Palawano, Southwest

Introduction

Palawano, Southwest is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Southwest Palawan Island, north of Rizal to the south tip, east side from Bataraza south, mostly along upland rivers, some along the coast.

Dialects

Intelligibility of Central Palawano (See: Palawano, Central?) 75%, of Brooke’s Point Palawano (See: Palawano, Brooke’s Point?) 76%. Lexical similarity: 85% with Brooke’s Point Palawano (See: Palawano, Brooke’s Point?), 78% with Central Palawano (See: Palawano, Central?).

The Palawano, Southwest Verb

Verblist

• adong, madong, peadong -- to sit
• arek, erkan, marek -- to sniff, smell
• ato', mato' -- to come
• baga', maga' -- to swell
• bakal, megbakal -- to throw
• bela', megbela', randang, ridis -- to split
• beres, meres -- to say
• biag, megbiag -- to live, be alive
• biri', mebiri' -- to see
• buntol, pebuntol -- to lie down
• burbor, murbor -- to flow
• degdag, dumegdag, medegdag -- to fall
• deket, dektan, tumutong, tutong -- to burn
• dekla', dumekla' -- to grow
• dumres, tepig, tepiog, tumepig, tumepiog -- to blow
• elen, melen -- to buy
• ginawa, megginawa -- to breathe
• ibeg, mibeg -- to spit
• iga', miga' -- to sleep
• iluto', meg'iluto' -- to cook
• imatey, mengimatey, mimatey -- to kill
• ineik, mineik, tindal, tumindal, tumungol, tungol -- to climb
• inom, minom -- to drink
• isi', misi' et debdeb, misi' et gibang, misi' et kewanan -- to turn
• itong -- to count
• kaan, kumaan, mengaan -- to eat
• kagat, kumagat -- to bite
• kali, megkali -- to dig
• kepet, kumpet -- to hold
• keradya, megkeradya -- to work
• keseudan, meseudan, seod -- to know, be knowledgeable
• kesit, kumsit -- to laugh
• kesuda, suka, sumuka -- to vomit
• kingeg, kumingeg, pekingeg -- to hear
• kumutkot, kutkot, mengutkot -- to scratch
• langoy, lumangoy, meglangoy -- to swim
• laog, menakew, takew -- to steal
• lebek, menglebek -- to pound, beat
• lepad, lumpad -- to fly
• lipak, lumipak, meglipak -- to hit
• luak, lumuak, mengluak, sasad -- to plant
• manew, panew -- to walk
• matey, patey -- to die, be dead
• megpana' -- to shoot
• megpega -- to squeeze
• megsepa' -- to chew
• megsepsep -- to suck
• megwab -- to yawn
• memikir, pikir -- to think
• memili', pili' -- to choose
• meneginep, teginep -- to dream
• menubok, subok -- to hunt
• petago' -- to hide
• seksak, sumeksak -- to stab, pierce
• siak, sumiak -- to cry
• siget, sigtan, sumiget -- to tie up, fasten
• takot, tumakot -- to fear
• tehi', tumehi' -- to sew
• teyeg, tumyeg -- to stand
• tigbas, tumigbas -- to cut, hack
• tukas, tumukas -- to open, uncover