The following vocabulary is presented in groups with the purpose of throwing additional light on the grade of culture the Igorot has attained.
No words follow which represent ideas borrowed of a modern culture; for instance, I do not record what the Igorot calls shoes, pantaloons, umbrellas, chairs, or books, no one of which objects he naturally possesses.
| Afternoon | Mug-a-qū′ |
| Afternoon, middle of | Mak-sip′ |
| Air | Si′-yâk |
| Ashes | Cha-pu′ |
| Blaze | Lang-lang |
| Cloud, rain | Li-fo′-o |
| Creek | Ki-nan′-wan |
| Dawn | Wi-wi-it′ |
| Day | A-qu′ |
| Day after to-morrow | Ka-sĭn′ wa′-kus |
| Day before yesterday | Ka-sĭn′ ug′-ka |
| Dust | Cha′-pog |
| Earthquake | Ye′-ga |
| East | Fa-la′-an si a-qu′ |
| Evening | Nĭ-su′-yao |
| Fire | A-pu′-i |
| Ground (earth) | Lu′-ta |
| Hill | Chun′-tug |
| Horizon | Nang′-ab si chay′-ya |
| Island | Pa′-na |
| Lightning | Yûp-yûp |
| Midnight | Tĕng-ang si la-fi′ |
| Milky way | Ang′-san nan tûk-fi′-fi[6] |
| Moon | Fu-an′ |
| Moon, eclipse of | Pĭng-mang′-ĕt nan fu-an′ |
| Moon, full | Fĭt-fi-tay′-ĕg |
| Moon, waxing, one-quarter | Fĭs-ka′-na |
| Moon, waxing, two-quarters | Ma-no′-wa |
| Moon, waxing, three-quarters | Kat-no-wa′-na |
| Moon, waning, three-quarters | Ka-tol-pa-ka′-na |
| Moon, waning, two-quarters | Ki-sul-fi-ka′-na |
| Moon, waning, one-quarter | Sĭg-na′-a-na |
| Moon, period following | Li′-mĕng |
| Morning | Fĭb-i-kût′ |
| Morning, mid | Ma-a-qu′ |
| Mountain | Fi′-lĭg |
| Mud | Pi′-tĕk |
| Nadir | Ad-cha′-ĭm |
| Night | La-fi′ or mas-chim |
| Noon | Nen-tĭng′-a or tĕng-ang si a-qu′ |
| Periods of time in a year | I-na-na′, La′-tûb, Cho′-ok, Li′-pas, Ba-li′-lĭng, Sa-gan-ma′, Pa-chog′, Sa′-ma |
| Plain | Cha′-ta |
| Pond | Tab-lak′ |
| Precipice | Ki-chay′ |
| Rain | O-chan′ |
| Rainbow | Fung-a′-kan |
| River | Wang′-a |
| River, down the river[7] | La′-god |
| River, mouth of | Sa-fang-ni′-na |
| River, up the river[8] | Ap′-lay |
| Sand | O-fod′ |
| Sea | Po′-sâng |
| Season, rice culture | Cha-kon′ |
| Season, remainder of year | Ka-sĭp′ |
| Sky | Chay′-ya |
| Smoke | A-sok′ |
| Spring | Ib-ĭb |
| Spring, hot | Lu-ag′ |
| Stars, large | Fat-ta-ka′-kan |
| Stars, small | Tûk-fi′-fi |
| Stone | Ba-to |
| Storm, heavy (rain and winds) | O-chan′ ya cha-kĭm |
| Storm, heavy prolonged (baguio) | Lĭm-lĭm |
| Sun | A-qu′ |
| Sun, eclipse of | Pĭng-mang′-ĕt |
| Sunrise | Lap-lap-on′-a |
| Sunset | Le-nun-nĕk′ nan a-qu′ |
| Thunder | Ki-cho′ |
| To-day | Ad-wa′-ni |
| To-morrow | A-swa′-kus |
| Valley, or cañon | Cha-lu′-lug |
| Water | Chĕ-num′ |
| Waterfall | Pa-lup-o′ |
| West | Lum-na-kan′ si a-qu′ |
| Whirlwind | Al-li-pos′-pos or fa-no′-on |
