wadding (n) palamán
wade (vi) malug
wafer (n) (-for communion) ostiá (Sp)
waffle (n) barquíllo (Sp)
wag (vi) wágwag
wages (n) upa, bayad
wager (vt, vi) (to bet) músta, taya, (n) pústa, taya
wagon (n) (horse-drawn rig, Phil. style) calesa, caretela
wail (vi) manangis, (n) tangis
waist (n) awacan
wait (vi) manaya, (vt) panayan
wake up (vi) miguising, (vt) guisingan
walk (vi) lumacad (vt) ilacad, (n) lacad
wall (n) (house partition) dalíg, panig, (fence wall) pader
wallet (n) pitaca
waltz (n) balse (Sp)
wander (vi) máglibút
wane (vi) mula
waning (adj) pupula
want (vt) (to desire) bisa
wanton (adj) (sexually uncontrolled - ref. to a woman) malándi, puta, málgarít (der.)
war (n) guera (Sp)
ward (n) (under a guardian's care) ámpun, sese
ware (n) tínda
warehouse (n) bodega (Sp)
warm (adj) (not cool) malisangan
warn (vt) abísuán, warningán (Eng)
warning (n) capiádian
warrant (n) (authorization) autoridád (Sp)
wart (n) galigu
wash (vt) (-in general) wasan, (-one's face) ímuán, (- clothes) pipián, (vi) (-face) manimu, (-hands, feet) manos, (-mouth) mágmúlmul, (clothes) mamipi
washer (n) (-for a bolt, etc.) sapatílla (Sp)
wasp (n) putácti
waste (n) basura, panúgse
wasted (adj) mesayang, mewaláng cuenta
wasteful (adj) gástarúl
watch (n) (timepiece) relo (Sp), (vi) (keep vigil) magbánte, (observe) manálbe, (vt) (to guard) bánten
water (n) danúm, (vt) danumán, túgtugán, diligán
water buffalo (n) (Phil. carabao) damulag
water chestnut (n) apulid
waterfront (n) dungan
watermelon (n) pácuán
water tower (n) tánqui
watery (adj) maranúm, malánió
wave (n) alún, (vi) magbiba
wax (n) (plastic substance) bíriá, (of the ear) luga
way (n) (throughfare) dalan, (course) lalabasan, (method) paralan
waylay (vt) (wait for and accost) abatan
we (pron) (you, they and I) itamu, (they and I) icamí, (you and I) icatá
weak (adj) maína
weakling (n) málpa, culembut
wealth (n) cayamanan
wealthy (adj) macualta, atinán
weapon (n) ármas (Sp)
wear (vt) (put on) sulud, (n) gásgas
weary (adj) mapagál, matical
weather (n) panáun
weave (vi) maglala
web (n) bale babagua
wed (vt) icasál, (vi) mágcasál
wedding (n) casál (Sp)
wedge (n) sínsil, (vt) sínsilán
Wednesday (n) Miérculés (Sp)
weeds (n) (mourning clothes) pagpáldas, (unwanted small plants) dicút
week (n) domíngo (Sp), (one-) parmíngu
weekday (n) áldo símpli
weekend (n) sabado-domíngo (Sp)
weep (vi) (to cry mournfully) manangis
weigh (vt) tímbangán
weight (n) tímbang
weird (adj) (strange) pámbihira
weld (vi) manináng, (vt) inangán
well (n) (hole on ground) talaga, (excellent way) masalese, (not sick) mayap, (Q) "o" -as in "well, what are you doing)" (O, nananu ca?)
well-behaved (adj) matinú, mayap a ugali
well-done (adj) (cooked thoroughly) malutu
well-known (adj) picabáluan, cabalitan
well-to-do (adj) macualta
welt (n) miglate
west (n, adj) álbugán
wet (adj) mabasa, (vt) basan
wetness (n) basa
whale (n) lomba-lomba, ballena (Sp)
wharf (n) pier, pántalán, bantilan
what (pron) nanu, (adj) nanung
whatever (pron) másqui nanu
whatsoever (pron, adj) aquiang ditac, darecha
wheel (n) parulang, (steering-) manubela
wheelbarrow (n) gartílla (Sp)
when (adv) capilán, (conj) (at the time that) íniáng, ániáng, quetang, (at which) núng capilán, (as soon as) potang, queng, ústung
whenever (adv) índat
where (adv) nucarín, nu - as in "I know where he went." (Balu cu nung nu ya minta.) Note: The word nu can not be used alone by itself. "Where?"= Nucarin?
where is (adv) ánta - as in "where is he?" (anta yu?), ánte - as in "where is the dog?" (Ante ing asu?) Note: It would also be correct to say " nucarin ya ing asu, or nu ya carin ing asu?"
where are (adv) ánta - as in "where are they?" (anta lu?), anto -as in (where are your friends?" (anto reng caluguran mu?)
