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 | ||
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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 |