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Hiligaynon Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations

65 everyday verbs 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.

Everyday verbs

The actions that carry most sentences.

Everyday verbs: Hiligaynon phrases with Tagalog and English translations
HiligaynonTagalogEnglish
Magtulogpending reviewMatulogTo sleep
Makitapending reviewMakitaTo see
Isilingpending reviewSabihinTo sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red.
Kabalopending reviewAlamTo know
Gustopending reviewGustoTo wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm.
Maghatagpending reviewMagbigayTo give
Magtrabahopending reviewMagtrabahoTo work
Maglakatpending reviewMaglakadTo walk
Maghambalpending 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.
Mamatipending reviewMakinigTo listen
Magsulatpending reviewSumulatTo write
Magbasapending reviewMagbasaTo read
Maglingkodpending reviewUmupoTo sit
Magtindogpending reviewTumayoTo stand
Magdalaganpending reviewTumakboTo run
Maghulatpending reviewMaghintayTo wait
Buksanpending reviewBuksanTo open
Sirhanpending reviewIsaraTo close
Maghugaspending reviewMaghugasTo wash
Magkaripending reviewPumunta ritoTo come here
kagatpending reviewkagatTo bite
supsoppending reviewsipsipTo suck
duplapending reviewluwaTo spit
sukapending reviewsukaTo vomit
huyoppending reviewihipTo blow (as wind)
ginhawapending reviewhingaTo breathe
kadlawpending reviewtawaTo laugh
pamatipending reviewdinigTo hear
hibalopending reviewalamTo know (a fact)
dumdompending reviewisipTo think
simhotpending reviewamoyTo smell (sense odour)
sin-opending reviewtakotTo fear
buhipending reviewbuhayTo live
mataypending reviewpatayTo die
pataypending reviewpatayTo kill
awaypending reviewlabanTo fight
mangayampending reviewmangasoTo hunt (transitive)
lampuspending reviewtamaTo hit
putolpending reviewputolTo cut
bis-akpending reviewbiyakTo split
dugkalpending reviewsaksakTo stab (or stick)
kalotpending reviewkamotTo scratch (an itch)
suk-aypending reviewhukayTo dig
langoypending reviewlangoyTo swim
lupadpending reviewlipadTo fly
abotpending reviewdatingTo come
higdapending reviewhigaTo lie (as on one's side)
likopending reviewlikoTo turn (change direction)
hulogpending reviewhulogTo fall (as in drop)
kupotpending reviewhawakTo hold (in one's hand)
pisilpending reviewpisilTo squeeze
kuskospending reviewkuskosTo rub
pahidpending reviewpunasTo wipe
butongpending reviewhilaTo pull
tulodpending reviewtulakTo push
haboypending reviewtaponTo throw
higotpending reviewtaliTo tie
tahipending reviewtahiTo sew
isippending reviewbilangTo count
ambapending reviewawitTo sing
hampangpending reviewlaroTo play
lutawpending reviewlutangTo float
iligpending reviewagosTo flow
daludopending reviewmagaTo swell
sunogpending reviewsunoginTo burn (intransitive)

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