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1,684 entries from Anton's Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language
A
- a-anakn children
- abal-abaln beetle
- abolann hut used for shade and as a lookout for rice birds in the fields
- Abriln April
- aburidoadj worried, fretful, fussy
- addakn liquor, wine
- adirongn shadow
- adivayn play, visit
- adokv persuade
- adoneiav/v slowly
- 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
- agdaloadj more so
- aggangn hunger
- aggin brother, sister, sibling
- aggobn odor, smell
- 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
- akbayv put one’s hand over someone’s shoulder, closest to a hug
- akbotn purse, bag, bundle
- 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
- aliguaav different, unlike, not the same
- alintan leach, parasites that thrive in the mud or in rice fields
- almasn arms, weapon
- alo-te-itn lizard
- altein liver
- alteyn liver
- aluti-itn house lizard
- am-ampan looking for
- aman father
- amagv to make, create, do, fix
- ambiyongann greenish type of beetle
- 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-animaln animals
- anain termite
- anakn child
- anapv look for, search
- angjav harm
- angkenconj although, even if, never mind that
- aniv harvest, reap
- anodn act of drowning
- anopv prey, hunt
- anosn patience
- antagv carry something with someone, help someone carry an object
- antohosn eye glasses
- ap-apv cover
- apaointerj alas, gee, gosh, oh my
- apkon bile
- aporbalv approve
- apsolv meet, get together
- apunann meeting place, usual gathering place
- aragueav far
- arahinterj alas, wow
- 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
- aretosn earrings
- arigv liken to, compare to
- arolv sleep with
- arubayann yard, backyard, front yard, side yard
- asaguan mate, wife, husband
- 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
- 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
- asolv fetch water
- aspolv gather (meet)
- asukaln sugar
- atayv carry
- atipn scabbard
- ativangdaln fern tree
- atiwv lose
- 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
- awasav/v outside, outdoors
- awatv accept, receive
- ayagn/v offering
- ayatv love
- ayopadj tame, domesticated
- ayuinterj oh my, have mercy, my goodness
B
- ba-engn backyard planted to vegetables and fruit trees
- ba-ingn shame
- ba-inganv put to shame, cause embarrassment
- ba-uln chest, trunk
- babawiv regret, rue
- babeltingn cricket
- badahin big black roach
- baddaronginterj damn, darn, expression of anger or frustration
- badiyangn menstruation
- badoadj new
- badon tao-enid new year
- bagbagv demolish, tear down
- baggangn throat
- baggha-ann slave, servant
- baghangn/v throat
- 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
- bakbahann frog
- bakdangn body, self
- baknangadj rich, wealthy
- balangav hopefully
- balangbangn type of fern
- balaon/v criticism, contempt, ridicule
- balasangadj old maid, bachelor, unmarried
- balatn banana
- balatbatav arranged in a row
- 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
- balodahin young man
- balsharoadj handicap, handicapped
- ban-agadj crazy
- 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
- bani-itn fish hook
- bantayv watch over
- bantiweln intej general expression of swearing equivalent to darn or damn, by golly
- banuln worth, price
- barasv whip
- baron clothes, dress
- basav read
- basigadj infertility, childless
- basoln fault, mistake, sin, error
- batbatn type of ceremony
- batikulengn gizzard
- batinn kidney/s
- batiyan tub, a big basin usually used for washing clothes
- batuwangn a big bush whose fruit is supposed to have some medicinal value; its fruit however, is not edible
- bawiv regret
- bayagav a long time ago
- baybain/v sea
- baybay-imn leave alone (let be)
- bayov/n pound
- bayshanv pay
- be-ein girl, woman
- bebjengv make a dike
- beddatn skin
- bekkasn rice
- 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
- 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
- bih’nekv tear (shred)
- bilagv dry under the sun
- bilangv number, count
- bilegn leech
- bilinn/v advice, instruction
- bilkon belt
- bimasoln erred
- bingan elongated shells
- binidagn clothes on the line
- bintuwann portable fireplace
- binud-budann every month
- bireladj ripe
- birongn bladder
- bisagran hasp
- bisiln sand
- bisngayv part one’s hair
- bisukoln snail
- bitegn poverty
- biyagn life
- biyengn rapidity
- bodih’dihv turn
- bokdown neck
- boknoladj round
- bolih’div/av turn around
- bolodv borrow
