activity; doings; labor, productive work (especially physical work done for wages); to cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

abuse

aid; alms; offering; money or assistance given to the poor

to move forward or upward in order to touch something; to reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; to reach a destination, arrive by movement or progress

to turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction

to join, put together

sharpen with a whetstone

gills

salt

dog

to pound rice (done by more than one person)

belt; a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

to hesitate

to kiss

younger sibling

to remove or take away; to go away; cause someone leave

servant, one who serves another (for pay)

to drown

wave of water, one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of water

shadow

smoke

to be carried by current

to put a hand on someone’s shoulder

to be delayed by a hindrance

chaff

rice husk, chaff

to wait or watch for a wild pig; to put a trap below a dammed up place in a stream

lying as dead

gall

to swipe

lime

fire

sacrifice or offering made to the spirits

to bring out of some kind of container; to get out of a container

to quarrel, argue, fight

stairs

to take sides with, join with

animal

man; human being

thing

walking stick

bow

iron

bark of a tree

to remove bark

monkey

hips

gold (#Ilokano loan?)

kind of tree with fruit that cannot be eaten

nickname that is disliked by the person so called

fragrant, sweet smell

a seasoned log, fallen tree in the stream

design on a piece of clothing

lungs

live coal

to pound; to mill

a kind of mountain rock found mostly in waterfalls and dry falls

small broken particles of milled rice

piglet

waterfall

relation of brothers’ wives or sisters’ husbands

the only one

single; only one

to pour

for a person to be full (of food)

to stumble or trip, thereby causing one to twist or sprain the foot or ankle

joints, nodes or sections in bamboo; knots in wood; knuckles in fingers

to be pregnant

spurs on rooster

boar, uncastrated male animal (e.g. pig or cow)

ringworm

enemy; to act as an enemy toward someone

youngest child

skull

k.o. banana

to be laid out after death (of a corpse)

a large monkey

to make holes in sack of rice, etc., as chickens or rats do

to scare off animals

to scare off animals

to break s.t. flexible, such as rope

game, play; to play; a toy

sour citrus fruit

for someone to wait a moment; hurry, to do in a short time limit

to stick to

sympathy, help (as an ally)

palm of hand, sole of foot

part, place, side, direction

to surround and attack, like flies or gnats surrounding and attacking

blood

rice husk

to praise someone, to compliment

bowstring

the last quarter of the moon, the dark of the moon

to smash

to submerge, to swim underwater; to dive, to duck under water

armsbreadth

venom of a snake; saliva of a rabid dog

to clean the hillside field after burning

to serve food (dish it up)

to sympathize with, to help (as an ally)

an ability or knowledge that others do not have; to be wise

corner, nook

machete; to use a machete

to clean by scrubbing or rubbing; to scrape

finger, toe

to slice, as onions, saloyot, cabbage, bamboo shoots, etc.

to clean by scrubbing

beside

tooth

to crave or desire some kind of food; eagerness or desire to see someone

and

to go up

cover or lid; cap or top of a bottle; to cover

to conceal, cover up; a cover

to have fever; epidemic, pestilence; plague; disease that spreads rapidly, causing many deaths

okra

to carry a child, person or other things in the arms

to toast (as insects for food)

to be caught or hung on something when falling from a higher place

utensils (as plates, cups, etc.)

small stream; lake

cut meat into pieces

to be tired of doing something

happy

liquid from or in the nasal cavity

fluid that comes out of a sore; sap from a tree

compact; to shake in order to compress contents in sack

to enter

to stop up; to cover; to put fingers in ears

to puff on a cigarette; to suck snails from shell; to sip, as through a straw

generic term for ant

to cook fish, shrimp, or pork with something sour (like adding tomatoes, tamarind, guava, etc.)

to continue (as working); to insist

fate; something destined to happen

to remove lice from one’s hair, delouse

scales on a fish; to remove the scales

shining of sun or moon; rays of sun or moon

afternoon

afternoon

rope of hallong trap (trap for wild chicken); to trap with a rope

under

bumping or striking the head against something

to hiccup

fumes, vapor, steam; the steam from boiling water

half hand of bananas; to buy one at a time

twins

to consume all; to leave none remaining

seated or lying side by side

a head cold

chick

fingernail; toenail

to bypass each other unintentionally

to feed (as in feeding one’s baby brother); to eat with the hands

delousing tool

to vomit

to stick money, etc. inside belt or waist band; to tuck something in at waist; money in belt

change; to make change

to surrender

to wear

to tell on; to report

to tell on, to report

evening

evening

to be attacked by an illness or #anito (evil spirit)

animal horns

harshness, sternness; surly, ill tempered, unfriendly; dour-faced

cat’s whiskers, shrimp feelers, and catfish’s feelers

clothes; to wear clothes

a breach baby

to harrow

snail

to not give freedom, and be strict with

pain; to experience pain

weed; grass

jealous

stingy, selfish

was kissed by

to be envious

to sip

2sg. subject pronoun, you

long; to make something long; tall

household goods (furniture, cooking utensils, comb, iron, tools, baskets, etc.

