Liblu Bumasa

Sebaen

Cotabato Manobo

BUNASA LIBLU

Sebaen

Via.nobo of Cotabato

Published by the Summer Institute of Linguistics

in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Schools

and the Institute of National Language

of the Department of Education

Manila, Philippines 1962

BOOK I

PREFACE

Th~.s rri.!ier, the first in a series of two, has been pre­pared to teac:i:1 the Cotabato Hanobo people to read first in the vern;i.cuJar, for literacy is a. skill best ga5.ned in one's mother-to:1guc. · This fi_rst primer, based on the phonics method of in~truct.;on, introduces three vowels, eight consonants, and the glottal stop, from a total of 21 letters of the Vianobo al}.ii:ia.bet.

The sym1'0lizntion of the alphabet is as follows: ~' ~' ~' ,£, £~ g, .h, _:i.:, ;!;, 21 ,!!, ,gg, 9.1 ,:e, ~' .:h E,-1 !I1 z, _:, {glottal stc.JJ• .£ ~-s Tii.'onour.ced somewhat as the 'e' in PangD.sincu1, £ as "':.he vow~l ;..;ound jn the English word 'let', and .E as a bila­bial kgB.sh 1 f'. .All the other letters are pronounced as their NationeJ Lang1:age equivalents.

Thef:~ ;·1P+.eriah. were prepared by members of the S1.lillmer Ins ti tut.e of .i: .. ; nguistics.

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a A l

e E 2

u u

' a

' u 4

d D -0

k K 0

I L 7

m M 8

s 9

b B 10

g G 11

t

du tu 1J-· ;Ju' r cLL'_

d D ..

cu - ' (-': .... '

U CC-

1 cu

._,

dumc..

baC:I u kuciL

I -J u ·Gu

(,........._: eina \.,1

' - ) ' r: -, GU _,_ l-\..1

lJ--,

erna

.L:uinuda s0, datuo

13

k _K --

l ' J.\:U 1 l ' uy-u . 1,- __ \ J' C)_. lulca

1-u A kuda 1

l(8 kelu

ka -X<:?.ma

-L-

kan1a kelu kud2_

kala kedu kugu

kagu keba kutu

r~ ·~ ~I : <'

r.~~ <'.

f)~''-. ::Ii

Du tu sa kelu ov.1ey kalao

14

1 1 - - .- c~

lu lulu

1' .-, ,-· ~~· ka lav

lu luka

le letu

.la_ lc::Jbu - ~-

._ -

le tu lul11

la bu le5u

'' I

15

' n1a111a

lVla,ta

fr~ ill'' l\. c 1 CL

' iTll~

111 NI -

rnelega I ' T1ernu

' (j ur•1c·-. b .le •U

'l'emu ku eg)nasu o

16

'TI.,..., s·u i C(, '

lTiusala

s -

' SU ' SUc1 i) i...J L

S~··\ k.JC·_,

e---------1

c.• u h.J ~ SU lt1 ----

St; ke. --

c- kv ;.:JC;_, '" ~.

- -

' ... SU8U

~ebu sulu

S .. i.,~

I U.· 1Jt'~ :.JUl U

sa.lu

17

.... " r.u c " ga

gu

·,e t~

ga

' '· -, sa· bo_,,

g G -

'-

gebu

18

p ... ' sugu

n 1:· b ' ae:,a

e;un1a --

gebu

gala. .... .....

gumc:~

f' '

L,rUillS

... -I .. -GU

I .. -Ga

I

T;ll

I -ce I

-Ga

·~

-'- --- b ~ ~-· ,....· G'-'- . '-"

t;:i, bu

t T

bu

1 " a

....

telu

tebu

19

....

I ' GU

I .. ·cd

t~u

tJ-u

t~a "'-

tudu

tulu

tu bu

b B - -~

bu tabu

ba b~b~: a,' CL,

bu l~:uku

1 1J8 be tu

j'j C) 1__,Cv be.A, ba

.... -·

be tu Jj. ·,

i _,- 1 U1, 1 ..

b.-, h~ CC...JQ, D!> .. , o.1.u'

C!J I bu tu

batu

Egbaba sa batao

20

' ' a e u " u Ct,

da ke ' ' mu sa r·u ,__! 0

la 1 ' lr' me SU aa .(\_ u ku ' de ba SU ga !Ye 6

I -cu 1 ' a bu ka bu ' lu I

1118., sa -Ge ... le I ' b" mu -ca rru C•_, 0

lu ka d11 I se TJa

a, g" : ' -cu be rna du

datiu Du tu batEt

ba,tu bu tu mat a

Basl,1 Tu bu taka I b' sulu ' -ca u gas a

l"'d' Oo .. U luku kan1a

buga Be tu

tuda telu

PUla 0 21 dema

gum a gebu tulu ' gebu tulu guma

sulu bag a bab& sulu 1J~.:iQa . c..o b" bA CL. a,

seka kelu tebu keba ' ' duka gesa gas a rnasu

111e bu la megebu mebuga ' sekedu Salas a n1egaga

bekuku -' l 1 c,aoe a sumala

gulala belulu belugu

Dutu sa telu lat~o '\/; b ' I kuo 1.11e. aga sa mai=,a

IVlelega sa dukao

lVle buga sa datu sa b I ' a-Gao

22

-, -dus

... ...

bul

des bel 1 a.as b,;.l

'--·

duk huk .J '

delc bek

dak ba lr . vJ:\..