- bongotn mouth
- bonov kill, murder
- bontogadj slow, sluggish
- botbotogn piglet/s
- botkav be damned
- boton penis
- bovodn yeast
- bovongn roof
- boyokv decay
- bu-on round mushroom
- buan betel nut
- 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
- 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
- dabav launder
- dabsanv pass
- dafidn braid
- dafisn pencil
- dafuconj whence
- dagbov earn a living
- daggav build
- dagghav act, deed
- dagghashiv saw
- dagghitn dirt
- dagghudadj dangerous, risky
- daghgav make
- 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
- damesn fruit
- damesa-ann desk
- damintan tool/s
- damonv weed
- damsisv bad deed, evil acts, waste, despair
- danebn lard, animal fat, oil
- dangajan square cut basket made of bamboo strips
- dangann/v absence
- dangkan jackfruit
- dangkengn vat
- danontann before
- dansav nail
- danshukn piece of metal, steel
- dantin hail
- 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
- dawitn prayers of petition to the dead; prayers inviting/ calling the dead
- dayan ginger
- dayatv stance, stand
- debengadj deep (water)
- Deciembren December
- deknan feeling
- deltangv heat, warm
- Demonstrativen Demonstrative
- demshangv to eat pieces of meat while waiting for the main meal/course; equivalent to hors d’oeuvre
- dibkanv forget
- digga-on flat basket used for winnowing rice
- diggatn suffering, hardship
- dih’kov leave stealthily
- dihobv gather about to eat/feast
- 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
- 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
- diyekn termites
- do-onganav/id under, underneath
- doggiasn beans
- doh’sohann door, entrance
- dohingawn hole
- dohon fraud
- dohodohon foolishness, fraud
- dokton camote, yam, sweet potato
- domingkon Sunday
- dongbav race
- dongonn coffin
- doto-ann stove
- dufan face
- dufa/dupan face
- dufosv skin shed by reptiles
- dughanv ride
- dughitn dirt
- 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
- egshav they can’t; they won’t
- eguaguaav morning, dawn, daylight
- eguatanv understand, know
- ekadv walk
- ekalv remove, leave
- ekaninv/av wait
- ekdogn/v egg
- ekebtotv frightened, scared
- ekespakv split, snapped, broke, broken
- 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
- 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
- enshuln will lie down
- entahotadj afraid
- enten-ughv to stay
- epalitadj expensive, pricey
- epatn four
- epat ta poloid forty
- epata dasosid four hundred
- epigghotadj thin
- eseln/v speech, utterance
- eshaheladj many, numerous
- et/djetconj and, then, so
- etakn bolo, big knife
- 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-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
- 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
- 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
- indegv prevented, did not permit
- ineppon in-law
- ineppoyn cooked rice
- ingkaprep until
- ingngesprep like, same as
- ingshasadj contemporary, of the same age
- iningningn look at
- inkatod-inkaav forever, for eternity, indefinitely
- innapn looked for
- inningningn looked at
- innomv drink
- inomv drink
- 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
- 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
- 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
- itiln hard work, labor
- 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
- jakjakn/v sieve
- jamjamv advice, advise, reprimand, pep-talk
- jasjasv breath, breathe
- jaspirn jasper
- jegjegn earthquake
- jemah’kengn hopped
- jetconj then, and then, so
- joggaon rice porridge
- joh’joh’kown fern creepers
- joh’kowadj sleepy
- joksosn sadness, melancholy
- 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-etn fellowmen, company, kin, relatives
- ka-itn relatives, kin
- ka-ongn pig
- ka-ubingann contemporary, of the same age or generation
- kabasann tomorrow
- kabjonn sharp pronged hoe
- kadasann forest, woods, jungle
- kafun cause, start
- kafuann cause, reason beginning, ancestors, forefathers
- kah’dangn crab
- kah’gwatv reach for
- kah’shimann day before yesterday
- kakarav purpose, intention, objective
- kalan come
- kalabv climb
- kalatv bite
- kalikatanadj hardest, most difficult
- kalimkemann eyelashes
- kalkalv chew
- kalneron lamb
- kalsan cymbal used during the ceremonial dance
- kalumotn fingers
- kalutn/v string, rope, or anything that can be used for tying
- kaman bed
- kamaptengann best
- kambangn copper, vat
- kamesitan undershirt
- kani-anv hurry
- kansiyonv sing
