Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Bisaya dialect : Basic


To share the Bisaya dialect, I start with some basic words; part of our body. Here they are :

Parts of body

head - ulu
shoulder - laliwah
hair - abuk
arm - langan
forehead - kadat
hand - kariam
face - rabas
chest - sadaan
ear - talingo
body - inan
nose - adung
back - dakurung
mouth - kabang
thigh - pakak
tooth - nipon
knee - atud
cheek - bingal
foot - gakud
eye - matu
toe - indu gakud
tongue - dila
thumb - indu kariam
neck - liau
nail - sindulu

Colours.

white - mapurak
black - maitam
green - matamau
red - maragang
yellow - masilau


Cooking time!

rice - wagas
vegetable - sasakut
fish - kiaun
plate - kudut
cook - magansak
cooking oil - umau
fire - apui
spoon - sudu
water - waig

See you again, more Bisaya dialects and culture to be shared here.

2 comments:

  1. bro..share something about kulintangan..u can download from youtube..

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  2. salam..young generation was here..haha...well,i like this blog and wish to read more entry...btw,can i use the the pic above...i'll give u some credit..thanks

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