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Multi-Meaning Words
Compiled by Melchor F. Cichon
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--frigthen by evil spirit
baeay-house
baeay-to build
baka - cow
baka - state or condition
baka - walk lamely
baka--bowlegged
buhat--lift
buhat (tagalog)-- since
buhay--life
buhay--too long
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
daea (ST)-- to learn one's lesson
daea v --to bring, carry, take
daeag n --yellow, muddy-colored (water); murky
daeag adj --a dry field
daean n --road, way, path, trail, street
daean (ST2) --to be carried away (by), be led by, almost forget (something else)
dae-os (ST3)--to get burned (flesh)
dae-os (ST3)--to slip, fall
daga v --to sacrifice (an animal for good luck)
daga n -Tagalog, rat
daga n --clay
dagas n --clay
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
guro--perhaps
guro (Tagalog)--teacher
hamon--challenge
hamon--ham
hapo--asthma
hapo--tired
hapon--afternoon
hapon--Japanese
hapon--perch (on a tree)
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
kwarto n-- room; bedroom
kwarto n --quarter; one-fourth
kwenta v--count, list, to settle (money matters)
kwenta n --value, worth
lusong--dip
lusong--mortar
mama--chew
mama (Tagalog)--man
mama --mother
nayon--mother pig
nayon--village
paea--to erase
paea--large red ant
pala--shovel
pala--flatnosed
para--for
paea--eraser
paead--palm of hand
paead--a fish
paeay--growing rice
paeay--wager
pahi--secretary to a bishop
pahi--large crayfish
Panay--Panay Island
panay (Tagalog)--always
panti--fish net
panti--panty
para--stop
para--for (someone)
paso--burn, scald
paso--pot
pating--shark
pating (Hiligaynon)--dove
pito--seven
pito—whistle
pusa--break
pusa (Tagalog)--cat
pus-on - belly
pus-on - to break
rampa--ramp, board walk
rampa--walk
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
upod--smolder
upod--short, shortened like a cigarette butt
upod--to wear away, worn away
upod (Hiligaynon)--to go with
usang (Hiligaynon)--to chew
usang--to fight
usap--chew, munch
usap (Tagalog)--talk, converse
waea--deny
waea--left
warang--to stroll
warang--wanderer
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