BODY PARTS PREPOSITION
1. likod back 1. sa on, to
2. tiyan belly 2. ki for
3. rogo blood DIRECTIONS
4. bëkëg bone 1. liyawaw above
5. otëk brain 2. likod behind
6. soso breast 3. didalëm below
7. tangila ear 4. obay beside
8. mata eye 5. sëbangan east
9. apdo gall bladder 6. mawatan far
10. bok hair 7. soled inside
11. lima hand 8. diwang left
12. olo head 9. marani near
13. tina’I intestines 10. liyo outside
14. sëki foot 11. sëdëpan west
15. atay liver TIME
16. ngari mouth 1. kagabi afternoon
17. kanoko nail 2. soboh dawn
18. liëg neck 3. gawi’i day
19. ngirong nose 4. da’ondaw daytime
20. barokan shoulder 5. gagawi’I evening/nighttime
21. kobal skin 6. kapipita morning
22. dila tongue 7. ka’oto a alongan noon
23. ngipën tooth 8. ragon year
24. ogat vein 9. Soboh 5 AM
10. Lohor 12 NN
11. Asar 3 PM
12. Mag’rib 6 PM
13. Ai’sa 7 PM
DWELLING COLORS
1. tanggob blanket 1. maitëm black
2. ladiya bowl 2. kalopalopa brown
3. badi butcher’s knife 3. kambi gray
4. ontoda chair 4. gadong green
5. pai’taw door 5. korit orange
6. itagon firewood 6. biro blue
7. kara frying pan
7. kasomba pink
8. baso glass
8. mariga red
9. bakbak hammer
9. rambayong violet
10. walay house
10. mapoti white
11. gëlat knife (hand)
11. binanëng yellow
12. balasiyong knife (big)
NUMBERS
13. lamlama’an lawn
1. isa one
14. dëmpas mat
2. dowa two
15. totok nail
3. tëlo three
16. ragom needle
4. pat four
17. olona pillow
5. lima five
18. palaos post
6. nëm six
19. kodën pot
7. pito seven
20. lalan road/path
8. walo eight
21. ikët rope
9. siyaw nine
22. saridot spoon
10. sapolo ten
23. towak stairs
11. magatos 100
24. lamisa’an table
12. sanggibo 1000
25. atëp thatch/roof
13. dowapolonggibo 20,000
26. rowasa window
14. ago and (sapolo ago isa)
ORDINAL NUMBERS PRONOUNS
1. paganay first In Mëranaw, pronouns may replace phrases
introduced by particles.
2. ika + (num) second
SET I: Nominative Case
MONEY
1. ako I
1. salad 1
2. ka you
2. sawati 10-40
3. sëkaniyan he,she,it
3. limapolo 50
4. kami we (not you)
4. magatos 100
5. tano we (all)
5. sanggibo 1000
6. ta we (two)
6. salad a kwarta one cent
7. kano you
7. tënga 25 cents
8. siran they
8. sarapi 50 cents
SET III. Possessive Case
9. këtëp 10 cents
1. rakën mine
10. pisita 20 cents
2. rëka yours
11. pitopolo ako niko 75 cents
3. rëkaniyan his/hers
4. rëkami ours (not you)
5. rëktano ours (all)
6. rëkta ours (two)
7. rëkano yours
8. kiran theirs
9. akën I/Me
10. sakën I/Me
11. ngka/ka you
12. sëka you
13. niyan/iyan him/her
14. sëkaniyan him/her
15. mi/ami us (not you)
16. sëkami us (not you)
17. tano us (all) 7. mapita tomorrow
18. sëktano us (all) 8. amay later
19. ta us (two) 9. kapipita morning
20. sëkta us (two) 10. kegabi afternoon
21. niyo/iyo you 11. gagawi-I evening
22. sëkano you 12. oman every
23. ran/iran them NEGATION
24. siran them 1. di no
RELATIVE PRONOUNS 2. da not
1. antaa who 3. da none
2. antonaa what CONJUNCTIONS
3. anda when 1. para for
4. anda (tampar) where 2. ago and
5. andamanaya how 3. o di nor
6. giyoto that 4. ogaid but
7. giyanan this (far from speaker) 5. o or
