Word lists · 12 words
Animals Mga hayop
Not yet checkedby a native speaker. This list is a learner’s best effort.
Mga makes a word plural, so mga hayop is “animals”.
- irodog
- iringcat
- manokchicken
- baboypig
- bakacow
- kandinggoat
- kabayohorse
- isdafish
- langgambird
- tukogeckoNamed after the sound it makes: tu-ko!, which I hear every night
- ilagamouse
- gorilyagorilla
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- Things you doKaon, inom, basa, sayaw: the verb roots you slot into Bisaya sentences, and the ones you need for Makahimo ka ba mo-…?