Binisaya Dictionary

Binisaya refers to the how the Visayan language is used by the people in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. The Visayan language includes dialects like Cebuano (spoken by people from Cebu Province), Binol-anon (spoken by people from Bohol), Waray (spoken by people from Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, and Sorsogon), and Hiligaynon (psoken by people from Iloilo, Guimaras, and Panay).

a - ah; oh; well

áb-ab - eat

abága - shoulder

abang – rent

abay – join; partner

abli/abri – open

abi – assume; presume

abi-abi - entertain

abat/tiaw - ghost

abog – dust

abo – ash

abono – fertilizer; pay for someone who has insufficient money

aborido – worried

abrigana - appetizer

abtik/alesto – quick; alert; fast

abtan – what one sees or experience in a moment

abut – arrive

abuso - abuse

adto – go there

ad-ad – to cut in thin slices

adik-adik – dandruff; drug addict

adlaw – day; daytime

adlawon – full daylight after sunrise

adtang/agtang – forehead

ag-ag – separate small and big particles

agak – support; help carry a person

agas - flow; drip

agalon/amo – master; boss

ágbay - put one’s arms on or round another’s shoulder

agda – invite

agi – pass by

ágsa - work in another’s fields for part of the produce as payment

agwanta – bear; tolerate

ahos - garlic

ako – I, me

agay/agoy/aray – ouch

aligmat/igmat – remain awake; vigilant; quick

alam – wisdom; knowledge

alampoan/ampoanan – place of prayer

alima/amoma – take care

alingasa – tiringly noisy

alom - mole

angkon – to possess

ambot – "I don’t know"

amo - monkey

amo/namo - ours

amping – ingat

ajaw/ayaw – don’t; prohibit

awit/kanta - song

alaut/looy – pitiful

atop – roof

amag – glow

amahan - father

amakan – made of bamboo sheets for wall, house furniture or fixture

ambi – exposed to rain; "give it to me"

amiga/amigo - female/male friend

ampit/sampit/sangpit – to call

ampo – prayer; surrender

anad – domesticated; skilled; to practice

angay – like; match

angkas – to ride in a bicycle or motorcycle

angga – nickname

anyag – beauty

antigo – experienced

antus – to suffer

awhag – invite

apas – to follow someone who is in a place of destination

apan – but; however

apil – include

apohap – to stroke or touch lightly

arkila – rent; to borrow with payment

aslum – sour

asoy – explanation, story

atang – to put or place; to wait

atiman – take good care

ato/nato – ours

atubang – front

atubangan – in front of

atubangon – to face or meet head on

ayo – repair; fix; “tao po” in Filipino; a call to inform a house owner that you are at the door

References

http://binisaya.com/cebuano https://www.aswangproject.com/philippine-mythology-similarities-and-parallels-to-world-mythologies/ https://www.aswangproject.com/philippine-mythology-similarities-and-parallels-to-world-mythologies/ https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/bisayan https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40074/40074-h/40074-h.htm

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