Itawit
Facts
- Language: Itawit
- Alternate names: Itawes, Itawis, Tawit
- Language code: itv
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Northern Luzon, Cagayan Valley, Ibanagic, Gaddangic
- Number of speakers: 134000
- Script:
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Introduction
Itawit is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Luzon, south Cagayan Province.
Dialects
Itawis, Malaweg (Malaueg). Related to Ibanag languages; 72% intelligibility of South Ibanag (See: Ibanag); 68% of Ilocano (See: Ilocano). Lexical similarity: 53% with Ilocano (See: Ilocano).
The Itawit Verb
Verblist
- ámmu, ammwán, mammuan (ammuan) -- to know, be knowledgeable
- dumakal, mattúhu, mattuhu -- to grow
- igalut, maggálut -- to tie up, fasten
- inúm, minum -- to drink
- mabbáyu, mabbayu -- to pound, beat
- mabbílang, mabbilang -- to count
- maddahét, maddahet -- to sew
- maggaddwá, maggadwa -- to split
- maggalák, maggalak -- to laugh
- maggatang, manggátang -- to buy
- maggína, maggina -- to hear
- makkábbang, makkabbang -- to scratch
- makkahí, makkahi -- to say
- makkaláy, makkalantay (ladder) makkalay (mountain) -- to climb
- makkassib, makkassig -- to bite
- makkáttab, makkattab -- to cut, hack
- makkatúrug, makkaturug -- to sleep
- makkáyab, makkayab -- to fly
- makkokkog -- to dig
- makkókot, makkokot -- to steal
- mallattág, mallattag -- to swell
- malléku, malleku -- to turn
- malluá, mattángit, mattangit -- to cry
- mallúsab, mallusab -- to spit
- mallútu, mallutu -- to cook
- mamatáy -- to kill
- mammúla, mammula -- to plant
- mamúkat, mavvúkat, mav-vukat -- to open, uncover
- manádag, manadag, mattádag -- to stand
- manálan, manalan -- to walk
- manga, mangá:ngat -- to breathe
- mangán, mangan -- to eat
- mangngángat, mangngangat -- to chew
- manuttud, mattúttud -- to sit
- mapanonot, mappanónot -- to think
- mappíli, mappili -- to choose
- massídug, nasidug -- to burn
- massíngan, massingan -- to see
- massúnsup, massussup -- to suck
- massussuk -- to hide
- matánag, matanag -- to fall
- matáy -- to die, be dead
- matólay, matolay -- to live, be alive
- mattafúg, mattaffug -- to swim
- mattalaw, tálaw -- to fear
- mattaténup, mattatenap -- to dream
- mattíra -- to shoot
- mattrabáhu, mattrabahu -- to work
- mauta (mota0, utá -- to vomit
- médda, medda -- to lie down
- mówab, mangawáwag, mowab -- to yawn
- umáng, umang (mumang) -- to come