barang n. something which eaten causes an enlarged stomach and eventual death n. someone who curses others n. someone who curses others v. to poison or curse someone else
barangayv Variant of baranggay n. village
baras1 vt. to strike something
baras2 n. magic
baratu adj. cheap adj. cheap v. to become cheap or affordable
barì n. a large knife/sword with a fat curved blade often used for cleaning up split boards
bariyu n. a village or an outlying district (of an city or town)
barkun n. porch
barubu n. a type of tree, the starchy seeds of which are edible
barut vt. to pull something out (e.g. harvesting peanuts by pulling them out of the ground, extract a tooth) (optionally) with a tool
basa v. to read something n. a document
basag1 vt. to give a gift to a chieftain (datù) in order to request his assistance in solving a problem
basag2 1. n. wood from the pula palm 2. adj. hard; hardy
basagbasag n. a smallish black type of ant with a painful bite that lives under stones
basak 1. n. mud v. to become muddy adj. muddy 2. adj. soiled 3. n. rice field v. to work in a ricefield 4. n. The name of a particular village in Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon.
basal vt. to beat a gong (ahung) with a stick bound up with rubber or cloth n. an instrument v. to beat the gong continously
basbas v. to train someone else in performing something v. to practice or to learn something vi. to becomed practiced at something n. a disciple - one who learns or practices adj. studious v. to practice something for celebration
baskit n. container made of ratan
baslay v. to pounded until it's very white
bassa v. to give respect to someone adj. courteous; respectful
bastun n. narrow-legged trousers
bastun n. stick that support a person
basu n. drinking glass adj. by the cupful
basuk v. to cultivate (land) or to farm (land) or to raise crops adj. diligent; industrious; hardworking (in an agricultural context such as weeding) adj. industrious
basulew? n. a measure from the fingertips to the opposite upper arm
basung n. a slender vat made of bark for storing rice or made of bamboo which is for arrows
basura n. garbage n. garbage dumping site
batang1 n. a felled or fallen tree, a log of wood adj. a woody place
batang2 n. the shank of a tampuling spear tip
batasan1 1. n. customs (regulating social life) adj. traditionally; usual; habitual; accustomed n. accustomed n. 2. v. to offer something to someone for asking help and solution for their problem
batasan2 v. to take food or a small animal to a datu in order to request his assistance
batè 1. n. child 2. adj. young; immature 3. n. a maid or a laborer n. children; young people n. childhood 4. v. adj. boyish adj. young; youthful
bateg n. a scar v. to form a scar
batek n. color adj. speckled; patterned; a type of design v. to color something
batengil v. to hit someone or something in their head in order to die using anykinds of a hard things
batiew n. a scout; to scout out danger
batiliv Variant of batiriya n. a battery
batsi vi. to bounce on the road
batsilur n. a bus (named after the Bachelor Express bus company) v. to ride a bus
battek n. various types of orchid
batu n. stone adj. stony adj. grains mix with tiny stone when it drying
batubalani n. a magnet
batug n. a fighting cock v. to get a horse or other goods in order to make a payment
batuk v. to return to the old ways; to restore health
batul n. a kind of wild animal trap (e.g., boar, mouse deer, or birds) which is only tied on a tree or any strong plants to be not removable when it caught vi. to be caught in a batul trap
batun vt. to pull someone or something up e.g., a basket on a rope up a tree, or for God to raise someone to heaven
batuung n. a feast marking the end of a period of mourning v. to celebrate the batuung feast to mark the end of a period of mourning a loved one after a period of 9 days for a male, or 8 days for a female, after which they decide what to do about the widow
bawal adv. prohibited
bawang n. garlic
bawed e ne suled See suled n. a distant relative
bawes n. the report of a loud noise, such as the firing of a gun, heard from a distance n. repeated sound; echo
bawì 1. n. medicine, including both liquids and tablets 2. v. to treat at someone else or something (medically) v. to be cured or healed v. to heal someone illnesess or sick with something v. to be able to treat or cure to someone or something 3. v. to comfort a person who has emotional problems such as anger and sorrow 4. v. to remedy or fix up something e.g., by explaining what you really meant to say 5. n. one who administers medicine
bawing n. grand basilic; sweet basil
bawì te pahis See pahis n. frangipani
bawwìv Variant of bawì 1. n. medicine, including both liquids and tablets 2. v. to treat at someone else or something (medically) v. to be cured or healed v. to heal someone illnesess or sick with something v. to be able to treat or cure to someone or something 3. v. to comfort a person who has emotional problems such as anger and sorrow 4. v. to remedy or fix up something e.g., by explaining what you really meant to say 5. n. one who administers medicine
bayaba vi. to accidentally say something wrongly
bayad1 vt. to harshly treat someone else vi. to get treated harshly
bayad2 n. payment vt. to pay something to someone else n. a fine n. the debt which children owe their parents and choose to repay them in various ways, but can never be fully repaid.