| Wind | Cha-kĭm |
| Year | Ta′-wĭn |
| Year, past | Tĭn-mo-wĭn |
| Yesterday | A-dug-ka′ |
| Zenith | Ad-tong′-cho |
| Armlet, bejuco | Sung-ûb′ |
| Armlet, boar tusk | Ab-kil′ |
| Bag, flint and steel | Pal-ma-ting′-ûn |
| Bag, tobacco, cloth | Cho′-kao |
| Bag, tobacco, bladder carabao or hog | Fi-chong′ |
| Bag, tobacco, bladder deer | Ka′-tat |
| Beads, string of | A-pong′ |
| Beads, dog tooth | Sa-ong |
| Beads, seed, black | Gu-sao′ |
| Beads, seed, blue gray | At-lok-ku′-i |
| Beads, red agate | Si′-lûng |
| Beads, white, large | Fo′-kûs |
| Blanket | E-wĭs′ or pi′-tay |
| Blanket, girl’s | Kûd-pas′ |
| Blanket, black, white stripes | Fa-yĭ-ong′ |
| Blanket, blue | Pi-nag-pa′-gan |
| Blanket, used to carry baby on back | I-fan′ |
| Blanket, white, blue stripes | Fan-cha′-la |
| Blanket, white, wide blue stripes | Tĭ-na′-pi |
| Breechcloth | Wa′-nĭs |
| Breechcloth, bark, red | Ti-nan′-agt |
| Breechcloth, bark, white | So′-put |
| Breechcloth, bark, white, burial | Chi-nang-ta′ |
| Breechcloth, blue | Fa′-a |
| Breechcloth, blue, small stripes | Bi-no-slun′ |
| Breechcloth, woman’s menstruation | Fa′-la |
| Ear plug or ear stretcher | Su-wĭp′ |
| Earring, three varieties | Sĭng-sĭng, i-pĭt, sĭng-ut′ |
| Girdle, man’s, chain | Ka′-chĭng |
| Girdle, man’s, bejuco rope | Ka′-kot |
| Girdle, man’s, bejuco string | I-kĭt′ |
| Girdle, man’s, fiber | Song-kit-an′ |
| Girdle, woman’s | Wa′-kĭs |
| Girdle, woman’s, bustle-like | A-ko′-san |
| Hair, false | Fo-bo-ok′ |
| Hat, man’s | Suk′-lâng |
| Hat, man’s fez-shaped, of Bontoc pueblo | Ti-no-od′ |
| Hat, man’s rain | Sĕg-fi′ |
| Hat, sleeping | Kut′-lao |
| Headcloth, burial | To-chong′ |
| Jacket, woman’s | La-ma |
| Necklace, boar tusk | Fu-yay′-ya |
| Neck ring, brass | Bang-gû |
| Pipe | Fo-bang′-a |
| Pipe, clay | Ki-na-lo′-sab |
| Pipe, brass “anito” | Tĭn-ak-ta′-go |
| Pipe, smooth cast metal | Pĭn-e-po-yong′ |
| Rain protector, woman’s | Tûg-wi′ |
| Rain protector, camote leaf | Ang-ĕl′ |
| Shell, mother-of-pearl, worn at waist by men | Fi-kûm′ |
| Shirt, man’s blue burial | Los-a′-dan |
| Shirt, man’s blue burial, red and yellow threads | A-ni′-wĭs |
| Skirt, woman’s burial | Kay-ĭn′ |
| Skirt, cotton | Lu-fĭd′ i kad-pas |
| Skirt, cotton, Bognen | Qa′-bou |
| Skirt, fiber | Pi-tay′ |
| Skirt, made of falatong | Lu-fĭd′ |
| Skirt, twine of | Mi-no′-kan |
| Tattoo | Fa′-tĕk |
| Tattoo, arm | Pong′-o |
| Tattoo, breast | Chak-lag′ |
| Ax, battle | Pi′-tong |
| Ax, cutting edge of | To-pek′ |
| Ax, handle of | Pa-lĭk′ |
| Ax, handle, bejuco ferrule of | Tok′-no |
| Ax, handle, iron ferrule of | Ka-lo′-lot |
| Ax, handle, top point of blade of | Pow-wit′ |