whereas (conj) cabang
wherein (conj) nung nucarin, nung nu
wherever (conj, adv) másqui nucarín, másqui nu
whet (vt) tayas
whether (conj) nung
whetstone (n) taísan
which (pron, conj) sanu
whichever (pron) sanu mang
while (n) (short period of time) saguli, (conj) cabang, samántalang
whine (vi) (complain childishly) mágcurát- curatan
whiny (adj) curát
whip (n) latico (Sp) (vt) laticuán
whirlwind (n) alisús
whisker (n) bálbas
whisper (vi) sítsit, (vt) sítsitán
whistle (n) pásyuc, (vi) másyuc, (vt) pásyucán
whistleblower (n) malutu..pitáclan
white (adj) maputi (n) (-of an egg) calaru
whitewash (vt) (cover the faults of) panácpan
who (pron) ninu (adj) ninung, (conj) nung ninu
whoever (pron) ninu mang
whole (adj) mabilug, buhu
wholehearted (adj) láus que lub
wholesale (n) (-of produce esp.) páquio
wholesaler (n) mamaquio
whom (pron) ninu, caninu, quenu
whose (pron) caninu, quenu
whosoever (pron) ninu mang - as in "whosoever will find the ring I had inherited" (ninu mang manaquit queng singsing cung mana)
why (adv, conj) baquit, obat, ot Note: The term baquit is the only one that can be used alone by itself. Why? = Baquit?
wick (n) pabelo (Sp)
wicked (adj) maroc, marawác
wicker (n) salá-salá
wide (adj) malapad
widen (vt) ilapad, ilualas
wide-open (adj) mabucaca
widespread (adj) quelat, calát
widow, -er (n) mebalu
width (n) lapad
wife (n) asawa
wild (adj) máliáp
wildcat (n) (-Phil. var.) pusa lámpung
wilderness (n) caquewan
will (n) (choice, desire) cabúrián
willing (adj) bisa
win (vi) maniámbut, sumámbut, (vt) sámbután
wind (n) (moving air) angin
wind (vt) (to adjust by turning) cuerdasán
window (n) awang
window sill (n) pasamanu
windy (adj) mayangin
wine (n) alac
wing (n) pácpac, bágyus
wink (vi) (blink) curap, (signal by blinking) quíndat, (vt) quíndatán
winnow (vt) balúsbusán, apapán
wipe (vt) pulisan
wire (n) (metal thread) alambre (Sp), (electric) telegra (Sp)
wisdom (n) cabiásnan
wise (adj) biasa, mabeluan
wish (n) panalangin
witch (n) mágcuculam, buruha
with (prep) cayabe, miquí -as in "with respect" (miqui respecto)
withdraw (vi) murung, mátras, (vt) laco
wither (vi) malanat, mapanat
within (prep) quilúb
without (prep) ala, aláng
withstand (vi) apibatá
witness (n) sácsi, testigos (Sp) (to witness) mágtestigus
wobbly (adj) tugue-tugue
woman (n) babai, dalaga - as in "she is now a woman, isn't she?"(dalaga ne, ne?)
womanhood (n) pangababai
womankind (n) cababaínan
womanish (adj) binabái
womb (n) matrís, pusú
wonder (vt) págmulalán
woo (vt) (court) paglolon, (vi) máglolo, (express sweet nothings to) dumiga
wood , wooden (n, adj) dutung
woods (n) sucal
wool, woolen (n) lana
word (n) amanu
work (n) obra (Sp), (vi) magobra, vt) pagobran
worker (n) magobra
world (n) yatu
worm (n) (small kind) ulad, (big-) bulati
worry (n) capigaganaca, (vt) pigaganacan (vi) migaganaca
worse (adj) mas maroc, mas matsura
worship (vt) sámban, (vi) sámba, manginú, - as in "My poor heart will worship him" (Calulung pusu cu manginu ya caya.)
worst (adj) pecamaroc, pecamatsura,
worth (n) (monetary value) alagá
worthless (adj) aláng alagá
worthwhile (adj) sulit
worthy (adj) (having merit) sapát
would-be (adj) (intended to be) sana -used after the word it modifies - as in "Benigno was a would-be president." (Y Benigno yang presidente sana.), (pretending to be) mágcacanwari - as in "would-be king" (magcacanwaring ari)
wound (n) sugát, (vt) sugatan
wounded (adj) mesugat
wrap (vt) balut
wrapper (n) pamalut
wreath (n) corona (Sp)
wreck (vt) lágpacán, lasacán
wrench (n) liabe
wrestle (vt) bátbat
wrestling (n) batbatan
wring (vt) palipitan, palipit
wrinkle (n) calúmpis
wrinkled (adj) mengalúmpis
wrist (n) aclungan,
write (vi) sumulat, (vt) sulatan, (- a letter) sulatanan
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