bayaku 1. n. a generic name of all kinds of birds 2. n. Philippine bulbul 3. n. bayaku abaka
bayang vi. to have plenty of something
bayat 1. v. to make someone else laugh v. to laugh at something vi. to laugh at something vt. to cause someone to laugh, or to be the thing that causes them to laugh vi. to laugh a lot at something v. to cause someone to laugh vi. to make many people laugh 2. adj. joker
bayè 1. v. to pass through or travel a certain path somewhere v. to pass through n. pathway; road v. to keep on passing somewhere v. to keep on passing somewhere v. to be passed through something 2. v. happenings; experience v. to experience something 3. v. to expose someone else to something 4. adv. according to something
bayew adj. somewhat adj. quite
bayik n. bicycle v. to ride a bicycle
bayinti num. twenty
bayinti dus num. twenty-two
bayinti kuwatru num. twenty-four
bayinti nuwibi num. twenty-nine
bayinti sayis num. twenty-six
bayinti singku num. twenty-five
bayinti siti num. twenty-seven
bayinti tris num. twenty-three
bayinti unu num. twenty-one
bayinti utsu num. twenty-eight
bayli n. disco dancing but under bright lights
bayung v. to accuse someone of something v. to be accused about something n. the person being accused of a misdeed
bayungbung n. a short, very fat, yellow banana —banana
bayyè v. to turn; to change direction
be-baan n. the male cicada (ngeyngey) that makes a noise
bebalakan 1. n. a trail marker; an intersection 2. n. a name of a place in traditional Matigsalug belief
be-bè 1. n. mouth n. mouth of the hole 2. n. a kind of a basket
bebeg adj. to be misshapen, eg. a house that is wider at the top than at the bottom
bebelakan n. intersection
bedayi n. a metal wrist bracelet
bedbed v. to wrap something around something else v. to tangle or wrap around something n. the rewind button on a tape recorder v. to make a leg bracelet by wrapping a thin cane over and over a small round lope of the same cane
beeg v. to inform someone else
beg-ang n. molar tooth v. to grow their molar tooth
begbeg adj. effective (as in good medicine)
begkesa??? adj. footloose
begkul crooked; bend vi. to be crooked v. to crook or bend
begsey n. paddle vi. to row or paddle (a boat)
behang vi. to become sick or injured, e.g., a breastfed child whose mother eats the wrong foods, or someone who accidentally bashes themselves on something vi. to become sick by drinking bad mother's milk or by having its fingernails cut before about three months of age vi. to become stunted in growth because of calamity and people activities
behas 1. n. fruit vi. to bear fruit (even if there is currently none) vi. to actually bear fruit in season adj. fruitful 2. n. husked rice —chaff —bran 3. n. a derogatory term for the vagina
behat 1. adj. heavy vi. to make themself heavy, e.g., when sitting on the knee of someone else or to put something to another thing to make it heavy 2. n. an anchor (for a boat) or fishing sinker (made of any heavy material)
beheng 1. adj. fast-flowing (of water) adj. very fast-flowing 2. adj. flexible, but with quite strong resistance
behey 1. vt. to give something to someone else vt. to distribute something to a group of people v. to cause someone else to give something to a third person v. to be given to someone vi. to be able to give something to someone n. the act of giving vt. to voluntarily give each other something vt. to repeatedly give each other something vt. to repeatedly give each other something vt. to voluntarily give each other something 2. vt. to give permission for something
behung v. to hunt wild animals with something
behunlus n. a perfume made from garung, salapien, and malayapa tree subtances v. to apply perfume adj. perfumed
bei n. a woman who is very commanding and may be head of the household or community v. to take command over her husband
bekabeka 1. vi. to dry out and flake or split open vi. to be all parched 2. adj. dry (of food)
bekad v. to lift off or flip over something in order to peer under it
bekal v. to spread out; to flare out; to open up (e.g. mens' trousers, a mushroom still growing)
bekas1 n. a device for trapping mudfish which is a funnel-shaped basket, open at the top and bottom. This is repeatedly pushed wide end down through the water into the mud. If a fish is caught it is retrieved through the top open end v. (for a logfall trap or spring open or shut ) to be tripped (e.g. a trap for an animal)
bekbek v. to roast corn, pound it and mix with sugar n. roasted corn: pounded to a powder and mixed with a little sugar
bekbek te meni n. peanut butter
bekè vt. to force two things apart so as to be able to see between them
bekeg1 n. bone of a fish or bone of meat v. to be choked of something (e.g.,bone or rice) v. stuck in the throat adj. bony; full of bones
bekeg2 n. seed, for planting???
