| Word Repetitions (Nabua-style) |
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| Written by John Pesebre | ||
| Wednesday, 05 December 2007 | ||
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The great mango climber, Atty. Apollo Abonal, talked big about knowing twenty words that have repetitive characteristics, like “kapay-kapay” or “ngu-ngu.” It turned out that there are more than 100 words. In the chatroom, the guy who won the very intelligent and lovely former Abegail Tosoc retreated silently and logged off as we continued to recall some of the words that we know. It is surprising, but yes, we all contributed over a hundred words! Criteria A word may have the right to be included here if it has a root. For example, “bus-bus” is the root word for “busbusan” (the act of cleaning a fish more specifically removing a fish’s entrails) or “pambusbus” (an implement used to clean a fish for cooking). My point is, although use of the word “bus-bus” may not be that common,it can still be considered a root. In the Hebrew language a root is a composition of consonants that form the structure of the word. What is this 'pauru-utro'? Just what is this literary phenomenon? This following website will help us study even more http://rhetoric.byu.edu/Figures/Groupings/of%20Repetition.htm. Kin agko kamo oras please help me out. Because of the numerous categories that this website gives, we can even categorize the words later. Defining the Words Below is my attempt to define what these word repetitions mean. Some of the words do not have meanings still because I do not know what they mean. This list of words was a result of the contributions of Benhur Opena of San Nicolas, Apollo Abonal of San Antonio, Dulce Anne of San Francisco, myself of Lourdes Young and two other anonymous loud mouths. I have labeled some of the words with the parts of speech, some rather erroneously I think. I also appeal for those familiar with the human anatomy to help me out with words like “buku buku” or “angog angog”. Legend: v for verb part/inf for participle or infinitive n for noun adj for adjective adv for adverb 1. abay abay (n, the side-by-side) 2. agi-agi (part., walking leisurely) 3. anap-anap 4. angog-angog (n., as the forehead is to the face so as the “angog-angog” is to the vagina 5. aro aro 6. arug arug 7. aw-aw (n., the act of being boastful or arrogant) 8. baba (n/adj., down, or below) 9. balbal (n./adj., slang for any sudden forceful movement caused by a person) 10. balun balun (n., a meal carried while traveling) 11. baluy baluy (n., a small or a makeshift house) 12. bangag-bangag (adj., pretending to be groggy with drugs) 13. basbas (root for the act of whipping something or somebody) 14. basud-basud (n., sandy particles felt while chewing food) 15. bayung-bayung 16. bubu (part., to pour liquid to something or somebody) 17. bud bud (v., sprinkle) 18. buku buku 19. bukul-bukul 20. burat-burat (adj, pretending to be drunk, or a lifestyle of drunkenness) 21. buru-buru 22. busbus (fish entrails) 23. busu busu (water spin) 24. day-day (adj, again) 25. dil-dil 26. gilid-gilid (adj, wayside) 27. gubay-gubay (adj, tagalog for kababata) 28. ikis-ikis (adj, a walk resembling a drunk) 29. iling iling (gesture of head as disapproval) 30. inum-inum 31. ipil-ipil 32. isid-isid 33. is-is 34. it-it (nibble) 35. iyan iyan 36. kapay kapay 37. kapkap 38. kawkaw 39. kili kili 40. kudkud 41. kuku 42. kutkut 43. lakang-lakang 44. lana-lana 45. laplap 46. laput laput 47. loglog 48. lubut lubut 49. luway luway 50. nene 51. ngarag-ngarag 52. ngaul-ngaul 53. ngumun-ngumun 54. ngu-ngu 55. nono 56. nuyog nuyog 57. pag pag 58. pakpak 59. palak-palak 60. paling-paling 61. papel-papel 62. pas-pas 63. payag payag 64. payong payong 65. payo-payo 66. paypay 67. pispis 68. pitopito 69. pitpit 70. pokpok 71. polpol 72. pungpung 73. rapa-rapa 74. ray-ray 75. rurog rurog 76. sagin-sagin 77. sala sala 78. salsal 79. singit singit 80. singsing 81. sipit-sipit 82. sitsit 83. suksuk 84. sumu-sumu 85. sup sup 86. susu 87. suway suway 88. taba taba 89. tagtag 90. tak tak 91. takub takub 92. talu talu 93. tiktik 94. tingting 95. toktok 96. tubig-tubig 97. tub-tub 98. tud tud 99. tugtug 100. turik-turik 101. turug-turug (plant) 102. tuwad-tuwad 103. tuytuy 104. tuyu-tuyu (going-going) 105. udu udu 106. ug-ug 107. unu unu 108. usad usad 109. utot utot (a vine, type of plant with obnoxious smell) 110. yaba yaba
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