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Waray Emergency and Health Phrases with Tagalog Translations

12 health & emergency 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.

Health & emergency

The phrases worth knowing before you need them.

Health & emergency: Waray phrases with Tagalog and English translations
WarayTagalogEnglish
Bulig!pending reviewTulong!Help!Worth memorising the local form before you need it. Cebuano 'tabang' is help; Hiligaynon 'tab-ang' is bland or tasteless, which is a poor thing to shout.
Doktorpending reviewDoktorDoctor
Ospitalpending reviewOspitalHospital
May sakit akopending reviewMay sakit akoI am sick
Maul-ulpending reviewMasakitIt hurtsWaray 'maul-ul' and Bikol 'makulog' share nothing with the 'sakit' the other six use.
Pulispending reviewPulisPolice
Sunog!pending reviewSunog!Fire!Bikol shouts 'Kalayo!', which in Tagalog would be parsed as 'distance'. In an emergency that is the worst possible ambiguity.
Kawatan!pending reviewMagnanakaw!Thief!
Pag-ampingpending reviewMag-ingat kaBe careful
Nawara akopending reviewNaligaw akoI am lost
Hilanatpending reviewLagnatFever
Ul-ul han ulopending reviewSakit ng uloHeadache

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