bekehan n. bekehan banana
bekkut adj. stooped
beku v. to be lazy or not want to do something because of something or for a reason v. to make someone dislike doing something else; or to be the thing that makes someone dislike doing something
belad 1. n. arm v. to decide to use their hands for eating or either to smash something their hands 2. n. the sleeve of a garment adj. (a woman) wearing a top with sleeves down to the elbow n. a traditional patterned woman's blouse 3. adj. Ref.Gloss: robber or thief
belang 1. v. to be done to pass the time, because someone is not able to do something else for a certain reason v. to be done to pass the time, because someone is not able to do something else v. to do something to pass the time, because they are not able to do something else vt. to be able to spend a brief time doing something because they are not able to do something else at the moment 2. v. to be done together by two people of the opposite sex 3. v. to have sexual intercourse
belangay n. a banana variety which is very expensive
belat vt. to unfold or unroll something, especially a sleeping mat and lay it out on the floor —unroll v. to request someone else to unfold a mat and place it on the floor
belè n. the term of address for any relative of one's son-in-law or daughter-in-law
belebed vt. to bind something by winding it around something vt. to wrap around another thing
beleg 1. vi. to be dizzy after a fall 2. n. poison
belegyè vt. to sell something (for money) v. to be a vendor of any products n. vendor
belekebek n. a chicken feather which composed of black, white, and red
beley v. to become tired out from working hard (e.g. clearing a field egkamet or walking eggipanew) v. to cause someone to be tired v. to cause someone to be tired v. tiresome adj. always tired
beli vt. to buy something somewhere n. items or products adj. saleable n. store
belig v. blessing
beligyàv Variant of belegyè vt. to sell something (for money) v. to be a vendor of any products n. vendor
beligyèv Variant of belegyè vt. to sell something (for money) v. to be a vendor of any products n. vendor
bel-is n. a hardwood tree n. a bamboo knife used for cutting the umbilical cord of a new-born baby
bel-is2 adj. stingy; greedy
bellè n. yellow skinned sweet potato - the flesh is also yellowish
belù2 1. vi. to be angry at someone else vi. to make someone angry somehow (either intentionally or unintentionally) v. to provoke someone else to anger adj. furious 2. vi. to be able to give us back something
belun n. a well v. to dig a well
belungun n. pomelo
belunserìv Variant of balunsarì n. a grass spread out with a thorny stem grass
beluntuv Variant of baluntu 1. n. rainbow vi. to appear because the sun is shining through light rain (egpasilak-silak) 2. vi. to be arch in structure
belut v. to comes out or to blow out from something v. to be gradually and successively come out from something
belutan n. a flour sack or the material which they are made of
Bendet prop_n.
bendiggaddu n. a large enamel plate
bendila 1. n. a flag v. to use a flag (national or other) in a country to communicate a particular message 2. n. a windsock
bendira n. the traditional trousers worn by males vi. to wear traditional colored trousers 1. n. a variety of rice that is small
bened v. to go numb v. to cause some parts of the body dead
benek n. goiter v. to have a goiter
benes v. to cover a place adj. overgrown with weeds (e.g., of a wilderness) v. to become grassy
benga vi. to be uncertain about something v. that can make someone to be troubled
bengag n. an edible, yellow bean in a pod
bengat vt. to pull/beat up something
bengel1 adj. deaf v. to deaf someone else (shouting or something) vi. to become deaf v. to be capable of deafening someone
bengel2 n. bottom (as a part, end, edge or surface) v. to go under something v. to place something underneath something else
bengen adj. wrinkled
benget n. pubic hair adj. hairy, as of the face having sideburns
bengit n. A small black bird which calls at night with a sound like the meowing of a cat.
