The Bontoc Igorot eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 387 pages of information about The Bontoc Igorot.

The Bontoc Igorot eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 387 pages of information about The Bontoc Igorot.

Worm
Ka-lang’

Vegetal Life

Bamboo Ka-way’-gan

Bamboo, used for baskets
A’-nis

Bamboo, used to tie bunches of palay
Fi’-ka

Bamboo, used to tie bunches of palay, fiber of
Ping-el

Banana
Fa’-lat

Banana, green variety
Sa-ging

Banana, yellow variety
Mi-nay’-ang

Bark
Sip-sip

Bark, from which brown fiber is made
Lay-i’

Bark, inner, for spinning
Ko-pa’-nit

Bean, black and gray
I’-tab

Bean, black, small
Ba-la’-tong

Bean, pale green, small
Ka’-lap

Bejuco (rattan)
Wu-e

Bud
Fo’-a

Camote
To-ki’

Camote, blossom of
Tup-kao’

Camote, red, two varieties
Si’-sig, Pit-ti’-kan

Camote vine
Fi-na-li’-ling

Camote, white, six varieties
Li-no’-ko, Pa-to’-ki, Ki’-nub fa-fay’-i, Pi-i-nit’, Ki-weng’,
Tang-tang-lab’

Flower
Feng’-a

Forest
Pag-pag

Fruit
Fi-kus’-na

Leaf
To-fo’-na

Limb, tree
Pang’-a

Maize
Pi’-ki

Millet
Sa’-fug

Millet, dark grain, “black”
Pi-ting’-an

Millet, white, three varieties
Mo-di’, Poy-ned’, Si-nang’-a

Plant, cultivated for spinning fiber
Pu-ug’

Plant, wild, fiber gathered for spinning
A-pas

Plant, wild, fiber of above
Las-las’

Rice
Pa-ku’

Rice, beard of
Fo-ok’

Rice, boiled
Mak-an’

Rice, head of
Sin-lu’-wi

Rice, kernel of
I-ta’

Rice, red varieties, smooth
Chay-yet’-it, Gu-mik’-i

Rice, red variety, bearded
Fo-o’-kan

Rice, roots of
Tad-lang’

Rice, shelled grain
Fi-na-u’

Rice, stalk of
Pang-ti-i’

Rice, white, four varieties
Ti’-pa, Ga’-sang, Pu-i-a-pu’-i, Tu’-peng

Root, of plant
La-mot’

Runo
Lu’-lo

Squash
Ka-lib-as’

Tree
Kay’-o, cha-pon’

Tree, dead
Na-lu’-yao

Tree, knot on
Ping-i’

Tree, stump of
Tung-ed’

Vine, wild, from which fiber for spinning is gathered
Fa-ay’-i

Wood, from which pipes are made, three varieties
Ga-sa’-tan, La-no’-ti, Gi-gat’

Wood, fire
May-i-su’-wo

Wood, fire, pitch pine
Kay’-o

Wood, fire, from all other trees
Cha’-pung

Verbs

Burn, to Fin-mi’-chan

Come (imperative)
A-li-ka’

Cut, to
Ku-ke’-chun

Die, to
Ma-ti’

Drink, to
U-mi-num’

Eat, to
Mang-an’; ka-kan’

Copyrights
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