Multi-Meaning Words

 

Multi-Meaning Words

Compiled by Melchor F. Cichon with contributions from FB Friends (pls. see below)
as of July 20, 2021

abo--ash

abo--much

abot--to arrive

abot--to catch up with

adlaw--day

adlaw--sun

aeat---bamboo basket

aeat--to salt

agi--to pass by

agi--effeminate

agihis--a shellfish

agihis--effeminate

agoe--to do a half-baked job

agoe--unsatisfastory

agto--to go

agto--crunchy

ahas--to take out of the water

ahas (Tagalog)--snake

Akean--the Aklan province

Akean--the Aklan river

ako--me

ako--to accept the responsibility

alas--o'clock

alas--ace

alikumo--beach crab

alikumo--to fold one's arm over one's chest

alipueos--oval

alipueos--whirl of hair

anay - awhile

anay - termite

antigo - antique

antigo - knows how to

baeo--widow/widower

baeo--frighten by evil spirit

buhat--lift

buhat (tagalog)-- since

buhay--life

buhay--too long

baka - cow

baka - state or condition

baka - walk lamely

buti--popcorn, poprice

buti--to get a swelling of the eye or skin

buto--blister

buto--to hatch

buto-buto (Tagalog)--bone

buto-buto--sycophant, bootlicker

butong (Hiligaynon)--pull

butong--bamboo

butong--young coconut

buyong--to spin

buyong--murderer

dama--board game

dama--mistress of a lord

damo (Tagalog)--grass

damo (Hiligaynon)--many

daya--this

daya--cheat

dayaw--praise

dayaw--meticulous, neat

dayon--then

dayon--stay, dwell

dueaw--yellow

dueaw--tumeric

dueon--to be neighbors

dueon--to choke

dueot--gift

dueot--to cut through

duga--liquid

duga--semen

dughan--chest

dughan--breast

dukot--pick

dukot--leftover rice that sticks in a pan

dukot--too close

dukot--to get pregnant

dungan--simultaneous

dungan--sense

dungog--to listen

dungog--fame, honor

dyab--work

dyab--short punch

eaha--course, dish or menu

eaha--to cook

eamay--dried banana leaf

eamay--vigil

gamay - little

gamay - well-versed

gamay--skilled

gamot--medicine, drug

gamot--root

gawas, n.--leg bone

gawas (Ibaj.), n.  arm 

gaway, n.--venereal disease

gaway, n. loose thread or fiber; splinter

giho, n.--a tree

giho (Hiligaynon), v.--to move

grabi (Sp.), adj.--serious

grabi (Eng.)--gravy

granada (Sp), n.--grenade

granada (Sp.)--pomegranate (fruit)

gubat--to challenge, assault

gubat (Tagalog), n.--forest

guro (Tagalog), n.--teacher

guro, --probably, maybe

gutom--to be hungry

gutom, n.--famine

guwa,v.--to leave

guwa, v.--to go out to entertain

guwa,n.--living room

haeas, v.--to wind up

haeas, n.--a tree

haeo, n.--lizard

haeo, adj. --dull

habae,  v.--to become itchy

habae, adj.--just about ripe

haboe,n.--blanket

haboe,v.--to weave 

haeok, adj.--swollen

haeok, (Bkd)--to kiss

hagad,n.--to do one's best

hagad, n.--motorcycle policeman

hakos, v.--to embrace

hakos, n.--belt

halit, v.--to ruin, destroy

halit, v.--to soak (usually in a solution, like lime and water)

hamak--particle used for strong emphasis or stress like very, very long

hamak, v.--to be wasteful, careless

hamak, inj.--just imagine!, think of it

hamo, n.--cloth used for baby's diaper

hamo, v.--to "oil", "milk", to get a favor

hamog, v.--to sprinkle water

ham-og,  n,--dew

hamog tagalog, n.--dew

hamon (Tagalog)--challenge

hamon, n.--ham

hampang, v.--to play (a game)

