An Isinay's Account on the Katipunan

Pagsasalarawan ng Araw ng Kalayaan sa Limang Piso

SA PAGDIRIWANG ng ika-117 taon ng Araw ng Kalayaan (Philippine Independence Day) kahapon ay napanood ko sa TV ang mga naka-sombrero at kakaiba ang suot na mga tanod sa dambana ni Jose Rizal sa Luneta (na ang tawag noong una ay Bagumbayan).

Ayon sa anawnser, sambalilo at uniporme raw yun na hinango mula sa kasuotan noong himagsikan ng mga Katipunero na siyang nanguna sa pagpapalaya sa bansang Pilipinas sa pang-aapi ng mga Espanyol.

Habang nanonood ay nagkataong hawak ko ang librong Isinay Texts and Translations ni Ernesto Constantino na kung saan aking itinutuloy ang paghango ng mga salitang Isinay na wala pa sa aking ginagawang diksyunaryo.

Tingnan mo nga naman ang pagkakataon: Tamang-tama na ang pahina ng nasabing libro na aking kinukutuhan (kada may patalastas o kaya'y di ako interesado sa dinadakdak sa TV) ay nasa Isinay Personal Narratives at ang talambuhay na aking binabasa ay may binabanggit tungkol sa Katipunan.

Ang bahaging iyon ng libro ay bukod-tangi dahil siya lamang ang may binabanggit tungkol sa Katipunan. Ibig sabihin, maski pala napakalayo noon ng Kaisinayan sa gitna ng Rebolusyon laban sa mga Kastila, inabot din pala ang aming bayan ng mga pagkilos ng Katipunan!

Verbatim at phonetical na isinalin ni Dr. Constantino mula sa naka-tape na pagkukwento sa wikang Isinay Dupax ni Apu AMBROSIO PATING Y UMAMOS at may petsang 1981-12-28, eto ang mga talata na kung saan dinaplisan ang Katipunan:

Saon si Ambrosyo Pating i Umamos. Ni-anaa^ si taw-onar mil otso siyentos otsentay dos. Siriyen a-unga^, man-oha' tay, sinalsalinwana' ira Ama on si Ina. Ot aytu, e, inloova^ si eskuwela, si aytu eskuwelan Espanyol sirin poto^. Ot nan-eskuwela' si pitun taw-on si eskuwela miyar an sitiyen Dupaks, Nuweva Biskaya. Ot pingsaneyan dimmatong di apituwar an taw-on ya ahayhayana' an iyoy Manila i Ama', mu war kuwartar an inamung na an masewen liman lasus an pesos ot nayir toy dimmatong di Katipunanar. Ot dimmatong di Katipunanar. Pingsaneyan dimmatong di Katipunanar ya nayir mos di kuwartar an inamung da Ama i Ina an masewen liman lasus. Ot besan ya' war inappiyan di Katipunanar dari situ beveyoy Dupaks ot ginarilya ra ot sinamsam da ri lom-anar an pambilay sitiyen beveyoy. Pingsaneyan navus diye an nasamsam, kabayu dari, nuwang, bavuy, manu^. Lom-anar an ilan da an pantahu, ineya ra lom-an, pahoy, ta andiyen kasangkapan. Alimbawa sa-on, ya' ineya ra ri sanwal uwar dari, eeng, kamiseta. Maserotar dari an eeng, ineya ra dira. Lom-anar an pambilay, ya' ineya ra. Kabayuwar dari, ineya ra lom-an. Pahoy, inavansen da. Ot pingsaneyan, ay, navus diye, siya an inappiya ra ya dimmatong si opat an taw-on ya dimmatong di Amerikanowar dari situ Dupaks, an amung nira'da si aytu Pilipinasa an nanggera pay lat Pilipinasar.

Pansinin na ginawa kong bold ang mga salitang dinaplisan ang Katipunan.

Two-edged sword kung baga ang puntirya ko diyan: Una, dinaplisan as in di gaanong natumbok. At pangalawa, dahil ang kuwento ni Apu Ambrosio ay konting patama sa mga kasapi ng Katipunan na namayagpag noon sa bayan ng mga Isinay.

Para higit na maunawaan ng mga di nakakaintindi ng wika naming Isinay, eto ang English translation ni Dr. Ernesto Constantino sa nasabing talata:

I am Ambrosio Pating y Umamos. I was born in the year one thousand eight hundred eighty-two. When I was a child and I was still small, my father and mother took care of me. And they sent me to school, a Spanish school in the beginning. I went to school for seven years in our school here in the town of Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya. When the seven year came, my father wanted to send me to Manila, but the money that he saved of more than five hundred pesos was gone because the Katipunan [soldiers] came. When the Katipunan came, the money which my father and mother had saved of more than five hundred pesos was already gone. Now, what the Katipunan did in the town of Dupax was to raid it and seized all the means of livelihood in this town. When they had finished commandeering, horses, carabaos, pigs, chickens... All that they saw that were for subsistence, they got all, rice, and any personal belongings. They ordered all personal belongings to be taken. For example, myself, they took my trousers, clothes, undershirts. They took the beautiful clothes, they took them. All means of livelihood, they took. The horses, they took them all. Rice, they confiscated. When what they did was finished, the Americans came here in Dupax as if to help the Philippines and to wage war also against the Philippines.

By the way, the above narration of Apu Ambrosio is the opening paragraph of his autobiographical contribution to the book Isinay Texts and Translations. 

The paragraph that followed it described his recollection of the arrival of Americans in Dupax ("kabalyeros an Amerikano on atatah-oy an kabayu... sindarwan baril on revolber di Amerikanowar dari an dimmatong situ Dupaks... siriyen taw-on mil nuweve siyentos... buwen si Novyembre...") but included, again, something on the Katipunan:

"...bayaw ot diyoy la ri Katipunanar dari an mangab-avansen sitiye beveyoyar dari Dupaks on kompormen beveyoy." (But the Katipunan who were commandeering goods in the town of Dupax and other towns were still there.)

I have yet to research who the Katipuneros that marauded the Isinays of their horses and carabaos and pigs and chickens and rice and clothes he referred to were at the time. But if this revelation by Apu Osyo^ means something, it could be that he did have a genuine axe to grind against the Katipunan guys who operated in Dupax in the late 1890s.

Pwedeng idagdag diyan na noong una pa man ay marami nang kabayo, kalabaw, baboy, manok, palay at damit ang mga kalahi kong Isinay!

Sait si Nomnom Mipun si Buksing

SINSIMBAN MOT di napeyawusar mansu^nut diyen nanlaban da Pacquiao on Mayweather si sinnintuh siri Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Bayaw ot mantuna besan, dioy la tay ri sait di nomnom uwar si naapyar. Immoya^ mot otya lohom nantanom si kamote siri piyo^ uwar as-asup Carolotan. Immeyava^ mot otya lohom si baiyurar siri Palobotan ot namahut si giyun nanung an tanoman tut kompormen buen si ayu.

War binuttan di sinnintuh dar ampay ya namerdit ehaw.

Mavves otya mu urian an inyap-appo^ di kampu rar dari, pasi tatahu war darit television (ma-America man o mu ma-Filipinas), an “Fight of the Century” anu tiyen pangilan otya mu siran ira Manny on Money si apaddeyan si batang on arangeyan si sintuh.

Poster da Pacquiao on Mayweather an nisa^dang si as-asup beyuwar nahiggiraw on napintolan an rebulton si laman on letrar darin DUPAX DEL SUR.

Bayaw ot, wara, awor si gulir di naapyar.

Ingong-a ri oras uwar an navayan an nanme^me-ong, nandasdasal, nandiydiyat, on nannansor an parakpakon otyan Manny si nget sorre on neyyir tuyong nan birung, papong, pasiruk, pavantu^, on pamerdit taheng ri beyandahar alaban na.

Bayaw ot, dahomar toy panay tawas boon ila ya amunglan tappi^ lohom ri sintuh di manu^ tauwar! Inayan mot di pamatoyar an marin maselevan di alisto nar dari an right straights on left hooks Manny?

Ot si Mayweather pisya, beyanduh, toy mu marin buti^ lan buti^ on mangipit si lima inapya nar, udi toy amunglan mewot on meyongngaw poddan buwengon ri innunar an mangop-op.

Ahayhayanar ba^baon, mu labentador otya, suyut o mu mentis ri binuttan di laban di duwar darin buksingero!

Alikaha on Sait si Nomnom
Amplamu nin dattun lugar si mundo war an dioy rat nambuyat saren buksing ya dioy ta dioy rat malikaham podda, boon ila ya na-highblood, si resulta nar.

Alimbawa, dioy si nibalita an natoy anun lahay siren mampahawan an mambuybuyat libre yar an live coverage si Pac-May boxing siri Metro Manila.

Dioy pat ama anu siri Antique an binaril na ri beyuntahu nar an mae-as mot la iman, nanwala^ tay si alikaha nar mipun si saren laban si buksing.

Siri America, dioy ra anut mandemanda an bayaran Pacquiao dirat milyones. Nalugi ra ampay anu, ni^bus toy urian imbutatta^ Pacquiao an dioy si aro^dah di wawanar an aveya na.

On ohavan lohom, dioy si imbalitan di TV yar an mari anun nambayar di Presidenten di beveyoyar Cambodia si posta nar para i Pacquiao.

Doddorah on Daddarama
Malilliwa tay nanung an matoy ri doddorah on daddaraman di tatahuwar an mahilig si buksing boon ila ya kampe i Manny Pacman sovret saren buksing da i Floyd Moneyweather.

Otoy ta dingnge^ pay besan ye an binawe pay anu Gayweather ri naun-unar an imbaha na an mi-oy si hamun di “Pambansang Kamao” tauwar an rematch. "No more rematch!" inaddi na.

Gayweather, adyo^ a, toy tin-aw u ri inngaron dat mango^ngotar an alaban Pacman. Neyir ampay anun inapya na mu marin mambuti^ on, amunglan bakla, ya pum-ot, manipit, on mangop-op i Pacman.

Otoy pay ta i-ong-ongongot anu ri Nevada Sporting Commission (or whatever) an ma-suspend anut Manny si si^nun buwen mantunat sintaw-on, mi^bus toy in-ap-ap na anu ri gi^gi^no nar an sait si aveya.

