ancestor)
- silown light, lamp
- simalshengn stopped
- simba-ann church
- simitn/v sprout
- simkatv catch
- simpolv found
- sinabaroav every Saturday
- sinekgowitn a sequence of a ritual
- sinemkatv caught
- singan like
- singenprep like, as
- singpetn/v goodness
- singsingn ring
- Singularn personal
- sinjaln sign, manifestation
- sinobeln a type of cloth/sheet used to distinguish status; used for the middle class.
- sintegv light the fire
- sinudidn thread
- siran viand, main course
- sivogv to water (the plants)
- siyan affirmation
- siyamn nine
- siyama dasosid nine hundred
- siyama poloid ninety
- solbegn the practice whereby a person who cannot pay a debt is offered a piglet to raise and fatten until he can repay his debt in whole or in part, or sell the mature pig.
- solibaon drum
- solibawn a kind of drum
- solponn donation in money or kind
- soson breast/s
- sowann cane
- soybokann literally "wounded by a blow to the abdomen" — the day of burial (also called ponpon, "last day," in Ilokano).
- suhidn pole used to pick fruit
- suhongn corner
- sukalv gamble
- sukin a trader who offers advantageous prices, from whom the Ibaloy regularly buy products in Baguio.
- sulatv handwriting, letter
- sulnin bug whose skin/fur can cause itching
- sultipv whistle
- sumann/v ceremonial offering
- sumangv gossip
- sunprep to
- sungbatv answer
- sungbat*v answer
- susotn intestines
- sutaart the
- suviln lips
- suwiav upside down, right side up
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- ta-edn knife
- ta-epv winnow
- ta-nayn bundle of palay
- ta-sheln the standing position; also used to name the action of erecting a house, and representing or taking a stand for someone (defending him), referring to vertical elements.; also spelled takshel
- ta-uln/v dipper
- tabdan finished lumber
- tabongawn white squash
- tada-okn crowing, crow
- tadjakjakv water pouring down, spurting
- tado-ann cabinet
- tagdangn rib
- tageltelav bumpy, rough
- tagibin adoption
- tagiltiladj talkative, verbose, loquacious
- tagtagginepn dream
- tah’bonn head cover, bandana
- tah’kotv to scare, to frighten
- tah’megv bang one’s head, bump
- takdain hand
- takdayn hand, forearm
- takinv go with; take with
- takkedv wait, await
- takrotadj coward, faint hearted
- takshol ni biyagn fire of life
- taktakv delay
- taladongn leg, lower
- talambagghaadj clumsy
- talaon star
- talawn star
- talebn ceiling
- talentenav in a pile, in a row
- talonn a type of white rice with many varieties, smaller grains and plants, less labor-intensive than kintoman but requiring more water; also used in alcohol preparation
- talyapn a plate for collecting blood, used during the sinekgowit ritual.
- tama-alin av phrase here it comes
- tamidn cheek/s
- tamiln cheek/s
- tamnayadj a word describing food that is not salty or sweet enough / does not have much flavor (e.g. beans, chayote, mushrooms)
- tamoyann type of mushroom that has a slim stem and a wide umbrella like head with black or brown specks
- tamtamenv serve one right
- tanconj and
- tanemv plant (other than rice)
- tangebn door
- tangidan ear/s
- tangkadv recuperate
- tangkiadj a word describing food that is not salty or sweet enough / does not have much flavor (e.g. beans, chayote, mushrooms)
- tanodn local militia who assist the barangay officers in conflict resolution or event organization.
- tansha-ann/v/id memory
- tao-enn year, age
- tapajan papaya
- tapewn top
- tapeyn rice wine
- tarainterj "Let's go" or "let's get up and leave" - expresses the transition from sitting or squatting to standing, and the action of getting up to move to another place.
- tarakeadj spry, witty, lively
- tarakenn/v person or animals in one’s care
- taremv edged
- tarongn eggplant
- tasan cup
- tastasan cups
- tatangn father
- tavitabadj talkative
- tavtavaln/v conversation
- tawan window/s
- tawalv call, summon
- tawenn year
- tawidn inheritance
- tayabv fly, soar
- tayaon ceremonial dance
- tayawn ibaloy dance ; sequence of a ritual
- tayoktokadj talkative, loquacious
- taytayn bridge
- tebtebn small spring
- teddon three
- tedoadj three
- tedon dasosid three hundred
- tedon poloid thirty
- tedtedv drip
- tedteranv heap on, pile on
- teg-inadj cold, chilly
- tegtegv crush, smash, cutting up
- tehein/v shortness
- tek-oyn a ritual mandatory when the deceased leaves behind a spouse: the mambonong pours rice alcohol (tapey) on the earth to make the other kedaring aware that the person who has just died is now separated from her spouse and preparing for the postmortem journey.
