Common Philippine Marine

Products • Fish 2 •
 Giant seaperch ------------------ (APAHAP)
 Great barracuda ------------ (BARAKUDA)
 Grouper -----------------------  (LAPU LAPU)
 Indian oil sardine --------------- (TUNSOY)
 Indo-Pacific king mackerel - (TANIGUE)
 Milkfish ---------------------------- (BANGUS)
 Moonfish ------------------------------- (IWAS)
 Mudfish ------------------------------  (DALAG)
 Needlefish ----------------------------  (BALO)
 Pampano ----------------------- (PAMPANO)
 Parrotfish ----------------- (ISDANG LORO)
 Queenfish ------------------------ (DORADO)
 Runner two-sinned ------------ (SALMON)
 Round scad -------- (GALUNGGONG)        
 Scad herring ------------- (SALAY SALAY)
 Short mackerel ------------- (HASA HASA)
 Silver sillago --------------------- (ASOHOS)
 Silver theraponid ----------- -- (AYUNGIN)
 Skipjack tuna ---------------   (GULYASAN)
 Spadefish --------------------------- (KITANG)
 Spinefoot ------------------------- (DANGGIT)
 Slipmouth ------------------------- (SAP SAP
 Anchovy ---------------------------------- (DILIS)
 Anchovy fry ----------------------- (DULONG)
 Croaker --------------------------- (ALAKAAK)
 Bigeye barracuda --------------- (TORCILLO)
 Bigeye scad -------------- (MATANG BAKA)
 Bigeye tuna -------------------------- (BARILIS)
 Blue mackerel ---------------- (ALUMAHAN)
 Barracuda ---------------------- (BARAKUDA)
 Bullet tuna ----------------------- (TULINGAN)
 Catfish, fresh water --------------------- (HITO)
 Catfish, sea water ---------------- (KANDULI)
 Carp ------------------------------------ (KARPA)
 Common mojarra ----------- (MALAKAPAS)
 Cream mullet ------------------------- (BANAK)
 Eel --------------------------------------- (PALOS)
 Eel, shortfin ------------------------------ (IGAT)
 Flounder --------------------------------- (DAPA)
 Fresh water sardinella ------------- (TAWILIS)
 Fusilier -------------- (DALAGANG BUKID)
 Goby, flathead --------------------------- (BIYA)
 Goby fry ---------------------------------- (IPON)
 Snapper ---------------------- (MAYA MAYA)
 Small spotted grunt -------------(BAKOKO)
 Spinefoot -------------------------(SAMARAL)
 Surgeonfish --------------------- (LABAHITA)
 Swordfish -------------------------- (ESPADA)
 Tilapia -------------------------------  (TILAPIA)
 Threadfin bream ------------------ (BISUGO)
 Trevally, malavar ----------- (TALAKITOK)
 Wrasse ---------------------------- (MAMENG)
 Yellowspotted trevali ------- (MALIPUTO)
 Yellowfin tuna ---------------- (TAMBAKOL)
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 June 29, 2007
o Tumador -> Someone who loves to drink (alcoholic stuff)

 July 1, 2007:
o Gahaman -> Super Duper Greedy
o Tumpak -> Exactly! / Sakto!
o Guyam -> Ant
o Napagtanto -> Napa-isip, kinda like when you've come into realization of
something

 July 2, 2007
o Magnilay-nilay -> To ponder, meditate, reflect (*I kinda knew what it meant
though, just had to make sure. Thanks Hazel!)
o Danaw -> small bodies of water which is the result of rain, puddles
 Ex: "Wag ka diyan may danaw!"
o Kula -> The process of bleaching clothes under the sun
o Maghinaw -> To wash, maghugas
o Bulalakaw -> Meteor (I thought it was a star, then I remembered star = bituin /
tala)
o Harabas -> Adjective which denotes something heavy duty / hard core
 Ex: "Pang harabas yang sapatos mo!"
o Laglag panty -> Term used by girls when they get turned on / horny (*I know this
already, it's just really amusing.  Oh, and the horny part is a joke)

 July 3, 2007
o Pabo -> Turkey
 Ex: "Magmumukhang kang pabo pagkatapos kang ayusan ng buhok"
o Lekat -> Expression synonymous to: Leche, Bwisit
 Ex: "Lekat ka!"

