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Abok-abok - tuyong balat sa braso o katawan, uso pag taglamig; dry skin on

the body

Akot-akot - bahay o pugad ng insekto o bubuyug, yari sa putik

Adyu - umadyu, umakyat, to climb

Adyos - bakit, why, or expression of uncertainty

Akaw! - (uh-cow) a multifunction expression used to express surprise,


wonder, disgust, objection; also akin to the English term Wow!

Akboy - things you put on your shirt that serves as container. Kapag ang
laylayan ng damit ay ginawang lagayan.

Aho-a! or Ho-a! - used to express wonder or surprise; also used as


expression in seeing or observing extraordinarily large objects or things.

Alingating - maliit na langgam na pula, red ants

Alintodong - telang panakip sa ulo, cloth used to cover one's head

Anin! - expression used to refer to small or easy things, sinasabi kapag


naliliitan o nadadalian sa isang bagay

Arapaw - umarapaw; get on top, imibabaw

A're! - (uh-reh) expression used to agree sarcastically or to react negatively


or challenge a thought, idea or action

Ariyonda - umarionda, to ease your time away, means of relaxation and


often ends up gossiping

Arupahup - unethical, untidy. Ex: Napakaarupahup niya, hindi man lamang


marunong gumalang

As-set! or Aset! - derived from the altas, the Akaw expression preferred by
residents of San Luis

Asows or Asos - same as Aho-a or Ho-a, but mostly used on big things

Atab - lie, to fabricate a story

Atikha - same as atab

Atmal - same as atab

Ates! or Ateys! - used to express disgust or negative reaction

At Tano? - why, bakit

At'tilaboy - expression of rejection, ayaw ko. (Now more commonly used as


at'tilauy)

Ay Tikis! - expression meaning talaga!

Ayud - pag-ugoy sa duyan, to rock the cradle

Babag - away, gulo, fight

Badeyo - bayad sa pagtawid sa bangka.

Balinuknuk - nabali ang leeg, broken neck or stiff neck

Bangi - mag-ihaw o iihaw, to roast. Specifically applied only to rootcrops like


corn or camote. Not applicable to meats.

Bangul - sobrang batugan o tanga

Bantaakan - nasa initan, nakabilad sa araw

Barikungkung - nakabaluktot matulog, sleep in fetal position

Bartikal - ibinatu ng walang direksyon o basta-basta

Bayatu - term used for the game patintero

Be-bel-le - bahay-bahayan, playing house

Beglat - refers to female masturbation

Benebens - pang-benebens, Buhangin speak meaning pang-main event

Bes-sog - matambok, puputok na sa taba

Binangkid - bangkid, tinaga ng mapurol na bahagi ng itak

Binesa - walang binesa, walang bisa, talunan, loser

Biningkit - tuyo, dried fish

Bok'les - get naked, pag-angat sa palsa o bestida na nasisilip ang panty

Bol'les or Bel-les - shower using a container to pour water on top of one's


head

Bolog-bolog - lizard like animal about 6 to 12 inches long

Bongog - bangul, sobrang batugan, tanga

Bugtak - busug na busug

Bulastug - bulaan, sinungaling, liar

Bulagyat - binaligtad ang pilik ng mata

Bulegyat - binulegyat; binukadkad or scatter

Buleud - bulaan, liar

Bulibuli - nasobrahan ng kain, indigested

Bulislis - always laughing, even if it's was not funny; palatawa; bungisngis

Bumurayray - tumakbo ng mabilis na mabilis

Bungelngel - palaiyak, kabaligtaran ng bungisngis

Bungsuran - entrance, front side, harap ng bahay

Buntal - suntok, jab

Burukil - ones private part, usually mans

Buslug - male masturbation, also refers to male's sex organ

Butayung- gangga-suntok na buko ng niyog

Butegteg - chubby, matabang bata

Buyanyanin - payat na malaki ang tiyan, malnourished

Da! -(duh) used when asking to have or to see something. i.e. Pahingi Da!

