| These are words used in Pagsanjan and neigboring towns in Laguna. |
| Certain words may have different meanings in other towns or regions |
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in the Philippines. No claim is made as to originality or indigenousnes.
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Word
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Meaning
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| adyo |
akyat, panhik |
| ahot |
dried fish |
| ampiyas |
rain droplets coming through |
| amos |
dumi sa mukha |
| anos |
thin bamboo |
| atang atang |
scorpion |
| ayap |
sitaw |
| bahaw |
natirang kanin, kaning lamig |
| bahugan |
lalagyan ng kaning baboy (lino) |
| bakule |
maliit na dalag |
| balakbak |
specie of tree found in swampy areas |
| balastiga |
tamad |
| balatong |
mongo beans |
| balaw-balaw |
tinadtad na yapyap na niluto sa gata |
| bales |
ilness due to contact with strangers |
| balikuko |
baluktot |
| balugbog |
likod |
| balulang |
basket made of wooven pandan leaves |
| bambang |
kanal |
| bami |
native dish made of pasta |
| banas |
uncomfortably hot or naiinis |
| bangyasan |
a tree commonly used as boundary fence |
| banlat |
kulungan ng baboy or cargo area ng LTB |
| banlik |
very fine sand |
| barek |
inom ng alak |
| basyo |
walang laman or ammunition casing |
| bayag kambing |
a kind of shrub found in the forest |
| bayate |
fruit of a tree or shrub that is toxic to fish |
| benuwa |
fried camote with caramel |
| biwas |
bingwit |
| bolbet |
a game played with pressed milk cans and stone |
| bunganga |
bibig |
| bungisngis |
palatawa |
| ditso |
to take down as in judo |
| duak |
clear out obstructions in the throat |
| dukal |
shallow digging as in a sandy area |
| dulos |
a bolo like instrument used in gardening |
| gara |
beauty |
| gasgas |
scratch, galos |
| gire |
a fighting stance |
| gumaan |
a coconut stage between buko and niyog |
| guyam |
langgam |
| hinawan |
a water container used to wet/wash hands before eating |
| ikana |
ikabit or to set as in kulambo |
| kababag |
kaaway |
| kabag |
local bat |
| kabling |
a shrub with a pleasant scent - organic bounty or downey |
| kaing-buwan |
under developed coconut meat |
| kalamayhate |
matamis na bao, coconut jam |
| kalamyas |
kamyas |
| kaligkig |
shiver with cold |
| kampit |
cleaver like sharp instrument |
| kandirit |
a trot like running movement |
| kapote |
rain coat |
| katalbo |
shrub found in the forest |
| katre |
bed |
| kawad |
wire |
| kayakas |
dried leaves of coconut trees |
| kiskis |
to rub, posporo |
| kokwa |
ampalaya |
| kuhit |
kalabit |
| kulambo |
mosquito net |
| kulig |
biik, piglet |
| kulilis |
cicada |
| kumon |
toilet |
| kumpitis |
sweetened fried corn kernels |
| kwitib |
ant |
| labig |
tulong na walang bayad as in bayanihan |
| laib |
darang sa apoy |
| labit |
bitbit, to carry |
| lalaugan |
throat, lalamunan |
| lamon |
to eat voraciously, malaking kain |
| lara |
bell pepper |
| lero-lero |
tiny ants |
| lino |
kaning baboy mainly food scraps |
| lukban |
suha |
| luwas |
punta sa maynila or sa kabayanan |
| malmado |
severely injured |
| maluto |
baon na binalot sa dahon ng saging |
| minukmok |
nilagang saging or kamoteng kahoy with bukayo |
| namumualam |
punong puno ang bibig |
| newan |
honey bee |
| paho |
tiny mango like fruit |
| pandaw |
to visit, tignan paminsan-minsan |
| pang-iwang |
anything used to wipe one's behind |
| panguskos |
item used for scrubbing |
| pantat |
maliit na hito |
| pantiyon |
sementeryo |
| paos |
hoarse voice, malat |
| pilantod |
pilay |
| pingke |
knock kneed |
| pisngot |
pango, mababa ang ilong |
| repinado |
asukal |
| sakli |
bali |
| salab |
ihaw |
| salasad |
sapa, stream |
| saltik |
hit lightly |
| sampiga |
sampal |
| sanaw |
puddle, left over water spot after a rain |
| sangkutsa |
cook lightly, sautee |
| sapal |
kinayod na niyog na wala nang gata |
| sinsilyo |
barya |
| sintunes |
kalamansi |
| susong dalaga |
an edible fruit of a wild vine |
| tabliya |
chocolate roll |
| tag-is |
hasa, to sharpen lightly |
| taklob |
takip |
| talang |
mabolo |
| talapid |
patid, to trip |
| tangkab |
salpok ang baba (chin) |
| tapasan |
instrument used to husk coconut |
| taptapan |
saucer made of halved coconut shell |
| tigite |
small kanduli |
| tihiwi |
coagulated pork or beef blood |
| tikbo |
surface for air as in fish in water |
| tikiw |
a sharp grasslike like weed in swampy area |
| titing kugon |
a sharp root of the cogon grass |
| totong |
ginataang sinangag na mungo with malagkit |
| tubayan |
fruit of a vine found in backyards |
| tulyapis |
underdeveloped unhusk rice |
| tungaw |
a tiny bug that burrows in the skin |
| uka |
hallow |
| uway |
rattan |
| yano |
kainaman |
| yapyap |
maliliit na hipon |
| yasyas |
to remove the leaves or unwanted parts |