 July 4, 2007
o Shala -> Sosyal or taray (GL)
o Balahura -> Extreme form of bastos or disrespect
o Salaula -> See Balahura
o Bulyaw -> An intense shout
o Pahapyaw -> Skim or briefly review
 Ex: "Pahapyaw kong binasa ang liham galing sa opisina"
o Larga -> To go or leave. (Got it from the song Alapaap by Eraserheads )
o Maalwan -> Madali

 July 5, 2007 (Thank you to my jologs and conlogs friends out there who support my
learning journey and experience )
o Mantakin -> To think, isipin

 July 6, 2007
o Makapagbagbag-damdamin -> Used when something done or said is heartfelt
or moving
o Hilab -> Uneasy feeling in the tummy
o Anghit -> Major B.O. / foul smell
 July 9, 2007 (didn't learn any new words during the weekend )
o Nabubugnot - Nababato
 o Chakka -> Ugly (GL)

 July 10, 2007

o Nahihibang - Nasisiraan ng ulo. Going crazy.

 July 11, 2007 (Most of these came from Abby, Thanks!)

o Kahindik-hindik - Shocking
o Karumal-dumal - Gruesome
o Kagila-gilalas - Spectacular
o Kagimbal-gimbal - (See Kahindik-hindik)
o Imbyerna - Asar, inis
o Lingid - Beyond your knowledge, clueless,
 ex: "Hindi lingid sa kaalaman ko na may lihim kang pagtingin sa akin"
o Tinutugis - Hunting down
 ex: "Lingid sa mga pulis, nakatakas ang mga kriminal na kanilag
tinutugis"
o Hinayupak - Used to express the animal-like, crude, barbaric or savage behavior
of someone.  Similar to the usage of "Hayop ka!"
 ex: "Hinayupak ka naman!"
o Kutong-lupa - A derrogatory remark against someone.  Literally means ground
tick.  This is used to refer to someone who is really dark skinned and
unattractive.

 July 12, 2007

o Handusay - Hulog, higa na parang patay na tao, nakakalat
 ex: "Nakahandusay mukha mo sa bulletin board ng AIESEC"
o Sinapupunan - Womb
 ex: "Grabe! Para kaming pinaghiwalay sa sinapupunan!"
o Masa - Masandal tulog, "Masandal kahit saan tulog agad" hehehe
 ex: "Masa ka!"

 July 13, 2007

o Crayola - A slang for cry (GL)
 ex: "Wag ka nga mag crayola diyan"
o Gatungan - Adding up to an issue
 ex: "Wag mo nang gatungan! Kawawa na eh."

 July 15, 2007

o Irereto - Term which means matching/setting up people together. (Play match
maker)
o Rebulto - Bust statue (I didn't know! I live in a cave according to some people. 
Hermits rock)
o Iniputan - From the root word ipot which means lbm or basang tae (wet shit).  It
means to shit at something.  I got this from reading Ok! magazine where Regine
Velasquez tells of a seagull na iniputan siya

 July 17, 2007 (missed a day because my phone got trashed again so I had to reformat
)
o Kumekereng-keng - Lumalandi
o Hipon - Literally means shrimp.  Slang referring to someone with a big body but
with a face only a mother could love. hahaha!
 Hipon - Masarap ang katawan, pangit ang ulo LOL
 July 19, 2007
o Humilata - Humiga, to lie down
o Umeerika - (See Kumekereng-keng)

 July 24, 2007

o BO - Slang for lesbian.  Came from words like tibo and lesbo.
o Butch - (See BO)
o FO - Friendship over
 ex: "Pag hindi ka nakakuha ng pera FO na tayo!"

 August 1, 2007
o Fasyon - fashion (GL)
o Tangka - attempt
 ex: "Tinangka akong patayin ni Gorya"

 August 2, 2007
o Himutok - complain
 ex: "Nakakainis, naghihimutok pa ako"

 August 3, 2007
o Tokador - dressing table (Spanish)
o Ulikba - super duper dark brown and hard skinned
o Tunton - pinpoint
o Mabusilak - bloom (flower).  good hearted person