| Ax, working tool | Wa′-say |
| Ax, working tool, blade turned as adz | Sa′-ka |
| Ax, working tool, handle of | Pa-ka′-cha |
| Basket, baby’s food bottle | Tuk-to′-pĭl |
| Basket, ceremonial, chicken | Fi-ki′ |
| Basket, dinner | To′-pĭl |
| Basket, fish | Kot-ten′ |
| Basket, fish, small | Fak-kĭng′ |
| Basket, gangsa | Fa′-i si gang′-sa |
| Basket, grasshopper | I-wûs′ |
| Basket, house, holding about a peck | Fa-lo′-ko |
| Basket, man’s carrying | Ka-lu′-pĭt |
| Basket, man’s dirt | Ko-chuk-kod′ |
| Basket, man’s dirt scoop | Tak-o-chûg′ |
| Basket, man’s transportation | Ki-ma′-ta |
| Basket, man’s transportation, handle of | Pa′-tang |
| Basket, man’s traveling | Sang′-i |
| Basket, man’s traveling, with rain-proof covering (so-called “head basket”) | Fang′-ao |
| Basket, salt | Fa-ni′-ta |
| Basket, side, small, for tobacco | A-ku′-pan |
| Basket, spoon | So′-long |
| Basket, threshed rice | Ko′-lug |
| Basket, tobacco, small | Ka-lu′-pĭt |
| Basket, woman’s rum | Ag-ka-win′ |
| Basket, woman’s transportation | Lu′-wa |
| Basket, woman’s transportation, large | Tay-ya-an′ |
| Basket, woman’s vegetable | A-fo-fang |
| Basket, woman’s vegetable scoop | Sûg-fi′ |
| Bellows | Op-op′ |
| Bellows, piston of | Dot-dot′ |
| Bellows, tube of, to fire | To-bong′ |
| Bird scarer, carabao horn | Kong-ok′ |
| Box, small wooden, for hair grease | Tug-tug′-no |
| Chair, for corpse | Sung-a′-chil |
| Coffin | A-lo′-ang |
| Deadfall, for wild hogs | Ĭl-tĭb′ |
| Dish, small wooden | Chu′-yu |
| Dish, small wooden, bowl-shaped | Suk-ong′ |
| Drumstick | Pat-tong′ |
| Fire machine, bamboo | Co-li′-li |
| Fire machine, flint and steel | Pal-tĭng′ |
| Fire machine, flint and steel, cotton used with as tinder | A-mĕk′ |
| Gong, bronze | Gang′-sa |
| Gong, bronze (two varieties) | Ka′-los, Co-ong′-an |
| Gourd, large bejuco-bound, for meat | Fa′-lay |
| Head pad, woman’s, for supporting load on head | Ki′-kan |
| Jews-harp, wooden | Ab-a′-fü |
| Jug, gourd, for basi | Tak-ĭng′ |
| Knife, man’s small | Kĭ-pan′ |
| Ladle, common wooden, for rice | Fa′-nu |
| Ladle, gourd | Ki-ud |
| Ladle, narrow wooden | Fak-ong′ |
| Loom | In-a-fu′-i |
| Mortar, double, for threshing rice | Lu-song′ |
| Needle | Cha-kay′-yum |
| Net, grasshopper | Se-chok′ |
| Olla, roughly spherical jar | Fang′-a |
| Olla, more paralleled-side jar | Fu-o-foy′ |
| Olla, preserved meat | Tu-u′-nan |
| Paddle, olla-molding | Pĭp-i |
| Pail, wooden, for feeding pigs | Kak-wan′ |
| Pestle, rice | Al′-o |
| Pit-fall, for hogs | Fi′-to |
| Plate, eating, of braided bamboo | Ki′-ûg |
| Scarecrows | Pa-chĕk′, ki′-lao |
| Scarecrows, water power, line of | Pi-chug′ |
