Waray Food and Eating Words with Tagalog Translations
28 food & eating 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.
Food & eating
Meals, ingredients and asking for them.
| Waray | 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. |
| Lutopending 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 |
| Bunaypending 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 |
| Kumaonpending 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 |
| Marasapending 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 |
| Mahalangpending review | Maanghang | Spicy |
| Maalatpending review | Maalat | Salty |
| Maglutopending review | Magluto | To cook |
| Pingganpending review | Plato | Plate |
| Kutsarapending review | Kutsara | Spoon |
More Waray word lists
- Waray Polite Words and Phrases10
- Waray Numbers17
- Waray Days, Months and Time Words19
- Waray Family and People Words17
- Waray Directions and Travel Words13
- Waray Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Waray Words for Parts of the Body12
- Waray Words for Nature and Weather17
- Waray Adjectives and Describing Words18
- Waray Everyday Verbs20
- Waray Months of the Year12
- Waray 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.