Beyandah! Nasambut mot la iman ri manu^ tauwar si panetten di hurado war siri Nevada, nillat osan esepon da.

Pamosong si Deyomdom
Ay bilay! Mavves lohom toy si osar an interview ra i Mayweather, in-iptaw na an ampaylamu sinambut nat Pacquiao, saludo tay anut in-aamtan Manny yar si buksing.

Osar tay an imbaha na ya umalin tu anun mampasyal on manlang-ay situ Filipinas.

Mu matuwan nantayo^to^ si pusu nar dararen in-ivtaw Mayweather, mamis an dongngen. Mu marin bulbulataw, maserot darare an pamosong si sait si nomnom di abeveyoyan tauwar dari an mantuna besan ya mandeydeyomdom si pinangagu^ dar i Pacquiao.

Umalit tu Filipinas si Mayweather? Mu man-Iloho tau, attu ye otya savayatan tauwar: “Ket wen a, barok… isupay a mawarsiam met ti Pilipinas uray sangkakiddit iti ginabsuon nga inabakmo.” “Ala ngarud, darasem ta umaykan… ta amangan agbaliw pay ti panunotmo, yo^!”

Mavves tay otya pisya mu iluuy Mayweather ri sin-eyawas nar podda an ama na, pasi si Arizza an datin ara^dan Pacquiao si physical conditioning nar nanung nan nan-otan si kodal Mayweatherar (dohlan siya anut nambaliw espiya an nangibutatta^ mu andiye innurar sambuton si Manny).

Mavves, adyo^, toy ampaylamu besan lohom ye ya ginanapan pay Mayweather ri suhat tauwar si beveha nar. Imbaha na mot la iman an uria na mot ahayhayan an man-rematch da i Manny, udi toy insatsat na pay an “sore loser” on “coward” anu ri pamatu^ tauwar an Pacquiao.

Aboleyan taun umali ra ta maporoban da an man-angen tatahu ri Filipino war dari.

On urian tau otyan saiton si nomnom mu ahayhayan dan manlingaling situ Filipinas. Toy bintahe taun Filipino riye lalo mu miluuy ri dee yar an sports journalists on camera crew si TV.

Amplamu anden kalasen si weather, avvesan tau mu umali ra Mayweather toy tsansa pay an matetteyan di entero war mundo: 1) mu aniya na serot di beveyoy tauwar Filipinas, 2) mu sangkanan ipaspasirayaw tau ri in-aserot on in-aguapo Filipino war dari, on 3) mu aniya na aumis on alin-awa ri panalinu tauwar an Filipino si urumar tatahu.

Man-engat da lohom a ta urian dan beyunon di in-a-appo^ dar, pasi mara^da^waw on manbali-baliwar an ba^ba^ da.

Toy mu urian dan ipaar siri longav dar di atdi yar madahet an inugale… irasal tau ta mari ran mas-e, o mu masuwitan, o mu manbolos si in-aro^lot dar tu an mangoppah si nabobov-onar mamis/masing-aw an maan, isira, ot-ot, merienda, on pulutan siri ayon dar panlingalingan.

Boon lohom adi…

Alimbawa na ta omoy ran tun man-iyat on mangiluuy si seksi yar darin mamariit si dagat tauwar dari an panunan si serot, iilang na otya ta marin ma^duman di ngo^ngot dar si atung di soy-ang tauwar…

On iilang na ta marin asivon di pating tauwar dari ri alatar lan buwengon/bullang an aping dar!

We Once Welcomed Floods

FOR A TOWN that rarely gets killer floods the likes of those that have become "the new normal" in many parts of Metro Manila each time, the occurrence of a big one is certainly headline news in Dupax the highlights, side events, and variations of which would last for many days if not weeks.

One such big flood occurred August 12 as a result of the hours of torrential rains brought about by Typhoon Labuyo that hit Nueva Vizcaya. Apart from swaths of ricefield many of which have yet to grow grains, the swollen rivers and their rampaging waters reportedly carried in their path at least two carabaos, four cows, and an Isinay farmer named Mariano de la Cruz.

This is not to trivialize natural disasters like the water event that hit Dupax, Bambang, and Aritao. Yet there was a time when we welcomed the swelling of rivers.

Yes, welcome as in we were happy the river became big.

Why? Because, at least for us river-loving kids, the floods meant not only a cleaner river but also new swimming and fishing holes.

The angry river quite often brought out or surfaced a boulder, or took away the lumut (algae) from the stones and thus made them fit for use as bubbur (rubbing stone) once again.

As soon as the waters subside and the sun shines brightly again, we barrio kids would look for toppled down bamboo clumps or logs stranded in midstream. These flood collaterals often had deep portions beside them that we call pual in Ilocano. Pretty soon, you would see us use the elevated or protruding parts as diving board.

For our bolder elders in I-iyo, the floods meant a bonanza of logs and tree branches brought down from the hills, particularly the timber concessions and kaingin patches upstream.

I remember, for instance, the image of Uncle Karting "Manmanaas" Jasmin waiting on the river bank for a floating log with a coil of long rope. Once he sees a good one, he would wade or swim to meet it, lasso his catch with the rope, then pull it to the shallow part with the help of a carabao.

There was also once a bamboo structure on one side of the river called asar. It was meant to filter the eel and dalag carried downstream by the strong current.

Oh yes, that asar was the one and only such fishing gear I saw in my entire boyhood in Dupax. I guess it didn't catch enough fish for its builders/owners to share, or probably its foundations were no match to the strength of the river's current and soon got washed away.

When Typhoons Gave Us Plenty of Guavas

CHILDREN today welcome typhoons because they would mean vacation from school, transport money saved or used to buy junk food, and plenty of time to watch TV.

It is certainly a different "normal" compared to when I was growing up and was a pupil at the Dupax Central Elementary School.

Back then, strong typhoons made me and my sisters happy because they gave us time to play with younger siblings all day and to catch up on reading the Bannawag.

Particularly in my case as the eldest, typhoons also provided a good excuse from not doing such chores as sweeping the yard, splitting firewood, watering the plants, and taking the goats to pasture.

One thing about typhoons that I cherished most as a kid, however, was that it meant plenty of creamy and steaming pising on the dining table.

Pising is Isinay term for what Tagalogs call ginataang bayabas. It simply consists of peeled and thinly sliced ripe guavas that are boiled in coconut milk and brown sugar.

Served hot, the pising is certainly a filling and nutritious dish fit for cold, windy and rainy days.

I'm not sure if other mothers in the neighborhood cooked it as a viand for their brood, but I guess Mama saw the practicality of the pising as food during typhoons.

Among the probable reasons why she resorted to that was the fact that our backyard used to have plenty of guava trees and a few coconut palms.

So what's the connect?

Well, it so happens that typhoons coincide with the time when guavas plenty of fruits. And when the rain-reinforced winds blow, they do us the service of bringing down lots of fully ripe guavas including those that escaped my guava-eating climbs or my sisters' su-it (fruit-picking pole).

Not only that. The shaking and twisting of trees by the typhoon would send down the fully mature coconuts, including ones that have para in them, which would be prize for whoever would do the honors of husking, splitting, then grating the nuts preparatory for cooking the guava into pising.

Dupax: Once Upon a Forest-Rich Town

There’s a town way up there among the hills
Everybody there’s happy and gay
All the people there are busy all the day
Yet sweet smiles you see everywhere.
Oh town of Dupax… I’ll never forget
My humble home where I freely love to roam
Town of Dupax… keep me closer unto thee
Ever and forever we will sing thee mabuhay!

THERE ARE TIMES when, walking down a garbage-littered city street the likes of those we see in less-visited parts of Metro Manila, half-forgotten images appear in my mind’s eye and then, even if I have set myself for a busy work day, I surrender to the itch to write.

And knowing that just like other flashbacks they would soon disappear -- forever -- unless captured and held on the breast like an old friend just passing by, I pound furiously at the computer, consoling oneself that, oh well, deadlines can wait but not inspired moments which, when left unembraced even for only a fleeting moment, will surely don't come back as vivid and as sweet as they first came knocking on the consciousness.

A thing like that occurred to me sometime back when I was still with a World Bank-assisted project based at the Department of Finance in Malate, with the song about my town above sending off the myriad images that while parading in my memory surely kept me oblivious of the filth and the garbage and the noise and the concrete and steel jungle that is Metro Manila.

The images were of course more than the fleeting and intangible shadows of a bygone era in Isinay country. For one thing, they came in full color, along with the scents and the sounds even, that were part of the now fast vaporizing mementos of a reluctant city dweller compelled to be like that by circumstances that point towards the need to earn a decent living and keep family and soul intact.

The Dupax I write about was, of course, the quiet, pastoral, and clean town of my birth that I used to know. It was not yet partitioned into the Sur and the Norte that it is now, even as the municipal hall was located in Malasin (a barrio whose only advantage over the old town was that it was more centrally located, was nearer more progressive Bambang, and had a Sunday market that sold vegetables, fish, meat, bolos, petrol lamps, plowshares, bolos, harmonicas, rubber for slingshots, raincoats, canned goods, clothing, blankets, and second-hand clothes that Mama then called relief but which we now call ukay-ukay).

Yes, Dupax... where I freely loved to roam.

WHEN I WAS in the elementary grades, my teachers (including Papa and Uncle Ermin) used to mention with pride in our Social Studies classes that Dupax was the biggest town in the whole of Nueva Vizcaya. That was many years before the creation of Quirino Province from what used to be called the forest region of Nueva Vizcaya. and there used to be a map of Nueva Vizcaya in every classroom at the Gabaldon and Pre-fab buildings showing Dupax was a giant compared to Bambang and Bayombong and the second widest was Maddela. I remember somebody told us the total population of Dupax then, including its barrios Malasin, Ineangan, Lamo, Inaban, Mabasa, Mangayang, Sta. Maria, Belance, Bitnong, and Palobotan, was around 20,000 and we took pride in that, thinking that at least we were more in number than Aritao and Santa Fe (towns that I heard used to be parts of Dupax during the Spanish colonization period).

It was also during my grade school years that Dupax was timber-rich, judging by the number of sawmills that it had. There was one sawmill in Belance, another in Banila, another in Carolotan, and one near our part the town – a stone’s throw from the cemetery. Almost without fail, rain or shine, fiesta or not, I think even on Sundays, truckloads after truckloads of logs passed by the road connecting my boyhood barrio, Iiyo (aka Surong and Palobotan), to the ili (town proper).

