| aka 1 | To tell s.t.; to inform s.o. of s.t. |
| akkal 1 | To think; to reason. |
| ara'-ara' 1 | To think; guess, estimate s.t. |
| bakbat | To talk or mumble s.t. to oneself; keep repeating the same thing; to mutter; talk nonsense. |
| bakil | To accuse s.o. (of having an illicit love-affair or an improper relationship). |
| bala'2 | (For a girl) to report (that a man touched her); to accuse (a man of misbehavior). |
| banu-banu | To plan s.t. |
| bangkil | To mention s.t.; to talk about s.t. |
| batin | To suspect s.o. (of having done s.t. wrong). |
| beklas1 | To stop talking; end a conversation. |
| bentu | To put the responsibility for doing s.t. on each other; to argue about (who will do s.t.). |
| betta-betta | For thoughts about s.t. to not cease coming into one’s mind; to not be able to stop thinking about s.t.; not being able to forget s.t. or s.o. |
| bidjak | To talk s.o. out of or into s.t. (through flattery); to persuade s.o.; to play down the value of s.t. (what one person has or does in order to get one’s way). |
| bissā | To speak; say. |
| bistiga | To investigate, to question s.o. (esp. if one thinks the person has done s.t. wrong). |
| bumbung | To persuade s.o.; to give advice to s.o. (to do a certain thing); to admonish s.o. |
| butanyag | To make s.t. known. |
| kalkula | To calculate, estimate s.t. |
| kannal | To think s.t. mistakenly, have an idea wrongly. |
| kara-kara | To speak straightforward, speak one’s mind, face s.o.. |
| kasla | To be rude; offensive. |
| kelolop | To shout in defiance. |
| kemot | To whisper. |
| kettep | To lisp, stick the tongue between the teeth (when speaking). |
| kila-kila | Perception; understanding (esp. of danger). |
| kilahap | To scream, cry loudly, bawl, howl. |
| kimmat 1 | To intend to do s.t., to think of doing s.t. |
| kolehak | To shout (in anger). |
| koto-koto | To gossip, pass on scandal or news; spread word (from house to house or person to person). |
| kumpas1 | To estimate, guess s.t. |
| kunub-kunub | To grumble, mutter, murmur. |
| dalil (dalilan ) | A parable, comparison; a figure of speech. |
| dā'ut | Double meaning (of speech). |
| debdab | To talk nonsense, talk a lot. |
| diskas | To complain (about being disadvantaged); to argue. |
| eli'an | To speak using proverbs. |
| esseb 1 | To remember s.t. or s.o. |
| gasud | To shout, yell, speak very loudly. |
| haris | To talk or speak about s.t. (esp. about religious matters). |
| hāti 5 | To inform s.o. about s.t. |
| heto | To chat; talk (informal). |
| higung-higung | To murmur; to speak gently or softly. |
| hūmat | To persuade s.o.; to counsel s.o. |
| inu-inu | To accuse s.o. (not to his face); to cast a slur on, denounce. |
| inggal | To call (a person) to eat. |
| istori | To tell (about an event). |
| isun | To consult with s.o., confer with, deliberate over s.t., plan s.t., come to an agreement, discuss; suggest. |
| iyakin | To realize (that s.t. is different from what one had thought it to be). |
| jampa | To contradict s.o.; to answer harshly and loudly (with remarks unwarranted in order to shame s.o.); to thwart s.o. (in speech). |
| jawab | To argue; to answer back; contradict. |
| junjung | To beg, beseech, urge or advise earnestly, adjure (to adhere to teaching or advice). |
| juri | To argue; agitate, upset, interrogate, badger, harass, annoy. |
| laka'-laka' | To talk obscenely. |
| lagbas 2 | To convey, communicate, pass on information. |
| lalap | To utter foolish or senseless words. |
| lanat 2 | To beg s.o. to be taken along (when he goes out). |
| langgal3 2 | To speak in an offending, affronting, insulting manner. |
| lapal | To speak, deliver (a speech). |
| lawat | To talk a lot (like a drunken person or a crazy one). |
| lebad 2 | To speak with unfamiliar intonation; to add fancy expressions (in speech); to add elaborate embellishment (in vocal music, coloratura). |
| lebbit 1 | Rash or quick (to speak); impetuous; overbold; speaking without due consideration. |
| letob | To talk (a lot). |
| lettep | To be quiet, to stop talking. |
| libag | To imitate a different intonation. |
| lidjal | To discredit s.o, to spread malicious rumors (in order to get rid of s.o.), to libel, slander, speak ill of s.o. |
| limanda | To accuse s.o. (to the police); inform (the police of a crime); report (to authorities). |
| limut | To backbite, to say bad things (behind a person’s back), slander. |
| lingan | To call (to s.o.). |
| mahalayak | To announce, proclaim s.t., make s.t. known. |
| matey 2 | To wail (as for the dead). |
| mewpakkat | To deliberate over s.t., sit in council over s.t.; come to a consensus on s.t. |
| miting | To talk with s.o. |
| niyat | To think, intend to do s.t.; to know s.t. for a fact, be certain about it. |
| pa'al | To foretell, predict s.t. |
| pāka-pāka | To tell bad things about s.o. (in his absence); slander. |
