Brunei Cavintinian Adds Words To Our Vocabulary List
amain - tiyo (brother of your mother or father; uncle)
amama – lolo (grandfather – the father of your mother or father)
apuyan – posporo (match – a slender piece of wood/cardboard tipped with a chemical substance that produces fire when rubbed against a chemically prepared surface)
biribi - nagmamadali (in a hurry)
dangan – dahil sa (because of)
igahin – isama, idagdag (to increase the nmber or quantity)
inain - tiya (sister of your mother or father; aunt)
inana – lola (grandmother; the mother of your mother or father)
itsa - ihagis (throw)
iwi - alaga, ampon (taking care of an animal for someone who is the real owner)
kaka - kuya or ate (the oldest child of a couple, whether a boy or a girl)
kalpi – pitaka (wallet or purse)
udong – anak o kapatid na lalaki
About the Contributor
Elsa Araneta Morales is an office employee based in Brunei. She discovered the website just recently and immediately sent a list of words for our Cavinti vocabulary.
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora).
June 26th, 2008 at 3:30 am
More words
galawan
gala gala
batiya
ula
sanaw
galis
hima
patubiling
balsa
dikin
hinlulumbo
santilmo
palyok
panara
iwang
silam
tinuto
patda
nangka
June 26th, 2008 at 3:49 am
garapon
salwal
bastikol
upaw
pangod
lamog
katipan
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
abasto – dala-dalahan
abuhan – lutuan
abyad -asikaso; magluto na
agpang -gamit panglinas ng pandan
alampay – damit na naka-sampay sa balikat
alatiit – mahinang ingay sa dilim ng gabi
aldabis – sinuntok; hinalihaw
alibutdan – hilaw na kanin
alimuom – masangsang na amoy
almires – dikdikan ng nganga ng amama/inana
anggi – ambon; bigyan
aki-ak – ilaw sa gabi, yari sa uyo, nilagyan ng gas
antig – away; babag
angot – baho; bantot
ayaba – nabati ng nuno sa punso; anayo
apanas – maliit na langgam na kumakain ng ripinado; kuwiteb
anyon – ikli ng “ano yoon”
arimuhan – mumunting bagay na ayaw itapon
apuhap – hanap
atang – tulungan ilagay sa balikat
atangya – mabahong insekto
ato – subok
atupag – gawa
apupa – ihanda
arag-arag – dala-dala; hila-hila
arat – klase ng damo na matalas ang magkabilang gilid
agad, agarin – ubusin