The logs came from the forests forming the headwaters of Carolotan and Navetangan rivers on the East or the forests upstream of Banila in the South. They were carried by muddy and rusty trucks they call “logging” the fronts of which, to my best recollection, were equipped with winch and steel cable sets. On lazy afternoons, the sound of the logging trucks approaching our side of town gave us chance to play a how-many-logs-in-the-truck guessing game. The choices were isahan (meaning the truck carried only one huge log), dalawahan (two logs), and tatluhan (three logs).

Note that decades later, when I was already a forester, I remembered those isahan logs of my youth when I saw a cross-section of a dipterocarp log mounted in front of the Bureau of Forest Development office in Davao City; I swore to myself that my town’s logs were definitely more humongous than those in Davao.

Replicas of those logging trucks, complete with green paint and tin-covered “engine” and swinging back four wheels, were made by the Mamaoag brothers and sold for 50 centavos (half peso). My friend and neighbor Oret (Aurelio Calacala) made them build one for him then – for only 50 centavos, he said.

I envied how he and his older brother Base (aka Junior), who also had one of those mini logging trucks, were able to haul home a small mountain of fuelwood from the sawmill by just using those “trucks.” I could also only watch with envious glee each time I would be in the company of the two brothers and other Isinay boys when on weekends or during vacation from school they rode their wheeled toys downslope on the hill across the road from the sawmill while waiting for the engines to stop, signaling that outsiders like us could now go rummage, dig, and pull from the huge piles of sawdust, slabs, barks, trimmings and edgings whatever sawmill wastes we could haul.

Okay, Papa did manage to build me a “truck” once and I was thankful for such rare occasions of fatherly care. In fairness, Papa’s truck had four fat and perfectly circular wooden wheels (most likely crafted in the elementary school’s carpentry shop) and a “head” made out of solid wood (but no GI sheet cover). It also had a body strong enough to wheel around on the gravelly road in front of our house any one of my smaller sisters then -- it was Tessie or Judith I think, but certainly not fat Arlyne nor sensitive Merlie.

But the truck was not as heavy-duty as those of the Calacala brothers and I think it was good for only a couple or so trips to the sawmill – plus a not so smooth downhill ride in the spot where other boys with logging trucks waited for the sawmill to open. No sooner had I began to like my truck than its sapwood wheels split, and I was scared (always scared) of Papa’s “gaddemet salamabet ubet!” scolding, so I just parked the thing on one corner behind the kitchen and went back to using sako (jute sack) for hauling slabs, edgings, trimmings and dipterocarp barks (this last one dried more quickly and were preferred for cooking because they ignited faster and produced charcoal).

Oret is long gone now (his older brother Base/Junior said he has gone missing, probably salvaged by his Japanese-treasure-hunting activity companions). But up to now I don’t know how I never got to try buying myself one of those beautiful mini logging trucks. Maybe it was because Papa already made me one. Or perhaps the Mamaoag brothers only made trucks for relatives like the Calacalas. And then, too, it might have been that I was not yet making money then from selling scrap iron, vinegar and catsup bottles, and discarded aluminum caserolas to the presumably Chinese “bote-landok” buyer that came to Dupax weekly.

But looking back now, I think I just was not destined to be a logger or even a logging truck driver – I was born to be an environmentalist forester. In those days when the grassy hill now occupied by the Bautista family was still open-access pasture and playground for the Isinay kids in my neighborhood, I would shun their rough play with their trucks and rather veer away to enjoy the song of the cicadas and the comfort given by the shade of the mango trees.

Some other days I would prefer to gather sapang, look for kitkitiwit fruits, or listen to the mountain breeze as it shook marasaba mangoes from their unreachable promontories rather than join my playmates' unending quarrels -- in Isinay -- on whether eroplanos were faster than jet planes, or whether mangoes were sweeter than mansanas, or whether Manila was farther than Bayombong.

No Poems and Short Stories Yet in Isinay

ARE YOU LOOKING for samples of poetry and short stories written in Isinay?

I'm putting my Isinay neck on the chopping board here, but here's a bit of advice to the linguistics, literature, and poetry enthusiasts/students/researchers among you who may be in such a mission now: stop looking.

Yes, fellow word lovers, as of today I have yet to find what passes for a poem or even a synopsis of a short story written in Isinay by an Isinay.

It is a sad reflection of my hometown's language, I know. But I guess the apparent dearth of Isinay prose and poetry may have been the consequence of decades if not centuries of the marginalization of the Isinay language -- which in turn is caused in part by the bullying of Isinays by non-Isinays.

By marginalization, I mean my ancestors may have also been poetic and imaginative, but they chose to keep their romantic musings and creative juices to themselves lest they would invite the ridicule of the more literate colonizers, including the Spanish mestizos, the Hispanized Ilocanos, the Americanized Isinays, and more recently the dyed-in-the-wool Tagalogs.

Bullying? Well, certainly the earlier Isinays were not indifferent to the finer things in life. But it was probable they didn't pour out their thoughts, feelings, and dreams on paper because doing such would expose them to being considered backward and "uneducated" (that is, they couldn't write in Spanish, English, Ilocano, or Tagalog) by those who think they were more superior and educated.

JUST YOU WAIT. It may be a case of better late than never, but with the call for Isinays and language activists to bring back the glory of the Isinay language, we may soon see the blooming of Isinay literature not only on paper but also in the social media and the internet.

In the meantime, it may help if you look at the lyrics of the Isinay love songs (such as the War Sipam Uwar).

A Game Taught Me a Lot of Isinay Words

AS A BOY growing up in Dupax when it was still a far-fetched dream for us residents to have electricity, I played a game that taught me a lot of Isinay words many of which are no longer used.

We called it “prisiner” – a corruption of Prisoner of War. I guess they don’t play it now but it was a favorite when the Dupax Elementary School (a.k.a. Gabaldon) was still not full of buildings as it is now and pupils had a wide and grassy school yard both in front and at the back to play team games on.

Prisoner was a game that consisted of two competing teams with at least five players each. It was sort of a tinnoran (catch-me-if-you-can) game where both teams have a base each and a "prison" of sort some meters away from the base.

In my case, my favorite base was the school's flagpole as it enabled one to sneak into the Gabaldon building, run behind Home Economics and then the Pre-Fab buildings, and then crawl behind the enemy's base.

One team assigns one runner to go on midfield or even beyond an imaginary border with the other team. The latter team in turn fields its own tonnor (catcher) to run after the intruder. If this second runner is able to ti^dun (tap) the shoulder or any part of the batang (body) of the intruding first runner, the latter would be taken in as prisoner.

The prisoner would be allowed to manme-ong (sit) a few meters from the arresting team's base. The object now for the prisoner's team is to rescue him by sending another runner to invade the prison and tap the prisoner's body. If successful, the prisoner would be taken back to his team's base.

The thrill here is that 1) the rescuer may risk himself being caught by the enemy and becomes an additional prisoner, or that 2) the rescuer may not only be able to get back his imprisoned teammate but even get a bonus of catching the prison guard/s if the guard/s happened to have left their base earlier than the rescuer.

This means that the license to catch is given to the one who left his base later than the object of the catch. There is thus a need for both teams to selev (watch) who in the opposing team has not touched his base before running out to the field so that it could send someone to catch him.

To win, a team has to have good runners as well as ones who know how to mangikulkulepot (run zigzag or evasively or in a way that makes him difficult to tap). It would also help if beforehand one team already knows who are the weakest runner or runners of the other team. It is these weak runners in one team who would be matalenan (the object of interest) by the opposing team.

One strategy is also to send a runner to surreptitiously go behind the enemy line and when no one is looking he would manduuru^ (crawl) then quickly run and tap the prisoner and thus set him free.

Another effective move is for a team to field out a supposedly weak runner as papan (bait) to tempt the opposing team to send a catcher. And when it does, the first team would send a follow-up runner, usually the fastest, to go tap the catcher before he could get near and touch the bait.

A variation is for one team to send out three or more runners all at the same time. The target is to divert the attention of the enemy and leave the prisoner unguarded, in which case another follow-up runner would be sent to either rescue the prisoner or to catch the catchers of the opposing team.

How long does one game of Prisoners last? It depends on how long the participating players are free from their classes or school assignments. The game is often held in the afternoon before official school dismissal time, or when there are emergency teacher meetings and the pupils have no better things to do.

Depending on the number of players, the team that has more players left on base becomes the nanambut (winner). Conversely, the team that gets more members caught and imprisoned is the nasambut (loser).

Normally there would be accusations from both sides of being a maagu^ (cheat). There would also be cases of a maviyaw (cry baby or oversensitive) player who would quit the game if he stumbles or if his shirt gets torn during the game.

On rare occasions, there would be heated arguments and, fanned by durdurug (eggers, jeerers), the concerned pupils would engage in sinnintuhan (fist fight) along with unung (wrestling), or pinna^tilan (sweeping one another off balance with the feet).

Often, too, the game would end without any team being adjudged winner. This was when both teams had equally good and evasive runners -- or when the school bell rings to signal it's time for pupils to go home.


LOOKING BACK, I know of no other game in the Gabaldon school that I enjoyed participating most than this one. It increased my circle of Isinay friends and taught me such words as tonnorom, ikulkulepot, selevam, ti^dunom, talenam.

Equally important was that the game taught me and my schoolmates the value of team work and the advantages of running fast and barefoot at that.

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Tagahawak ng mga Nalimutan ng Isinay

SUMUNOD NA pinuntahan ko ang talagang pakay ko sa aking paglalakad sa araw na ito. Si Ginoong Guillermo A. Calacala Jr., isang magsasaka sa may Dalihan-Tueng-Palobotan.

Upang marating ko siya, kailangan munang tumawid ako ng ilog at bagtasin ang mahahaba, makikitid, at malambo-lambot pang pilapil. Ilang beses din akong kamuntikmuntikan nang madulas sa pilapil. Kaya tuloy nasambit ko sa sarili: Walanghiya... dalasdalasan mo kasi ang pag-uwi para masanay ka uling maglakad sa bukid!

