Pagsuyat

BANTOANON (ASI)

WRITING WORDS

EY or A’Y and AYor A’Y

éy haponéy ‘afternoon-already’	éy nagpanawéy ‘already-went-out/walked’	éy mahalinéy ‘will-leave-now’	éy nakaka-onéy ‘have-already-eaten’
éy bad-éy ‘don’t’	éy bada-ey ‘don’t’	éy yangéy ‘just-now’	éy ikawéy ‘you-are-the-one’

y malargay ‘will-sail-now’	y malargoy ‘go-past-now’	y huléy ‘already-late’
y imóy ‘now yours’	y nagkaydoy ‘have-cooked-rice-already’	y gab-éy ‘night-time-already’

ay kag anák ay ‘the child is …’	ay kag asín ay ‘the salt is …’	ay kag bapór ay ‘the ship is …’
a’y sidá’y ‘he is …’	i’y kag hari’y ‘the king is …’	o’y kag baruto’y ‘the boat is …’

IT or ’T

it wayâ it irò
‘there is no dog’

it harì it langit
‘king of heaven’

it punô it gahóm
‘full of power’

it magta-ó it regalo
‘give a present/gift’

a’t wayá’t irò

‘there is no dog’

i’t hari’t langit
‘king of heaven’

o’t punó’t gahóm
‘full of power’

a’t nakita’t pulís
‘saw the police’

MULTI-SYLLABLE WORDS

1 syllable	2 syllable	3 syllable	3 syllable	4 syllable	reduplication
Aa sa ‘in/to/at’	aga ‘morning’	abuhan ‘hearth’	aranghà ‘citrus fruit’	alimango ‘crab’	agit-agít ‘tease’
Bb bag ‘bag’	batà ‘child’	bu-alaw ‘corn dessert’	bakadán ‘shell’	binuhatan ‘deeds’	bag-o-bag-o ‘keep changing ones mind’
Cc	Cory ‘Cory’ (name)	ciento ‘one hundred’	centavo ‘centavo’	Calatrava ‘Calatrava’	chacha ‘cha-cha’
Kk kag ‘the’	kaha ‘small box’	kabulig ‘house maid’	kayunggo ‘wart’	kabukiran ‘countriside’	kasa-kasâ ‘dare to do’
Dd dos ‘two’	da-ok ‘don’t know’	dungganon ‘aristocratic’	Disyembre ‘December’	Despedida ‘farewell party’	dardar ‘chop finely’
Ee be ‘please give me’	erò ‘dog’	eksena ‘scene’	estrikto ‘strict’	ebidensya ‘evidence’	el-el ‘high pitched laugh’
Ff Fos ‘Fos’	Fortu ‘Fortu’	Fiedacan ‘Fiedacan’	Famero ‘Famero’	Filipino ‘Filipino’
Gg ag ‘and’	gahà ‘window’	garapón ‘large jar’	gasulina ‘gasoline’	ginikanan ‘ancestors’	gamgam ’accustomed to’
Hh hah ‘will you’	hayó ‘lizard’	huyagok ‘noisy snore’	habagat ‘monsoon’	halimbawà ‘example’	hagan-hagan ‘feel relief’
-	hi-ín ‘where?’	hari-ín ‘where?’	masuy-am ‘rich food’	kabug-atan ‘heaviness’	kata-as-ta-asan ‘highest heaven’
Ii it ‘of’	ri-ín ‘where to?’	ingkanto ‘kind of spirit’	imbitár ‘invite’	ispiritwál ‘ispiritual’	ilang-ilang ‘fragrant flower’
Jj Jo ‘Jo’	Juán ‘John’	jojoba ‘Jojoba plant’	janitor ‘janitor’	Jakonesa ‘deaconess’
Ll ling ꞌthis’	li-áb ‘collar bone’	lababo ‘sink’	lastikó ‘elastic/rubber bands’	libadora ‘yeast’	li-aw-li-áw ‘wandering around’
Mm mil ‘thousand’	mo-mò ‘fall face down’	malunggay ‘medicinal tree’	malinghor ‘young fruit’	mangunguma ‘farmer’	muyo-muyô ‘open a request’
Nn Nang ‘Older woman’	nanà ‘pus’	numero ‘number’	nayukat ‘gouge’	nag-ingkoréy ‘then-sat-down’	naknak ‘sore enlarges’
Ng	ngasing ‘now/today’	ngusu-ón ‘hit mouth and nose’	ngayagngag ‘palate’	ngisi-ngisi ‘false smile showing teeth’	ngutab-ngutab ‘unclear pronunciation’
Oo o ‘or’	ongon ‘splinter’	Oktubre ‘October’	opisyal ‘official’	obligasyon ‘obligation’	om-om ‘suck a candy’
Pp pa ‘still/yet’	papa ’papa/daddy’	pipino ‘cucumber’	pamilya ‘family’	pakitlu-oy ‘plead’	purong-purong ‘square cloth’
Qq			Quezon ‘Quezon’
Rr ray ‘then again’	ri-ín ‘where to?’	rayagan ‘run’	rinug-an ‘recipe with blood’	relihiyon ‘religion’	raga-ragá ‘flying ants’
Ss sa ‘to,at,on,in’	sapà ‘stream’	sinturón ‘belt’	sumsuman ‘food with alcoholic drinks’	sinakupan ‘subjects’	suyok-suyók ‘diaphragm’
Tt Tay ’Daddy’	tatay ‘father’	tabakóng ‘cockroach’	takingking ‘tilt’	tagasunor ‘a follower’	tiko-tikò ‘many bends’
Uu	uyán ‘rain’	umagar ‘son/daughter-in-law’	uyanon ‘rain clouds’	uranggutáng ‘orangutang’	udo-udó ‘mentally disturbed’
Vv Ver ‘Ver’	Vivian ‘Vivian’	Ventura ‘Ventura’	Victorio ‘Victorio’	Villanueva ‘Villanueva’
Ww	wayó ‘eight’ (objects)	wagiton ‘get rid of’	wasiwas ‘swing tail from side to side’	waling-waling ’fragrant flower’	wayo-wayo ‘poisonous seasnake’
Xx	xray ‘x-ray’
Yy ay ‘is’	yangaw ‘fly’	ya-uda ‘boil meat’	yagadaw ‘wander around’		yumba-yumbà ‘dolphin’
Zz zoo ‘zoo’	Zaldy ‘zaldy’

