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Bikol Numbers with Tagalog Translations

17 numbers 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.

Numbers

Native numerals one to ten, which diverge sharply between the Luzon and Visayan languages.

Numbers: Bikol phrases with Tagalog and English translations
BikolTagalogEnglish
Saropending reviewIsaOneCebuano and Waray 'usa' is a false friend of the highest order: in Tagalog 'usa' is a deer.
Duwapending reviewDalawaTwo
Tulopending reviewTatloThree
Apatpending reviewApatFour
Limapending reviewLimaFiveThe one numeral that survives intact across all eight — and in Pangasinan 'lima' is also the word for 'hand', which is where the numeral came from in the first place.
Anompending reviewAnimSix
Pitopending reviewPitoSeven
Walopending reviewWaloEight
Siyampending reviewSiyamNine
Sampulopending reviewSampuTenPangasinan numerals carry a counting suffix -ra that none of the others use, so 'limara' and 'samplora' look longer than their neighbours for a structural reason rather than a phonetic one.
Kagsaropending reviewLabing-isaElevenThree different strategies for building teens: Tagalog and Kapampangan prefix labing-, the Visayan languages say 'ten and one', and Bikol has a dedicated form (kagsaro).
Kagduwapending reviewLabindalawaTwelve
Duwang pulopending reviewDalawampuTwentyCebuano and Hiligaynon 'kaluhaan' bears no visible relation to their own word for two, duha. Waray's 'karuhaan' shows the same form after its regular l→r shift.
Tulong pulopending reviewTatlumpuThirty
Limang pulopending reviewLimampuFifty
Sanggatospending reviewIsang daanOne hundredKapampangan 'dinalan' and Pangasinan 'sanlasus' share nothing with the gatos/daan the rest use — another reminder that the Luzon languages are not a group.
Sangribopending reviewIsang liboOne thousand

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