Abalang-abala sa pag-aararo si Uwa Junior noong makita ko siya. Kung di ko pa siya inimikan ng "ang lawak pala ng palayan mo" sa Isinay, di niya ako napansin. Doon ko lang napagtanto na kailangan talaga ang konsentrasyon kung ikaw ay nag-aararo, at kung hindi ay baka lilihis sa landas ang iyong araro at baka lalampas pa ang humihilang kalabaw sa ibang pilapil.

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Mga Salitang may Kakambal na Ala-ala

SA LAKAD kong ito ay nag-unahan muli sa pagsagi sa aking isipan ang mga salitang Isinay na nahalukay ng mga bagay na napagtuunan ko ng pansin o kaya’y hinila ng mga tanawin na kakaib kumpara sa mga nakakasalamuha ko sa Baguio.

Mula noong nagsimula akong mangalap ng mga salitang Isinay, ganyan naman lagi ang nangyayari sa tuwi akong mag-early morning walk. Katulad nang sa tinatawag ng mga mananakbo na "runner's high", ano ba't sa pagkabanat ng aking mga buto at pagpasok ng sariwang hangin sa aking kalamnan, dinadagsa ako ng kung anu-anong ala-ala, ideya, at mga salita na para bang sinasabing “Present! Andito ako!”

Pero ang masarap ay ito: bawat salitang pinapanumbalik ng aking paglalakad ay may kaakbay, kaakibat, o kakambal na mga ala-ala.

Halimbawa, yung pagbubukang-liwayway na pinakakaasam-asam kong panoorin sa paggising saang lugar man ako mapadpad.

Unang naglaro sa kukote ko ang manborobdang – sa Ilocano ay agbannawag. Kasunod nito ay dumating ang mga salitang daya at butta – parehong Isinay ng silangan (bagaman sabi nila ay Ilocano yung daya at ang tunay na Isinay niya ay butta.

At mayat-maya pa ay nabuhay sa aking ala-ala yung mga madaling araw sa I-iyo na halos tulog pa ang buong nayon ay nasa kalsada na kami ng aking lolo at lola papunta sa bukid. Hindi pa ako nag-aaral ay kasakasama na ako ng lola at lola ko. Kung di ko kasama sa kariton noon ang aking lola, nandun ako sa likod ng aking lolo at yakap-yakap ang likod niya habang nakaangkas kami sa kanyang malaking kalabaw (nuwang sa Isinay, nuang sa Ilocano).

Mula sa nayon ng I-iyo noon ay tatlong lugar ang malimit naming puntahan sa bandang ilaya (upstream)ng poblacion ng Dupax (Dupax del Sur na ngayon).

Pinakauna rito ang Langka na kung saan may kaingin (swidden farm sa English, uma sa Ilocano, soppeng sa Isinay) kami.

Pangalawa ang kabilang ilog lang niya na Mammayang na kung saan may sinasakang tubigan (ricefield, taltalon, payaw) ang lolo ko.

Pangatlo ang Arwat na kung saan may bukid ang nanay ko at sa kalapit nitong bundok ay may kinaingin din ang lolo ko na tinamnan ng upland rice (biit sa Ilocano, biit din yata sa Isinay, palay sa bundok yata sa Tagalog).

Noong maglaon ay napadagdag ang mga taniman nila ng kamote at mani sa mga di ginagalaw na tabing-ilog. Ito yung mga flood plain na tinatawag sa English.

Palibhasa tunay na Ilocano, masipag kasi ang aking Apong Pedro lalo na kung sa pagtatanim ang pag-uusapan. Kaya lagi kaming may kinakain at inuulam na mga apo niya ay dahil lagi siyang may binubungkal at tinatamnan kahit hindi niya sarili ang lupa.

Kung masipag-sipag ka lang kasi ay maraming tiwangwang na lugar noon sa Dupax – libreng tamnan mo ng kamoteng baging, kamoteng kahoy, mani, papaya, saging, at samut-saring gulay. Halimbawa ng mga gulay namin dito noon ay: sitaw (gayya), munggo (betung), talong (balaseno), patani (atav), bitsuelas (kudiyas), iris, kamatis, at mustasa. Iyon ay kung kaya mong magbanat-buto para hawanin ang malalaking damo na tinatawag na tanubong sa Ilocano (di ko pa alam sa Isinay).

SUMUNOD na nagpasigla sa aking ala-ala ang dike na tinatawag naming tanggal sa Ilocano at nitong nakalimutan na ng mga Isinay ang taal nilang salita ay tanggal na rin ang kanilang tawag.

Deppu ang naalala kong Isinay nito, pero (pangunahan ko na) noong nagtanong ako pagkatapos kong puntahan ang dike na ito ay nadiskubre ko ang tunay pero nakalimutan na nga karamihan na pangalan nito sa Isinay – pa^de. Ang alam kong tawag ay deppu, pero ito raw ay para lang sa mga maliliit na dike ng patubigan (irigasyon), lalo na yung mga nasa gitna ng mga sakahan.

Ang kakambal na gunita ng pa^de o tanggal ay yung mga weekends na kaya ko nang mapag-isa kung ginagalugad ko ang aking munting paraiso noon sa paligid ng linakihan kong I-iyo. Sa tanggal sa I-iyo ako malimit maligo at magpana noon.

May mga tanggal din paborito naming pasyalan na mga kabataan noong nagbibinata ako. Isa ang Daki^ na sa palagay ko’y ipinangalan sa bamboo raft na daki^ ang tawag sa Isinay (rakit sa Ilocano, balsa sa Tagalog at sa Ilocano). Pangalawa ang Birayan na palagay ko noong unang panahon ay may biray (tawag sa bangka ng mga naunang Ilocano at Visaya). Pangatlo ang Lohban sa may bukiring lugar na tawag ay Lohban (lukban o sua sa Ilocano, suha sa Tagalog).

PANGATLONG bagay na gumising sa ibang kabanata ng aking pagiging bata ay ang nakita kong ginagawa ng isang apo nina Uwa Junior at Manang Sabel Calacala sa may ilog sa ibaba ng bahay nila sa Dalijan. Naghuhugas ng kinainan. Ang Isinay ng gawaing iyon ay manajpat (aginnaw sa Ilocano). Ganoon ang karaniwang assignment ko noong alagang-bata (ajayam sa Isinay, aw-awir sa Ilocano) pa ako hanggang sa noong ako’y maging saydkik, kung baga, ng mga magulang ng nanay ko.

Sangkaterba ang hinuhugasan ko noon – plato (sipa sa Isinay, pinggan sa Ilocano), sandok ng kanin (innaru sa Isinay, aklo ti innapoy sa Ilocano), sandok ng ulam (se-ung sa Isinay, aklo sa Ilocano), mangkok (kumaw sa Isinay, malukong), palayok (banga sa Isinay, tayab), kaldero, at iskudilya.

Wala pang dishwashing liquid noon. Gamit ko lang noon ay fine river sand – pito^ sa Isinay, darat sa Ilocano – na ikinukuskos sa pamamagitan ng dayami (seve sa Isinay, garami). Kung minsan ay tinatangay ng agos ang ilan sa mga hinuhugasan ko, kaya dali-dali ko silang hahabulin para di tuluyang maanod punta sa malalim na bahagi ng ilog kung saan maraming river leech o linta (bilavil sa Isinay, alimatek sa Ilocano).

Katabi ng pinaghuhugasan ng bata ay ang open well (tuvu sa Isinay, bubon sa Ilocano). Paborito ko ang gumawa ng ganitong igiban noong bata ako. Pipiliin ko noon ang di gaanong mabatong parte ng tabing-ilog, tapos kakayurin ko at gagawa ng pabilog na butas. Kung abot ko na ang bumubukal na bahagi, lilinisin ko ito, lalagyan ng malalapad na bato sa gilid, gagawan ng daluyan, at kakalasan ng maputik na tubig. Di maglaon ay magiging malinaw (maliting sa Isinay, nalitnaw sa Ilocano) na ang tubig nito at puwede nang umigib (mansajov sa Isinay, agsakdo sa Ilocano) ng maiinom mula rito na ang gamit namin noon ay bamboo tube (bayongbong sa Isinay, tubong sa Ilocano).

Maliban sa batang kinunan ko ng litrato, ewan kung may mga kabataan pa sa aming bayan na ganyang pag-iimis ng kinainan at paggawa ng igiban ang normal nilang gawain.

(SUNDAN SA KABANATA 4)

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Dayong Ibon sa Kinagisnang Nayon

Nangyari ito nito lamang ika-27 ng Nobyembre. Tulad ng akin nang nakagawian tuwing nasa Dupax, gumising ako na ang alarm clock ay pag-potpot ng magpapandesal, nagtimpla ng kape at nagsawsaw ng kung anong puwedeng isawsaw (malimit ay mainit-init pangpandesal, kung minsan ay natirang tinapay, kung suwertehin ay tupig), dumalaw saglit sa kubeta, at mayat-maya pa ay gumayak na sa paglalakad tungo sa kung saan ko “feel” na magandang puntahan sa araw na iyon.

Mas type ko ang maglakad kung madilim-dilim pa. Gawa kasi pag maliwanag na at may nakakakita sa akin, di ko maiwasan na tumigil para batiin ng “Si bi^bihat!” (magandang umaga sa Isinay) at kung kakilala ang tao ay tiyak masasabit na ako sa matagal-tagal ding kamustahan at kung nasaan na si ganito, ilan na ang mga anak ko, kelan namatay si ganito, saan ako nagtatrabaho, at pagbabalik-tanaw sa buhay Dupax noong araw na may malalaki pang puno pa ng sampalok dito at wala pang bahay sa banda doon, at marami pang iba.

Nakakailang uwi na rin ako sa aking bayang sinilangan. Kung kaya’t sa aking paggagala ay may mga bumabati na sa akin na kung saan sila nang nagsasabi sa mga usyosong kapitbahay, halimbawa, ng “Si Sarles diye an ana^ Ente^ on Dalen Castro” o kaya’y “Apun Baket Feliza on Lahay Pedro Pudiquet diye”. Nakakatuwa na maging conversational piece ka – parang artista o pulitiko – ng mga nadaraanan mo.

Pero andun din ang naiilang pa rin ako pag may nakakakita sa akin na bakas mo sa mukha nila na ang turing sa akin ay isang dayuhan. Ang masakit ay kung kausapin mo sila, halimbawa, sa Ilocano – “Akinbalay dayta?” (Kaninong bahay yan?) – o sa Isinay “Lumawusa^ tay” (Makikiraan po). Bata man o magulang, malimit ang sagot sa iyo ay Tagalog na kung di man puntong Ilocano ay halatang may Isinay accent.

