Common Words
Bisaya: Tanan nounTagalog: Lahat
English: all (adj.), everybody (n.), everyone (n.), everything (n.)
Sample: Dili tanan gwapo buotan, dili tanan buotan gwapo (Not all handsome are well-mannerd, not all well-mannered are handsome)
Sample: Dili tanan gwapo buotan, dili tanan buotan gwapo (Not all handsome are well-mannerd, not all well-mannered are handsome)
Napupos, nahanaw, napapa, nawala. Mao ni pasabot sa napupos. In english, lost, erased. Sample Napupos na akong pailob anang tawhana! (My patients is lost for that person!)
Asa mana nimo tawn gibutang imong kartiyo? Unsay pasabot aning word na kartiyo? Pasabot niini, panghunahuna, one’s thinking, one’s sane reasoning. Sample: Asa man tawon imong kartiyo? (Where is yourRead More
Kataligngan, pasabot ni kadungan-dungan ug tubo, eg mga bata. In english, grown up of similar age or age of close gaps. Sample: Kataligngan man diay na imo kamanghuran sa koRead More
Karumata from word “Karo’ nga ang meaning sa english kay wagon, push cart. Ang lahi pa nga pangalan ani kay wigen (also from word “wagon”). Mao ni ang butangan saRead More
Kuykoy (v), pasabot sa ordinaryong bisaya, pag-kawot or kalot sa yuta or something. Lain pud tong kalot tungod kay katol. In english, kuykoy means to dig. Sample: 1. Pag-kuykoy paraRead More
Hiyas in bisaya means talagsaong talento, asset. Hiyas almost associated with superpower, something like a golden treasure or position. In english “hiyas” means virtue, special talent. Sample: Mga hiyas saRead More