Arch Ronel K. Pabico said, “Dagdagan po natin para masaya. Hehehehehehe” when he added the words below on our ongoing list of Cavinti words. I believe he has a point.
Cavinti might be at the heart of the Southern Tagalog region in the Philippines, but as a town, we have words that are truly Cavinti, which are different from the neighboring towns of Luisiana, Lumban, Pagsanjan and Sta. Cruz.
If all of us work together, we can even create our online Cavinti Dictionary. Later, when we have compiled enough words, we can even make hard copies. What do you think? Please express your opinion by leaving a comment.
ahon – to go up
apuhap – to know more
balde – a water container (an improvised water container from a large tin can)
balsa – a raft
balsa – a water container, pail
balulang – large bag made of pandan
banggerahan – portion of the cooking area for storage
burok – rotten egg
buwig – a couple of ( for fruits)
dukal – to dig
gapas – to harvest
gulugod -normally pertains to backbone, or the uppermost part of the mountain
haging – a near-hit on something
hambalos – to struck with something ( heavy action)
hampas – to struck with something ( slight action)
hampay – to lean on something or to itself
hampit – strike with small stick
hugos – to let it down with a rope
hurungan – a group of ( school of fish)
ibayo – other side
igib – to fetch water
ilaib – to heat with fire ( for leaves)
ilako – to sell
ismid – abrupt looking ( for a person)
kaing – fruits basket made of bamboo and alike
labak – backyard ( low in elevation)
liping – to feel dizzy when hit with something
manibalang – half matured (fruits)
panaog – to go down
panhik – to go up
patda – sticky substance, to stick on something
saka’ – farm
saklob – to cover with ( whole head)
sakyod – to hit from bottom, a punch-blow coming below
salo – to catch with something
sambot – to catch with a hand
sampal – to hit in the face with a palm of the hand
sampay – to hang on ( clothes line or a string)
sampit – to catch on something ( usually on trees)
sasaka – to go to the farms
simod – greedy (for food)
sambalilo – a large hat
sombrero – a hat
suno – to ride on ( car or jeep)
sunong – to lift or carry with the head
takal – a measure of something
talaga – water depositories
talulo – palm branch skin
talumpol – a mountain of something, or a group of something or a cluster of something
tampal – to hit in other parts of the body except the face
tarangkahan – gate
tiklis – a bunch of
timbuyan – water float
tubog – in another term ( a water pot where carabao takes a bath)
ula – pasture
ulahin – to pasture
uswad – an abrupt poisture
Well just happy to share the contents of my mind baka malimutan na kase ng new generation…. kaya dag-dagan ko pa.
abyad – to attend to, or working on, but in most cases use
to adress to a person who is cooking( e.i nag-aabyad)
aberya – something wrong. in trouble
agipo – fire dust, ashes
anluwagi – carpenter
ampaw – spacious inside, no contents inside, empty
apaw – overflow
babag – fight
balag – a bamboo trellis for climbing plants
balagwit – to carry thing with the use of a flexible rod
balagwitan – a flexible rod use to carry things on both side
balatong – monggo
balsentang – a small pail
banlaw – final stage cleaning
bigkis – bundle
bukana – front side
dampa – temporary shelter
daplis – slight hit on something
giik – smashing with feet
kabag – (slow pronounciation) means a trapped air in the
stomach
kabag – (fast pronouncciation) a large bat
kawag – bodily movement
kubli – to hide, a hidden place
kuwaderno – notebook
kuyog – group of
hakab – fitted on something due to air pressure
iluhan – composed of logs and stone use to flatten something
( abaka or pandan)
impis – to arrange or to keep
ipot – birds or chicken mess
itsa – to throw
kusi – to cook
lamog – its the result of too much hitting on something
– its also a habit same as untidiness, messy,
uncleanliness
lako – to sell
lumod – to swallow ( informal)
lunok – to swallow ( formal)
minendal – snacks
mismis – to clean the dishes (preliminary action on
cleaning the dishes
mudmod – to share
palag – bodily movement to escape on something
paragus – improvised cart use to carry goods
pilapil – rice field edge or boundary
piling – bunch of
pipiling-piling – head turning
sampid – a forcefull decision due to no other choice.
salapi – fifty cents
sapi – poses
sapi-sapi a kind of kite
suko’ – unfitted height
suko – to give up
sumpit – a tube ( small bamboo, straw or metal)use as an
improvise airgun.
supla – force blow of the mouth on targeting something
tubli – a kind of plants, when extracted on water produce
poison
tumpok – a mount of or a group of
tungko – compose of three stone to use as a stove flatform
for cooking
ungkat – to know more or deeply
ungos – front of something, another term for the mouth
usbong – showing a bit, or spouting
uyam – a silly joke
uyo – coconut fruit branch skin