Bisaya

The English word “mercy” is translated into Bisaya as kaluoy. kaluoy is a noun used to express the concept of mercy, forgiveness or compassion.

The Bisaya word for stupid is buang.

pamahaw is the Bisaya word for breakfast. The word pamahaw is used specifically for the first meal of the day, just like the English word breakfast.

In Bisaya, the English word “chill” can be expressed as relaks. Both terms are used to describe a state of being calm, relaxed or easygoing.

In Bisaya, ‘how are you’ can be expressed as kumusta? or kumusta na ka? Both forms are used as a greeting to ask how someone is doing.

The Bisaya word para is used to tell a public transport driver to stop and let a passenger off.

The phrase “shut up” in Bisaya is translated as hilom. hilom is used to command someone to stop talking or to describe a state of being quiet or silent.