- kantiladj naughty, mischievous
- kanu-anv hurry
- kao-atv reach for
- kapkapv feel, grope
- karakeln quantity, degree
- karingn bracelet
- kasatn fate, luck
- kasda-aoadj unusual, surprising
- kasingsingn cousin/s
- kastov spend
- katasn milk
- katelv itch
- katih’dangn crab
- katinn/v footprint
- katon type of mushroom, small and brownish
- kawedoav on the eighth day
- kawiln bowl made from coconut shell
- kawitann rooster
- kayengkengn spasm, tremor
- kaykayotn clothes, rags, old and tattered clothes
- 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
- kelaon calf
- kelbigv box, strike
- kelingn bird with a red spot on its neck
- keljaov shout, yell, sream
- kelmegv hold onto, grasp
- kemkemv hold tightly
- kemkemann eyelids
- kemkemtin firefly
- kentomann sweet, gelatinous, red rice grown in the highlands
- keroln thunder
- kes-env heave
- keshewv ask
- ketdangn/v camote/yam vine ready to plant
- ketebn bedbug
- kevotv steal
- kewalv mix, stir
- kiasv hiss, swish, swoosh
- kih’nitv wink
- kih’notv pick the bone clean
- kilogv fry
- kilotn/av mud
- kimatn lightning
- kina-ka-asiann pitied
- kiroln thunder
- kitedjopro us, we
- kitopro us, we
- kiyown tree, wood
- kohon fingernails
- koho ni seddiid toenails
- komodn heel
- kosinan kitchen
- kotonn ant/s
- kowarton bedroom/s
- kuanenv advise
- kudkudsaran spoons
- kudsaran spoon
- kuh’shitv kindle, light a match
- kulangv lack
- kuran cap
- kurabadj blind
- kuvatn war
- kuwebisn Thursday
- kuwitv touch, feel, nudge, make a pass at
L
- lola ba-ekid great grandmother
- 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-u-owapadj liar, untruthful
- ma-ukipv to sleep, will sleep
- madmadn/v prayer
- madtesn Tuesday
- Madtisn Tuesday
- mafispisadj choosy, picky
- 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
- maladamsisadj bad, evil
- malamangav doubtful, doubtfully
- malkav mark
- 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
- 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
- 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
- manbebayutokv tears falling, tears running down the cheeks
- manbedinv to become, will become
- manbesbesoln erring
- manbodiav watching, will become
- mandasniyangv can be seen through
- mandebosv to go naked, undress
- mandekdekv stalk, to spy on
- mandemonn weeding
- mandileng-etv perspiring, sweating
- mandiningadj shining, glittering
- manemnemadj wise, sagacious, thoughtful
- manengngisv crying
- mangitv smile
- mangkan mango
- mangka-idinggin-etiv sweating profusely
- mangkadamonin being weeded
- mangkakateladj itchy
- manitaladj awake, jolly, lively, pert, witty
- manjah’jah’kengn hopping
- manjasjasv breathing, alive
- manjoh’kowv be sleepy, be drowsy
- mankansiyonv singing, will sing
- mankeiykeiyv moving
- mankuh’ku-shepv flickering
- manmanoav/adj seldom, rarely
- manmanokn fowl, birds
- manokn hen, chicken
- manotnotv gossipy, gossip monger, gossip
- manpeditv getting to be expensive
- manpukesv have a haircut
- 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
- manshushuwav to be undecided
- mansih’bokn/v seer, clairvoyant
- mansudatn will write
- mantiyapv soaring, to/will soar/fly
- mantunedv to plant rice, planting rice
- map-maptengn better
- maramaav on going, in progress
- maranumadj juicy, moist
- marikitadj young lady
- marinaladj bold, confident
- Marson March
- marunongadj good, trustworthy
- masbaliconj even if, better yet, rather
- masda-aowv to be surprised
- masdoadj hardworking, industrious
- masedangadj hot, spicy
- masheladj thick
- masiguatav occupied, pre-occupied, busy
- masih’metadj willing, eager
- masiyaadj good, suitable, bountiful
- maskuladoadj muscular
- matan eye/s
- matebaadj stout, fat
- mavaba-ingadj shy, meek, humble
- may-aknanv will be given
- may-ibongv will be spilled, will be thrown
- may-udin be going back
- 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
- mekkanv food, to be eaten
- mekkemanv to participate, be part of
- meksayanv to be reduced, to lessen
- mem-melsign will chop
- 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
- meppangdov go first, be ahead
- mesepolv need, have to
- meskitanv exposed to the sun, get sunburned
- meteyv die
- midkolesn Wednesday
- mirasoln sunflower
- misu-otv frown
- motitn wildcat
- motokv arrive
- mowanav again
- mul-okn damp, mist
- mutitn wildcat
- mutokn/v arrival
N
- 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-oghesadj ugly, homely
- na-umaadj bored, tired of
- na-unodv was last, left behind, lagged behind
- 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
