Thursday, August 27, 2020

Our many words for crazy

Just for fun: The number of our colloquial terms for the word 'crazy' is simply phenomenal, if not out of this world, with some words even having variants. I wonder why. 

abetelay utek to (his brain caught some chills) 

abulok so ulo

aburis

aderal so ulo

agetaget

aguret

akagsiw

aketket na duweg (bitten by a carabao)

akudyas

akustil, nankustil

alamatan, wala'y lamat na ulo to (his head has a crack)

alintaweng

alinturang

alipeng

ambagel 

ambagtit

ambasit, nanbasit 

ambreng

angkampis, nankampis

apataa'y lurem (nahagip ng ulap, got hit by a cloud)

apisit (squished)

arageman so utek (his brain has got blown by the wind)

asibok

asibukan na mauges a dagem (got blown upon by a bad wind)

asipeg (nahagip, got bumped)

ataknik

atapaaw

atapis, nantapis 

atikong

atipos, atipus

atiris, nantiris 

atorik

awaweng, wawaweng

awegweg 

awelwel 

baleg so bulan

bankeleng

bantiwel

bantokaling

bayakew

bobolanen, bubulanen

bulatis

di katit, nankatit 

di latlata, nanlatlata 

di saltik 

di galing, wala'y galing-galing to (has magical powers?)

gilit-gilit

kalawakaw

katok, akatok, nangkatok 

kulang na binting, diya'd piso kulang na binting (lacks 25 centavos)

kulang na bulan (lacks some months)

kulang na kwerdas

kulang na pesetas

kulang-kulang (is lacking) 

kutagong

kuwating, nankuwating 

kuwatit, nankuwatit 

linmukak so tornilyo to (lumuwag ang turnilyo, has loose screws) 

lokloko, loko-loko

makakaimis ya singa bakes (seems smiling like a monkey)

mamarlang

minsay

naapunan (possessed)

nagtela'y utek to (his brain turned cold)

nandaiset, wala'y daiset (has a little something) 

nan-F (slang, with F meaning few, fool, or foolish)

nangkatiw

nankalting, akaltingan

nankupat 

nankuriring, wala'y kring-kring/wala'y kuliling, nankuliling, nankililing, nantililing, nankularing, nankularet

nankutas, akutas

nipatog ed barko

nipatog ed bulan, apatogan na bulan (got bumped at/by the moon)

paratangtang, paratagtag

sulok-sulok

tawel

terenggoy

terenta y cingco

tulao

wala'y banting to (has a bell)

wala'y pisisigeen to

wala'y sagar (may sayad, has ___?) 


Sources: Resty Odon, Vernaliza Ferrer, Ismael  Malicdem Jr., Peter Caragan, Melchor Orpilla, Santiago Villafania, Joey Ferrer, John Quinto, Clarita F. Tagab, Iluminada Junio, What's Up Dagupan (FB page), Sylvester Quintos, et al.

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