| a'a | Person; people. |
| a'a liyu-liyu | A person from a different place; a foreigner; outsider; stranger. |
| a'a (a'a ga'i takiter) | Unseen being. |
| alim | A person gifted with second sight; a seer. |
| Almasi | The Messiah, Christ (the title given to Jesus signifying him to be the promised one from God). |
| ambuwinang | A servant of a sultan. |
| amu | Patron; master; boss. |
| anak-apu' | Members of a congregation. |
| awliya' | Certain very devout, wise men or women with special powers; a hermit; an ascetic. |
| bakla' | Homosexual male; a person who is acting in an effeminate way. |
| bagellal | An official; a titled one. |
| bahi'1 2 | An elder, a position in the community or mosque. |
| balbero | A barber. |
| batalyon | Battalion. |
| bilal | Assistant (in the mosque, lowest grade). |
| kalgarul | Porter, stevedore (any person that carries cargo as his job). |
| kalpentero | Carpenter. |
| kapatas | Foreman (in a work crew). |
| kāpil | Unbeliever; a Visayan; any non-Muslim. |
| kapitan | Captain (military rank or highest officer on a ship). |
| Kastila' | Spanish; Spaniard. |
| katoliko | Catholic. |
| kelnel | Colonel (military rank). |
| kondaktol | Conductor, collector of fares (in a public conveyance). |
| kumpaniya 2 | Company (a body of soldiers); a unit (as of infantry). |
| kunsihal | Counselor (in a municipality or a district thereof). |
| datu' | Chief; headman; datu (a rank bestowed on certain people). |
| dayang-dayang | Princess, daughter of a datu or sultan. |
| doktol | Doctor, medical doctor, physician. |
| ewliya' | Certain very devout, wise men or women with special powers; a hermit; an ascetic. |
| eymulla | Bless him; may he rest in peace; the late ... (Expression used with the name of a deceased person.) |
| gapi' | Assistant; a helper; s.o. taking one’s side in a fight. |
| gellal | A title of rank; new name after pilgrimage. |
| gubelno 1 | Government. |
| gubelno 2 | Governor. |
| gubnul | Governor. |
| guru | Teacher (of religious matter or karate). |
| guwaldiya | A guard, watchman. |
| hadji' | Hajji, hadji (a person who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca). |
| Hapun | Japanese; Japan. |
| hatib | An official position in the mosque. |
| huwis | Judge (in a government court). |
| Ilanun | Ilanun (Iranon) people. |
| imam | Imam, leader of a Muslim congregation. |
| īpun | Follower, adherent. |
| Isa Almasi | Jesus Christ. |
| Ispanyul | Spanish; Spaniard. |
| istudiyante | Student (in a secular school). |
| jama'a | A visitor (from another congregation for a religious occasion). |
| jeneral | General (military rank). |
| landungan | A shaman (a person who has a familiar spirit). |
| liyu2 a'a liyu-liyu | A stranger, outsider, foreigner. |
| liyutenan | Lieutenant (military rank). |
| luwa'an | Bajaw, Sama people (living on boats), Sea Gypsies. |
| mahadja | A title of rank (from Indian maharajah). |
| mahluk | People, human beings (used only of many people). |
| Malayu | Malayan people of Malaysia; Malay language. |
| malim | A guide, one who leads and directs. |
| Mam | Madam, Mrs. (respectful term for older women or women with authority). |
| manusiya' | Mankind; human race; human being; people. |
| mastal | Teacher (in a secular school). |
| Merikanu | A Caucasian, a white person. |
| muklu' | Bandit; outlaw. |
| mulid | A pupil; student (esp.of one studying the Qur’an or in a Qur’an school madrasa). |
| mundu | Bandit, outlaw. |
| Muslim | Muslim, Moslem, an adherent of Islam. |
| nabi | Prophet. |
| nars | A nurse, a paramedic. |
| pakil | A learned person (s.o.who knows how to read the Qur’an and to sing the mawulud). |
| pagkasi | One’s fellow, peer; a person of the same group. |
| pandey 2 | Midwife; mortician, undertaker (a person who prepares a body for burial). |
| pandu' | A leader, guide (one who leads in an activity or leads the way). |
| panglima | A title (for a person who knows to judge minor cases). |
| pari' | Catholic priest; a nun (if specified as female). |
| parinta | Government. |
| pililitu | A person who trades as an occupation; trader. |
| pilisu | Prisoner. |
| puntu | Card players (other than the one dealing). |
| salip | A hereditary title (given to someone who claims descent from Prophet Muhammad). |
| Sama2 | Sama people, an ethnic group in the southern Philippines. |
| sattre | Tailor, dressmaker. |
| sawe' | A companion, associate, fellow, partner, spouse, any person one knows. |
| sekuriti | Security guard. |
| sibilyan | Civilian. |
| Sina' | China, Chinese. |
| sitti | Title for revered women. |
| Sūk | Jolo (an island in the Sulu sea). Tausug people and their language. |
| suki'1 | A regular seller or customer. |
| sultan | A king or sovereign (esp. of a Muslim state). |
| sundalu | Soldier. |
| tabib | Healer, practitioner (medical), specialist (a person knowledgeable in herbal medicine and magical formulas and incantations). |
| ta'usamaya | A small person; a dwarf. |
| tindeg | Adherent, follower, retinue or attendant (of an important personage); someone under the care of another person (as a relative, friend, companion). |
| tininti | Lieutenant (military rank). |
| tirinis | Trainees (some half-trained military forces during World War II). |
| tomboy | A female who acts like a male; a homosexual female, lesbian. |
| Tuwan | Term of address for a respected men; sir. |
| ulama' | A scholar in Islam, an authority on Muslim religion and laws. |
| ummat | People of God (as his created beings); people of a religious community; Muslim community. |
| unsa | A bisexual. |
| ustad | A teacher in the Qur’an school. |
| uwangkaya' | The title of an official in the mosque; an elder who helps judge cases. |
| Yakan | Yakan. |
| Yahudi | A Jew. |