| Scarecrows, water power, wood in rapids | Pit-ug′ |
| Sieve, rice | A-ka′-ûg |
| Snare, wild chicken | Shi′-ay |
| Snare, spring, bird | Si-sĭm′ and Ling-an′ |
| Snare, spring, wild chicken and cat | Kok-o′-lâng |
| Spear | Fal-fĕg′ |
| Spear, blade of | Tu′-fay |
| Spear, blade, barbless | Fang′-kao |
| Spear, blade, many-barbed | Si-na-la-wi′-tan |
| Spear, blade, single-barbed | Fal-fĕg′ |
| Spear, blade | Kay-yan′ |
| Spoon, large wooden, for drinking | Tûg-on′ |
| Spoon, large wooden, for pig’s feed | Ka-od′ |
| Spoon, small wooden, for eating | I-chûs′ |
| Stick, soil-turning | Kay-kay |
| Stick, woman’s camote | Su-wan′ |
| Sweep runo, for catching birds | Ka-lĭb′ |
| Tattooing instrument | Cha-kay′-yum |
| Torch | Si-lu′ |
| Trap, fish, funnel, large | O-kat′ |
| Trap, fish, funnel, small | Ob-o′-fü |
| Trap, fish, scoop | Ko-yûg′ |
| Trap, wild-cat | Fa-wang′ |
| Tray, winnowing | Lĭg-o′ |
| Trough, for salt at Mayinit | Ko-long′-ko |
| Tube, for basi | Fu-ûs |
| Whetstone | A-san′ |
| Canal, irrigating | A′-lak |
| Council house for men | Fa′-wi |
| Council house, open court of | Chi-la′ |
| Council house, open court of, posts in | Po-si′ |
| Council house, roofed portion of | Tung-fub′ |
| Council house, closed room of | A′-fo |
| Council house, closed room, doorway of | Pan-tu |
| Council house, closed room, fireplace of | A-ni-chu′-an |
| Council house, closed room, floor of | Chap-ay′ |
| Council house, wall of | To-pĭng |
| Dam, in river | Lung-ud′ |
| Dormitory, boys’ | Pa-ba-fu′-nan |
| Dormitory, girls’ | O′-lâg |
| Dwelling | A′-fong |
| Dwelling, better class of | Fay′-ü |
| Dwelling, better class, aisle in | Cha-la′-nan |
| Dwelling, better class, door of | Tang-ĭb |
| Dwelling, better class, first room on left of aisle | Chap-an′ |
| Dwelling, better class, second room on left of aisle | Cha-le-ka-nan′ si mo-o′-to |
| Dwelling, better class, sleeping room of | Ang-an′ |
| Dwelling, better class, small recesses at ends of sleeping room | Kûb-kûb |
| Dwelling, better class, stationary shelf in | Chûk′-so |
| Dwelling, poorer class | Kat-yu′-fong |
| Fence, garden | A′-lad |
| Granary | A-lang′ |
| Lands, public | Pag-pag′ |
| Sementera, rice | Pay-yo′ |
| Sementera, abandoned | Nud-yun a pay-yo′ |
| Sementera, large, producing more than five cargoes | Pay-yo′ chûk-chûk′-wag |
| Sementera, small, producing less than five cargoes | Pay-yo′ ay fa-nĭg |
| Sementera, irrigated by hand | Pay-yo′ a kao-u′-chan |
| Sementera, unirrigated mountain | Fo-ag′ |
| Sementera, used as seed bed | Pad-cho-kan′ |
| Stones, groups of in pueblo, said to be places to rest and talk | O-bub-fu′-nan |
