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Bikol Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations

66 everyday verbs 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.

Everyday verbs

The actions that carry most sentences.

Everyday verbs: Bikol phrases with Tagalog and English translations
BikolTagalogEnglish
Magturogpending reviewMatulogTo sleep
Mahilingpending reviewMakitaTo see
Sabihonpending reviewSabihinTo sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red.
Arampending reviewAlamTo know
Gustopending reviewGustoTo wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm.
Magtaopending reviewMagbigayTo give
Magtrabahopending reviewMagtrabahoTo work
Maglakawpending reviewMaglakadTo walk
Magtarampending reviewMagsalitaTo speakThe Visayan languages disagree with each other completely here — sulti, hambal, yakan — which is a useful corrective to the idea that they are one language.
Maghinanyogpending reviewMakinigTo listen
Magsuratpending reviewSumulatTo write
Magbasapending reviewMagbasaTo read
Magtukawpending reviewUmupoTo sit
Magtindogpending reviewTumayoTo stand
Magdalaganpending reviewTumakboTo run
Maghalatpending reviewMaghintayTo wait
Buksanpending reviewBuksanTo open
Isarapending reviewIsaraTo close
Maghugaspending reviewMaghugasTo wash
Magdigdipending reviewPumunta ritoTo come here
kagatpending reviewkagatTo bite
supsoppending reviewsipsipTo suck
lutabpending reviewluwaTo spit
sukapending reviewsukaTo vomit
hayoppending reviewihipTo blow (as wind)
hangospending reviewhingaTo breathe
ngisipending reviewtawaTo laugh
dangogpending reviewdinigTo hear
arampending reviewalamTo know (a fact)
isippending reviewisipTo think
parongpending reviewamoyTo smell (sense odour)
takotpending reviewtakotTo fear
buhaypending reviewbuhayTo live
gadanpending reviewpatayTo die
gadanpending reviewpatayTo kill
labanpending reviewlabanTo fight
mangayampending reviewmangasoTo hunt (transitive)
tamapending reviewtamaTo hit
putolpending reviewputolTo cut
silakpending reviewbiyakTo split
saksakpending reviewsaksakTo stab (or stick)
kagawpending reviewkamotTo scratch (an itch)
kalotpending reviewhukayTo dig
langoypending reviewlangoyTo swim
layogpending reviewlipadTo fly
abotpending reviewdatingTo come
higdapending reviewhigaTo lie (as on one's side)
sikopending reviewlikoTo turn (change direction)
hulogpending reviewhulogTo fall (as in drop)
kapotpending reviewhawakTo hold (in one's hand)
gumokpending reviewpisilTo squeeze
gusgospending reviewkuskosTo rub
pahidpending reviewpunasTo wipe
guyodpending reviewhilaTo pull
tulodpending reviewtulakTo push
aponpending reviewtaponTo throw
igakodpending reviewtaliTo tie
tahipending reviewtahiTo sew
bilangpending reviewbilangTo count
kantapending reviewawitTo sing
kawatpending reviewlaroTo play
latawpending reviewlutangTo float
bulospending reviewagosTo flow
lipotpending reviewtigasTo freeze
gatokpending reviewmagaTo swell
sulopending reviewsunoginTo burn (intransitive)

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