Mas maigi kung ganon na mamasyal kung di pa sumisikat ang araw, mahamog pa ang mga damo sa tabing kalsada, halos wala ka pang nasasalubong at, kung di man nagugulantang na asong kalsada, ang magtataka lang sa gayak mong makulay na baseball cap, putting T-shirt, maliit na pasiking, kakaibang walking shorts, at pekeng Crocs sandals ay mga naghihikab na kalabaw at baka.

(SUNDAN SA KABANATA 3)

Karanasan sa Paghahanap ng mga Nawawalang Salita sa Wikang Isinay (1)

WIKANG ISINAY sana ang aking gagamitin sa blog na ito. Pero ewan ko ba at biglang sumagi sa aking isipan na magsulat naman sa wikang pambansa ng Pilipinas.

Marahil nagsasawa na ako sa pagiging Paeng (bansag na gamit namin noong dekada ‘80 sa isang opisyal ng Forestry na bagaman taal na Ilocano at marunong namang mag-Tagalog ay pa-ingli-English kung kausapin). At kaakibat niyan ay napagtanto kong maganda rin kung, for a change or to break the monotony, ay maibuhos ko paminsan-minsan sa wikang Filipino ang damdaming Isinay.

Marahil din nagpupumiglas ang aking pagka Pinoy at kahit papaano ay maiwasiwas man lang ang natutunan kong Pilipino mula noong nagbabasa ako ng Liwayway, Hiwaga, Tagalog Klasiks, Pilipino Komiks, at Tiktik noong ako’y nag-aaral pa sa Dupax Elementary School (1958-1964), kasama na noong una kong matisod sa Saint Mary’s High School na ang kahulugan ng balarila (ayon yata ito kay Lope K. Santos) ay “pag-aaral ng pagkakasunud-sunod, pagkakadugtung-dugtong, at pagkakaugnay-ugnay ng mga salitang napapaloob sa isang pangungusap.”

At marahil pilit na ibinabalik ng aking senior citizen nang subconscious ang mga natutunan kong pananagalog noong papaug-paog pa akong estudyante sa UP Los Baños (at di magaya ang paggamit ng ganire, nakakaadwa, matam-is, nakain ka ba ng aso, hane, at iba pang pananalita sa Timog Katagalugan) hanggang sa ako’y nagsusulat na rin sa wikang Filipino (halimbawa sa mga plakard at peryodikit bago mag-Martial Law, sa Ang Manggugubat ng Forestry Student Body Organization at sa Kalipunan ng Samahang Ekolohiya), at noong nagtapos na ay tumulong sa pagsasa-Filipino sa Saligang Batas ng Samaeko, naging tagapayo sa mga talumpatimpalak tuwing linggo ng wika sa Dalubhasaan ng Panggugubat, at nakibahagi nang konti sa pagkilos ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino ng UPLB.

Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran

Isa sa aking mga bukam-bibig mula noong nahasa na ako sa pakikipagtalakayan sa wikang Pinoy ay ang salitang kagilagilalas. Maalala pa siguro yan ng mga matandaing nakasalamuha ko sa mga umpukan sa UPLB lalo na sa Forestry noong bata-bata pa ako.

Ginamit ko pa yata siya sa pamagat ng isa kong tula-tulaan noong ako'y pinalad maging Literary Editor ng mga pinakaunang isyu ng UPLB Perspective. Noong 1974-75 pa iyon. Kung tama ang aking ala-ala, ang pamagat ng katha kong iyon ay “Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ng Isang Tinamaan ng Balisawsaw”.

Siguro naman walang mababalisawsaw sa mga mambabasa at tagapagtangkilik sa blogsite na Isinay World – lalo na ang mga katribu kong Isinay – kung bubuhayin ko muli ang paborito kong salitang iyon sa blogpost na ito.

Sa mga kadugo kong Isinay: Matuwa tiye, iiva on abeveyoyan. Ganas, mamis, on marin matamam podda daratye madandanas uwar si pangan-anap si mawaywayir boon ila ya tinama tau mot an ba^ba^ si Isinay. (This is true, brothers/sisters and townmates. What I go through in my search for vanishing or forgotten words in Isinay are joyful, sweet, and unforgettable experiences.)

Pasensiya na kung di ko mai-translate sa Isinay ang kagilagilalas at pakikipagsapalaran. Maski anong pagpiga ang gawin ko sa utak ko, wala akong maalala sa ngayon na deretsahang katumbas na mga salitang iyan.

Gayunpaman, isasama ko ang mga salitang iyan – pati na mga synonyms ng kagilagilalas na amazing, wonderful at exciting, at “kamag-anak” ng pakikipagsapalaran na adventure, escapades at journeys – sa mga isasangguni ko sa mga nakakatandang Isinay pag-uwi ko muli sa Dupax.

Susubukan ko ring kalampagin ang mga kapareho kong Isinay sa aming grupong Isinay Global Association at Isinay Friends sa Facebook. Kung susuwertihin ay baka may mga katumbas ang mga naturang salita sa wikang Isinay ng mga taga-Bambang.

Sa aking paghahanap ng mga nawawala, natabunan, o kaya'y nakaligtaan nang mga salita sa Isinay ay kung saan-saan ako dinadala ng aking mga paa.

Marami-rami na nga ang aking samutsaring karanasan sa paggalugad ng mga salitang Isinay para sa ginagawa kong Isinay Dictionary.

Nagsimula pa ito noong 2007-2008. Ito’y pagkatapos kong tamaan ng sinasabi nilang slight myocardial infraction, maratay ng ilang araw sa Baguio Medical Center, at di naglaon ay nasundan ng halos dalawang taon na pakikipagbuno sa di ko maipaliwanag na pagkaba-kaba sa tuwing maiwang mag-isa sa bahay o sa apartment, sumakay sa elebeytor, eroplano at siksikang bus at MRT, dumaan ang sinasakyang taxi o kotse sa underpass, at mapagawi sa walang bintana o doble-saradong mga gusali.

Magkahalo raw na agoraphobia at claustrophobia ang dumapo sa akin. At sa mga panahong iyon na nabawas ang aking paggala at lie-low muna ako sa trabahong consultant na may kakambal na biyahe, doon ko naisipan na gumawa ng diksyunaryo ng nawawala nang sinaunang wika ng Timog Nueva Vizcaya.

Hindi minsanan, parang hinihipan ako noon ng aking anghel de la guwardiya hindi lang ng ideya ng pagbuo ng kaunaunahang talatinigan ng Isinay kundi pati ng kung ano ang gagawin, sinong mga tao ang kakausapin, at saang mga lugar ang gagalugarin.

Papitik-pitik noong una ang aking pagkalap ng mga salitang Isinay. At usad-pagong, wika nga, ang aking pagbubunong-braso para sa nasabing proyekto. Subalit kahit papaano ay kaakibat ng mga iyon ang mga karanasan na nagbibigay-sigla kung di man parang nanggagatong sa akin na kahit mahirap ay huwag na huwag akong susuko sa nasimulan kong misyon.

Nandiyan, halimbawa, ang mapasali ako sa padasal ng mga may edad nang kababaihan sa Dupax del Sur na kung di mo alam ang aming masiglang pinag-uusapan ay aakalain mong nagbibigay ako ng isang nakatutuwang training.

Nandiyan ang sisingit ako sa umpukan ng mga kalalakihang Isinay sa isang kanto at mayat-maya pay masaya na silang nagbabangayan sa kung ano ang tamang Isinay nito at nang ganito, at kung kelan at saan nangyari ang pamumugot-ulo ng mga Ibilaw, at marami pang iba.

Kahit saan ako mapunta sa aming bayan ngayon, para bagang isa akong kandidato na ano ba't binabati/nilalapitan/kinakausap, bagay na di ko naranasan noong di ko pa pinangatawanan ang pagbubuo ng kaunaunahang diksyunaryo ng lengguaheng Isinay.

Kung tutuusin ay pupuwede na ngang gawing libro ang mga karanasang ito. Datapwat kakailanganin ko siguro ang matagalang pag-upo sa harap ng aking kompyuter para maibuhos ang mga ito sa isang anyo na mababasa at nanamnamin sila ng ibang tao.

Pansamantala, pagdamutan natin ang kuwento ng pinakahuli kong pakikipagsapalaran. Medyo mahaba-haba ito kaya hiramin ko ang pambungad ng Kuwento ni Lola Basyang noong buhay at sikat pa ito sa radyo: “Mga bata, huwag na kayong malikot, maupo na kayo at sisimulan na ang ating kuwento….”

(SUNDAN SA SUSUNOD NA KABANATA 2)

Aritao Isinay Document: 1925 Testament of Margarita Larosa Granada

NOTE: How is Aritao Isinay compared to Dupax Isinay? If we use as sample the following Aritao Isinay document written in 1925, the Isinay of Aritao and Dupax don’t have distinguishable differences. I made the same observation as regards the contributions by the late Isinay writer-editor Edgar Daniel of Aritao and those of
his parents to Ernesto Constantino’s book Isinay Texts and Translations. If you are well versed in either Dupax Isinay or Aritao Isinay, please judge for yourself.

War Testamentowar Margarita Larosa Granada (1925)

Si ngaron di Diosar Ama Ana on Espiritu Santo. Saon si Margarita Larosa Granada Filipina inmasaua y Aurellano Salinas Aleman natural ami sitien bebeoy Aritao provincia Nueva Vizcaya an masajup ami sitien Distrito No. 2 consejal Don Bernardo Gammad.

Mibus toy tuoya naratngan si arun di Aputauar Dios si osan pan-atung u an ilaloa ta satu mos si pan-ayaj di Diosar isaon, on toy mebbes tar esep uar ya manutua si anur si Misterion di Santisima Trinidad atdipay lar inulianar mataju on misisipeanar, on ar urumar tay panpatutuan di Santa Iglesiar Catolica, si pangui-entregaar si anguear si Diosar, ya apio tien testamento an patadojon di misesseunurar darin mapelet si uritti-ar tien inpauaramin simbeyan si pangui-ipas miar si ana miar tien ososea an si Pascuala Salinas Larosa, immasaua y Federico Larosa, si naaliar dari tien urritti inpauara mi an saratu.

