kaBINGihan at kaBIANCAhan

The Ivatan Dialect has 3 “variations”. These are Ivasayen in Basco, Isamurongen in Mahatao, Ivana, Uyugan and Sabtang, and Itbayaten in Itbayat. (Source: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Ivatan_language). Well, Ivatan is a dialect, not a language.

In black fonts are either common between Ivasayen & Isamurongen or Ivasayen & Itabayaten, or among the three.

-A-
Add – rapan
Afraid – mamu
Afternoon – makuyab
Again – mirwa/miruha
Air – salawsaw/sarawsaw
Arrive – mawara
Awhile ago - kaychiyaw/katiyaw/katihay

-B-
Back (body) – dichud
Beautiful – mavid/maganay/mavij
Behaved – mapsek
Big – rakuh
Bird – manumanok
Boy – mahakay
Buy – manadyew

-C-
Carabao – pagad
Cat – pusak
Children – kametdehan
Climb (v) – kumayat
Cold – mahanebneb
Come (with) – machivan
Cook (v) – manutung
Cry – tumañis

-D-
Dance – tumada
Day – araw
Dog – chito
Downstairs – kagchin

-E-
Earlier – kaychiyaw
Ears – tadiña
Eat – kuman
Eyes – mata

-F-
Farm/field – takey
Few – papere
Fingers – kakamay
Foot – padang
Foul odor – mavuyuk
Front – salapan

-G-
Girl – mavakes
Go (to) – mangay
Go (inside) – sumdep
GO (outside) – muhbet

-H-
Hair – vuuk
Hands – tanuru
Happy – masuyut
Head – uhu
Hole – tulyang
Hot – makuhat
House – vahay

-I-
Inside – irahem
Intelligent – masulib

-J-
Jump – humukso/dumukso

-K-
Kiss – adkan/umahan
Know – chapatak/matunyi

-L-
Later – anchiyaw/antiyaw/katihay
Leaf – vuhung
Leave – kumaru
Long – manaru
Look – chiban/tiban

-M-
Many – aru
Morning – mavekhas

-N-
Neck – lagaw
Name – ngaran
Nighttime – mahep/ma’hep
None – arava/aralih
Noontine – maraw
Nose – mumudan
Now – changuryaw/chatayi

-O-
Odor – angut
Old – malkem/markem
Outside – gagan

-P-
Pig – bagu/kuyis
Plant (v) – maymuha
Plant (n) – muhamuha

-Q-

-R-
Rain – chimuy/timuy
Raining – machimuy/matimuy
Red – mavaya
Round – madeded
Run – mayayu

-S-
Sad – mangsah
See – mavuya/mat’ta
Short – mayñed
Shout – mangyaw
Sibling – kakteh
Sing – makanta
Skin – kudit
Small – dekey
Smell – anguten
Smile – mamyeng
Spicy – mamchit
Studying – machinanawu

-T-
Talk – maylilyak
Thank – mamahemahes
Thick – matukpuh
Thin – mataripis
Tree – kayu
Tummy – vedek
Typhoon – añin

-U-
Up – tuhus

-W-
Walk – mayam
Water – ranum/danum
What – angu/ak’kuh
Where – jinu/dinu/din’nuh
Who – sino
Why – unta
Wind – salawsaw
Write – maytulas

-X-

-Y-
Young – metdeh

Fellow Ivatans, if you have other words in mind or if there are corrections, please let me know.