- naksayanv reduced, lessened
- nakshengv finished, done
- naktelv chilled, soaked in the rain, wet
- nalbengadj wet
- nalpengv lost consciousness, fainted
- nam-ayadj easy
- namatv imitate
- 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
- nandamonn weeded
- nandasinv had more than anybody else
- nandavosadj nude
- nangngisv cry
- 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
- naptangv warmed up, heated
- nashemn yesterday
- 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-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
- ngisdaoadj missing tooth, toothless
- 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
- 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
O
- o-owapn lie, falsehood
- obdav work, toil
- oditenv relate, tell, narrate
- ogghipv sleep
- ogsanv wash
- oguisn hatred
- ojesn/v skin, peeling
- ojetv eke out, elicit
- ok-okv cough
- Oktobren October
- olain abandonment
- olegn snake
- olesn blanket
- olopv take with, bring with, go with someone, bring along someone
- onitoav better (as in feeling better)
- orv goodbye
- oranv rain
- osilv run after
- oston okay
- osto-ostoav exactly, perfectly
- otav vomit
- otinn vagina
- ototn mouse, rat
- ovodann stone used for sharpening knives and other tools
- ovolv hone, sharpen
- owekv pierce with stake
- owenn yes
- oyokv to be meek, to be submissive, to yield
- oyokann wild berry
P
- pa-ishamadj selfish, unwilling to lend or share
- pa-itn bitter taste
- padtokv jump, hop
- pafiln paper
- paggown chest
- pagueyn rice that has been planted
- pah’dokn river
- pahanv feed
- 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
- palan shovel
- paladn fate, blessing, luck
- paladoav worse, too much, severely, brutally
- palitadj expensive
- 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
- pandion kerchief
- panduton cook
- pangaln jaw
- pangama-ann uncle
- panganann dining room, eating place
- pangina-ann aunt
- pangjetn headdress, piece of cloth worn around the head, bandana
- pangkisadj cross-eyed
- pangodo-ann first born, eldest, older than
- pangshann pineapple
- pangshown/v protrusion
- panpispisan picking out
- pantagv spread, arrange, set (the food as in a picnic)
- pao-itn anything sent to someone through somebody
- paowayn meadow
- papendekadj short and squat
- paradav park
- parakv wade, have one’s feet wet, step into the water or mud
- parasv try
- parukeiv lengthen
- parukolv lay someone, let one lie down
- 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
- pawilv return
- payakpakv stomp, muddle through
- payedpedv shake vigorously, tremble, stomp
- payown rice paddy, rice field
- paytokv jump, wander about
- Pebreron February
- pedon strange phenomenon supposedly caused by weird, gross or unnatural acts
- 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
- pelsan boil, scab
- pelshengv straighten, let be taut
- pengpengenv to hold, grasp
- peratv touch, feel
- peseln satisfaction, state of being satiated with food
- peshenv hold
- pesingn/v way
- pesten pestilence, plague
- petekv alignment, to align
- petnakv shout
- petsan date
- pidawann mud hole, muddy water hole where animals take a bath
- piggann When
- pigghaninterj when
- pihotv curl up
- 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
- pingkann plate/s
- pingpingkann plates
- pinispisn picked out
- pinsakav/n altogether, all at once
- pinshahelav many times
- pintekv aligned to
- pintolv paint
- pirelav keep on the side, alongside of
- pisingn gabi stalk used as a vegetable
- pispisv choose
- pispisenn will choose, will select
- pitekadj muddy
- pitikn root crop
- piton seven
- piton dasosid seven hundred
- piton poloid seventy
- pitoyadj mud, muddy
- piyakv scream, yell
- piyaln/v trust
- piyanv/n like, want, prefer, desire
- piyekn chicks (newly hatched)
- pognon truth, fact
- poheln bones
- polbosv powder
- Possessiven Possessive
- powegn knee/s
- 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
- sabaron Saturday
- sabsabongn flower/s
- sadav dance
- sadshakn happiness
- safadn a bunch of bananas
- safatan/v oath
- 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
- saka-sakaadj barefoot, shoeless
- 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
- sakpalann counter top
- salamatv be thankful, be grateful; thanks
- salangn hot and spicy taste
- salaon jar
- salapv include, affect by accident
- salbahiadj bad, evil
- salengn resiny kindling wood
- salengitn hatred, contempt, dislike
- 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
