Glossary

acedia                                variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not

                                             being concerned with one's position or condition in the world. In 

                                             ancient Greece, akidía literally meant an inert state without pain or

                                             care.

 

adow                                  a Dumagat-Bulosan word for day

 

Adow ne Domaget        Dumagat-Bulosan phrase for Dumagat Day

 

ageh                                   Dumagat traditional dress or garb

 

aufheben                          German term for sublation

 

barrio                                  small rural village in the Philippines

 

bartolina                            small prison cell

 

bayanihan                         a Filipino term to mean communal unity and cooperation

 

bota                                     boots

 

bulan-bulanan                 a traditional Dumagat community game

 

curare                                  Latin, translates to ‘to care’

 

danas                                   experiential or somatic

 

dapdap                                coral tree or fire tree; an important tree in Dumagat culture

 

daster                                   Filipino word for house dress

 

Domaget                             Dumagat-Bulos of ‘Dumagat’

 

Dumagat                             collective term for the Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Sierra

                                                mountain range in the Philippines; also means people of the seas,

                                                first peoples or first nations

 

Dumagat-Bulos                 one of the dialects of the Dumagat language

 

Filipino                                  a standardised form of the Tagalog, and is the national                                                                             language of the Philippines.

 

Igorot                                    collective for the Indigenous Peoples inhabiting the Cordillera

                                                mountain range in the Philippines; also means people from the

                                                mountains

 

Ilongot                                  collective term for the Indigenous Peoples inhabiting the                

                                                Caraballo mountain range in the Philippines. They used to   practice

                                                head-hunting as tradition

 

kaksaan                               Dumagat term for chieftain

 

kalimudan                          Maguindanao term for ‘gathering’

 

kudlasan                              traditional necklace/accessory of the Dumagat made from                                                                      kudlasan or amugo seeds

 

kuliglig                                 a small farming tractor

 

kumustahan                       check-in or sharing

 

kupuna                                 Hawaiian elders

 

kwentuhan                          hanging-out and story-sharing

 

Lumad                                   a collective term for the Indigenous Peoples groups in Mindanao,

                                                 South of the Philippines. It means ‘native’ or ‘Indigenous’ in the

                                                 Bisayan language

 

maedup                                Dumagat term for long live

 

magbigay-alam                  to inform

 

magbigay-kaalaman        to ensure correct usage (of data gathered from the community)

 

magkilanlanan                   to get to know each other

 

magpaalam                         to ask permission/consent

 

mama                                    Dumagat betelnut chewing custom

 

nanay                                     mother

 

pagbo                                    Dumagat traditional wresting

 

pagkikilanlanan                 gathering

 

pagkilala                               recognition, to recognise

 

pagpapakilala                     introduction, to introduce

 

pagpapaubaya                   concession

 

parmal                                   brand of farming tractor that was adopted by the community                                                                 to mean "farming tractor"

 

pasurot-surotan                 Dumagat traditional community sharing/meeting

 

payabangan                        Filipino-style humour based on boasting game

 

poray                                      traditional Dumagat music-dance form

 

Quarantine Tanim             Quarantine Planting

 

saluhan                                  to catch, to catch each other's back, to share, to gather

 

sinauna                                  first peoples or first nations

 

Subanen                                an Indigenous peoples group in

 

subkal                                    traditional Dumagat local healers, mystical dreamers, and                                                                       spiritual mediums

 

Tagabawa-Bagobo           an Indigenous peoples group in

 

tagalog                                 Dumagat colloquial term for outsider

 

Tagalog                                 an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the                                                                   ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the                                                                                 population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the                                                              majority.

 

Tres Marias                           translates as Three Sisters, also refers locally to Orion's Belt

 

ulos                                         to stab, plunge or thrust