Hiligaynon Words for Nature and Weather with Tagalog Translations
38 nature & weather 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.
Nature & weather
Sun, rain, sea and mountain.
| Hiligaynon | 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. |
| Dutapending 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 |
| kagulanganpending review | kakahuyan | Forest |
| lipakpending review | patpat | Stick (of wood) |
| bungapending review | bunga | Fruit |
| binhipending review | binhi | Seed |
| dahonpending review | dahon | Leaf |
| gamotpending review | ugat | Root |
| panit sang kahoypending review | balat ng puno | Bark (of tree) |
| hilamonpending review | damo | Grass |
| danawpending review | lawa | Lake |
| dagatpending review | dagat | Sea (as in ocean) |
| balaspending review | buhangin | Sand |
| yab-okpending review | alikabok | Dust |
| dutapending review | lupa | Earth (as in soil) |
| panganodpending review | alapaap | Cloud |
| gamhonpending 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) |
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- Hiligaynon Numbers17
- Hiligaynon Days, Months and Time Words19
- Hiligaynon Family and People Words22
- Hiligaynon Food and Eating Words28
- Hiligaynon Directions and Travel Words13
- Hiligaynon Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Hiligaynon Words for Parts of the Body26
- Hiligaynon Adjectives and Describing Words40
- Hiligaynon Everyday Verbs65
- Hiligaynon Months of the Year12
- Hiligaynon Words for Animals17
Sources
- Hiligaynon phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Hiligaynon Swadesh list — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.