- 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
- 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
- sarongn ceremonial dance performed with the tayao
- sarotadj lazy
- 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
- sayutn last of, leftover, what has been left
- sebkilv turn the soil over
- seddagn/av/v moonlight
- seddin foot/feet
- sedongav along the river
- sedsedv grow, mature, fill out
- seg-angv reprimand, scold
- seh’bokn blow, see as in clairvoyance
- seh’siv broom, sweep
- sehon elbow
- sejov pan gold
- sekkedv wait
- sekkelv catch
- sekkitn sun
- sekmolv eat, swallow, put in one’s mouth
- semekn love
- Septembren September
- sevein eaves
- sha-anadj old, used
- shafann foot/feet
- shah’dopn wash one’s face
- shah’taln floor
- shanagv worry
- shemetv pick up
- shepdasn steep hill, ravine
- shiggon soup
- shiktoyv touch, poke
- shilan tongue
- shilosn rite or ceremony
- shiman Where
- shimanav there
- shimuholn lay
- shingkuln disagreement, controversy, legal conflict
- shingshingn wall
- shingshinganv put up a wall
- shinmetv picked up
- shinoh’tokn singled out
- Shiosn God
- shiyayav here
- shobdav smoke
- shobda-ann certain bush leaves used for smoking
- shoh’tohenn will single out
- shoh’tokn single out
- shoronn locusts
- shuhein length
- shuholv lie down
- shunshunv to lead, hold the rein
- shuntogn mountain
- shuronn grasshopper
- shushutin dragonfly
- shuwaadj two
- shuwa jen domingkoid two weeks
- shuwen dasosid two hundred
- shuwen poloid twenty
- si-emv wariness, be wary
- sifapro who
- sifetn roach
- 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
- silown light, lamp
- simalshengn stopped
- simba-ann church
- simkatv catch
- simpolv found
- sinabaroav every Saturday
- sinemkatv caught
- singan like
- singenprep like, as
- singpetn/v goodness
- singsingn ring
- Singularn personal
- sinjaln sign, manifestation
- 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
- solibaon drum
- soson breast/s
- sowann cane
- suhidn pole used to pick fruit
- suhongn corner
- sukalv gamble
- 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
T
- ta-edn knife
- ta-epv winnow
- ta-uln/v dipper
- tada-okn crowing, crow
- tadjakjakv water pouring down, spurting
- tado-ann cabinet
- tageltelav bumpy, rough
- 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
- takkedv wait, await
- takrotadj coward, faint hearted
- talambagghaadj clumsy
- talaon star
- talebn ceiling
- talentenav in a pile, in a row
- tama-alin av phrase here it comes
- tamidn cheek/s
- tamiln cheek/s
- 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
- tangebn door
- tangidan ear/s
- tangkadv recuperate
- tansha-ann/v/id memory
- tao-enn year, age
- tarakeadj spry, witty, lively
- tarakenn/v person or animals in one’s care
- taremv edged
- tasan cup
- tastasan cups
- tavitabadj talkative
- tavtavaln/v conversation
- tawan window/s
- tawalv call, summon
- tawidn inheritance
- tayabv fly, soar
- tayaon ceremonial dance
- tayoktokadj talkative, loquacious
- taytayn bridge
- tebtebn small spring
- teddon 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
- tekgualv harrow
- teljadn thighs
- 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
- ti-ahav please, come on
- tifonv unite, mate, come together
- tiggan please
- tih’beiv greet
- timban pail
- timoln pig food
- timtimv taste
- tinadtadn/v pieces of meat
- tinawtaw-enn every year
- tinedorn fork/s
- tiwingadj lopsided
- tiyadn/v stance
- tiyapv soar, float
- tiyedv go or walk uphill
- to-on person, people
- tofiv fold
- tofitupv roll in a fold
- togtogv/n knock
- toh’toh’guan/av truth
- tokmangav/n beside
- toktokn head, top
- tolbekv key, lock
- tolokv agree
- toltolv knock, peck
- tongawv sit
- tongawann chair, bench
- tontonn roots, family tree, ancestry
- 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
U
- u-owapn falsehood
- u-uwapv lie
- ubdav work, labor
- ubingn/adj child, children
- 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
- uvann white or grey hair
- uvetn behind, buttocks
- uwabv yawn
- uwakn crow
W
- weiinterj expression of surprise, dismay, or frustration
Y
- yoyon small eels found in the rice paddies
About Ibaloi: Ibaloi (also called Inibaloi or Nabaloi) is the indigenous Cordilleran language of southern Benguet province in the northern Philippines, with approximately 100,000 native speakers. It is part of the Austronesian language family. Definitions on this page are drawn from Sofia Olga Anton's A Handy Guidebook to the Ibaloi Language (Tebtebba / EED-TFIP, 2010).