EM-ÉM

To close lips tightly, ag ⊗, ⊗ an: Castá in ⊗ an d met-lét, said of miser hoarding money without spending.

See quitóm.

EM-EMPÉN

To harbor hatred, rancor in heart.

See ennép.

EMBÁRGO

(Spanish word).

Embargo or attachment of property by court order.

To take authority an animal or object on own initiative for public service.

EMDÚC

Thrift in spending: spend judiciously, little by little, ⊗ en.

Some take it for stinginess or misery in spending; miser, manğ ⊗.

See imut, iput.

EMMÁ

Calm, meekness, affability, restfulness: sweet, affable, na ⊗.

See talná, tacnéng.

EN

Irregular active verb meaning to go: ⊗ ca, ⊗ camí, go, let us go.

Also adverb meaning already: umáy, comes; umáy ⊗, already comes; matúrog, sleeps; matúrog ⊗, already sleeps.

When joined to first person singular, converts to on: umáyon, I already come; matúrogon, I already sleep.

Particle forming passive verbs.

(See multiple uses in grammar).

See in, mapán, áy.

ENDIÁPI

Large violin or lute used in antiquity.

ENG̃-ÉNG̃

Mutter between teeth of proud and lazy person; grumble, ag ⊗, um ⊗.

Stammerer speaking poorly from tongue numbness.

ENGNĞÁT

To part quarrelers, ag ⊗; step between separating them, mamag ⊗.

See sina.

ENNÁ

Water filtered through sand, boiled to extract salt.

See upáya.

ENNÉM

Cardinal number meaning six.

ENNÉP

Inner reservation of feeling: to reserve, keep in heart what is felt, especially hatred, ⊗ en.

See em-empén.

EP-ÉP

To restrain, contain, mitigate hunger, anger, weeping, laughter or any passion, ⊗ en.

To gag person or animal to prevent shouting.

To shade light, glare, placing screen.

EPPÉG

Division or part of land: divide land, ⊗ en.

EPPÉS

Grain or pip without substance.

Word or deed without substance.

To subside swelling, umpés.

EPPÉT

(ancient) Said of woman completely lacking milk to nurse.

ER-ÉR

Vanity, pride; or spirit suggesting luxury and show: have such quality, ag ⊗.

ERGO

Latin word used in sense of arguing, refuting with reasons: to argue, ag ⊗; against whom argued, ⊗ en.

See púsit, túbar.

ERNÍT

(ancient) Respect, reverence, courtesy: heed with fear, not dare approach person, ma ⊗.

EROÁ

(ancient) To exhume a corpse to transfer it, ⊗ en.

ERPÉNG̃

To equalize, be suitable: mai ⊗: does not suit, is not right, e.g. setting gold jewel with lead, or commoner mingling with nobility.

ERRÉS

Consumption: to waste away living being; become lean, exhausted, umrés.

Said also of waning of cut tree when drying.

See quebbét.

ERSÁN

(ancient) To go all together to do something to finish quickly, ag ⊗.

ES-ÉS

To shrink, e.g. wood drying, um ⊗.

ESCÓBA

Broom to clean clothes, footwear: brush a thing, ⊗ en.

ESSÉM

Desire: to desire something: covetous, desiring, na ⊗.

To imitate works of another through emulation, umsém.

See calicágum, tarigágay.

ESTÍLO

(Spanish word).

Fashion; taste, elegance in dress, manners: elegant person or thing, na ⊗.

ET-ÉT

To compress flesh tightening cord, ma ⊗ an.

See el-él.

ETTÁ

Paddy grains remaining in milled rice: adú ti ⊗ tóy á bagás, this rice has many unhusked grains.

Defect or fault in speech.

Errata in writing, book: having defect, na ⊗.

Refrain: no hay trigo ó arroz sin paja, ó el que mucho habla en algo yerra, aoán ti bagás á aoán ⊗ na.

F

This letter, which natives pronounce as p, does not exist in the Ilocano language.

Nevertheless, some Spanish words beginning with said letter have been adopted, such as familias, fiar, fiesta, firma, etc.; but since they give these words the same meaning they have in Spanish, they are not included here as unnecessary.

GAADDÁNG̃

(ancient) To attack suddenly one another, ag ⊗.

GÁANG̃

(ancient) For pot, kettle to crack over fire from being worn, ma ⊗.

To wear lace on shirt over chest, ag ⊗.

See agáag.

GÁBAT

Debris, timbers washed down by river flood or found at sea.

Lost person or animal without owner: quinábatco tóy á ubíng, I found this lost child.

GÁBAY

Delay: to arrive late, arrive at the very last, ma ⊗: pacaoaném ti ⊗ co, pardon my lateness.

See bayág.

GABBÓ

To wrestle in game or embracing, ag ⊗.

GABÍS

To be disappointed; arrive late, e.g. going to feast after it ended; seeking person who just left, mai ⊗.

GÁBO

(ancient) Descent or lineage outside marriage.

See pútut, tabuénğ.

GABÓR

Surface sand, earth, stone: silt left by flood.

Earth, garbage filling hole.

To hill up plant, cover hole with earth, ag ⊗.

See tabon.

GABSÓON

Mound: to heap garbage, ⊗ en; pile up troubles, chores, miseries, ma ⊗.

See dalúson.

GABUÉN

(ancient) To tie sugarcane so it grows thick.

GÁBUT

To pull up grass, rice, ⊗ en.

See párot, gánut.