| pāku | To ask for s.t., request s.t.; to pray. |
| pada'ak | To ask s.o. to inform (the offending party of some wrong done to self). |
| pa'in1 1 | To say, speak, tell; to think. Quotation formula. |
| palanu | To plan to do s.t. |
| palata' | To inform, make public, spread information. |
| paliksa' | To check on s.t.; clarify s.t.; confirm s.t.; find out s.t. from s.o. |
| pangkal | Straightforward (disregarding the feelings of the hearer); offending (of speech); rude. |
| pangew | To say s.t. while sleeping. |
| paru | To plan s.t. |
| pasan | To send a message with s.o., to ask s.o. to relay a request. |
| pehemok | To comfort s.o.; to persuade s.o. to take a different attitude; to pacify; to distract from s.t. |
| pellun | To greet s.o. (esp. at the house); to welcome s.o. (at a gathering or at the house). |
| pengngak | Nasal, adenoidal, indistinct (of speech). |
| pikil | To think, to ponder. |
| poppot | To jabber, gabble, prattle (a derogatory way of speaking about what s.o. else says). |
| puggut | To complain, grumble (about being disadvantaged). |
| puhun | To report bad behavior (in order to get sympathy or support). |
| sabbut1 | To mention s.t. |
| sabit1 | To greet s.o.; call out a greeting to s.o. |
| sabit2 | To rebuke s.o., tell s.o. not to do s.t. |
| sabit3 | To make a (complimentary or critical) remark about s.t., to remark about s.t. |
| sakap | To be going to do s.t.; to plan to do s.t. (and get ready for it). |
| sagda | To chide s.o.; to reprove; to tell not to do s.t. |
| sagina 1 | To greet s.o. |
| sahawi | To ask s.o. or talk to s.o. again (about a previously discussed item). |
| salba | To chide, reprimand, censure s.o., stop s.o. from s.t. (by talking to him). |
| salla' 3 | To scold, tell s.o. off, quarrel. |
| salsila | To relate the history of things; relate or tell stories from sacred scriptures. |
| sambag | To reply, respond, answer (in writing or from some distance). |
| sambat | To say s.t. |
| sambat | To ask for, request (advice or help). |
| sambung 1 | To answer, reply. |
| sambung 2 | To quarrel, talk back. |
| sanggup | To promise s.t. (esp. if the thing promised was requested). |
| saplag | To disperse, spread, make known (information). |
| sege' | To talk s.o. into s.t.; to urge s.o. |
| sessa' | To instruct s.o. (what to do or how to do s.t.), to charge s.o. (to do s.t.), to give a directive, to give an order (what to do in one’s absence). |
| sessel2 | To question s.o., extract information. |
| siddik 2 | To like or want s.t. |
| sisil 1 | To envy, view with envy. |
| su'al | To engage s.o. in a verbal contest or argument (usually of religious matters in order to find out how much he knows). |
| subahat | To utter, to mention s.t. |
| subali | To swear, to make a binding statement about s.o. (as of an oath of enmity or friendship). |
| subet | Indistinct (of speech, because some sounds are substituted with others). |
| sukat2 | To suggest s.t., make a suggestion, advise, recommend. |
| sūg-sūg | To incite, nudge on, prod s.o. to do s.t. (often bad). |
| sugsug | To trace a kin relationship, to tell how people are related. |
| sumariya | To question s.o. (about s.t. that happened), interrogate. |
| sumbung | To inform against, tell on s.o.; report an incident. |
| suna 1 | To ask again about s.t. |
| sunsit | To ask questions, inquire, quiz, probe. |
| suwi-suwi | To tell s.t. (such as a tale, s.t. experienced); to relate an experience. |
| ta'at | To say, pronounce, mention s.o.’s name; say s.t. |
| ta'awil | To explain the meaning of s.t. |
| tadju' | To inquire (if a marriage proposal may be accepted). |
| tali' | To think about (the meaning of s.t.); to figure out (the meaning). |
| tanya | To question s.o. |
| tawag 1 | To summon s.o.; to call s.o. (for a specific purpose). |
| tawag 2 | To spread word (about some occasion or about s.t. lost). |
| tebba' sāsab | Gibberish, nonsense, rude or insulting talk. |
| terol | Clumsy, awkward (of speaking). |
| tete | To tell, relate s.t. (giving a lot of unnecessary information); tell everything from the beginning (more than the listener wants to hear). |
| tettas 2 | Finish (speech or items like rice and money), end, terminate, stop (speaking); close (a legal case). |
| tilew | To ask a question. |
| tokod | To guess, suspect s.t. |
| tolo' | To teach, instruct, advise s.o. (on matters of knowledge or moral). |
| tuksa' | To accuse s.o. (of doing s.t.). |
| tumbuy | To scold, tell off s.o. (by reminding him that he expects favors without helping). |
| tutul | To remind s.o. (of benefits received i.e. help and/or gifts that one has given). |
| umey 1 | To ask (a question). |
| upama2 | To mention s.t.; to say s.t.; to relate s.t. |
| usul | To relate s.t. (from beginning to end). |
| uwakas | To shout, speak with a very loud voice. |