habit (n) (a thing done frequently) lumo,
gawi
hack (vt) tabacán
haggle with (vi) tumawad, maquitawaran
hair (n) (scalp) buác, (body or limb) búlbul
haircut (n) urúd
hairpin (n) sipit cawad
hairy (adj) mabúlbul, búlbulán
half (n) capítna
halfbreed (n) mestiso (Sp)
halve (vt) pítnan
ham (n) hamón (Sp)
hammer (n) mantíllo (Sp)
hammock (n) duyan
hand (n) gamat, (vt) to give) iduáng, yabut
handful (n) casácmal
handkerchief (n) paño (Sp)
handle (n) talnanan, (of knife) pulu, ásta
handmade (adj) gawáng-gamat
handshake (n) galamanu
handsome (adj) masánting, manayún
handwriting (n) sulat
hang (vt) (suspend) isabit, (attach over) sable, (attach and let dangle) ibito, (kill by hanging) bicti, bitin (vi) (hold on and be suspended) magsámbitin
hanging (adj) macabito, macasabit, macasable
hangnail (n) salíngsing
happen (vi) marapát, maliari
happy (adj) masaya
harbor (n) sanlaran
hard (adj) (firm) másiás, (difficult) masulít, masaquit
hard-headed (adj) másiás a búntuc
harelip (n, adj) bungi
harm (vt) panásaquitán
harmful (adj) macapanasaquít
harmonica (n) salíndru
harmonious (adj) (arranged in fitting order) miácma-ácma, mitugma-tugma
harness (n) guarnáción (Sp)
harp (n) harpa (Sp)
harrow (n) (a farm equipment) aswe (vt) aswen
harvest (n) (a season’s crop) pupul, apalut (applies to rice only), (vt) pupulan, palutan (rice), (vi) mupul, malut (rice)
has (vi) See have
hasten (vi) pamilís, pamílisán, bilisán
hat (n) cúpia (Sp)
hatch (vi) miyápsa
hatchet (n) palatso
hate (vt) casaman, (n) sama
hateful (adj) masama
hatred (n) sama
haunt (vt) laguen
have (vi) (possess) atín, (will possess – future) micá
hawk (n) bulawe
hay (n) are
haystack (n) turopa
hazy (adj) malabúg-labúg
he (pron) ya See Table of Pronouns
head (n) (body part) búntuc, (the mind) búntuc, (leader) pamúntuc
headache (n) saquít búntuc
headlong (adv) mumuna búntuc
headstart (adj) partida
heal (vi) cumayap
hear (vt) dámdamán
hearing (n) (legal) asúnto (Sp)
hearse (n) caromata (Sp)
heart (n) pusu
heart-to-heart (adj) darechuanan
heartache (n) consimísión, sucal a lub
heart attack (n) ataqui
heartbeat (n) tibúc pusu
heartfelt (adj) táimtim
heat (n) pali, (vt) ipali
heaven (n) ligaya, ligaya bánua
heavy (adj) mabayat
hectare (n) ectariá (Sp)
heed (vt) paquirámdamán
heel (n)(of a foot) sacung, (of a shoe) tacúng
height (n) catas
heir (n) talapamana
hell (n) inpierno (Sp)
hello (interj, Q) dispu (Note: This word is used only on elders or the elderly by younger ones for respect in greeting. It is also used by one when outside trying to call to find out if anybody is at home.)
