balik

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik.


Naghali na po siya sa harong.

Tapos ka na?

Dai na niya kayang tioson.


abang

Abang estrikto kan magurang niya

Abang sakit mong paintindihon


tuo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu. Doublet of totoo.


anion

(formal, location) over here (both near the speaker and the listener)


dai

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.


baka

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Tagalog baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.


pano

Pano mo iyan ginibo?

Pano siya kalangkaw?


otro

Borrowed from Spanish otro, from otra vez.


sain

bcl-adv

sàin (plural sarain, Basahan spelling ᜐᜁᜈ᜔)

Sain mo siya nahiling?


duman

(location) there (far from both the speaker and the listener)


garo

Nagpuli siya sa harong garo pagal hali sa trabaho.

S/he went home seemingly tired from work.

(Naga) ostensibly; apparently; seemingly


tulos

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulus.


seguro

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Spanish seguro (“surely; certainly”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense.


hain

bcl-adv

háin (plural harain, Basahan spelling ᜑᜁᜈ᜔)

Hain an (saimong) bado (mo)?

Dai ko aram kun hain na siya.


kuta

Nanggana kuta siya sa dalaganan, pero nadapa siya sa huri.

He would have won the race, but he tripped at the very end.

used to express an unrealized intention or situation

Nag-aadal na kuta ako ngunyan sa eskuwela, kun dai ako nagkahilang.

I would have been studying in school right now, if only I hadn't gotten sick.

used to express disappointment in a desired but unrealized result, especially due to an unfulfilled condition


gari

Nag-uli siya sa balay gari pagal hali sa trabaho.

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) ostensibly; apparently; seemingly


amay

ámay (plural aramay, Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜌ᜔)

Mahali kaming amay ta igwa pa kaming dudumanon

We're gonna leave early because we have some other place to go.

(Naga) early (occurring before expected)


padali

suddenly; abruptly; spontaneous; all at once


dangan

Nagkarakan sana kami, dangan nagbarakal kami nin mga pasalubong.

We just ate, then we bought some souvenirs.


tapos

Nagkarakan sana kami, tapos nagbarakal kami nin mga pasalubong.


talaga

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”).


taudtaod

Mabalik man siya taudtaod.

Taudtaod pa mapuon an programa.

Taudtaod na sana ako makisabay sainda.


diyan

(location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)


luwas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas.


atyan

Mabalik man siya atyan.

Atyan pa mapuon an programa.


madali

Madali siyang naghali sa trabaho para magduman sa saiyang aki na nasa ospital.

S/he quickly left from work to go to the hospital where her child is confined.


basang

describes an action that is unthought, impromptu, impulsive, spontaneous, unplanned


kadto

Alternative form of kaidto (“that, those”)


siyempre

Borrowed from Spanish siempre (“always”).

bor+

Siyempre, aram ko iyan


atab

bcl-adv

átab (plural aratab, Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜊ᜔)

Mahali kaming atab ta igwa pa kaming dudumanon

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) early (occurring before expected)


marhay

Estriktong marhay an magurang niya.


kasubago

kasubâgo or kasubàgo (Basahan spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜊᜄᜓ)

kasubâgo (canonical)
kasubàgo (canonical)


gurano

gurâno or guràno (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜍᜈᜓ)

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how much (to what degree, to what extent)


minsan

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *minsan.


haloy

halóy (plural haraloy, Basahan spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜌ᜔)


giraray

[ɡiˈɾa.ɾaɪ̯]


diit

diít (plural diriit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

Diit man sana an kinaon ko.

(Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Alternative form of dikit


dikit

dikít (plural dirikit, Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *dikit (“little, few, small in amount”). Cognate with Maori riki, Samoan li'i and Malay dikit.

inh+

Dikit man sana an kinakan ko.


kaidto

Alternative form of kaito (“back then, at that time”)


aban-aban

Mabalik man siya aban-aban.

Aban-aban pa mapuon an programa.

Aban-aban na sana ako makisabay sainda.


balyo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliw (“dual division, moiety”).


itoon

(formal, location) over there (both far from the speaker and the listener)


kasubag-o

bcl-adv

kasubág-o or kasubag-ó (Basahan spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜊᜄ᜔ᜂ)

kasubág-o (canonical)
kasubag-ó (canonical)

(Daet, Partido, Sorsogon) Alternative form of kasubago (“before”)


subago

subâgo or subàgo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜄᜓ)


subag-o

subág-o or subag-ó (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜄ᜔ᜂ)


niyaon

(formal, location) over there (near the speaker but far from the listener)


kadiit

kadiít (plural kadiriit, Basahan spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜁᜆ᜔)


kadikit

kadikít (plural kadirikit, Basahan spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜃᜒᜆ᜔)


aro-atyan

Aro-atyan na sana ako makisabay sainda.


ungkat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uŋkat.


gabos-gabos

bcl-adv

gabós-gabós (Basahan spelling ᜄᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜄᜊᜓᜐ᜔)


nasain

nasàin (plural nasarain, Basahan spelling ᜈᜐᜁᜈ᜔)

Nasain an bado mo?

Dai ko aram kun nasain na siya.


nasaen

nasàen (plural nasaraen, Basahan spelling ᜈᜐᜁᜈ᜔)


luway-luway

lúway-lúway (plural ruluway-luway, Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜏᜌ᜔ᜎᜓᜏᜌ᜔)

lúway-lúway (canonical)
ruluway-luway (plural)


iram-iram

íram-íram (plural iriram-iram, Basahan spelling ᜁᜍᜋ᜔ᜁᜍᜋ᜔)

íram-íram (canonical)
iriram-iram (plural)


luhay-luhay

lúhay-lúhay (plural ruluhay-luhay, Basahan spelling ᜎᜓᜑᜌ᜔ᜎᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

lúhay-lúhay (canonical)
ruluhay-luhay (plural)

[ˌl̪u.ʔaɪ̯ ˈl̪u.ʔaɪ̯]


komusta

Komusta na an pagmati mo ngunyan?


nanok

nánok (plural naranok, Basahan spelling ᜈᜈᜓᜃ᜔)


guran-o

gurán-o or guran-ó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜓᜍᜈ᜔ᜂ)

(Partido, Sorsogon) Alternative form of gurano (“how much”)


pan-o

(Partido, Sorsogon) Alternative form of pano (“how”)


ngunyan na banggi

ngunyán na banggí (Basahan spelling ᜅᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

From ngunyan (“now”) + na + banggi (“night, evening”).

af

Ngunyan na banggi mapuon an programa.