Cebuano Words for Nature and Weather with Tagalog Translations
38 nature & weather in Cebuano, 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. Cebuano entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Nature & weather
Sun, rain, sea and mountain.
| Cebuano | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Adlawpending 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. |
| Bituonpending review | Bituin | Star |
| Ulanpending 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. |
| Balaypending review | Bahay | House |
| Kalayopending review | Apoy | FireVisayan 'kalayo' is fire; Tagalog 'kalayo' would be parsed as 'distance'. The Luzon languages all keep apoy/apuy. |
| Subapending review | Ilog | RiverWaray and Bikol 'salog' looks close to Tagalog 'ilog' but is a separate root — and in Cebuano 'salog' is a floor. |
| Yutapending 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 |
| Bulakpending review | Bulaklak | FlowerIlocano 'sabong' is a flower. In Tagalog 'sabong' is cockfighting — an unusually large gap for two languages spoken on the same island. |
| Batopending review | Bato | Stone |
| Hanginpending 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 |
| lasangpending review | kakahuyan | Forest |
| pupotpending review | patpat | Stick (of wood) |
| bungapending review | bunga | Fruit |
| binhipending review | binhi | Seed |
| dahonpending review | dahon | Leaf |
| gamotpending review | ugat | Root |
| upakpending review | balat ng puno | Bark (of tree) |
| balilipending review | damo | Grass |
| lanawpending review | lawa | Lake |
| dagatpending review | dagat | Sea (as in ocean) |
| balaspending review | buhangin | Sand |
| abogpending review | alikabok | Dust |
| yutapending review | lupa | Earth (as in soil) |
| panganodpending review | alapaap | Cloud |
| gabonpending review | hamog | Fog |
| hanginpending review | hangin | Wind (as in breeze) |
| niyebepending review | niyebe | Snow |
| yelopending review | yelo | Ice |
| asopending review | usok | Smoke |
| abopending review | abo | Ash |
| adlawpending review | araw | Day (daytime) |
More Cebuano word lists
- Cebuano Polite Words and Phrases10
- Cebuano Numbers17
- Cebuano Days, Months and Time Words19
- Cebuano Family and People Words22
- Cebuano Food and Eating Words28
- Cebuano Directions and Travel Words13
- Cebuano Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Cebuano Words for Parts of the Body26
- Cebuano Adjectives and Describing Words40
- Cebuano Everyday Verbs66
- Cebuano Months of the Year12
- Cebuano Words for Animals17
Sources
- Cebuano phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.