help (vt) sopan, saúpan, (vi) sumaup (n) casaup
helpful (adj) mapanyaup
helpless (adj) aláng acarapát
hen (n) manúc, (mother hen) gaíndu
hence (adv) (as a result) aniapin
henceforth (adv) manibát ngeni
here (adv) (in this place near me) queni, (in this town, country, etc.) queti, (Q) “here, you are”) oini - singular, oreni - plural
heredity (n) mana
hermit (n) ermitanió (Sp)
hernia (n) lololo iso
hero (n) (patriot) bayani (Tag), (actor – protagonist) bida
heron (n) cándungangu
herself (pron) ya mísmu
hesitant (adj) e maíbug
hey (interj) hoy (note: the h is sounded)
hibiscus (n) gumamela
hiccup (vi) siguc, (n) sigúc
hidden (adj) macásalicút, macápámpan
hide (vt) salicút, (vi) salicut (n) animal skin) balát
high (adj) (lofty, tall) matas
high tide (n) susun
hike (vi) máglacád
hilarious (adj) masígla
him (pron) ya See Table of Pronouns
himself (pron) See herself
hinge (n) bisagra (Sp)
hint (vi) (to make indirect suggestion) mámarámdam
hinterland (n) (remote area) laúta
hip (n) papáluán
hire (vt) (for a job) tángapán
his (pron) cayáng See Table of Pronouns
hit (vt) (come against) turan, (strike on purpose) paturan, (so as to hurt) páluán, tíruán
hitchhike (vi) maquísaque
hoarse (adj) payo, payús -both can describe the voice or the person himself
hobby (n) ilig – ref. to real liking, libangan – ref. to one trying to combat loneliness
hoe (n) sarúl gamat
hold (vt) (to keep in the hands) tálnan , (to restrain) aguántan (Sp)
hole (n) (a cavity) búsbus, (burrow, dent) cúlcul
holiday (n) (public) piesta opíciál (Sp)
holster (n) caluban
holy (adj) (sacred) banál
Holy Bible (n) banál a casulatan, bibliá (Sp)
Holy Spirit (n) espiritó santo (Sp)
Holy Thursday (n) Huebes Santo (Sp)
holy water (n) bindita
home (n) (house) bale
homeward (adv) pauli
homosexual (adj) (gay) bácla
honest (adj) (trustworthy) apaniwalán
honey (n) pulút
honk (vi) sulbatu, musina (vt) sulbátuán, businán
honor (n) dangál, dangalan, carangalan
honorable (adj) cagaláng-galang, onorable
hood (n) (cover of one’s head) tibúcbuc, (cover of car’s engine) tapalodu
hook (n) (fastener) calait, (fishhook) taga
hop (vi) lúndag, lúcsu
hope (n) esperansa (Sp), pagasa (n) magnasa
hopscotch (n) (Phil. style game) picu
horizontal (adj) macabácle, macaquera
horn (n) (of animal) sagú, (brass instrument) turutút, (honking device) busina (Sp)
hornet (n) putyucan
horrible (adj) macatacut
horror (n) tacut
horse (n) cabayu, cabayo (Sp)
horseshoe (n) patus
hospital (n) óspitál (Sp)
host (n) (wafer for communion) ostiá, (guest receiver) maquibisita
hot (adj) (high temperature) mapali, (of taste) maparás
hot-headed (adj) mapali búntuc
hour (n) oras (Sp)
hour after hour (adv) oras-oras, dusúldit
hourly (adj) balang oras
house (n) bale
housefly (n) lango
house lizard (n) butaqui, lupisac
how (adv) macananu
however (conj) macánián man, dapot, peró
howl (vi) (to wail like a dog) mágbitáung
huddle (vi) (to crowd together) milupung
hug (vt) caúlan (n) caul
huge (adj) maragúl
huh (interj) ba
hum (vi) mágtirirín, (vt) tirirín
human (n) tau
humble (adj) mababa lub, mapágcúmbaba
humiliate (vt) pálmurán
humility (n) cababán a lub
humorous (adj) macatula, macapacaíli
hunchback (adj) cuba
hundred (n) dalan
hunger (n) danup
hungry (adj) danupan
hunt (vi) (bow and arrow) mamana, (rifle) mamaríl
hurricane (n) bágyu
hurry (vi) mágmalícsi, mamalígua (Q) lícsi mu; malícsi mu; ligua mu; maligua mu
hurt (vt) panasaquitán, (vi) manasaquít
husband (n) asawa
husk (of fruit, corn, etc) balát, (of coconut or banana) sabac
hut (n) cubu
hypertension (n) alta presión (Sp)
hypocrite (adj) magcacareliyosu
hysterical (adj) magimputu
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