Bikol Words for Nature and Weather with Tagalog Translations
38 nature & weather in Bikol, each with its Tagalog equivalent and an English gloss. Entries come from our phrasebook, compiled from published references rather than produced by the translation engine. Bikol entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Nature & weather
Sun, rain, sea and mountain.
| Bikol | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Saldangpending review | Araw | SunIlocano 'init' is the sun; Tagalog 'init' is heat. Related idea, different part of speech, and machine translation routinely mixes the two. |
| Bulanpending review | Buwan | MoonSeven of the eight kept 'bulan'; Tagalog alone shifted the l to w. The same word means 'month' in all of them. |
| Bitoonpending review | Bituin | Star |
| Uranpending review | Ulan | RainIlocano is alone here. 'Tudo' shares nothing with the ulan/uran the other seven use. |
| Dagatpending review | Dagat | Sea |
| Bukidpending review | Bundok | MountainTwo traps at once. Ilocano 'bantay' is a mountain; in Tagalog it is a guard. Visayan 'bukid' is a mountain; in Tagalog 'bukid' is a field or farm. |
| Harongpending review | Bahay | House |
| Kalayopending review | Apoy | FireVisayan 'kalayo' is fire; Tagalog 'kalayo' would be parsed as 'distance'. The Luzon languages all keep apoy/apuy. |
| Salogpending review | Ilog | RiverWaray and Bikol 'salog' looks close to Tagalog 'ilog' but is a separate root — and in Cebuano 'salog' is a floor. |
| Dagapending review | Lupa | Land, soilSix unrelated roots for the ground under your feet, and Ilocano 'daga' collides head-on with Tagalog, where it means a rat. |
| Kahoypending review | Puno | Tree |
| Burakpending review | Bulaklak | FlowerIlocano 'sabong' is a flower. In Tagalog 'sabong' is cockfighting — an unusually large gap for two languages spoken on the same island. |
| Gapopending review | Bato | Stone |
| Durospending review | Hangin | Wind |
| Langitpending review | Langit | SkyPangasinan 'tawen' is the sky; Ilocano 'tawen' is a year. Two Northern Luzon languages, one word, no shared meaning. |
| Linogpending review | Lindol | Earthquake |
| Bagyopending review | Bagyo | Typhoon |
| kadlaganpending review | kakahuyan | Forest |
| sarasapending review | patpat | Stick (of wood) |
| bungapending review | bunga | Fruit |
| pisogpending review | binhi | Seed |
| dahonpending review | dahon | Leaf |
| gamotpending review | ugat | Root |
| ubakpending review | balat ng puno | Bark (of tree) |
| duotpending review | damo | Grass |
| danawpending review | lawa | Lake |
| dagatpending review | dagat | Sea (as in ocean) |
| baybaypending review | buhangin | Sand |
| alpogpending review | alikabok | Dust |
| dagapending review | lupa | Earth (as in soil) |
| dampogpending review | alapaap | Cloud |
| ambonpending review | hamog | Fog |
| durospending review | hangin | Wind (as in breeze) |
| nyebepending review | niyebe | Snow |
| yelopending review | yelo | Ice |
| asopending review | usok | Smoke |
| abopending review | abo | Ash |
| aldawpending review | araw | Day (daytime) |
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Sources
- Bikol phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.