kind of tree

firefly

weak; slow

end (as of time, or supplies)

raincoat

to trap wild chickens

crying or yelping of a dog

to swish, noise produced when walking in grass, straw, etc.

wrinkled by shrinking, swelling goes down

to be wrapped up with, bound

to gnaw away, to eat away little by little (as cockroaches gnawing at a sock)

to scrape something, as soot from a roasted sweet potato

to be crooked or off-center (as one’s mouth)

to scratch

fingernail, toenail

kind of tree

to hover over (as a mother hen over her chicks); to keep and protect under one’s care

to scrub the floor with a coconut husk

cackling of a hen

to nibble (as at watermelon seeds)

head louse

disobey; to transgress, go across a line of what is right and wrong; be against (as against one’s will)

to pass by

more than; excess

thin in consistency, as laundry starch or blood

naked; to undress

many; to grow, increase (as the membership of a group)

young, not yet mature (of rice); soft, tender

a variety of banana with thick-skinned, yellow, delicious fruit; this variety is the ‘national banana’

to worsen (as a swollen leg)

to pass by

flood; rushing water

flood; rushing water

water; to water

to skin an animal; to remove meat from the bone

to finish

arrive, come

saliva; to salivate

area down river

for someone to pound grain in a mortar with a pestle

neck

to hear; to listen

flight; to fly

to crack (as earth, a glass jar, wood that thin)

to pass by

to ambush, catch by surprise

to save, rescue

sandpaper

to sneak by, go around something, avoid

chisel scoop

honeycomb

five

alms, offering

to clean

to turn one’s head to the side

to turn one’s head to the side

wall of a house

to mislead

the other side of a body of water; to cross a body of water

to be dizzy

to betray in private

to burn, be aflame

complete, integrity; do something wholeheartedly

hole; to make a hole

shin

skin of fruit or vegetable

tear (from crying)

two

opening; sky

to sag or droop because under pressure; to lower with a rope

outside

talented, skilled; wise because of studies

afternoon

painful

long in length

young, of fruits (as coconuts)

for someone to climb a mountain or hill

indeed; please, I entreat you

plural adjective marker

to clean a cooking pot

savior

a flat, level place

proud

crumbs that fall when people are eating

Narra tree: Pterocarpus indica

to chew

to pull out something that is deeply embedded

midday, lunchtime; directly over or under

to allow or tolerate something (a situation or condition)

to kiss

to repeat; again

not able to speak, make no sound

to go first; to go ahead

to stretch, as a rubber band or elastic

blanket; sheet; any kind of cover

to wash or clean something

jaw and jawbone

never mind

an extensive tract of level, open land

hoarse

trembling (as with cold)

to squeeze (as juice from a fruit); to wring out clothes

temples, the flat part of the head on each side

temple, the flat part of the head on each side

cheek

worn at the point or ends

to cut off someone’s head

to insert inside something else

to have something or someone slip out of one’s hands and get away (can be a fish or a person)

heart; banana blossom

deformed, maimed

to pick up something

pitch (of a song), intonation

pillow

one bunch or bundle of something, as corn tied together; to bunch together

hand of bananas

elbow

to cut grass

to chase or drive away

to embrace, to hug

to capture

true; real

a dance; to dance

to make someone make a mistake, lead astray

to understand something; meaning

to consult a doctor; to get a physician to cure one’s ailment

help; to help

bamboo shoot

feeling (psychological); to feel something emotionally

to know

rooster

silly; fool; foolish; to act foolishly

to take something and go away with it (as a cat stealing a fish that people are planning to cook)

to take something and go away with it

to carry in the arms

kind of tree with fruit that cannot be eaten

nod, nodding or bowing of the head as a sign of assent; agree or assent

nodding of one’s head

cork

to hide, conceal

to answer

a question

to ask a question

lizard

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides planned actions

to fold up s.t. (e.g. mat)

controller or rudder of a boat

time, season

to gather together

land title

to be rash, cruel

a species of shrub from the seeds of which croton oil is extracted

to send someone (in place of one who can’t go)

bill or beak of a bird; a peck with the bill or beak; bite of a snake; pecking of a chicken

step; something to step on while climbing up

namesake: a person who has the same name as oneself

to be tempted in one’s heart to do something evil

to peck, as birds

top

to circumcise

to sleep

tiny insect like a louse found on dirty clothes

a pile of vegetables

to escort someone somewhere, partway to their destination

sound or noise; to make noise, sound

sound or noise; to make noise, sound

tree stump

soy sauce

for someone to put something on something

act of shaking unhusked rice from the stalks that are being threshed

to scatter; to pour out

to bathe by immersing in stream; to wash clothes

to end

widely scattered; isolated in different places, disunited

to swing s.t. or s.o. with outstretched arm (usually turn a complete circle)

to sprinkle

dry; of weeds, plants, to wither

betel leaf (for chewing preparation)

to shake up and down (especially branches of trees) for a short time; shaky

cave