#2 Bisaya Translations: Foods

Here are some common food names with their Bisaya equivalent. I hope you will learn from this lesson and please do tell me on the comment section any suggestions on what to write since I maintain a lot of blogs right now. Have fun!!!

1. Sour Fish Soup - Inun-onan  ("Paksiw" in tagalog)
2. Fried Fish - Piniritong Isda (from word "prito" means fried)
3. Rice - Bugas
4. Pork - Karneng Baboy ( karne means meat)
5. Beef - Karneng Baka
6. Chicken meat - Karneng Manok
7. Duck meat - Karneng Bibi
8. Goose meat - karne sa Gansa
9. Turkey meat - Karne sa Pabo
10. Egg - Itlog
11. Corn - Mais
12. Sugar - Asukar
13. Braise pork - Nilat-ang baboy (from word "lata" means soften)
14. Braise beef - Nilat-ang baka
15. Braise chicken - Nilat-ang manok
16. Muscovado - Kinugay na asukar
17. Kangkong - Tangkong
18. Stewed Vegetables - Lawya or Lauya
19. Stewed vegetables with fried fish - Law-uy
20. Brown rice cakes with jelly texture - Kuchinta
21. Rice cake - Bingka
22. Banana wrapped sticky rice cake - Budbod or Ibos (Suman in tagalog)
23. Sun dried cassava wafers - Kiping or Kabkab
24. Onion - Sibuyas Bombay
25. Garlic - Ahos
26. Scallion - Sibuyas dahon
27. Moringa leaves - Kamunggay (Malunggay in tagalog)
28. Tomato - Kamatis
29. Basil - Sangig
30. Mexican Turnips - Singkamas
31. Ginger - Luy-ah
32. Boiled Water - Binukalang Tubig
33. Salt - asin
34. Coconut milk - Tuno
35. Coconut chicken soup - Tinuno-ang manok (from the word "tuno" means coconut milk)
36. Coconut pork soup - Tinuno-ang baboy
37. Coconut Jackfruit Soup - Tinuno-ang nangka (Nangka in tagalog is Langka)
38. Grilled fish - Sinugbang isda (sugba means grill)
39. Grilled pork - Sinugbang baboy
40. Grilled chicken - Sinugbang manok or Inasal na manok ( Sugba in tagalog is Inihaw)
41. Grilled beef - Sinugbang baka
42. Ceviche - Kinilaw (marinated raw fresh fish or seafood)
43. Ceviche's Pork - Kinilaw na baboy
44. Goat's meat - Karneng kanding
45. Sticky rice cake mixed with Muscovado - Biko (Malagkit is the equivalent term in Tagalog)
46. Caramel - latik (coconut milk with muscovado boiled in high heat)
47. Corn flour - tiktik
48. Coconut -  Lubi
49. Caramelized young coconut meat - Bukayo
50. Sugar and Margarine coated grilled banana- Ginanggang or Saging Ginanggang
51. Honey - Dugos
52. Steamed rice - Nilung-ag na bugas (from the word "Lung-ag" means to cook)
53. Steamed corn mill - Nilung-ang na mais
54. Tamarind - Sambag
55. Tamarind Soup - Sinambagang Sinabaw ( Sinigang is the equivalent term in Tagalog cooking)
56. Native Lemons - Limon
57. Pomelo - Buongon
58. Kamias - Iba
59. Carambola or Star Fruit - Balingbing
60. Pickled Papaya - Atsara
61. Fermented Salted Fish - Ginamos
62. Sundried Salted Fish - Bulad or Buwad
63. Bread - Pan
64. Hot and sweetened Taro with coconut cream pudding mixed with banana, tapioca etc. - Binignit (Visayan delicacy during holy week)

This is what we called as ginanggang and there's really no exact english term for this Filipino delicacy. It's simply a ripe banana grilled or barbecued then brushed with margarine or butter and sprinkled with sugar.