Butuanon
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- Language: Butuanon
- Alternate names:: -
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:btw
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Philippine, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Bisayan, South, Butuan-Tausug
- Number of speakers: 34,500
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Butuanon is a language of Philippines. It is spoken in Mindanao, Agusan del Norte Province, Butuan city. .
Dialects
Lexical similarity: 70% with Kamayo (See: Kamayo?); 69% with Surigaonon (See: Surigaonon?).
The Butuanon Verb
Sample Verbs
to bite | asngab, banga |
to blow | hoyop |
to breathe | hungahok |
to burn | sunog |
to buy | bili |
to chew | supa |
to choose | pili |
to climb | daag, saka |
to come | kansani |
to cook | magloto |
to count | ihap |
to cry | motyaho |
to cut, hack | higbat, utod |
to die, be dead | patay |
to dig | kadkad, lukad |
to dream | modamgo |
to drink | moinum |
to eat | mokaon |
to fall | mahuog |
to fear | mabuga |
to flow | agus agus, sug |
to fly | molupad |
to grow | tubu |
to hear | modungog |
to hide | loklok, tago |
to hit | dukdok, lapu |
to hold | kumkumon |
to hunt | panganop |
to kill | mopatay |
to know, be knowledgeable | kasayud |
to laugh | katawa |
to lie down | hotlok |
to live, be alive | buhi |
to open, uncover | bokad, ukab |
to plant | magtanom |
to pound, beat | bayo, lubok |
to say | laong |
to scratch | gawot, kamas |
to see | makita |
to sew | sursi, tahi |
to shoot | motiro |
to sit | mo-ingkod |
to sleep | mokatuug |
to sniff, smell | simhot |
to spit | molowa |
to split | sipak |
to squeeze | piga, puga |
to stab, pierce | dogso, dogyat |
to stand | mo-tindog |
to steal | mangawat |
to suck | supsop |
to swell | mohubag |
to swim | molangoy |
to think | maghonahona |
to throw | etsa, tangas |
to tie up, fasten | hikut |
to turn | bilik, liso |
to walk | mopanaw |
to vomit | suka |
to work | hinang |
to yawn | huy-ab |