1. Osan ynuman sin-gottong si lugarar Casay an insulicitud ut gratuito an ni-yjar siratien taju, este Jose Granada natoy, oeste Susana Sinuldung natoy, norte Potenciana Portillo, sur Genoveba Aleman y Eufracio Toje.

2. Osan ynuman sin-gottong siri paylan lugar an tituladon di asauaar, an ni-ijar siratien taju, oeste Jose Granada natoy, este Aurellano Hermosilla, norte Jose Aleman, sur Juan Larosa.

3. Osan beoy maritay nasput dioy si materialesna si tabla di beuanar on osan beoy cocena tinajete completo man-oy si lugarar nilusaran di saratien naalin beoy on cocena.

Mitotear si apumiar Magdalena Larosa Salinas an tuoy si sajungonmiar.

Osan caban baul, osan lamesan redonda, osan lamesan comedor, osan beoy si pongan, osan colgadura, osan langcapen neajan si au-uoy, osan taborete de turno, osan taborete neajan si au-uoy, osan bangcon costado, osan espejo am-may, osan luup piniston tumbaga, osan damajuana aninao, osan saya nacabuan, osan eeng sinamay, osan ayin domdom, palanganan losa, opat tazan pancafean pino, osan cafeteran losa, duan vaso de agua, osan pana-uran panay, opat comao mam-may on osan mabagan man-oj.

Mibus si sabayat min sinbeyan an naninpajnanmi ta yipas mi lom-an di urittiar tien inpauara mi si naaliar tien anami an ososea, mu bayao toy neir an pilaj si panlimos u mu boon mansala daratien ana min sinbeyan Pascuala on Federico an manguibuttat pilaj si limos mi man-oy si gastosar, si ojor si limanpiun pesos (P50.00P) mu bayao toy uar duar an clase an dioy mababa sitien lista an saratu, ynumanar tituladon di asauaar, on beoyar an cocena ya mapaar tay sitien naalin asaua toy tuoy tay isian mataju ta pantajuanatay, on dumatong elar arun si Aputauar Dios sitien asaua ta matoy ya itriganamos daratie si naaliar anami an nababamos sitien Inventario.

Atdipay mu si amayu pat maratngan si arun di Aputauar Dios ya otorgon yu pay lan ibuttar limos nar man oy si urumar dari tay an mapelet.

Satut in iptao ut tien pinatadoj un testamento si voluntad di pusu-ar si urittiar tien inpauaramin sinbeyan an nitobayan di naaliar tien asaua Aurellano Salinas Aleman. On ta matutua tien inapia si ar asdeanar ya firma si limaar onang manfirma pay la di naaliar asaua on urumar darin mantasi an dioy naseom.

Aritao veinte y nueve de Marzo de mil noevecientos veinte y cinco.

Margarita Larosa

Aurellano Salinas

Sixto Bungubung
Testigo

GLOSSARY
inmasaua
natural
bebeoy
masajup
consejal
tuoya
naratngan
arun di Aputauar Dios
pan-atung
ilaloa
pan-ayaj
mebbes tar esep uar
manutua
anur si Misterion di Santisima Trinidad
inulianar mataju on misisipeanar
urumar tay panpatutuan di Santa Iglesiar Catolica
pangui-entregaar si anguear si Diosar
apio tien testamento
patadojon di misesseunurar darin mapelet
uritti-ar tien inpauaramin simbeyan
pangui-ipas miar si ana miar tien ososea
naaliar dari tien urritti inpauara mi
saratu
osan ynuman sin-gottong
insulicitud ut gratuito
ni-yjar/ni-ijar
este
oeste
natoy
norte
sur
tituladon di asauaar
beoy maritay nasput
dioy si materialesna
tabla di beuanar
osan beoy cocena
tinajete
completo
man-oy si lugarar nilusaran
mitotear
opat
dua
tuoy si sajungonmiar
caban baul
lamesan redonda
lamesan comedor
beoy si pongan
colgadura
langcapen neajan si au-uoy
taborete de turno
taborete neajan si au-uoy
bangcon costado
espejo am-may
luup piniston tumbaga
damajuana aninao
saya nacabuan
eeng sinamay
ayin domdom
palanganan losa
tazan pancafean pino
cafeteran losa
vaso de agua
pana-uran panay
comao mam-may
mabagan man-oj
sabayat min sinbeyan an naninpajnanmi
bayao toy neir an pilaj si panlimos
mu boon mansala daratien ana
manguibuttat pilaj si limos mi man-oy si gastosar
ojor si limanpiun pesos
tuoy tay isian mataju
pantajuanatay
itriganamos
maratngan si arun di Aputauar Dios
man oy si urumar dari tay an mapelet
otorgon yu pay lan ibuttar limos nar
satut in iptao ut tien pinatadoj un testamento
voluntad di pusu-ar
nitobayan
ta matutua tien inapia si ar asdeanar ya firma si limaar onang manfirma pay la di naaliar asaua on urumar darin mantasi an dioy naseom
veinte y nueve de Marzo de mil noevecientos veinte y cinco

Isinay Stories from Aritao: How Aritao Got Its Name

Ni^butan di Ngaronar di Aritao

EUFRONIO LAROSA, SR.
(Octobre 2, 1976)

Ana^, iv-iva, da^da-e on bisitas mi an mandonge si satiyen estoryo^ ira^yu besan.

Si lu-ang uwar an manbasa-basa on man-ada-adal mu sangkanan ningaranan tiyen beveyoy si Aritao, nayir lan urum an binasa^ si sinulat omu dingnge^ mu sangkanan ningaranan tiyen beveyoy si Aritao.

Bayaw ot diyoy si osan nambasaa^ si damdaman estorya an mu sangkanan nangaranan di osar an barrios di beveyoyar Pingkian si Santa Cruz. Satiye ya osan parten di estorya nar tiyen beveyoy Santa Cruz.

Mu sangkanan ningaranan diyen beveyoy toy mi^bus toy war papariyar darin naun-una an dimmatong situn provinsiya ya nanlaar datdi ba^yurar ningaranan si Bantay Lakay. Nanlaar datdi ot impas dat osan lugar an Pingkian.

Si osan lugar ya nanmisa ra, nanloov ra. Sinelebrasyon da ri osar an misa, ot dipan la ri misar siri ba^yurar siri Pingkian, ningaranan da riyen lugar si Santa Cruz. Dipan la riye loovar o misar siri Santa Cruz, immali rattu doteyar situ Aritao an besan mo.

Ya datong dar situ Aritao, mi^bus eman toy war tahuwar sirin poto^ ya nayir lan osa irira si manuttuwa si na-inkristiyanowanar an panuttuwa atdi ela papariyar darin niluuy si Espaniolar dari, ya inselebrar da omu inappiya rattu beveyoyar Aritao, siri lugarar an mingaranan si Ituy, riye primerowar poddan loov omu misa.

On mi^bus toy war ehawar an niselebra di primerowar poddan loov omu misattu beveyoyar ya nipto^ si ehawar an ingngaranan da besan si Ingles an Christ the King. Sarin ehhaw si ehaw riye Apu ta^war an Jesu Cristo, arin di tahuwar dari.

Andoholan si panuttuwaar on si pan-ad-adal uwar on inpandondongnge-ar, si uritti-ar an panrisersing u an inappiya^, ya manuttuwa^ an mu sangkanan ningaranan tiyen beveyoy si mangkaplatanar an ngarona mi^bus toy war primerowar podda omu na-un-unar poddan misa na niselebrar situ beveyoyar Ituy ya ehaw riye Aputa^war Jesu Cristo.

Andoholan ingngaranan tiyen beveyoy an Aritao, gosto nan ba^ba-on an arin diye lom-an di tahuwar dari.

Satu lohom on tandalan yu otiya tiyen uunga.

GLOSSARY
Aputa^war Jesu Cristo ― our Lord Jesus Christ
arin di tahuwar dari ― the people’s king
ba^yurar ningaranan si Bantay Lakay ― mountain named Mount Old Man
dingnge^ ― I heard
dipan la ri misar ― immediately after the mass
estoryo^ ― I will tell the story
gosto nan ba^ba-on ― in other words
immali rattu doteyar situ ― they came to this place
impas ― went down
inpandondongnge-ar ― what I heard
Ituy ― name of Southern Nueva Vizcaya particulalry Aritao, Dupax and Bambang
lu-ang ― based on
manbasa-basa on man-ada-adal ― reading and studying
mangkaplatanar an ngaronna ― its present name
mi^bus toy ― because
mu sangkanan ningaranan tiyen beveyoy si Aritao ― why this town was named Aritao
nambasaa^ ― my reference, something I read
nanmisa ra, nanloov ra ― they offered mass
nipto^ ― coincided
panrisersing u an inappiya^ ― the research I personally made
panuttuwaar ― my belief
primerowar podda ― the very first
satu lohom ― this is all
tandalan ― remember
uunga ― children

Bambang Stories: The Igorots, Ilongots and Isinays

[NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Bambang version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay-Bambang stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations. Oh yes, this particular story should show readers how Bambang Isinay compares with Dupax Isinay.]

Appoyaw Ri Beveyoyad Bambang

Diego Umamos
(Octobre 4, 1966)

Sa-on si osa an mivebbeyoy situ beveyoyad Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya. Diyoya^ an midistrito situ Buag. Neyir urum si ba^ba-o^, on uritti^ lokom, an amung dinongnge^ pita-on, an sina^du^ an ap-appoyaw ri lalakayar dari on bivi-al si poto^ an unga^ tay. Ya satu ri inoy miyad an sinandala^.

Addiyona, nanung dimmatong di kongkistadoresar dari an Kakastila, si tiyempowar on taw-on mil sa-is siyentos diyes mantunat mil siyete siyentos korentay uno, ya neyir urum si immali an na-un-una situ Bambang mu boon si Reberendo Prayar Juan Armaza. Aluuy ra da Alejandro Cacho, Juan Arjona, on Domingo Caro. Saratu si Kakastila an papari on misionario an immalittu Bambang.

