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Name: JEROME ONATO
Course & Year: BAEL 4
Subject: EL 127 – LANGUAGE AND POWER

A Lito a
agpatpat (v.) – to cut grasses which
will be used for feeding livestock
Example: Napan ni Andrew
sadiay taltalon tapno
agpatpat ti kanen dagiti
dinguenna.
ambingan (v.) – to steadily look
upon the food of others as if you
want to get it from them
Example: Kinunana a mismo
iti imatang iti kabsatna a
masapul a gumatang iti
bukodna a makan tapno
saanna isuna ambingan.
agsaray (v.) – to look for rice grains
in the fields that were left after the
harvest
Example: Kalpasan iti gapas,
nagturong dagiti buyot iti
ubbing kadagiti kataltalunan
tapno agsaray kadagiti
nabatbati nga irik.
ammuyo (n.) – a kind of bayanihan
where you voluntarily help other
farmers in exchange for the help
that they have given to you during
the planting and the harvesting
seasons
Example: Gapu iti
panangtulong kenkuana
dagiti padana a mannalon,
kas panangipakitana iti
panagyaman ken
panagsubalitna, awan
duadua a nagtignay ni Ka-
nakiinnammuyo
kadakuada.
arsab (a.) – a voracious person who
grabs the food of others
Example: Dina nalapdan iti
gumilgil-ayab a rurodna ket
dagdagus a tinasona ti arsab
a kabsatna kalpasan iti bigla
a panangkimmeg daytoy ti
makan nga adda kadagiti
dakulapna.
B
balang (a.) – someone who strolls
and who does not want to go home
to eat for lunch
Example: Tila napnapananda
dagiti balang nga aggayyem
nga urayla dida ammon no
sadino iti pagawidanda.
balang-balangen (v.) – to make
something without care and effort
Example: Gapu ta nagtuok a
sungbatan dagiti modyulna,
binalang-balangna lattan;
basta kano adda maipasa.
bantay-sabot (a.) – in a game
especially hide and seek where the
seeker remains stationary in his or
her location and is afraid to go away
from the base
Example: Inuy-uyaw dagiti
kaay-ayamna ni Julia a
kunkunada kenkuana,
“bantay-sabot doble agala!”

