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Most Common Bikol Words
Bikol
Essential Bikol vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| tawo | person | TA-wo |
| harong | house | HA-rong |
| tubig | water | TOO-big |
| pagkakan | food | pag-KA-kan |
| trabaho | work | tra-BA-ho |
| dalan | road | DA-lan |
| ngaran | name | NGA-ran |
| aki | child | A-ki |
| ama | father | A-ma |
| ina | mother | EE-na |
| daga | land / earth | DA-ga |
| kahoy | tree / wood | KA-hoy |
| salog | river | SA-log |
| amigo | friend | a-MEE-go |
| banggi | night | BANG-gi |
| aldaw | day / sun | AL-daw |
| kwarta | money | KWAR-ta |
| libro | book | LIB-ro |
| kalayo | fire | ka-LA-yo |
| langit | sky | LA-ngit |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| madi | to go | MA-di |
| maabot | to come | ma-A-bot |
| kakan | to eat | KA-kan |
| inom | to drink | EE-nom |
| tolog | to sleep | TO-log |
| mahiling | to see | ma-HEE-ling |
| magsabi | to speak / say | mag-SA-bi |
| maaram | to know | ma-A-ram |
| magtrabaho | to work | mag-tra-BA-ho |
| sako | to buy | SA-ko |
| mag-aral | to study | mag-A-ral |
| madangog | to hear | ma-DA-ngog |
| gusto | to want | GOOS-to |
| magdalagan | to run | mag-da-LA-gan |
| maghalad | to sit | mag-HA-lad |
| tumindok | to stand | too-MIN-dok |
| tabangan | to help | ta-BA-ngan |
| itao | to give | EE-tao |
| makua | to find / get | ma-KOO-a |
| gibohon | to do / make | gi-BO-hon |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| dakula | big | da-KOO-la |
| saday | small | SA-day |
| marahay | good | ma-RA-hay |
| maraot | bad | ma-RA-ot |
| bago | new | BA-go |
| daan | old | dan |
| maputi | white | ma-POO-ti |
| maitom | black | ma-EE-tom |
| mapula | red | ma-POO-la |
| matugnaw | cold | ma-TOO-gnaw |
| mainit | hot | ma-EE-nit |
| mabakud | hard / strong | ma-BA-kud |
| malumo | soft | ma-LOO-mo |
| dakul | many | DA-kul |
| gutiok | few / a little | goo-TEE-ok |
| halangkaw | tall / high | ha-LANG-kaw |
| mubo | short / low | MOO-bo |
| matamis | sweet | ma-TA-mis |
| maigot | strong | ma-EE-got |
| magayon | beautiful | ma-GA-yon |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ngunyan | now | NGOO-nyan |
| bukas | tomorrow | BOO-kas |
| kaidto | yesterday | ka-ID-to |
| digdi | here | DIG-di |
| duman | there | DOO-man |
| na | already | na |
| pirmi | always | PIR-mi |
| talaga | very / truly | ta-LA-ga |
| sana | only / hopefully | SA-na |
| man | also / too | man |
| dali | quickly | DA-li |
| hinay-hinay | slowly | HI-nay HI-nay |
| magkasararo | together | mag-ka-sa-RA-ro |
| huli | because | HOO-li |
| kun | if | kun |
| pero | but | PE-ro |
| asin | and | A-sin |
| enot | first | E-not |
| pagkatapos | after | pag-ka-TA-pos |
| pa man giraray | still / again | pa man gi-RA-ray |