Dagasa - pouring rain or malakas na ulan

Dalosdos - dausdus, slide

Damsak - nag-putik

Dapil - sobrang gutom, very hungry

Daplag - padapang bumagsak o napadapa

Dayidi - sobrang lakas ng ulan, very heavy rain

Dep-pot - dipping a finger in a sauce (Huwag mong dep-potin yang


sawsawan)

Dihamu - or diyamo. Iabot (Dihamu da!), give back

Diyaski! - an expression of disbelief, disgust and impertinent glib. Ex: Ar-re,


ang dyaski ay at nagbubulaan pa!

Donghe - a gate crasher. Ex: Nariyan na naman si Bandino makikidonghe

Doprak - spit, lumura

Dyableg! - same use as lintik, but preferred by Baler locals; Ang dyableg na
itu ay at lalaban pa.

Dumindis - you look like a gnome, or mukhang amas, or homeless with


tattered clothes

Dupelak - naputikan, muddy portion of shirt

Eh! - no, objection or rejection

Epuhin - the tube used to blow on a wood stove or kalan

Ereg - tabingi

Gangu - hard young coconut, matigas na mura. Murang Querijero

Gorhet - scratch using pointed object

Garut - galis, dry wound

Gos-sok - gutom, sinisikmura, really hungry

Guregis - gasgas, scratch

Gurlis - scratch or gasgas

Gutur-gutur - hindi pantay, bukul-bukul, uneven (ginupit ng gutur-gutur)

Hagobel - gigantic or pinakamalaki.

Hiduk - sira ulo, utu-utu

Hidhid - sugapa

Hiridu - matindi ang tama, lasing na lasing

Idangdang - iihaw, ilagay sa apoy, painitan

Imoy - money or kuwarta

Intin - hintayin, wait

Isamual - to force into one's mouth

Isapwal - to throw things away through tthe window or any hole in the house

Isimpan - itabi, to set aside

Itangil - itaga, itaya para tagain

Kabang - sakang

Kabel-an - hindi magkapareho, uneven, not the same size

Kalaghara - plema, phlegm

Kalapnit - paniki, bat

Kalibkib - tutung ng niyog sa bao, tirang niyog sa bao pagkatapus kayurin

Kalut - a loop knot (silo) used for catching tikling

Kapukit - small portion, or gatinggil

Kaputod - shorts

Karhed - same as kaybut but kaybut is more forced, kahid

Katsibung - kinatsibung, sinundot ng daliri ang puwit

Kaybut - kinaybut; scratch like chicken scratching, dig using fingers

Keb-keb - body dirt esp. maplike dirt

Kelkel - karga-karga, dala-dala, buhat

Keng-keng - to hop

Kep-pot - dipping a finger in a female's private part (he! he!), female


masturbation

Kerebsaw - quiver, especially in fish

Kere-kerewe - balu-baluktot, crooked, uneven

Kes-sel - skin a palay or butong pakwan using your mouth

Kinadlu - kadlu, sinandok na sabaw o ulam sa kaserola o kaldero, o kaya ay


tubig sa tapayan o timba

Kogkog - loser

Korombot or kulubong - laying on bed whith whole body covered with


blanket

Kot-teb - to cut or get a small portion, kot-tebin ang buhok

Kurudupdup - wee light that looks like dying down

Kurumbisti - batang nagmamaktol

Kutus - katus, to hit someone's head with the knuckle

Kuwidaw - a senese of warning. Ex: kuwidaw ka at baka ka niya saktan.

Labsak - watery, i.e. labsak na dinagtu

Lapoy-lapoy - apurahan na luto

Lebleb - smothered with tounge. Ex: Yung asu ay nilebleban ni yung kawali.

