Hiligaynon Food and Eating Words with Tagalog Translations
28 food & eating in Hiligaynon, 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. Hiligaynon entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Food & eating
Meals, ingredients and asking for them.
| Hiligaynon | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Bugaspending review | Bigas | Rice (uncooked)All eight distinguish uncooked grain from cooked rice with separate words — a distinction English has to spell out. |
| Kan-onpending review | Kanin | Rice (cooked)Kapampangan 'nasi' is a Malay-shaped word that none of its neighbours share. |
| Isdapending review | Isda | FishBikol and Pangasinan 'sira' is a fish. In Tagalog and Cebuano 'sira' means broken or spoiled — so a Bikolano menu can read alarmingly to a Manila reader. |
| Karnepending review | Karne | Meat |
| Manokpending review | Manok | Chicken |
| Baboypending review | Baboy | Pig |
| Itlogpending review | Itlog | EggOne of the sharpest splits in this file. 'Itlog' covers Tagalog through Hiligaynon, then Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan and Pangasinan each go their own way entirely. |
| Asinpending review | Asin | SaltThe province of Pangasinan is named for this word — 'pang-asin-an', the place where salt is made. |
| Utanpending review | Gulay | Vegetable |
| Magkaonpending review | Kumain | To eatIlocano, Kapampangan and Pangasinan all use 'mangan' — a genuine Luzon isogloss, and one of the very few things the three share against the Visayan 'kaon'. |
| Gutom na akopending review | Gutom na ako | I'm hungry |
| Namitpending review | Masarap | DeliciousEight languages, eight unrelated words for the same compliment. If you learn one word from this list, learn the local one for this. |
| Busog na akopending review | Busog na ako | I'm full |
| Tinapaypending review | Tinapay | Bread |
| Asukarpending review | Asukal | Sugar |
| Sagingpending review | Saging | Banana |
| Lubipending review | Niyog | Coconut |
| Manggapending review | Mangga | Mango |
| Maispending review | Mais | Corn |
| Ahospending review | Bawang | GarlicThe Visayan languages took the Spanish 'ajos'; the Luzon languages kept the native 'bawang'. |
| Sabawpending review | Sabaw | Soup, broth |
| Matam-ispending review | Matamis | Sweet |
| Maaslompending review | Maasim | Sour |
| Maharangpending review | Maanghang | Spicy |
| Maasinpending review | Maalat | Salty |
| Maglutopending review | Magluto | To cook |
| Pingganpending review | Plato | Plate |
| Kutsarapending review | Kutsara | Spoon |
More Hiligaynon word lists
- Hiligaynon Polite Words and Phrases10
- Hiligaynon Numbers17
- Hiligaynon Days, Months and Time Words19
- Hiligaynon Family and People Words17
- Hiligaynon Directions and Travel Words13
- Hiligaynon Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Hiligaynon Words for Parts of the Body12
- Hiligaynon Words for Nature and Weather17
- Hiligaynon Adjectives and Describing Words18
- Hiligaynon Everyday Verbs20
- Hiligaynon Months of the Year12
- Hiligaynon Words for Animals10
Sources
- Ilocano phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-07-26.
- 52 Useful Ilocano Words & Phrases to Learn for Travelers — Chill and Travel. Accessed 2026-07-26.