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Ni: Jes Tirol

Panglot Nga Diyutay 8, 2026

Mga Lugpong sa Sapâ ug Subâ

Ug Tugbang sa Ininglis

Pasiuna

Karong panahóna adunay panagbangi kabahin sa mga kalihokan alang sa paglikay sa bahâ

ug lunop sa Subâ sa Loboc, Bohol. Tungod kay ang mga pulong nga gigamit mao man ang

Ininglis, atong tukibon karon ang mga lugpong sa Binisayâ ug ang ilang tugbang nga kahulogan

sa Ininglis.

Mga Lugpong nga Binisayâ ug Tugbang sa Ininglis:

1. alangán – A temporary water-well dug at riverbanks. (Kp: atábay; tábay; balón).

2. aníg-ig-For the water of rivers and streams to flow slowly and gently. (Kp: dagáyday).

3. badlás – River course; river path. (Kp: dal-ás).

4. bahâ- Flood; inundation; flooding from rivers; overflowing of rivers. (Kp: lúnop).

5. bahaánan – 1. Flood plain. (Kp: lunopánan). 2. An area reserved to accommodate excess

water from rivers, reservoirs, and the like. (Kp: banlasán).

6. balikhág – A creek or small branch of a river. (Kp: lagnasón; taganás).

7. balikwátdo – A route or river that is impassable when the current is strong.

8. balísa-Tree, log, branch, pole, etc. used as marker to determine the depth of river, sea

and location of sandbars. (Kp: yángò).

9. baliúhag-1. The forming of an islet by the branching out of the sea or braiding of a river

and then closing upon itself; ait; sandbar; holm. (Kp: dalápdaláp; kantumúgkad;

púntod; búwang). 2. River delta. (Kp: gibwangán; sabáng).

10. banlasán – Wash plain; the land area inundated when a body of water, as river, will

overflow. (Kp: bahaánan; lapágap). 2. Flood plain. (Kp: lunopánan).

11. banwalóg – Literally it means large valley. It usually refers to a valley with a river situated

between mountains. (Kp: lundág).

12. bígki – Bank or edge of a river; riverbank. Also, bíki. (Kp: píliw).

13. bíki – 1. Bank of rivers. (Kp: píliw). 2. The edge or brink of a beach. Also, biking.

14. bilaóng – Ford; a place where the river is narrow and a good place for crossing. (Kp:

baliúhag; labangánan; kantumúgkad; dalápdaláp).

15. bukána – River mouth; outfall. (Kp: kawasán).

16. búlhay – Dividing or braiding of rivers.

17. bungayon:- A river without branches. (Kp: sapâ; suba).

18. búngyod – The total length of a whole river, path, whole life, etc.; span; stretch.

19. busáy – Waterfall; linn; cascade. The fast flow of water in rivers and streams due to

shallow water or narrowness of passage. (Kp: kawasan).

20. búwang-. The sandbar at the mouth of river.

21. dagútdot-Rubbish carried by the river or piled up in the river. (Kp: bagungbón).

22. dágyò-To obstruct or clog up a river, path, etc. (Kp: libóng).

23. dalápdaláp – Extending of river due to flatness or just getting out of the riverbed; delta;

estuary. (Kp: sabáng; gibwangán).

24. dal-ás-Riverbed. Also, salogán. (Kp: lagnasón).

25. dalínghag – To cascade; descend fast; White water; rapids in a river. (Kp: dás-ay;

daganasán).

26. dampíl – River with plenty of sand that can impede navigation. (Kp: sabáng; pasigan).

27. dás-ay-1. Rapids in rivers where stones protrude and one can walk on. (Kp: daganasán).

2. Headrace; the running water in a channel towards a water wheel or machinery.

28. dúyha-Bank; coast of a river or sea that is plain and level.

29. gibwáng – 1. The entrance of rivers to the sea or from streams to large rivers; confluence.

(Kp: abátan). 2. To navigate towards the mouth of the river.

30. gibwangán-1. Estuary. (Kp: dalápdaláp). 2. Mouth or delta of a river. (Kp: sabáng).

