Talk:Languages of the Philippines/Archived-False Friends

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Compounding the problem of mutual intelligibility among Philippine languages, there are lots of false friends among them.

  Ilocano Pangasinan Kapampangan Tagalog Bikol Ilonggo Cebuano Waray-Waray
bukid field (farm) hill/mountain hill/mountain hill/mountain
bulbul pubic hair hair (body) / fur pubic hair
gamot medicine roots (of plants) roots (of plants) roots (of plants)
gubat forest forest battle/war
habol go after blanket
hilo become nauseous poison (also: lumay) poison or thread
hipon prawn/shrimp very hip (hip + on) shrimp paste (bagoong)
ilog river to log (i + log) quarrel over something
irog loved one move over
katok knock a door silly/senseless silly/senseless
kumot blanket to crumple to crumple
laban against/opposed to fight, against/opposed to in support of
lagay put bribe male genitals male genitals mud
langgam ant bird
libang do leisurely things defecate do leisurely things
libog sexually arouse blur confuse
paa foot thigh leg
pagod tired burnt/scorched
palit change/exchange buy
pagong turtle frog
sabot to understand pubic hair to understand
sili chili chili chili penis
tapak step on "tapák" tap patch a hole
usap talk chew
utong nipple nipple breath