Si poto^ di satiye an taw-on an mil nueve sientos korentay uno, a koresiyon, adiyona osiya mil siyete sientos korentay uno, ya diyoy nararan si limampiyu ot lima an ranseria. Duwan piyuwad of weyu ya siya darariye i-Awaad dari an ma-ingaranan Igorotes, an diyoy ra si eyanopan di soy-angar. Diyoy pay la si duwan piyu ot pitu an ranserya an nittuwan di Ilonggotes. Saratu si pon-a an in-awara ra darasiye an duwan baranggay o grupo si tahu, an nambaliw an Isinay.

Siriye an dimmatong di Kakastilar dari an nangadnan, dingnge ra ta wad in-aalin di Kakastilad dari, an papari on misionario, ya wad ma-unar an anapon da si takuwar dari an dinakngan da situ ranserya rari, ya^ pan-ivaka ra ri Diyosar ma-una, balitu-ad si segunda, on war terserar ya panggloria rad, si in-aali rad si lugarar an ningadna^ an ranseryan di Igorotes on Ilonggotes.

Besan, saratiye an tahu an nangadnan an Ilonggotes on Igorotes ya^ diyoy si^ osa an aap-appoyaw ra, darasiye an duwan klasen si tahu an lideres di duwa rari an puli an Igorotes on Ilonggotes. Atdiyon da si appoyawar an dinongnge^, ta wa darasiyen duwan baranggay o klasen si tahu, ya nabto^ da mi^bus si panganup dar on pangkalap dad isirat danum.

Besan, nanlaar di tiempowar, ya nipto^ an mabbet poddad ehawad, ma-ukav an marin man-uran on nayid poddan marongednge si man-uni an mantaytayav omu ayup. Ya wad diyoyar tiye ye ab ranseria an Igorotes si eyanopanar ya nannod da si laman. Nanlaad di tiempowar, dingngen di Igorotesarari an diyoy si osad pay an baranggay an mangadnan Ilonggotes.

Besan, mannod di atun di Igorotesarari, ya^ wad tonod dad, nan-apit si buttan di ehawad. Pingtaneyan diyoy ri lamanar on atuwad si danumar Meet, nipto^ siri nandamuwan Meet on danumar Abuat. Pingsaneyan suma^yat mot di lamanar, napakel, ya war atuwar ya matde an nannor si lamanar. Ya ta^yat deyan duwa si danumar Meet ya ineyat di atuwarari ri batang di lamanar, ot nan-iyatud lamanad. Ensigida an bimmutta ri baranggay di Ilonggotes.

Saratu an Igorotes on Ilonggotes, nansasavayat da. Si masaa-it di innu rad an mansin-aareglo toy mi^bus si lamanar. Bayaw, wa ri matdeyarari an si puwersa na, puwersa an Igorotes, ya osa ri tinette rad, toy diyoy pasy si amung insipan di tarasiye an Ilonggotes an pavutton ta wemu nasi^si^dut tay ri^ nomnom dar lom-an an man-iiyatu. Ya bimmutta si osan mariit di Ilonggotesarari, an siya betan si in-atensionan di Igorotesarari an leleya-i an uunga.

Ot nan-iiyatu ra, asan da betan an nasasavayatan di innuwad si lamanar an ineya^bu ra. Tasiyen lamanar am ineya^bu ra, ya sari betan si nanlapuwan da an nansin-iinom, si partes di Igorotesar dari on Ilonggotesar dari. Nanlaad si tiempo, ya^ tasiye an laman si amung lapu na ri impansin-iinom dad.

Nanlaad pay si tiempo, si atdit tudtud di lalahayarari on bivi-al an Isinay, ya^ atdiyon da, ta^ siriye an napanut mot di taratiye an baranggay si Igorotes on Ilonggotes, ya nansin-at-atawa ra. Dimmee ra, on dimmee ri ayup darari, dimmee ri tanaman darari, nanyaman da, an siyari betan si dinakngan di tarasiye an Kakastila an kongkistadores an ni^but Pangasinan.

Besan, si saratiye an tiempo an nanlaar, ya^ dinongnge ra ri papariyarari, ta gosto ra an kongkiston di tahuwar an dohap, an Igorotes on Ilonggotes, ta man-ugmu^ da si oteyan lugar, toy diyoy anu si iprosesyon da an immahe, an tarin immahe ya siyari anu ri^ Diosar an siya betan si aluuy ri^ krusar an atdiyon da, ta war krusar ya siyari ri nipaasakan an Jesu Cristo, an ana^ di Diosar.

Mi^bus si tarasiye an prosesyon on pan-uugmu^ da, ya wa ri Kakastilarari, ya inayahan da lom-an an kinombersiyon di partes di Igorotes on Ilonggotes. Impaangan da dira, impantattaro^ da dira, impankankanta ra dira, ot nanggayhaya ra. Asan da dira an in-opreseyan si eeng da, anon da, on urumad tay an mabbet an pangaw-awis si tarasiye an bona^, Igorotes on Ilonggotes.

Pingsaneyan ta il-ilan di tarasiye an misionario di tarasiyen Igorotes on Ilonggotes ta mabbet da mot, ya nangappiya ra mot si simbaan. On tariyen simbaan ya^ siri si nangawitan da si lom-anar an makongkista ra an tahu. Pingtaneyan nakongkista ra mot, ya namata^dog da pay si kapilia an man-og ta atdi ela dawmon dan awiton an pambinyakon di takuwar dohap.

Pingtaneyan dee mos si navinyakan, tari mot pay la nabinyakanarari si nangonkista si urumaddari, nangaw-awit, ta atdi ela ma-ugmu^ da lom-an si sentron di nittuwan an nambebbeyoyan di papariyarari an Kakastila, man-oy pay la si sondalowarari.

Pingsaneyan ilan di papariyarari ta nayid lan mabbet si pan-intatatmo^ da, ya si Alejandro Cacho an mabbet an man-aral si ba^ba^ si tupang on tupang, ta atdiyon da ta lingguwista, ya^ siya si nangappiya si katetismo, an wa riyen katetismo siyari ri addiyon da diyen aralon di takuwar dohap, ta atdi ela ya manlapu ra an man-abese.
Siriyen nan-aral da, ya war papariyarari an nangappiyad katetismo ya^ sari mot si in-aral da. On naal-ali tiyempowad si masewe an sinlasut an taw-on ya boon mot an Bungkalot di pamba^ba^ dad omu Ivilaw, mu boon nabto^ mot si oteya, an siya ri atdiyon dad an ba^ba^ dan nansin-aayawan da an Isinay.

Satu besan in-innun di in-awaran di Isinayarari an maba^ba^ on narongednge^ si pan-estoryan di apuwarari an naun-una, on atdi pay la si papariyarari an namisivi si pangaral da, on pangkombersiyon si tarasiye an tahu. On neyid urum si nangombersiyonan da mu boon si sentron di simbaanar, altar di simbaanad on kapilya an manman-og an nan-ivuvuwa si^ lugarar dari an dawmon dan pampa-ug-ugmu-an si tahu.

Pintaneyan navut darasiye an inap-appiya ra, in-iyatu ra mos, on inlapu ra mot an mangonbersiyon si lom-an di takuwar an na-ugmu^ si oteyan lugar. On tarasiyen lugar ya siyat lugar di atdiyon dad an Isinay.

Lokeri.

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Source: ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. Ernesto Constantino. December 1982. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. pp. 162-170

GLOSSARY:
aluuy – companion
appoyaw – story. [sutsur in Dupax Isinay]
apuwarari – grandparents, elders, ancestors
aralon – lesson, something to be studied
atu – dog. [asu in Dupax Isinay]
ba^ba^ si tupang on tupang – various languages
balitu^ – gold
baranggay – village, tribe, group of people
beveyoy – village, community
bivi-al – old women
bona^ – race
buttan di ehawad – where the sun rises; east. [buttan di ejawar in Dupax Isinay]
dinakngan – arrived at. [dinajngan in Dupax Isinay]
dinongnge – something heard
eyanopan – west, place where the sun sets
eyanopan di soy-angar – where the sun sets; west
i-Awaad – i-Owak, people from Owak
impaangan – was/were fed or given food
impantattaro^ – was/were asked or allowed to dance
in-aali – arrival
in-aral – teaching
in-awaran di Isinayarari – origin of the Isinays
ineya^bu – caught
ineyat – bit
in-opreseyan – given, offered
insipan – promised, something promised
isirat danum – food from the rivers
katetismo -- cathechism
konkiston – to colonize
lalakay – old men. [lalajay in Dupax Isinay]
laman – deer
leleya-i an uunga – male youths. [lele-i an uunga in Dupax Isinay]
lokeri – that’s all, the end of the story. [satu lojom in Dupax Isinay]
maba^ba^ on marongednge – orally transmitted and heard
man-abese – "man-ABC", to learn the ABCs
mangonbersiyon – to convert (to Christianity)
man-og – small. [man-oj in Dupax Isinay]
mantaytayav – bird. [mantetteyav in Dupax Isinay]
mariit – young woman
marongednge – audible. [marnge in Dupax Isinay]
masawe – more than. [maseve in Dupax Isinay]
ma-ugmu^ – to be gathered together. [maujmu^ in Dupax Isinay]
ma-ukav – afternoon. [maujav in Dupax Isinay]
mivebbeyoy – resident
nabinyakan – a baptized or Christened person. [nabinyajan in Dupax Isinay]
nabto^ – became one or united. [naboto^ in Dupax Isinay]
namata^dog – put up, built, constructed. [nanpata^doj in Dupax Isinay]
nambaliw – became, changed to
nambebbeyoyan – place where they built houses
namisivi – persevered
nan-apit – went towards or in the direction of a place
nandamuwan – meeting point; confluence
nang-ugmu^ – one who gathered people to a place. [nangujmu^ in Dupax Isinay]
nan-invuvuwa^ – scattered
nan-iyatu – rested
nanlaad si tiempo – in the course of time, as time went by. [nanlaar di tiempowar in Dupax Isinay]
nannod – one who ran after. [nannor in Dupax Isinay]
nansin-aayawan dan ba^ba^ – language that linked them
nansin-at-atawa – intermarried. [nansin-aasawa in Dupax Isinay]
nansin-iinom – drank together
nan-ugmu^ – gathered or lived together. [nan-ujmu^ in Dupax Isinay]
nanung – prior to
nanyaman – became prosperous
napakel – got tired. [napajel in Dupax Isinay]
napanut – lived in harmony
nasi^sidut di nomnom dar – their minds became calm; have peace of mind
nayid poddan marongednge – not a sound could be heard. [nayi poran marnge in Dupax Isinay]
ni^but – came from. [ni^bus in Dupax Isinay]
nipasakan – where one was nailed. [nipasajan in Dupax Isinay]
pamba^ba^ – speech, language, way of talking
pambinyakon – to get one baptized. [panbinyajon in Dupax Isinay]
pampa-ug-ugmu-an – place or reason for convening people. [pan-uj-ujmu-an in Dupax Isinay]
panggloria – glorification
pangkalap – fishing
pan-ivaka – preached, told. [pan-ivaja in Dupax Isinay]
papariyarari – the priests
pavutton – let it out, show
pintaneyan – once, then. [pingsaneyan in Dupax Isinay]
pon-a an in-awara – origin, how a thing came to be
poto^ – early times
ranseria – rancheria, the Spanish-era village
sina^du^ – one that I understood
sinandala^ – remembered. [tinandala^ in Dupax Isinay]
suma^yat – went up, especially from a river to its bank
takuwar dohap – all the people. [tajuwar dojap in Dupax Isinay]
tanaman – farm, planting area
tarasiye – these. [daratiye in Dupax Isinay]
tariye – that. [sariye in Dupax Isinay]
tersera – third
tinette – saw
tudtud – story. [sutsur in Dupax Isinay]