31. ginsangáan– A particular place or location where a branching off occurs, as river, or road.

32. habábaw-Shallow portion of river, lake, sea, etc. (Kp: mabáw).

33. hábig-1. The edge where the water from the sea, river, creek, etc. could reach. (Kp: píliw;

tangkúlan). 2. Water-level line; the mark indicating the height reached by the water, as

during a flood.

34. hapô -Trees, lumber, cane or trash carried by rivers along its path. (Kp: bugahód).

35. hílbok – Decrease or subsidence of the water in river, jar, etc. (Kp: kúnhod).

36. himúlat sa katubigan – Hydrography; the science of surveying, describing and mapping

seas, lakes, rivers, etc.

37. ilawód – Downstream; the land towards the downstream of a river. (Kp: ilaya).

38. ilawódnon– Person who lives at the lower portion of the river. Also, tagailawód.

39. ilayá – Upstream; the land towards the upstream of a river. (Kp: ilawód).

40. ilayahón-Person who lives at a place towards the upper part of a river. Also, tagailaya.

41. ílig – 1. To descend and wade in a shallow river. (Kp: úbog). 2. To float downstream, as

logs in a river. (Kp: ánod).

42. ilóganı – The canal at the riverbed formed by the water of the river; thalweg. (Kp: sáwang).

43. kabás – A humid and watery land or place due to its proximity to a lake or river; soggy;

sodden. (Kp: kásbo).

44. kantumúgkad-1. Ait; holm; a little island in a river or a swamp. (Kp: baliúhag, bilaóng;

daláag). 2. Ford; a narrow and shallow place in a river suitable for crossing. (Kp:

dalápdaláp). 3. Rift; a shallow place in a stream.

45. kapangpángan – Steep banks of rivers or seacoast.

46. kípot – To be obstructed, as rivers, path, etc. by poles or trees. (Kp: libóng).

47. lagnasón-1. Dry riverbed. 2. Arroyo. (Kp: taganás). 3. Wadi; a water-course for drainage

of rainwater. (Kp: daganasán).

48. lángbas – 1. The main body of a river overflowing its banks and turn into a flood. (Kp:

lápaw; danáw). 2. A big flood that inundates the field. (Kp: lúnop; bahâ).

49. lapágap 1. Sea, lake, river, etc. that is equal in depth. 2. Lowland that is level and in

times of rain will retain water of equal depth. (Kp: banlasán).

50. lápya – 1. To lap, splash or wash against, especially the shoreline. (Kp: bugáis). 2. The

lapping of small waves at the bank of rivers or sea. (Kp: tápya; dápya).

51. lísbok – A well-like deep portion of a river. (Kp: lúbok).

52. lúbok – A deep portion of a river. (Kp: lawóm; lísbok).

53. lúnop-Deluge; inundation. (Kp: bahâ=flood). Lúnop is inundation in a large scale. Baha

is overflowing of river and the like.

54. lúnoy – A river that is calm and without current. (Kp: línaw).

55. namaláwod-[NAMA +iLAWOD=NAMALAWOD]. Catadromous; fishes that go down

rivers to the sea to spawn.

56. namaláya – [NAMA + ILAYA = NAMALAYA]. Anadromous; fishes, as the salmon,

going from the sea up rivers to spawn.

57. pamádson – River bend; bight; the curvature of a river.

58. panibhongán – 1. A whirlpool of water that absorbs or carries off anything that enters it.

(Kp: lílò). 2. A deep hole found under rivers, lakes, or lagoons.

59. pasígan – Sandy riverside. (Kp: dampíl).

60. píliw – The edge of the river or beach where the land and water are in contact; waterside.

(Kp: támpì).

61. pítpit – To be drenched, soaked, or wet for crossing the sea, river, or being caught in the

rain. (Kp: túmog; humód).

62. púnod – To block or obstruct the entrance of rivers by soil, sand, or stones. (Kp: bará,

luóp; libóng).

63. sabáng Delta, as delta of a river; river delta; delta formation. (Kp: baliúhag;

dalápdaláp; gibwangán).