8. giyaya this (near speaker) 6. kagiya because
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS 7. isa ko miyaona before
1. pëd other/some 8. maka-isa once
2. da dën none/ no one 9. mapasad after
3. bapiya antaa anybody DETERMINERS/ MARKERS
4. langon everybody/all 1. so the
ADVERBIAL PARTICLES 2. o a/an/the
1. anda where LIGATURE
2. pëman again 1. a appositives
3. imanto now 2. na when the subject comes first
4. omanoman always 3. I subject and predicate
5. lalayon always
6. kaga-I yesterday
VERBS (from Swadesh List) 29. kayad to laugh
1. këkëb to bite 30. iga to lie down
2. iyop to blow 31. oyag to live, be alive
3. ginawa to breathe 32. lakad to make a step
4. totong to burn 33. lëka to open, uncover
5. lëbëng to bury 34. pamola to plant
6. sëpa to chew 35. sa’sa to pound, beat
7. pili to choose 36. taro to say
8. panic to climb 37. kokot to scratch
9. tinda to cook 38. pamana’i to sew
10. goraok to cry 39. timbak to shoot
11. potol to cut, hack 40. ontod to sit
12. matay to die, be dead 41. torog to sleep
13. kalot to dig 42. bao to sniff, smell
14. taginëp to dream 43. doda to spit
15. inëm to drink 44. bagi to split (in half)
16. kan to eat 45. opak to split (open)
17. olog to fall 46. pësël to squeeze (massage)
18. kalëk to fear 47. tëmëk to squeeze (washing)
19. agos to flow 48. këmës to squeeze
20. layog to fly 49. gonong to stab, pierce
21. song to go 50. tindëg to stand
22. nëg to hear 51. tëkaw to steal
23. tapok to hide 52. sosop to suck
24. sogat to hit 53. langoy to swim
25. tëngël to hit (slap) 54. pikir to think
26. kapët to hold 55. lambëg to throw (faraway)
27. giloba to hunt 56. i’tog to throw
28. bono to kill 57. gakot to tie up, fasten
58. dingil to turn ANIMALS, PLANTS, NATURE
59. gowa to vomit 1. apog ash
60. lalakaw to walk 2. papanok bird
61. galëbëk to work 3. sapak branch
62. ganggab to yawn 4. manok chicken
ADJECTIVES 5. gabon cloud
1. ma’ito small 6. sapi cow
2. mala big 7. ogagang crab
3. marata bad, evil 8. boring dirt
4. matëngaw cold 9. aso dog
5. tito correct, true 10. abog dust
6. boringën dirty 11. lopa earth/soil
7. mamara dry 12. orak egg
8. tëpol dull, blunt 13. lawolawok fat/grease
9. mapiya good 14. bombol feather
10. mapënëd heavy 15. apoy fire
11. matas long 16. sëda fish
12. maninit narrow 17. bolak flower
13. bago new 18. lëkëp fog
14. andang old 19. babak frog
15. masakit painful, sick 20. o’nga fruit
16. magarang sharp 21. kambing goat
17. mababa short 22. otan grass
18. kaya shy, ashamed 23. koda horse
19. makapal thick 24. ranaw lake
20. manipis thin 25. ra’on leaf
21. mariwara warm 26. kilat light
22. mawasa wet 27. arimaw lion
23. mabëlang wide 28. koto louse
29. sapo meat/flesh
30. olan moon
31. rëngët mosquito
32. oran rain
33. riya rat
34. ogat root
35. timos salt
36. pë’tad sand
37. ragat sea
38. odang shrimp
39. langit sky
40. bël smoke
41. nipay snake
42. lalawa spider
43. bito’on star
44. ator stone
45. ikog tail
46. dalëndëg thunder
47. popot trash
48. ig water
49. ëndo wind
50. papak wing
51. kalasan woods/forest
52. olëd worm (earthworm)