Course Code: 127

Descriptive Title: LANGUAGE AND POWER Instructor: MRS. FEMARIE CAPISTRANO
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bislak (n.) – any kind of stick that
can be bent and is commonly used
to strike hardheaded children
Example: Pimmidot iti bislak
ni Apo Maria sana insaplit
kadagiti likod ti saka ti
sulpeng nga anakna.
bayat (c.) – while
Example: Bayat iti inda
panagdigus iti karayan
Amburayan, inragpingda ti
nagpana kadagiti lames.
buyok (a.) – an extremely
unpleasant odor like a rottemed egg
Example: Tallo a piraso a
buyok nga iklog ti manok ti
nabuong kalpasan a natnag
dagitoy manipud iti nadadael
a baki.
D
dambel (a.) – a newly coined word
that is used to describe a person
who does not know much
Example: Saan a nasayaat
nga angaw ti panangibaga a
dambel iti maysa a tao gapu
laeng ta nagkammali bassit.
dulpet (a.) – foolish or silly
Example: Dulpet nga inanak!
G
garampang (a.) – a flirt (girl)
Example: Apaman a kadagiti awan gawayna nga
limmabas iti sanguananna iti
maysa a nataraki a baro,
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intero ti issiyag ti naaryud
ken garampang a ballasitang.
I
impupok (n.) – pertains to canned
goods especially sardines
Example: Gapu ta masadotak
nga agdengdeng,
gimmatangak lattan iti
impupok.
K
kagimongan (n.) – humanity
Example: Madama a
maipaspasango ita iti intero a
kagimongan iti saknap a
pandemya.
kater (a.) – in the hide and seek
game when the seeker is not
capable to find his or her playmates
Example: Haanna masapulan
dagiti kaay-ayamna nga
aglinglinged isu nga agkater
isunan.
kirmot (a.) – niggard
Example: Kirmot ti ikitmi;
awan pay sirsirbina a
padpadiguan.
kumaw (n.) – someone who kidnaps
children along the streets and gets
their internal organs
Example: Dagiti makunkuna
a kumaw ket nakaluganda iti
puraw a van ken agal-alada
ubbing.
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L iti social media isu a masapul
laad (a.) – ugly: not looking good
Example: Ti tao a barbasan
ket naglaad a buyaen.
M aramiden tapno mapakanmo
mannakar (n.) – a test-taker who
copies the answer of his or her
seatmate
Example: Ni Jasmin ket
mannakar; saan gamin a
nagrepaso.
Marites (n.) – someone who spreads
gossips behind others especially a
neighbor or a barriomate
Example: Ni Betty ket maysa
a Marites; adu iti
madakdakamatna maipapan
kadagiti kaarrubana.
N tagilako na a sidsida uray no
nakabkablaawan (v.) – when
someone got sick after he or she
was allegedly noticed by someone
who passed away
Example: Killaat a naggurigor
ni Blessy ket maipagarup a
nakabkablaawan.
P subeg (a.) – a stubborn (child)
palso (a.) – used to describe a
misleading or false (belief,
knowledge, etc)
Example: Nagadu iti palso a
damdamag ti agraraira itatta
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nga agsukisoktayo.
pamalatpatan (n.) – a way of doing
things
Example: Malaksid iti
panagkalap, ania pay dagiti
pamalatpatan nga inka ar-
ti pamiliam?
patapongan (v.) – to guess (the
answer of a difficult quiz or test
item)
Example: Saanna a malagip
no ania iti umiso a sungbatna
ti maikapito a saludsod isu a
pinataponganna lattan.
S
salawasaw (a.) – dishonest
Example: Salawasaw dayta
nga aglaklako, gamin
ibagana a sadiwa dagiti
saan.
sirbis (n.) – a person who takes a
bicycle without asking a permission
from the owner
Example: Binirngasanda iti
sirbis ni Cardo agsipud ta
ugalina ti agala ti biskleta
uray no saanna nga
impakada iti makinkukua.
Example: Tinagi-awanna
dagiti bilin dagiti dadakkelna
ket gapu iti kinasubegna,
gistay isuna a naisagmak.
sursurando (a.) – refers to a person
who is fond of strolling elsewhere
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Example: Sursurando a Example: Ubbaw a panagayat
talaga ni Angelo agsipud ta ti insupapakna kadagiti
tila madandanonna. tattao a timmulong
kenkuana.
switek (a.) – very deceptive
ugma (n.) – long long time ago
Example: Isu metla gayam a
kanayon a mangabak isuna Example: Dagiti arkeologo ket
iti sugal gapu ta na-switek. nakadiskubre kadagiti
bambanag iti uneg iti maysa
supay-a (int.) – an interjection that a kweba a mapapati nga
is used to express an agreement to inaramat dagiti tattao idi
something that is being spoken ugma.
Example: “Supay-a!” Kuna ni
ugsa (n.) – derived from the first
Berta apaman a nanggegna ti
syllables of the words uggot and
kinuna ni Lilia maipapan ken
saluyot
Moling.
Example: Nagsida kami ti
ugsa di kalman.
T umallatiw (v.) – to migrate or move
(from one nursery or palayan) to
tarakitak (a.) – very quick in
another
speaking and has incessant
thoughts to say Example: Kalpasan a
naitugkelda dagiti bunubon,
Example: Nagtarakitak la
immallatiwda iti sabali a
unay tay maysa a reporter a
kinelleng.
naiyakar ditoy La Union a
naggapo sadiay Bombo uraydtam (int.) – a shortened
Radyo Vigan. version of uray dita kan
tugking (a.) – incapable of walking Example: No dika agpudno,
properly due to a leg injury uuraydtam!
Example: Manipud idi
naaksidente isuna gapu iti
motor, nagbalin isunan a Y
tugking.
yantangay (c.) – while: during the
time that

U Example: Yantangay
madama iti pasken, madama
ubbaw (a.) – not sincere or earnest met ti sugal.

Course Code: 127

Descriptive Title: LANGUAGE AND POWER Instructor: MRS. FEMARIE CAPISTRANO