Bisdak Words

From cartoon movies for children, in bisaya they call it “kenkoy” or “kengkoy” or “kingkoy” hence someone says “manan-aw tag kengkoy”, let’s see a cartoon. It also denotes a funny act of a person (like that of a cartoon character) and somebody call that person “pagka kengkoy nimo oi”.

Tanggong means stranded, like, when somebody is out and it cannot go home yet due to heavy rain, s/he says “hulata ko ha kay natanggong pa ko sa uwan” (Wait for me because I’m still stranded due to heavy rain).

Pokpok in tagalog means whore or prostitute but in bisaya this means to hammer. See boring or burikat.

Boring in bisaya term means whore or prostitute. See also “burikat”.

Bitik means trap, like a mouse trap. Another bisaya word is “laang”.