| Troughs, irrigation | Ta-la′-kan |
| Troughs, irrigation, scaffolding of | To-kod′ |
| Walls, sementera | Fa-nĭng′ |
| Ant, large black | Ku′-sĭm |
| Ant, large red | A-lala-sang′ |
| Ant, large red, pincers of | Kĕn′-ang |
| Ant, small red | Fu′-wĭs |
| Bedbug | Ki′-tĕb |
| Bee | Yu′-kan |
| Bee, wax of | A-tĭd′ |
| Bird | Ay-ay′-am |
| Butterfly, large | Fi-no-lo-fo′-lo |
| Butterfly, small | Ak-a′-kop |
| Carabao | No-ang′ |
| Carabao, backbone of | Tĭg-tĭg-i′ |
| Carabao, body of | Po′-to |
| Carabao bull | Tot′-o |
| Carabao calf | I-na-nak′ ay no-ang′ |
| Carabao cow | Kam-bat′-yan |
| Carabao cow, udder of | So′-so |
| Carabao, dew claw of | Pa-king-i′ |
| Carabao, foot of | Ko′-kod |
| Carabao, fore leg of | Kong-kong′-o ay pang-u-lo |
| Carabao, forequarters of | Pang-u-lo |
| Carabao, hair of | Tot-chut′ |
| Carabao, hind leg of | Kong-kong′-o ay o-chi-chi′ |
| Carabao, horn of | Sa-kod′ |
| Carabao, white mark on neck of | La-fang′ |
| Carabao, point of shoulder of | Mok-mok-ling pang-u-lo |
| Carabao, rear quarters of | O-chi-chi′ |
| Carabao, rump of | Ba-long′-a |
| Carabao, tail of | I′-pus |
| Carabao, wild | Ay-ya-wan′ |
| Caterpillar | Ge′-chĕng |
| Chicken | Mo-nok′ |
| Chicken, cock | Kao-wi′-tan |
| Chicken, cock, spur of | Pa-gĭng-i′ |
| Chicken, cock, wild | Sa′-fûg |
| Chicken, comb of | Ba-long-a-bĭng′ |
| Chicken, crop of | Fi-chong′ |
| Chicken, ear lobe of, white | Ko-wĕng′ |
| Chicken, egg | Ĕt-log′ |
| Chicken, foot of | Go-mot′ |
| Chicken, gall of | Ak-ko′ |
| Chicken, gizzard of | Fit-li′ |
| Chicken, heart of | Leng-ag′ |
| Chicken, hen | Mang-a′-lak |
| Chicken, leg of | Pu-yong′ or o-po′ |
| Chicken, liver of | A′-ti |
| Chicken, mandible of | To-kay′ |
| Chicken, pullet | Chi′-sak |
| Chicken, stomach of | Fu-ang′ |
| Chicken, tail of | Ga-tod′ |
| Chicken, toe of | Ga′-wa |
| Chicken, toe nail of | Ko-ko′ |
| Chicken, wattles of | Ba-long-a-bĭng′ |
| Chicken, wing of | Pay-yok′ |
| Chicken, young | Im′-pas |
| Crab | Ag-ka′-ma |
| Crab (found in sementeras) | Song′-an |
| Cricket | Fĭl-fĭl′-tĭng |
| Crow | Gay-yang |
| Deer | Og′-sa |
| Dog | A′-su |
| Dog, male | La-la′-ki ay a′-su |
| Dog, female | Fa-fay′-i ay a′-su |
| Dog, puppy | O-kĕn′ |
| Dragon fly | Lang-fay′-an |
| Fish, large, 3 to 5 feet long
| Cha-lĭt′ |
| Fish, 6 to 10 inches long
| Li′-lĭng |
| Fish, small | Ka-cho′ |
| Flea | Ti′-lang |
| Fly (house fly) | La′-lug |
| Hawk | La-fa′-an |
| Hog | Fu-tug′ |
| Hog, barrow | Na-fit-li′-an |
| Hog, boar | Bu′-a |
| Hog, boar, tusk of | Tang-o′-fu |
| Hog, sow | O-go′ |
| Hog, wild | La′-man or fang′-o |
| Hog, young | A-mug′ |
| Horse | Ka-fay′-o |
| Horse, colt | I-na-nak′ ay ka-fay′-o |
