Bagobo 101

Ulo means head or hair

The following are Bagobo terms which mean the same in Tagalog dialect:

 

1. Hagdan  - stairs
2. Ulo – head (which can also mean hair)
3. Pinggan – plates
4. Aso – dog
5. Kagat – bite (but it is pronounced differently from the Tagalog term – the stress is on the first syllable)  
6. Labas – outside; go out

Let's use them in sentences:

1. Sun-nod mallayat to hagdan katò bale dan.

Translation: The stairs of their house is very high.

Vocabulary:

a.       sun-nod – very

b.      mallayat – high, long

c.       bale – house

d.      hagdan - stairs

2. Dakil to ulo din.

Translation: His/Her head is big.

Vocabulary:

a.       dakil – big

b.      ulo - head

3. Mallayat to ulo din.

Translation: His/Her hair is long.

Vocabulary:

a.       mallayat – long

b.      ulo – hair

c.       din – pronoun which applies to male and female

4. Kange no to pinggan duton labas.

Translation: Get those plates from outside.

Vocabulary:

a.       kange – get, take

b.      labas – outside

c.       duton – is a preposition

5. Ag kagat yan aso dan.

     Translation: Their dog bites.

Vocabulary:

a.       kagat –bite

b.      aso – dog

c.       dan – is a pronoun (in this context it means their)

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