SPELLING WORDS with Ee/Ii and Uu/Oo
Many words with Ee are of foreign origin.

Ee eskwela ‘school’	Ee tinér / tinír ‘dwell’	Ee kotse / kutse ‘car’	Ee norte ‘north’
Ee Enero ‘January’	Ee abér / abír ‘even if/even though’	Ee puyde/pwede ‘can/permit’	Ee taw-é / taw-í ‘give’
Ee estado ‘state’	Ee anghél ‘angel’	Ee laye ‘law’	Ee labhe ‘launder’
Ee	Ee dilí/dilé ‘here’	Ee kabadi/kabade ‘female’	Ee kayaki/kayake ‘male’

Occurrences of i/e and u/o.

Initial syllable vowels i/e	Initial syllable vowels i/e	Initial syllable vowels u/o	Initial syllable vowels u/o
idád / edád ‘age’	ispírito / espíritu ‘spirit’	uyo/oyo ‘head’	subra / sobra ‘excess’
irò / erò ‘dog’	misa / mesa ‘mass’	uda ‘face’	purba / porba ‘try/test’
Ingles / Englis ‘English’	miskin ‘even if’	una ‘ahead/first’	pobre ‘poor’

Final syllable vowels i/e	Final syllable vowels i/e	Final syllable vowels u/o	Final syllable vowels u/o
bakye / bakyi ‘buy’	pun-e / pun-i ‘fill’	tu-ó ‘right side’	ga-ór ‘row’
kabade / kabadi ‘female’	tinér / tinír ‘dwell’	ta-ó ‘give’	suyór ‘inside’
kayake / kayaki ‘male’	abér / abír ‘even if/even though’	bu-ó ‘whole’	kalu-oy ‘mercy/pity’

Foreign loan words	Foreign loan words	Foreign loan words	Foreign loan words
estudyante ‘student’	lamesa ‘table’	istorya ‘story/converse’	responsibílidad ‘responsibility/duty’
papiles ‘documents’	insenso ‘incense’	obligasyon ‘obligation’	gasoline ‘gasoline/petrol’
peso ‘peso’	pero ‘but’	bombo ‘drum’	krudo ‘crude oil’

SPELLING COMPOUND WORDS

Compound words

uli-bayay ‘kind of fish’

taga-bukir
‘person from the country’

bahay-batà
‘uterus’

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mapasa-amò
‘come to us’ (excl)

pinaka-marakô

‘greatest’

sinuk-manì
‘kind of sticky-rice and peanut dish’

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Verbal Forms	Verbal Forms	Verbal Forms	Other Forms
mayutò ‘will cook’	ingpapaka-on ‘feeds’	nakipag-istoryay ‘engage in conversation’	pagyutò ‘cooking’
ma-inóm ‘will drink’	ingpapa-ado ‘heals’	ita-ó ‘will give something’	pagkatapos ‘after’
nagpagto ‘went’	ing-i-isip ‘thinks’	ipana-ó ‘will distribute something’	pamatu-or ‘proof’
nag-idamô ‘played’	ing-u-umà ‘tells’	taw-e ‘give him something’	kamatu-uran ‘truth’

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