A Little Book of Filipino Riddles eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 73 pages of information about A Little Book of Filipino Riddles.

A Little Book of Filipino Riddles eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 73 pages of information about A Little Book of Filipino Riddles.

402.

Ang iloy naga camang ang bata naga pungco. 
    (Bis.) Calabaza

The mother creeps, and the son sits. 
    Squash

    The mother is the vine; the child is the fruit.  The riddle gains
    point, by suggesting a reversal of the natural conditions.

403.

Ania iti parsua ni Apo Dios nga aoan ti matana aoan ti ngioatna quen
aoan ti obetna quet mangan ti ladoc-ladoc? 
    (Iloc.) Tabungao

What creature of Lord God has no eyes, no mouth, no anus—­and eats
ladoc-ladoc
    A white squash

    Ladoc-ladoc is rice flattened in the mortar by the blows of
    the pounder.  The seeds of the tabungao resemble it.

404.

Berdi ya balat, malutu ya laman anti mo ing pacuan. 
    (Pamp.) Pacuan

Its skin is green and its flesh is like a watermelon. 
    Watermelon

    The riddle is poor, in that it introduces the answer as a term
    of comparison, in a way to mislead.  Similar cases occur in
    other lands.

405.

Verde ang balat pula ang laman espectorante cung turan. 
    (Tag.) Pacuan

Green skin, red meat, espectorante they call it. 
    Watermelon

Vision.

406.

Limocsoac alabasco agco asabi. 
    (Pang.) Pacanengneng

I jumped further but I did not reach. 
    To see

Waves.

407.

Naga dalagan nga ua-ay sing ti-il cog naga ngurub nga ua-ay sing baba. 
    (Bis.) Balod

It runs having no feet and it roars having no mouth. 
    Waves

Word plays.

408.

Ania iti mainaganan ari ditoy bagui? 
    (Iloc.) Aripoyot

What king (ari) do you name in your body?
    Aripoyot

    This is the great inner muscle of the upper leg.

409.

Cung hindi lamang ang tatlong letra t, o, at s ay kinakain sana siya. 
    (Tag.) Asintos

But for the letters t o s we would be eating it. 
    (String)

    The word asintos means string; dropping the letters tos
    we have asin left, meaning salt.

410.  Bugtong pasmiasa, puno at duloi may bunga. 
    (Tag.) Calamias

Bugtong pas"mias"a, whose trunk and branches have fruit. 
    Calamias

    Bugtong is a riddle:  the word pas"mias"a has no meaning.  There
    is here a mere play on the sound of words.  “Pas"mias"a suggests
    the answer.

411.

Casano iti panangtiliu iti ugsa a di masapul iti silo, aso, gayang,
oen no a aniaman a paniliu? 
    (Iloc.) Urayec a maloto

How do you take a deer without net, dogs, spear, or other things
for catching? 
    Cooked

412.

Laguiung tao, laguiung manuc, delana ning me tung a yayup. 
    (Pamp.) Culassisi

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