bengkag v. to plow a field for the first time v. to be able to break something v. to be scattered
benì n. seed, for planting v. to prepare seeds for planting
benisil 1. n. pepper 2. n. a long type of pepper 3. n. a small, red chili pepper (used in seasoning food)
benkè v. to do something in someone's absence
bennal 1. v. to accept a proposal or idea; to consent to a price v. that can satisfy to someone vi. to become sold out for the ideas by someone 2. v. to be a guilty for some crime committed v. to be safe and not guilty to the crime committed vi. to accept something wrong he has done v. to have complain at someone else for a reason
bentaan v. to plan to make a future journey v. to plan a journey
bentè vt. to threaten to kill someone else
benteg v. to punish someone for an offense (such as saying their name - a form of disrespect)
bentulà n. a bamboo sounder to scare off wild pigs from the crops; a bell
bentung n. a tall, straight and smooth yellow variety of thickwalled bamboo without thorns used for furniture making
benut n. the fine fibre of the baleisan palm used to start fires
beratuv Variant of baratu adj. cheap adj. cheap v. to become cheap or affordable
beres vi. to conceive or become pregnant vi. to get pregnant out of marriage vi. to impregnate a female v. to be the illegitimate child of someone else
besì v. to stand with legs apart
besik v. to splatter someone or something vi. to be splattered, e.g., when a truck passes on a muddy road adj. splattery
Besinti prop_n.
besut v. to squirt out v. to be able to squirt out n. squirtable
betad n. given away from man to woman's family (dote) v. to give something to the bride's parents
Betey prop_n.
betì n. vagina
betiwad n. mosquito larva or small worms (that wriggle around a lot) 1. n. leeches which are products of mosquitoes
betu v. cracked; split vi. to shoot or explode v. to shoot a weapon or cause something to explode
beug1 1. adj. conserve food (e.g rice) 2. v. cause to stack
beug2 n. dried left-over rice or dried cassava v. to become dried or presserved (e.g.,cassave or rice) v. to be good for dried or presserved food (e.g.,cassave or rice) v. to make something dried or presserved (e.g.,cassava or rice)
beuhu n. a newly married couple (e.g. three days to about a month) or a couple without children
beung n. a glass which is made of coconut shell
beut adj. always smelly, even if washed
bewù n. shreds of the pula palm tree which is used as tinder
bewu1 v. to take provisions (usually food or money) for a journey v. to eat one's provisions
bewu2 v. (for food) to become stale or cool
bewug vi. to get wet vt. to wet something else, usually food
bewuk n. a white wood from the pula palm that is dried and used for fire-lighting
bewutismu baptize v. to baptize another v. to request baptism at someone else
beyan n. a female animal (e.g., a horse or goat) —male animal
beyawà n. a tree, probably Kingiodendron alternifolium
Beybayan prop_n. name a person
beye-beyè 1. v. to controll something which you have no rights to control 2. v. to estimate in order to minimize something 3. v. to make decision which you have no rights to decide 4. v. to have the rights to decide, controll, and to estimate about something 5. v. to have authority over others or to something 6. v. to decide to marry their children without courting nor relationship
beyi n. a term of direct address meaning woman or girl n. an unmarried girl n. a girl around the age of puberty (e.g. 13 years old); a young girl (not yet marriageable) pron. a form of address for a youngish girl
Beyibayan prop_n. the name of a good god, whom some liken to Jesus
beyintiv Variant of bayinti num. twenty
bibi n. a smaller sized duck, mostly white, which can't fly but is a good layer
bibì adj. glib
bibid? v. to sow up the top of a vat
bibig 1. n. the lip (of a human) 2. n. crater 3. n. snout (of animals) 4. v. to be sad and blame to someone
bibilunv Variant of bibirun n. a baby's bottle
bidbid v. to have a twisted back
bige-bigè n. a colorful large thin eel predator of man
bigka n. Sulu hornbill
biglè v. to use or give the entire amount of something, e.g., corn seed or money
bignit vt. to pinch something and pull it e.g., to grab someone's skin or hair
bigtew 1. vi. to be broken vi. to break a rope 2. v. to be faint with sickness or distress to the point of having difficulty breathing and possibly near death v. to be dying; to be losing breath
bigtusv Variant of bugtus vi. to snap or break vt. to snap or break something
bihudbihud vi. to be bent over under a heavy load
biit v. to lead in singing by conducting with their hand
bikku n. a type of cake made from sticky rice
bi-ku v. a hopping game (played mostly by girls)
bikug v. for muscles (e.g arms or calves) to be stiff
bilas n. a tear or sleep in the eye v. to wipe one's eyes
bilat n. groin
bilbil v. to be mentally deranged, perhaps from an evil spirit (busew)
bildu n. broken glass (esp. bottle)
bileg n. a small fresh-water eel
bilisbilis n. drizzle vi. to drizzle
biliya n. a smooth cane which climbs up trees. The bark can be scraped off and then the cane is beaten and the sap used as soap.
