Agta, Central Cagayan

Introduction

Agta, Central Cagayan is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Northeast Luzon.

The Agta, Central Cagayan Verb

Verbal constructions in Agta involve the use of verb roots combined with various affixes to indicate tense, aspect, mood, and other grammatical features. These constructions allow for the expression of complex actions and events. For example:

• Maydengumam-oyak. (I will be going home.)
• Naitedengdeng da. (They have already arrived.)

Verblist

• gʌmman -- to chew
• hutʌli, mʌgʌpuy -- to cook
• labʌn -- to sniff, smell
• mʌdʌngʌg -- to hear
• mʌgbilang -- to count
• mʌgbʌlittʌg -- to turn
• mʌgbʌyu -- to pound, beat
• mʌgdʌget -- to sew
• mʌggʌlgʌl -- to cut, hack
• mʌgkaddug -- to stab, pierce
• mʌgkuhas, mʌkʌtʌl -- to scratch
• mʌgkʌgat -- to bite
• mʌgkʌli -- to dig
• mʌgkʌtʌwʌ -- to laugh
• mʌglutab -- to spit
• mʌglʌngoy -- to swim
• mʌgmulʌ -- to plant
• mʌgpili -- to choose
• mʌgpʌpasi -- to kill
• mʌgsusu -- to suck
• mʌgtayuk -- to stand
• mʌgtonghad -- to burn
• mʌgtugut -- to walk
• mʌgtuttud -- to sit
• mʌgtʌgu -- to hide
• mʌgtʌhʌbaku -- to work
• mʌgtʌkʌw -- to steal
• mʌgtʌlaw -- to fear
• mʌgtʌngit -- to cry
• mʌgʌduʌ -- to vomit
• mʌgʌngkat -- to hunt
• mʌnahu -- to fall
• mʌngan -- to eat
• mʌqitʌ -- to see
• mʌsidug -- to sleep
• nʌsi -- to die, be dead
• qamu -- to know, be knowledgeable
• qibah -- to say
• qibbʌlan -- to hold
• qigʌlut -- to tie up, fasten
• qimubʌh -- to fly
• qimunek -- to climb
• qipattu -- to throw
• qitʌnʌm -- to buy
• quminum -- to drink
• sopʌn -- to blow
• tʌhinʌp -- to dream