| Horse, mare | Fa-fay′-i ay ka-fay′-o |
| Horse, stallion | La-la′-ki ay ka-fay′-o |
| Lizard | Fa-ni′-as |
| Locust | Cho′-chon |
| Locust, young, without wings | O-non |
| Louse | Ko′-to |
| Louse, nit | I′-lĭt |
| Maggot | Fi′-kĭs |
| Monkey | Ka-ag′ |
| Mosquito | Tip′-kan |
| Mouse | Cho-cho′ |
| Owl | Ko-op′ |
| Rat | O-tot′ |
| Snail, in river | Ko′-ti |
| Snail, in sementera (three mollusks) | Kit-an′, Fĭng′-a, Lis′-chûg |
| Snake | O-wûg′ |
| Spider | Ka-wa′ |
| Wasp | A-tĭn-fa-u′-kan |
| Wild-cat | In′-yao |
| Wild-cat (so called) | Si′-le, co′-lang |
| Worm | Ka-lang′ |
| Bamboo | Ka-way′-gan |
| Bamboo, used for baskets | A′-nĭs |
| Bamboo, used to tie bunches of palay | Fi′-ka |
| Bamboo, used to tie bunches of palay, fiber of | Pĭng-ĕl |
| Banana | Fa′-lat |
| Banana, green variety | Sa-gĭng |
| Banana, yellow variety | Mi-nay′-ang |
| Bark | Sĭp-sĭp |
| Bark, from which brown fiber is made | Lay-i′ |
| Bark, inner, for spinning | Ko-pa′-nĭt |
| Bean, black and gray | I′-tab |
| Bean, black, small | Ba-la′-tong |
| Bean, pale green, small | Ka′-lap |
| Bejuco (rattan) | Wu-e |
| Bud | Fo′-a |
| Camote | To-ki′ |
| Camote, blossom of | Tup-kao′ |
| Camote, red, two varieties | Si′-sĭg, Pĭt-ti′-kan |
| Camote vine | Fi-na-li′-lĭng |
| Camote, white, six varieties | Li-no′-ko, Pa-to′-ki, Ki′-nûb fa-fay′-i, Pi-i-nĭt′, Ki-wĕng′, Tang-tang-lab′ |
| Flower | Fĕng′-a |
| Forest | Pag-pag |
| Fruit | Fi-kûs′-na |
| Leaf | To-fo′-na |
| Limb, tree | Pang′-a |
| Maize | Pi′-ki |
| Millet | Sa′-fug |
| Millet, dark grain, "black" | Pi-tĭng′-an |
| Millet, white, three varieties | Mo-di′, Poy-nĕd′, Si-nang′-a |
| Plant, cultivated for spinning fiber | Pü-üg′ |
| Plant, wild, fiber gathered for spinning | A-pas |
| Plant, wild, fiber of above | Las-las′ |
| Rice | Pa-kü′ |
| Rice, beard of | Fo-ok′ |
| Rice, boiled | Mak-an′ |
| Rice, head of | Sĭn-lu′-wi |
| Rice, kernel of | Ĭ-ta′ |
| Rice, red varieties, smooth | Chay-yĕt′-ĭt, Gu-mĭk′-i |
| Rice, red variety, bearded | Fo-o′-kan |
| Rice, roots of | Tad-lang′ |
| Rice, shelled grain | Fi-na-u′ |
| Rice, stalk of | Pang-ti-i′ |
| Rice, white, four varieties | Ti′-pa, Ga′-sang, Pu-i-a-pu′-i, Tu′-pĕng |
| Root, of plant | La-mot′ |
| Runo | Lu′-lo |
| Squash | Ka-lĭb-as′ |
| Tree | Kay′-o, cha-pon′ |
| Tree, dead | Na-lu′-yao |
| Tree, knot on | Pĭng-i′ |
| Tree, stump of | Tung-ĕd′ |
| Vine, wild, from which fiber for spinning is gathered | Fa-ay′-ĭ |
| Wood, from which pipes are made, three varieties | Ga-sa′-tan, La-no′-ti, Gi-gat′ |
| Wood, fire | May-i-su′-wo |
| Wood, fire, pitch pine | Kay′-o |
| Wood, fire, from all other trees | Cha′-pung |