bilnisv Variant of biyirnis n. a day before saturday and after thursday
bilsikuluv Variant of birsikulu n. verse
bilu n. a layer of grime on a person's face or skin adj. dirty v. to get dirty
bilug n. a variety of thin cane from the balahen family
Binakiling n. binakiling stream
binalabag n. a type of fish trap
binalahad adj. helpless
binalang n. a floor joist on a house
binalanga n. a wild, edible root which is a long variety of yam
binangay n. a type of small, yellow type of banana
binanusu n. dried tobacco vt. to dry tobacco
binanuwa n. an old-style roof v. to make an old style roof for their shelter
binat vt. to stretch back something e.g., pulling back a bow or slingshot, lifting the foreskin so as to slip a knife underneath in circumcision
binayu vt. to pound something, especially rice paley, uliben, dawa, lenga, linaplap ne aheley, kepi ne eggimuwen ne pulbus with a pestle (andu) in a mortar (lesung)
bindas vt. to tear something vi. to become torn
binebey n. a type of large basket which is square on the bottom and round at the top
binekad n. the traditional jacket worn by males vi. to wear a traditional colored jacket v. to wear a traditional colored jacket
binelaran n. Matigsalug woman dress v. to wear Matigsalug dress
Bingawen prop_n.
bingbing vt. to pull the ears of someone else v. to be fond of pulling ears of someone else
bingew n. a nick in a blade v. to be missing teeth v. to came to stage of missing tooth for changing
binggala n. cassava adj. cassava plantation
bingkug vi. to be bent v. to bend something
binilug n. a small, round nugget of gold
binlud n. dirt in the male organ
bintang1 v. to suspect at someone else v. to suspect someone else without clear evidence
bintedulv Variant of bintedur n. fire cracker
binteng vt. to grab something to pull it apart vi. to become stretched
bintitunè n. stork-billed kingfisher
bintiv Variant of bayinti num. twenty
bintu n. a physical peculiarity which is believed to be the mark of special powers, of non-humans as well as humans
binu n. wine, beer, or other alcoholic drinks
binugtung n. binugtung banana
biripv Variant of brip n. men's underpants or briefs
Birnis prop_n. Friday
bisagra n. an opening or hollow place that forms a holder for something
bisayan n. bisayan abaka
Biseyè 1. n. a Visayan; a lowlander n. Cebuano; the Visiyan language 2. n. a variety of rice that is small
Bisinti prop_n.
bisita n. a visitor v. to visit someone in another location v. to court a woman
bislig n. a type of vine trimmed carefully and used for kuglung strings long ago
bistira n. a Western style blouse or dress
bita-bita v. to be confuse what to do (due to being busy) v. that can make busy at someone else
bitala n. a sago yielding plant
bitamina n. vitamin
bitaya 1. n. a long hairy root on a sweet potato or cassava 2. n. bird trap which is usually place in giant taro when the fruit is ripe v. to use the bitaya as a bait to catch birds (especially kaliyawa, kayametan, talegkes, salapuyan, tugkeling, limuken, tiyulew) somewhere
bitbit vt. to carry something dangling from the fingers or hand v. to carry a lot of things
bitey vt. to hang something somewhere using rope
bitik n. a spear-gun (used for catching small fish) vt. to shoot someone or something else with a stretched rubber band vi. to be hit by someone releasing a stretched rubber band something (e.g. string) to use to mark a straight line, e.g. on a piece of timber about to be cut
bitil vi. to have no food —to have plenty
bitin vt. to hang something or someone from somewhere with a rope e.g., to hang food from the ceiling so as not to be eaten by rats n. gallows n. hang up
bitsin n. monosodium glutomate (MSG) used for a flavoring
bituen 1. n. constellation 2. v. to appear in the sky 3. v. to observe the stars adj. star observer
bituen ne peit n. starfish
bitug n. the flap of skin under the tongue
bituka1 n. intestines of a person or animal v. to clean intestines of slaughtered animals using bolo or bladed bamboos v. to become intestine out
bituka2 n. a type of bird with an interesting song which goes up the scale
Biyalung1 prop_n.
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