 August 10, 2007

o Mapariwara - to lose your way, mawala sa landas, mapahamak

 August 12, 2007

o Napapantot - naiinip/nabuburat/bored from waiting (too long); pantot also means
baho/stinky (mapantot) and it means 'skunk' in Palawan
o Burak - the ugly and stinky black stuff which can be found near canals.  It looks
like black mud.
bahay = house
kubo = hut
kahit = even though
munti = small, meager, humble
sari-sari = varied, of different kinds
saka = also
mayroon = there are
paligid = around the area
puro = all
puno ng = full of
halaman = plant
singkamas = turnip
talong = eggplant
sigarilyas = winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, probably from the Spanish
seguidillas)
mani = peanut
sitaw = string bean
bataw = lablab bean (Dolichos lablab)
patani = lima bean
kundol = wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)
patola = loofah (Luffa acutangula)
upo = bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
kalabasa = squash
upo’t kalabasa = upo and kalabasa (’t is short for at, meaning ‘and’)
labanos = radish
mustasa = mustard
sibuyas = onion
kamatis = tomato
bawang = garlic
luya = ginger
linga = sesame
 Fusilier (DALAGANG BUKID)

Fresh water sardinella (TAWILIS)

Flounder (DAPA)

Goby, flathead (BIYA)

Cream mullet (BANAK)

Common mojarra (MALAKAPAS)

Bigeye scad (MATANG BAKA)

Catfish - sea water (KANDULI)

Catfish-fresh water (HITO)

Bullet tuna (TULINGAN)

Bigeye barracuda --(TORCILLO)

Anchovy fry (DULONG)

Anchovy ---------------------------------- (DILIS)

Spinefoot(DANGGIT)
 Slipmouth(SAP SAP)

Spadefish(KITANG)

Silver theraponid (AYUNGIN)

Silver sillago (ASOHOS)

Short mackerel (HASA HASA)

Scad herring (SALAY SALAY)

Round scad (GALUNGGONG)        

Queenfish (DORADO)
 Parrotfish (ISDANG LORO)

Pampano(PAMPANO)

Needlefish(BALO)

Mudfish(DALAG)

Moonfish(IWAS)

Milkfish(BANGUS)

Indo-Pacific king mackerel (TANIGUE)

GROUPER (Lapu lapu )

lemon;lime (dayap) sitsaro

lettuce(letsugas)

ginger (luya) atis (atis)

starfruit(kaimito)

ampalaya (bitter lemon)

garlic (bawang) watermelon (pakwan)

 kangkong cabbage (repolyo)

Kamias(averrhoa)
 Common Philippine Marine
Products • Fish 2 •
 Giant seaperch ------------------ (APAHAP)
 Great barracuda ------------ (BARAKUDA)
 Grouper -----------------------  (LAPU LAPU)
 Indian oil sardine --------------- (TUNSOY)
 Indo-Pacific king mackerel - (TANIGUE)
 Milkfish ---------------------------- (BANGUS)
 Moonfish ------------------------------- (IWAS)
 Mudfish ------------------------------  (DALAG)
 Needlefish ----------------------------  (BALO)
 Pampano ----------------------- (PAMPANO)
 Parrotfish ----------------- (ISDANG LORO)
 Queenfish ------------------------ (DORADO)
 Runner two-sinned ------------ (SALMON)
 Round scad -------- (GALUNGGONG)        
 Scad herring ------------- (SALAY SALAY)
 Short mackerel ------------- (HASA HASA)
 Silver sillago --------------------- (ASOHOS)
 Silver theraponid ----------- -- (AYUNGIN)
 Skipjack tuna ---------------   (GULYASAN)
 Spadefish --------------------------- (KITANG)
 Spinefoot ------------------------- (DANGGIT)
 Slipmouth ------------------------- (SAP SAP)
 Common Philippine Marine
Products • Fish 1 •
 Anchovy ---------------------------------- (DILIS)
 Anchovy fry ----------------------- (DULONG)
 Croaker --------------------------- (ALAKAAK)
 Bigeye barracuda --------------- (TORCILLO)
 Bigeye scad -------------- (MATANG BAKA)
 Bigeye tuna -------------------------- (BARILIS)
 Blue mackerel ---------------- (ALUMAHAN)
 Barracuda ---------------------- (BARAKUDA)
 Bullet tuna ----------------------- (TULINGAN)
 Catfish, fresh water --------------------- (HITO)
 Catfish, sea water ---------------- (KANDULI)
 Carp ------------------------------------ (KARPA)
 Common mojarra ----------- (MALAKAPAS)
 Cream mullet ------------------------- (BANAK)
 Eel --------------------------------------- (PALOS)
 Eel, shortfin ------------------------------ (IGAT)
 Flounder --------------------------------- (DAPA)
 Fresh water sardinella ------------- (TAWILIS)
 Fusilier -------------- (DALAGANG BUKID)
 Goby, flathead --------------------------- (BIYA)
 Goby fry ---------------------------------- (IPON)