64. sagána – 1. The sound made by floodwater, flow of river, stream, sea, etc. (Kp: haganás).

65. sagód – River tributary.

66. salákay – Freshet; spate; the flooding or overflowing of a river beyond its banks. (Kp:

bahâ; danáw, lúnop).

67. salóg – A pool dug beside a river where bathing could be done. (Kp: úkad).

68. salogán – Riverbed. (Kp: dal-ás).

69. salorán – Catch basin, as basin or land area that supplies water to a river. (Kp: walóg;

banwalóg).

70. sapâz-River. (Kp: subâ). Sapâ is a general term for river. Subâ is a river in which seawater

could enter, especially during high tide.

71. sapaánon – Fluvial; pertaining to rivers. Also, subaánon.

72. sapâ-sápà – 1. A small river; brook; beck; rivulet; streamlet. (Kp: taganás). 2. Estero;

navigable canal or river-like drainage outlets of run-off water.

73. sibíd – 1. The markings made by seawater or river current along the banks. 2. To know the

depth of a river, canal, etc. by means of the color of the water.

74. siít – Strait; a straight portion of a river.

75. síkob – The undermining of the land by the current of a river or flood; scour. (Kp: kánkan).

76. sög – Current, as river current. Also, súlog. (Kp: búl-og).

77. subâ – A river in which seawater could enter, especially during high tide. See: sapâ.

78. subaánon (b.p. suba). Fluvial; pertaining to rivers. Also, sapaánon. (Kp: ulanánon = pluvial; pertaining to rain.

79. sukwahíng ágos – Counterflow; to flow in the opposite direction, as traffic or river.

80.sulíma – A branch of a river or arm of sea, especially those that also have other branches. 81. súlog – 1. Current, as river current. Also, sög. (Kp: tabíbi). 2. Flow of water. (Kp: búl-og).

82. sulók – Tidal bore; the entering of high tide of the sea into rivers and stopping the flow of

the river.

83. tagailawód – Residents of the downstream side of a river. (Kp: tagaubós). 84. tagailayá – Residents of the upstream side of a river. (Kp: tagaibabáw).

85. tagusiláb – Dredge; to clean or deepen the bottom of the sea or river by removing roots, trash, rubbish, etc. (Kp: hábwà; kábkab).

86. talibóng – A place, drainage, or river where the flow of water has a tendency to be blocked. (Kp: luóp; malúp-an). .

87. támpì – Edge of a river; riverbank; waterside. (Kp: ngilít; piliw)

88. tapintápin – 1. To walk or travel at the edge of a road, river, etc. (Kp: padáplin). 2. To try to walk on dry land or select the dry portion when the place is muddy.

89. tawidtáwid – The place in the sea, river, lake, etc. that is very shallow or little water. (Kp: pásil).

90. tikmád – River, estuary, sea, etc. that is deep. (Kp: lawóm).

91. tinubdan – Headwaters of a spring or river. (Kp: salogán).

92. tugkáron – To try to reach the bottom, as a river.

93. túnggo – Stagnant pool of water found in beaches, ravines, rivers, lakes, etc.; still water.

(Kp: lím-aw).

94. ubáy – The flow or travel of rivers, streams, etc. parallel to each other. (Kp: búyon).

95. úhan – Head-waters; source of rivers and springs. Also, tinúbdan. 96. ukaók – 1. Highest of high tides. Also, bulálas. (Kp: lántong). 2. Freshet; overflow of rivers. (Kp: danáw; lúnop). 3. Eagre; sudden tidal flood.

97. un-ón – To drive something incompletely into the riverbed, seabed, etc., especially as a trial so that later on it can be imbedded completely. (Kp: kúlkog).

98. wáhig – A river that is a tributary to a larger river. (Kp: sagód).

99. wáwa₁ – Wawa is also applicable to a land bridge or causeway towards an islet in a river.

(Kp: taytáy).

100. yángò – Stake or pole placed in sandbars or rivers to indicate where the boat should pass

or where the fishnets could be cast. (Kp: balísa).

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