- tekgualv harrow
- teknaln pig offered by a sibling, an uncle, or a cousin during the areamg
- teljadn thighs
- temmon a ritual to counter insanity, such as that which can afflict a person after the murder of a loved one; also done for people who have smelled a lot of blood after an accident so they do not become mad
- temokn forehead
- tenengn/v rice paddy embankment
- tengshalv cut branches off a tree
- tepconj so that, because, thus
- terekv string together objects like beads
- tetitn bird/s
- tetiyengn ant
- teyteyn ladder, stairs
- ti-ahav please, come on
- tifonv unite, mate, come together
- tiggan please
- tih’beiv greet
- tiktikn two pieces of metal, used for the music at the tayaw dance
- timban pail
- timeln flea
- timidn chin
- timoln pig food
- timtimv taste
- tinadtadn/v pieces of meat
- tinawidn those who have inherited or enjoy an inheritance; can also designate occupants, emphasizing the relationship between successors and their ancestors via the land. "That which is inherited."
- tinawtaw-enn every year
- tinedorn fork/s
- tingiyn frog
- tinmongawn a kind of wandering spirit ; ‘the spirit that sits’ ;
- tititn bird (generic)
- tiwingadj lopsided
- tiyadn/v stance
- tiyapv soar, float
- tiyedv go or walk uphill
- to-on person, people
- tocmov to sit around a bonfire
- tofiv fold
- tofitupv roll in a fold
- togtogv/n knock
- toh’toh’guan/av truth
- tohodn house pillar
- tokkongn squatting position
- tokmangav/n beside
- toktokn head, top
- tolbekv key, lock
- tolokv agree
- toltolv knock, peck
- tomkaln buying price
- tongawv sit
- tongawann chair, bench
- tongtongn a council of elders
- tontonn roots, family tree, ancestry
- topjan a ritual intended to counter witchcraft (angja, wayway)
- towaav an interrogative word used to ask where something is. Example: "towa shi baley mo?" ("where is your house?").
- toyon fine rice chaff (saved as pig food)
- tubungn bamboo tube used as a water/drinking container
- tudkaov peck
- tudkoln pole used as a support
- tuhidn someone, some person
- tuhodn post/s
- tukala shiyayid come here
- tukaljo shiyayid come here
- tulag*v promise
- tuledn guts
- tulisann bandit, thief
- tulodv bring over, deliver
- tulokn consent, agree, permit
- tulshunv push, shove
- tumekn finely pounded grain
- tumengn knee/s
- tungaov sit, be seated
- tungawann chair
- tungkalv buy
- tungkokv sit idly, sit still
- tupshav spit
- turov teaching, teach, point
- tuwaav where
- tuwangv fall, push, fell a tree
- tuwekv prick
- tuwidv bend over
- tuyon the powdered particles of rice grain and husks during pounding
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- u-owapn falsehood
- u-uwapv lie
- ubbon alternate name for kamal, the cooperative system of mutual help used e.g. for house-building.
- ubdav work, labor
- ubingn/adj child, children
- ubuann hen
- ufan hen
- ufon money, wine, rice, animals given during the wake of the dead in assistance to the bereaved family in the hope that the dead might share such things with other relatives who had died before him
- ug-ngipv sleep
- ugadin way, custom, tradition, characteristic
- uhobv eat with, partake of
- ulaon/v state of confusion
- ulaytov remains to be seen, perhaps, maybe
- ulepn fog, mist
- uliv return
- ulingn charcoal
- ulpon thigh/s
- ulsan deer
- uman clearing in the woods or on the mountainside planted to root crops like yams, taro, bananas
- un-ataconj because
- unasn sugar cane
- unatv stretch, straighten
- unodv/adj follow, heed
- urishi-ann younger one
- usilv run after
- usilenv chase
- usokn/v mine, cave
- utangn debt
- utdun top leaves; tender edible shoots (of a plant)
- uvann white or grey hair
- uvetn behind, buttocks
- uwabv yawn
- uwakn crow
- uwangv to go and dig camote (sweet potato)
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About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 120,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family.