Lino' - maghugas ng pinggan, wash the dishes

Log-okin - mahina ang katawan, sakitin, sickly person or animal esp. chicken

Lok-kog - taking off slightly matured coconut meat from its shell using a
knife or spoon

Lo-u - maglo-u, to eat rice straight from the pot

Lumakbas - to walk over something - i.e. a low fence, or a sleeping person

Lumun - sobrang hinog, too ripe

Lungad - naglungad, batang nagsuka ng gatas o kinain

Lupek - crushed, disfigured

Luway-luway - dahan-dahan, slowly, carefully

Mabang-i - mabaho, stinky

Magayut - used in galyang or gabi meaning watery

Mag-e - Kumuha, prefix attached to something that you will get. Nilalagay sa
bagay na kukunin mo. Ex: Tara mag-e ibobug.

Maggama - gama, manghuli ng isa sa pamamagitan ng kamay, to catch a


fish using one's hands

Maka-otla - nakakasawa

Makaryod - maker-reg, mataray

Maker'reg - mataray, malandi, flirt

Maki-adaday - (root word adaday) makialam, makihalo

Makudup - mahirap lumiyab. Ex: Makudup iyan ay pang-gatong mu.

Malag - tanga-tanga

Malangeg - marumi, dirty

Malibunuk - magulong kausap

Manubalang - almost ripe, manibalang

Maradad - mapakla at maasim

Maradis - stinks, mabaho, mabantot

Masel-let - nangitim na damit o puting tela

Masilig - wild river or sea, with heavy undercurrent

Matablal - matabang, tubig na walang lasa, bland-tasting water

Mayabu - used in galyang or gabi meaning very dry, as opposed to magayut

Nabonogan - (root word - bonog) nabalis, nabati, nausog

Naglaug - naggala, nag-stroll

Nagparadi - pahelehele or hard to convince with insulting looks

Nakatukmud - (root word - tukmud) nakapangalumbaba

Nalanawan - nahilaw o hindi nalutong gulay

Nalon-okan - nabarahan ng pagkain ang lalamunan, choked

Nangku - let me see it or let me hold it

Napaengo - nagkamali, napahiya

Napalisgay - (root word - lisgay) natapilok, nadulas, slip

Narogsat - collapse, gumuho

Natulsak - natusok, hit with pointed object

Ne-ut - magne-ut, magnakaw, steal

Ngarotngot - the sound of grinding the teeth when asleep Ex: Akaw, kung
matulug iyan na-ngarotngot.

Ngedet - iyakin, isang kalbit lamang umiiyak na

Ngonsol - maga ang labi, swollen lips

Ngopngop - bungal, walang ngipin

Ngoy-ngoy - cry or crying

Nonol - sobrang lasing, di maintindihan ang sinasabi

Ogkak - napasuka sa busug

Ok-kob - magtago sa nakaharang na bagay, hide behind a thing or object

Olabsak - to sit with one's bottom on the ground and with legs spread wide,
nakaupo sa sahig

Om-mog - to smoke a cigar with the lighted end inside the mouth

Ongaleb - biting on coconut meat straight from the shell

Oron - mag-oron, magkwentuhan

Paek-ke - pakipot, maarte

Paepong-epong - nagpaepong-epong, wander around, magpaikot-ikot,


magpagala-gala

Pakloy - weak or lampa

Palas - nalipasan ng gutum

Paldu - mapera, nanalo sa sugal

Paleklek - detour or lumihis, or to take a longer route

Palongso - mabahong putik sa sasahan

Palpuk - bonfire, smoky bonfire using coconut husk, used in smoking trees
and smoking out mosquitoes

Pangkal - mahina, weak or loser

Panuklang - pantukod sa bintana

Paolpot-olpot - palitaw-litaw, pasilip-silip

Pawardi-wardi - walk like a drunk person

Pelpel - flat

Pengkaw - kerewe ang kamay, pilipit ang kamay

Peslet - pesletin, crush using hand or feet

Petpet - laging napagbubuntunan ng sisi

Peyok - peyokin, to reach and bend a tree branch. Esp. used in getting
guava fruits

Pikaru - maulit, makulit

Podong - nilalaro ang suso o utong, playing with the breasts or nipples

Porotpot - liquid human waste, happens when having diarrhea

Poypoy - simoy ng hangin

Puluteput - small or maliit, specially used on bananas or saging

Puropur - rain with slight gust of wind

Ragusaw - rumaragusaw, dumadagsa, nagkakagulo

Ramotmot - hibla sa damit o tela

Ramusak - untidy or lamug

Rapot-rapot - ginawa ng mabilisan, minadali

Rarug - sediment, latak

Rasewat - tuyong sanga, dried piece of tree branch

Rebuk - to muddy a body of water (Si otoy ay, nirebuk na niya yung sapa.)

