Waray Adjectives and Describing Words with Tagalog Translations
33 describing things in Waray, 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. Waray entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Describing things
Big, small, good, beautiful.
| Waray | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Dakopending review | Malaki | Big |
| Gutiaypending review | Maliit | Small |
| Maupaypending review | Mabuti | Good |
| Maraotpending review | Masama | Bad |
| Mahusaypending review | Maganda | BeautifulBikol 'magayon' is the root behind Mayon, the volcano. Waray 'mahusay' means beautiful; in Tagalog the same word means skilled or well-arranged. |
| Mapasopending review | Mainit | Hot |
| Mahagkotpending review | Malamig | Cold |
| Madagmitpending review | Mabilis | Fast |
| Bag-opending review | Bago | New |
| Daanpending review | Luma | Old (of a thing)Ilocano and the Visayan languages use 'daan' for old — the same string Tagalog uses for a road. |
| Lagaspending review | Matanda | Old (of a person)Ilocano 'lakay' is an old man specifically; 'baket' is the word for an old woman, and that one collides with Kapampangan 'baket', meaning why. |
| Damopending review | Marami | Many |
| Gutiaypending review | Kaunti | Few |
| Halabapending review | Mahaba | Long |
| Halipotpending review | Maikli | Short |
| Mabug-atpending review | Mabigat | Heavy |
| Limpyopending review | Malinis | Clean |
| Mahugawpending review | Marumi | Dirty |
| ngatananpending review | lahat | All |
| magutiaypending review | ilan | Some |
| ibapending review | iba | Other |
| halagpadpending review | malapad | Wide |
| dakmolpending review | makapal | Thick |
| haligotpending review | makitid | Narrow |
| gamaypending review | manipis | Thin |
| initpending review | mainit | Warm (as in weather) |
| tugnawpending review | malamig | Cold (as in weather) |
| daanpending review | luma | Old |
| matarompending review | matulis | Sharp (as a knife) |
| basapending review | basa | Wet |
| mamarapending review | tuyo | Dry (adjective) |
| tuopending review | kanan | Right (side) |
| walapending review | kaliwa | Left (side) |
More Waray word lists
- Waray Polite Words and Phrases10
- Waray Numbers17
- Waray Days, Months and Time Words19
- Waray Family and People Words22
- Waray Food and Eating Words28
- Waray Directions and Travel Words13
- Waray Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Waray Words for Parts of the Body26
- Waray Words for Nature and Weather38
- Waray Everyday Verbs50
- Waray Months of the Year12
- Waray Words for Animals17
Sources
- Waray phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Waray-Waray Swadesh list — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.