Bikol words Flashcards
The initial acquintance through an intermediary
Lagpitao/palakaw-lakaw
The examination of the prospective match by both parties
Pasonco
The rendering of service by the groom to the bride’s family
Pag-agad/Paninilbihan
Gift to the bride from a relative attending the wedding
Sinakat
Extra fine if the bride was not the eldest in the family
Ilinakad
drawing of the marriage covenant
Sayod
A geneological tracing to prevent incestuous alliances
Tronco
The wedding feast
Pagcaya
The bestowing of gifts
Purukan or hurulungan
(palm tree) coffin
Hagol
Indigenous funeral rites
Pasaca
Cleansing of corpses
Basbas
Dutiful reverence of the deceased
Dool
The recounting of the deceased life
Yokod
A big clay palate containing a dressed chicken without its innards
Tolodan
Love potion
Lumay
Thief detector
Hinaw
Amulets
Anting-anting
Which makes invulnerable to sharp objects
A.kibal
Faith healer
Parabulong/albulario
Poison
Hilo
Night birds
Koro koro
koro koro and kikik or tiktik conveys what?
ill omens
combine indigenous and hispanic influences agricultural rites
Tamoy, Talagbanhi and rogativa
Celebrated after the harvest during the feast of Corpus Christi
Tinagba
a prayer offering and oratory with song and dance, sanctifies a devotion to San Felipe and San Santiago inMinalabac, Camarines Sur on the 11th day of May,
Tumatarok
repopulation of the coast after the 19th century Muslim invasions
Castilla