hampang, v.--to play with

hamtang--to be situated, located

hamtang, conj.--while, meanwhile

hamtik, n.--wasp, big black ant

Hamtik, n.--a town in Antique

handom, n.--goal, ambition, desire

handom, v.--to cherish, dream of, hope for

hanggop,v.--to inhale

hanggop, n.--a kind of fish

hangin, n.--air

hangin, adj.--crazy

hanig, n.--pan liner

hanig, idm.--to put a shield or liner (between)

haning, adj.--the late, the former

haning, adj.--such, that kind (always meant with derogatory implication

hanot, v.--to beat (with a stick)

hanot, n.--stick (for beating) 

haplit,v.--to whip

haplit, adj.--to paste

hapo--asthma

hapo--tired

hapon--afternoon

hapon--Japanese

hapon--perch (on a tree)

hara--here is

hara, (Sp.) n.--dart

hawid, v.--to restrain

hawid, n.--share, portion

Hawili, n.--a barangay in Tangalan

hawili--a tree (Ficus hauili)

hay, inj.--"ah". "oh"

hay, inj.--"well" "so"

hayag,v.--to burn, to be on

hayag, adj.--proven, clear, established

hueog--to drop

hueog--woof, weft (cross threads in weaving)

humay--cooked rice

humay (Hiligaynon)--unmasked rice or paeay in Aklanon

husay (Hiligaynon)--comb

husay--goodness

husay--settle

husay--neatly combed

isip--count

isip--think

itlog--egg

itlog--zero

kabi--to collect

kabi--pigeontoed, with feet turned inward

kabisera--edge of a long table

kabisera-capital

kaeayo - fire

kaeayo - too far

kagang--small twig

kagang--crawler, leg (of crab)

kala--turtle shell

kala--whitened, having a skin disease causing whiteness

kama--bed

kama--clumsy

kan-on - cooked rice

kan-on - to eat

kita-earning

kita--seen

kita--we, us

korte--court

korte--shape

lista, v.--to list down

lista, adj.--smart (female)

lusong--dip

lusong--mortar

mama--chew

mama (Tagalog)--man

mama --mother

nayon--mother pig

nayon--village

para--for

para--stop

paso--burn, scald

paso--pot

pito--seven

pito—whistle

pundo, v,--to stop

pundo, n.--capital

puno, n--tree, trunk of tree, at the base of a tree

puno,n.--leader, head

puno, adj.--full

punto, n.--accent, foreign intonation

punto, n.--period

pusa, v--to break

pusa, adj.--broken

pusa, n. (Tagalog)--cat

pus-on - belly

pus-on - to break

pustri, n.--dessert

pustri, n.--pole, post

puta, n.--whore

puta,v,--to select, pick out one by one

puti, adj.--blunted 

puti, v,--to become white 

puto, n.--rice bread

puto, idm.--be bankrupt

puto, --to tangle up

puyo, n.--small sack

puyo, n.--climbing perch

puyo, v,--to live at, dwell in

rampa--ramp, board walk

rampa--walk

rimati,   v.--to confiscate

rimati, v.--to ring bells

 ring, pro.--your

ring (Eng.), n.--ring

roho (Sp. ),n.--pipe cleaner

roho (Sp.), adj.--red

rosa (Sp.)--rose

rosa , adj.--pink, reddish

rosal (Sp), n.--rose tree

Rosal, n.--barrio of Libakaw

saea--error, wrong

saea--sift, filter

sala--disturbed

sala--living room

sueog--rooster

sueog—water current

tabo--deeper

tabo—to fetch

tabok--on the opposite side of

tabok--to cross

tambak--overwhelming win

tambak--to dump

tipon--gather

tipon--shaving

turo--point

turo--teach

uban (Cebuano)---go with (someone or group)

uban--white hair

usap--chew, munch

usap (Tagalog)--talk, converse

waea--deny

waea--left

warang--to stroll

warang--wanderer