Appendix:Glossary of Batangas Tagalog

This appendix lists common words used in the Batangas (Batangueño) dialect of Tagalog, spoken in the province of Batangas. The Batangas dialect typically features the particles e and ga, the preservation of various Tagalog words now perceived to be archaic in most dialects, as well as some phonological differences from other dialects. This appendix excludes alternative forms of standard Tagalog words when used to indicate dialectal speech.

Words

A

• aré - this, it (standard: itó)

B

• bagól - five-centavo (5¢) coin
• bilót - puppy (standard: tutà. Once widely used across Tagalog areas; now limited to Batangas dialect.

D

• diklóm - darkness

E

• eh - particle

G

• guyam - ant (standard: langgam)

H

• hawot - dried fish
• hinaw - washing of one's hands or feet

I

• inéng - form of address to a girl

K

• kisíg - cramps, usually due to exposure to the cold (standard: pulikat)

L

• landî - act of toying something, usually fire or water
• liyo - dizziness

M

• mabanas - hot, humid (standard: mainit)
• mura - scold (Standard: pagalitan. In standard Tagalog, mura usually means "swearing; cursing; profanity")

S

• sagakto - insert
• sita - rent a private vehicle
• sinsay - go here
• sura - annoyed; fed up (cf. suya)

T

• tagtág - act of removing something (standard: tanggál)
• tubal - dirty clothes

U

• utoy - form of address to a boy
• ulagâ - stupid

Names

Diminutive names

Diminutive forms of given names are usually formed by adding the suffixes -ing, -ang, -ong, or -eng to a shortened name (which is however, common in the Tagalog-speaking areas), but there are slowly being replaced by forms using -ay or -oy, shortening, reduplications, or English forms.

Surnames

Surnames of people in Batangas have been a variety, from Spanish-origin ones (e.g. Reyes, Santos, Cruz, Garcia, Ramos, Perez, Mendoza, Castillo) to purely Filipino names brought by migrant ethnicities (e.g. Kapampangan Pangilinan, Ilocano Umali, Cebuano Mangubat), but some native Tagalogs bear surnames from Tagalog, particularly the surnames starting with Dima- (which however, also exists in other Philippine languages, such as Maranao or Maguindanao clan names), or those incorporating archaic Tagalog vocabulary. Below is a list of Tagalog surnames which possibly originated from Batangas, and with their possible meanings or etymology.

• Andal *
• Babasa - one who will read
• Balita - known
• Bejasa - expert
• Borbon *- Hispanicized form of Bonbon (old name of Taal)?
• Caringal -
• Catangay
• Dimaano - cannot do anything
• Dimaandal * -
• Dimacuha - cannot get
• Dimaculangan * -
• Dimatatac - unmarkable
• Dimatulac - cannot be pushed
• Dimayuga * - unshakeable
• Dipasupil - cannot beat
• Halili - heir, replace
• Ilagan * - to parry, to evade -> one who evades
• Jumarang - to block -> one who blocks
• Katigbak - fellow member
• Laqui - big
• Mabini - shy
• Macalintal/Makalintal
• Macatangay * - one who takes
• Madlangbayan - townsfolk
• Magboo - to build -> builder
• Magpantay - to equalize -> equalizer
• Malabanan - to fight
• Malaluan -
• Malibiran -
• Manlapaz -
• Maralit - (archaic) poor
• Maranan * - from madaanan
• Marasigan * -
• Pagcaliuagan
• Pagcaliuagan
• Panganiban * - feared
• Punzalan/Punsalang
• Sangalang – to defend -> defender

* Indicates a relatively common surname.