'- ~ ...

dakdak bakbak

del<""dek - .!._ ·- ..1."\_ tebek

dukduk hu·'-bu 17 .-... A, l>-

dusdus b2.l bal

-'- u -c u1--G o ! ._ ebel

bc_,ds_,k bulbul

23

tum

tern

' T)a.rn

tue:s I -ceg

'--

I

-Ga«J" 0

,_

-'- -- n1bn l­ud i . oJ.L\_

tu111ba

ta111buku

-'

--

ten1bu

-1- e o-t e -:: l..J b b

24

~

mus

mes

n1a,s

mul

mel

m;::)l C:...

- ,_

ema..l

an1el

n ··11ul ~ '"1Ul d..lL C'..ll

emas

karnel

t UlTI bc:,ga,

tugduk

badu ·1r l .!.,e u lega., temu ' tu bu be tu sasa ,ouma

0

sumala mebuga bekuku

melegEt Salasa gulala

dakdak tugduk ter11ten1

suksuk Dusdus tagkes

bugtus Bagkes tumbaga

Sc;JJsab lam beg sugdul

l1agkeb dugkul Getek

busug dakel 8ulat

1~1agtu Tebek l 0gb~ s Cv . Cu

gatas Bel ad Iviagsal

ta bas seleb kelus

dale1n kabeg

25

Mebugtus sa kelu kuo

Lagkeb ka dutuo

Tumebek a sa belado

D a 1 r e 1 s ,..., 1 a '11 1J e ,.-.. _.:..,_ o.., Ji ! 6 0

Gumalebek ka 8alasao

MebulA tern~ sa begasv

Tumudug sa bata.., o

lVlelega sa duka o

T1Jmemten1 da o

26

Cotabato Manobo

am el amulamul baba baM bakbak badak badu

bag a balbal basu bata batu bekuku belugu belulu betu bukbuk

buku bugll bulbul bu tu kag~

kaJA kama kamel keba. kedu kelu ku kudll kugU

kutu

GLOSSARY

pale ut-ut!n

baba palaka; martilyo

bagA; pamamaga paluin baso bata bato

sumabog bukbuk

buko nalulungkat buh6k

alug:In

kawali kama darili pampd.ng sa tabak ko kabayo yumuko

kuto

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English

hit the mark to suck on something to carry on back down river frog; hnJilTaer tree species tinder used uith fl:Uit fire making lungs, a suelling to beat drinking r;lass baby rock mother of pearl shell, make lime small black fish to explode dust made from wood bore tree joint lonesome hair a round raised object to shake something around to extract it native fry pan bed fingers high bank from bolo I- rrry horse walking in crouched position head lice

d.a dakclak damu datu depu

derna duhlt•.1: dur:n dusdus dut·.i eme!. em~ emas ebe~.:

eg gaga gala ga.sa gebu gebu gesa gula gulala gum a gt'Tl.~ la nu

lat~ la ta. leb~.

le tu luM. lukU lulu

GLOSSARY

::ilci damp tin drunpiffil datu ingay

uli lrumat6k kasama uilig<i.1, dil:i.g:J.:n ro6n

run a arnas us ck

gurcawa

payat turimb61 mataba. dalawang tulis puting asulcar

go ma kaluban

angkla la ta hawanin ang kupang tumakb6 saha namalukt6t mag-imbifk ng pa.lay sa tubo ng kawayan

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English

they to dab in something to d:i..b salt on food heac1ma.t1 to hear noise in distance ac;ain pound '.>Ti th fist corn ran ion to oprinkle over there a loris father species of banana smoke, steam pref ix able to do, function tar substance thin , skinny to lurk fat, heavy set two proneed arrow white sugar to turn colors rubber sheath for bolo long sql'.nsh like vegetable anchor five gal. can clear off big trees run tough leaves lie curled up store rice in bamboo tubes

Cotabato Hanobo

lumetu Mama rnamA 1nasu ma.ta meba.gil mebugA :r:lebul.11 :megebu melegA metud.A Musa mus ala owey sa saM saku Salas a salu salu sama sasA sebu seka sekedu SugU sulu sulu sumalA susu tab\ tabU tabela

taka tug bu tagta.g tagi)

t8lllbak

GLOSSARY

Tagalor;

tumatakbo

nganga ma.so ma ta pamamaga malungk6t puti mataba hin6g tuwid, matuwid

panyo at

kawa!~an sa.ko Martes paglalakMy salubungin natira utusa.n lamigrui

galong ng tubig utusan lruk~ sulo nasasa iyo bala.Mn tab8. tasa nagpapatayan

laging bus al ikalat ilagay tambak

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English

are running man's name chew of bet8l nut slodge hammer eye swelling lonesome white fat ripe straight man's name handkerchief and class marker to hold, grip suck Tuesday to travel to greet joyfully left over to order, cormnand to tm1per something force with head bamboo water containex to order, to send fingernail torch light idiom, up to you to peel off, to skin fat drinking cup to score hits on each other always corncob to spread out to place bank of rice paddy

tambu!ru teM. tebek tebu telu tfmbu tern.tern tEm1\ tuhu tllil t1"d'.l tur·tug tugdulc tul;.i

tull) tumba tl..lI!lbaga

GLOSSARY

Tagalog

tu tones tuba tulis tub6 tat lo rila rr.agparikit lubha tu bu tu.wid, matuwid l:·mb6k tuna win sacing dalawang taong narbabayo turo

tar so

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3nglish

button fermented drink sharp pointed object suga.r cane three line up in a row to start fire very a glass chimney straight hUJD.p 011 cow to dissolve speci8s of banana two people pqunding rice at once teach to fell abo.cu copper