Repilon - whirl

Sagongsong - get away abruptly, umalis ng mabilis

Salag-ak - sumiksik sa pagkakaupo. To carry on the shoulder, or to carry


where the leg is between your neck, pasanin na ang magkabilang paa ay
nasa leeg.

Salagwet - the one who carries the catch - in fishing or hunting

Salibadyok - salisi, doing something fishy

Sapuretret - overflow or apwas

Sapyot - throw water or liquid. To cast anywhere - isapyot.

Sartin - kaserola

Sekalug - tageng-gong

Selaput - sinelaput; eating saucy food with fingers, dipping the finger in
sauce or jams then licking it from the fingers

Selpet - sumeselpet, umuusli, lumalabas ng kaunti, dumudungaw


(sumeselpet na bayag)

Saredsed - to walk without lifting the feet, or dragging the feet

Serepsep - when you cast an object on the surface river, lake or sea

Sibig - school dismissal, or labasan na sa paaralan

Siput - siniput, kinalbit ang puwit. Ginagamit kung ikaw ay nasa sakluk ng
bahay, and you want attention, sisiputin mo yung nasa itaas.

Sogkak - naisuka ang isinubo

Solpot - lumitaw

Suliling - duling or crosseye

Supdit - dumura ng malakas

Tabegok - one leg of another hook to another and together they hop

Tabeng-eg - nakakiling, sala

Tabsung - to dive

Tagenggong - earwax, dry or melted

Tagiti - shower or mahinang ulan

Tagupak - loud clapping

Takad - tinakad, to measure depth of water or river

Tak-ke - ebak, tai, human or animal waste

Takmul - gulp, swallow whole

Tam-esan - malaki ang mata, originally refers to santol, but now also used in
persons with big eyes

Tamtamin mu! - mabuti nga sa iyu. Be buti nga.

Tampodok - Tampuhin

Tangkung - crab or shrimp shells

Tapalang - kabibe

Tarabesbes - slanted, lumakad ng patarabesbes

Tarkado - very tired

Tayka - teka, wait

Tayongtong - squat, to sit with two feet and the bottom almost touching the
ground

Telebong - sumaka o umupo sa braso ng dalawang taong magkahawak sa


balikat. Karaniwang ginagamit pag nagtatawid ng babae sa ilog para wag
mabasa.

Tempuhung - a big wound not less than 2 inches wide

Teptep - to play with water using the palm

Tet-terek - sarangola o burador na mataas lumipad at walang kagalaw-galaw

Tingaru - nakatingaru; askew, extending, nakausli

Tingeg - neck stretched sideways

Tingkalag - bumagsak o nahulog na patihaya, to drop with feet and hands


on the air

Tipakok - guess, hulaan

Tok-katok - dropping and lifting movement of one's head if he/she is sitting


and feels like sleeping

Tolgad - itulak sa likod ng malakas

Topopung - an expression that usually occur during a game, intended to


stop the game to make excuse or make your point. Ex: Topopung at may
kukunin lang ako.

Tuyupan - tubo (yari sa buho), gamit pang-ihip ng apoy sa kalan

Udyuk - one being called with an offending name Ex: Inuudyuk niya aku ng
labut!

Uraput - sobrang duming damit, very dirty clothes

Uyu - dried piece of coconut flower's shell used as firewood

Waredwed - lakad na parang lasing

Winakil - wakil, niyabat o itinaboy ng itak

Yakyak - yakyakan, tapakan

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