A,I,U (vowels)

BANTOANON (ASI)
VOWELS
Heather J Crossley, SIL (June 2014)
OPEN SYLLABLES: INITIAL & FINAL STRESS

OPEN SYLLABLES: INITIAL STRESS

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Aa, OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Ii (Ee), OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Uu (Oo), OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa	Bb buhò ‘hole’	Kk kulay ’colour’	Dd dutà ‘ground/land/earth’
Ee	Gg guwang ‘type of weaving palm’	Hh hulin 'marble’ (for playing)	Ii
Ll lugit ‘copra/dried coconut’	Mm muyat ‘look/watch’	Nn nupay ‘seem like/as if’	NGng nguso ‘snout/nose’
Oo otan ‘vegetable’	Pp pusò ‘heart’	Rr rugô ‘blood’	Ss suyat ‘letter/write’
Tt tubì ‘water’	Uu uyo ‘head’	Ww	Yy yumà ‘old’

OPEN SYLLABLES: FINAL STRESS

INITIAL UNSTRESSED VOWEL Aa, OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa apâ ‘person with speech impediment’	Bb bayáy ‘house’	Kk kató ‘that (far)’	Dd damót ‘hand/arm’
Ee abér ‘even if/even though’	Gg gatâ ‘coconut milk’	Hh hayó ‘lizard/iguana/goana’	Ii
Ll labá ‘launder’ (in a laundry area)	Mm matá ‘eye’	Nn namók ‘mosquito’	NGng ngangá ‘wide open mouth’
Oo	Pp pakâ ‘frog/toad’	Rr rahâ ‘there (close-distance)’	Ss sabáw ‘soup’
Tt tabâ ‘fat’	Uu	Ww wayó ‘eight’ (objects)	Yy yayán ‘eat only one food’

INITIAL UNSTRESSED VOWEL Ii (Ee), OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa	Bb bitín ‘unfinished/unsatisfied’	Kk kilát ‘lightning’	Dd dilí ‘here’
Ee	Gg giníng ‘earthenware water urn’	Hh hibî ‘to sob’	Ii ilíg ‘flow’
Ll liwít ‘fish species (long thin)’	Mm mimíng ‘meow/kitty’ (sound)	Nn ni-ó ‘what?’	NGng
Oo	Pp pitík ‘flick of fingers’	Rr ri-ín ‘where to?’	Ss sikí ‘foot/leg’
Tt tibór ‘treasure’	Uu uníng ‘cat’	Ww	Yy

INITIAL UNSTRESSED VOWEL Uu (Oo), OPEN SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

CLOSED SYLLABLES: INITIAL & FINAL STRESS

CLOSED SYLLABLES: INITIAL STRESS

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Aa, CLOSED SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa am ‘rice water scumꞌ*	Bb adlaw ‘sun/day’	Kk karga ‘cargo’	Dd dardar ‘thinly slicing cassava’
Ee	Gg gansa ‘goose’	Hh hagkos ‘cumabund’	Ii Inday ‘Inday’
Ll lansang ‘nail’	Mm mangyan ‘Mindoro ethnic group’	Nn	NGng ngakngak ‘cry of a child’
Oo	Pp patsi ‘medicinal leaf on templeꞌ	Rr raglì ‘under-cooked’	Ss sanrok ‘shared food gift’
Tt taktak ꞌlower a fishing net’	Uu umpok ‘bouce’	Ww wakwak ꞌkind of spirit being’	Yy yagwat ‘space between things’

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Ii (Ee), CLOSED SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

INITIAL STRESSED VOWEL Uu (Oo), CLOSED SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa	Bb bukbok ‘wood boring insect’	Kk korkor ‘grate coconut’	Dd dordor ‘pull on a tether/leash’
Ee	Gg gusto ‘want/like’	Hh Hunyo ‘June’	Ii
Ll loslos ‘haemoroids/hernia’	Mm murto ‘ghost’	Nn nuntan ‘to accompany’	NGng ngotngot ‘throbbing pain’
Oo kotkot ‘dig soil’	Pp pulbos ‘talcum powder’	Rr rug-on ‘to press heavily’	Ss sunrang ‘machete’
Tt tugrok ‘to build/erectꞌ	Uu uswag ‘to prosper/progress’	Ww	Yy yugrang ‘to sink’

CLOSED SYLLABLES: FINAL STRESS

FINAL STRESSED VOWEL Aa, CLOSED SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa antár ‘distance away’	Bb bag-áng ‘molar’	Kk kumpáy ‘grass fodder’	Dd
Ee	Gg gilták ‘a crack’	Hh hastáng ‘until’	Ii li-áb ‘collar bones/clavicles’
Ll langgáb ‘to steal or encroach on land/landgrab’	Mm muslág ‘infant’	Nn nanáng ‘motherꞌ	NGng ngangá ‘wide open mouth’
Oo	Pp panhâ ‘visit/go there’	Rr ray-án ‘to take there’	Ss suy-ám ‘rich food’
Tt tangyár ‘lemon grass’	Uu ugtás ‘temper tantrum’	Ww wanráng ‘restless when sick’	Yy yanggás ‘cleanse a wound’

FINAL STRESSED VOWEL Ii (Ee), CLOSED SYLLABLE (two syllable word)

Aa bulíng ‘dirt’	Bb baktín ‘pig’	Kk kambíng ‘goat’	Dd dastér ‘loose house dress’
Ee	Gg	Hh halíng ‘to make/kindle a fire’	Ii linglíng ‘stretch to look’
Ll pulís ‘police’	Mm mimíng ‘meow/kitty’ (sound)	Nn Niníng ‘Niningꞌ (name)	NGng
Oo	Pp paltík ‘flick fingers on knuckles’	Rr Ringríng ‘wall of room’	Ss Pasíng ‘Pasingꞌ (name)
Tt tiltíl ‘etch/chisel’ (stone)	Uu uníng ‘cat’	Ww	Yy yangsî ꞌgo pale skinned’

FINAL STRESSED VOWEL Uu (Oo), CLOSED SYLLABLES (two syllable word)

Aa anghóy ‘smell of meat’	Bb bis-óy ‘grainy feeling in eye’	Kk kingkóy ‘joking person/comedian’	Dd dinggóy ‘always asking for things’
Ee	Gg gum-ók ‘drop clothes untidily	Hh him-óng ‘be still and quiet’	Ii ingkóy ‘nape of neck’
Ll lig-ór ‘take to pasture’	Mm manghór ‘younger sibling’	Nn ninróng ‘your’ (plural)	NGng ngoyngóy ‘crying words/lament’
Oo	Pp pus-ón ‘abdomen below umbilicus’	Rr ruksóy ‘dog jumps up’	Ss sukróy ‘to a certain height’
Tt tayhóp ‘traditional medicinal treatment’	Uu usbór ‘shoots on a plant’	Ww wayóng ‘eight’ (objects)	Yy yanróng ‘shade’

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