Bambang Isinay Stories: How Bambang Got Its Name

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Bambang version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay-Bambang stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations. Oh yes, this particular story should show readers how Bambang Isinay compares with Dupax Isinay.]

Wad Ngaronad Di Beveyoyad Bambang

Anastacio Acosta
(Octobre 4, 1966)

Si naun-unar an tiyempo, nan-intatawiran di de^dee miyar dari, si nanlaput apu, apu si apu, maantunat tarasiye an ekaw. Tinawir mi siyen estorya, mu andiye innun di beveyoyad Bambang an nangeyat ngarona.

Sirin tiyempo nanung na tay an ma-i-ator di in-aamtar si siyen beveyoy, si buttan di ekawar, diyoy si osan tribu an diyoy pay la si obehas na, atdi pay la si eyanopanar. Akayanan ba^ba-on, di Buhalotar on Ibilaw. Andu-oy an tiyempo an mansingkontra darasiye. Mari ran makaykayan an manliliyuuy.

Dimmatong si osa an nangngaron si Juan Campa, an mangi-ali si in-akristiyano si siyen beveyoy. Kinontran di saratiye an tribu, on akakayan da otiya an patayon. Mu bayaw nayid poddan serbin di armas dad isiya, toy mu gayangon da omu peyangon da, pum-ot lokom si payung nad.

Besan, naas-asinut na dira an inamo, atdi ela inesep da ri mebbesar. Nantavtavayat tiyen duwa an tribu. Nandaramu ra sitiyen beveyoy, imbangbang da ri armas dar dari an gayang, ota^, eyatay. Inluvu^ da si piyo-ar. Tarit sangkana an ingngaronan siyen beveyoy Bambang.

Satut umput na.

Bambang Isinay Stories: How Bambang Originated

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Bambang version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay-Bambang stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations. Oh yes, this particular story should show readers how Bambang Isinay compares with Dupax Isinay.]

WAD BEVEYOYAD BAMBANG

Hospicia U. Arcega
(Oct 10, 1963)

Siriyen poto^, wad beveyoyad Bambang ya pan-ariyan si duwan grupon si taku an nangadnan si Bungkalot on Ivilaw.

Naantanan di pan-inkontra rad darasiyen duwan bogtoy. Wad dayan di beveyoyad ya tonan on sakup di Ivilawad, on wad lakud nad ya tonan on sakup pay iriran di Bungkalotarari.

Oteyan ekaw, immoy nanganup di tarasiyen duwan grupon si taku. Diyoy si oteyan laman si innan di panan di Ivilawarari, on atdi pay si panan di Bungkalotarari. Nandama ri duwarari siyen bogtoy mi^bus si siyen naappiya, lalo pay toy nararan dan man-inkontra.

Besan, toy ninomnom da pela ya nayid an i-atod di pandaddarama rad, tarit inpan-ot-otta ra bayaw di nomnom darari an man-inpapabbes da.

Ot tariye lan orat ya inbangbang da lom-an di armas darari ta mangipa-ilat pan-inpapabbes dad.

Manlaput diye, ya wad beveyoyad ya nangadnan si Bambang.

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SOURCE: ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. Ernesto Constantino. December 1982. Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. 561 pages.

NOTE:
Those of you who are familiar with the Dupax and Aritao versions of Isinay would note that Bambang Isinay differs in phonetics. For example, Dupax/Aritao Isinay would say beveyoyar, taju, nangaranan, Bugkalot, naansanan, daratiyen, and bojtoy while Bambang Isinay uses beveyoyad, taku, nangadnan, Bungkalot, naantanan, darasiyen, and bogtoy.

GLOSSARY:
beveyoy – village, town. Ilocano: kabalbalayan, ili. Filipino: kabahayan, bayan.
bogtoy – group, tribe. Ilocano: bunggoy, tribo. Filipino: grupo, tribu.
darasiye – these. Ilocano: dagitoy. Filipino: ang mga ito
daya – east, eastern part. Ilocano: daya, dayaen. Filipino: silangan, bandang silangan.
i-atod – to give. Ilocano: ited. Filipino: ibigay.
inbangbang – buried. Ilocano: inkali. Filipino: ibinaon.
inpan-ot-otta– united. Ilocano: nagkaykaysa. Filipino: samasama.
lakud – west, western part. Ilocano: laud. Filipino: kanluran.
laman - deer. Ilocano: ugsa. Filipino: usa.
mangipa-ila – proof, indication. Ilocano: mangipakita. Filipino: pagpapatunay.
man-inpapabbes – will improve. Ilocano: mangpasayaat. Filipino: magpapabuti.
manlapu - start. Ilocano: mangrugi. Filipino: magmula.
mi^bus – because, since. Ilocano: gapu, yantangay. Filipino: dahil, kung kaya.
naantanan – too much. Ilocano: nakaro, napalalo. Filipino: sobra, matindi.
nandama - quarreled. Ilocano: nagapa. Filipino: nag-away.
nangadnan - named. Ilocano: nanaganan. Filipino: pinangalanan.
nararan – ready. Ilocano: nakasagana. Filipino: nakahanda.
ninomnom – thought. Ilocano: napanunot. Filipino: naisip.
oteyan ekaw – one day. Ilocano: maysa nga aldaw. Filipino: isang araw.
pana – bow and arrow. Ilocano: pana. Filipino: pana.
pan-ariyan – kingdom, territory. Ilocano: sakup. Filipino: teritoryo.
pandaddarama – conflict, quarrel. Ilocano: susik, panagaapa. Filipino: hidwaan, away.
poto^ – place. Ilocano: lugar. Filipino: lugar.
siriye – when, where. Ilocano: idi, idiay. Filipino: noong, doon.
tarasiyen – these. Ilocano: dagitoy. Filipino: ang mga ito.
tona – property, ownership. Ilocano: kukua. Filipino: pag-aari.
tonan on sakup – owned and covered. Ilocano: kukua ken sakup. Filipino: pag-aari at sakop.
wad – the. Ilocano: ti. Filipino: ang.

Dupax Isinay Stories: Saint Vincent Ferrer

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Dupax version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations.]

SAN VICENTE FERRER

Alfonso Castañeda
(Oct. 4, 1966)

PINGSANEYAN NILAPU ri travahon si simbaanar, ya nampuwoy rat tahut Manila an mangeya si immahenar San Bisente Perer. War deyanar siri ot amung deyan si manganup. Man-awat mattuwar Karbalyo.

Domona otiyan pakarga si kabayo mu masa-it mikarga si osan kabayo si andu-oy deyan on maram-ot.

War mangeyar dari ot nansahay ra neyapu Dupaj si kabayo. Nilawusan da ri beveyoyar dari Kranglaan, Pungkan, San Jose, Muñoz, Talavera, an nayir urum si buttan ra mu boon Talahiv, Gapan, Bulacan on Kala-okan. On sirit pipaaran di kabayowar dari.

Sirin umuli ra ya nanbavansan di tahuwar dari ri immahenar. Mapahel da ela ya man-iyatu ra. Ipo^dah da ri immahenar.

Siriyen ituloy da ri biyahe rar, sinantu ra si nanung dan mana^bat si immahenar ya atdiyon da, "Apu, ahayhayam mittut tu Aritaw?"

Siriyen sa^baton da mos otiya ya uriyan dan domon oppaton di immahenar toy maram-ot. Ningaranan dar urumar beveyoy, ya sapaylarin maram-ot.

Ningaranan da Dupaj, ya timmahpiyaw ri immahenar ot intuloy rat biyahe rar.

Nan-iyatu ra pay. Ot sinantu ra si atdi naun-unar, ot atdi pay la ri savayat di immahenar. Nanpitlu an sinatu ra mantunat dimmatong da Dupaj.

Satiyen estorya ot bina^ba^ di apu-ar, osat nansa^batar darit immahenar nansu^nu Manila nantunat tiyen Dupaj.


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SOURCE: Constantino, Ernesto. 1982. ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. Pp. 132-134

NOTES:
1) The author was the first and as of today the only Isinay to become Governor of Nueva Vizcaya. The newest town of the province, Alfonso Castañeda, was named after him.
2) The Isinay texts used by Prof. Constantino are phonetical. Thus, for certain words, he used H instead of the J prevalently used in written Isinay (example: He used Dupah instead of Dupaj).

GLOSSARY:
ahayhayam - to like or prefer something. Ilocano: kayatmo. Filipino: gusto mo.
andu-oy - long. Ilocano: atiddog. Filipino: mahaba.
beveyoy - town. Ilocano: ili. Filipino: bayan.
deyan - road, route. Ilocano: dalan. Filipino: daan.
dimmatong - has arrived. Ilocano: simmangpet. Filipino: dumating.
domona - possible. Ilocano: mabalin. Filipino: kaya.
immahen - statue; image. Ilocano: istatua, rebulto. Filipino: estatuwa, rebulto.
mana^bat - porter; one who will carry a thing on his shoulder. Ilocano: para baklay; agbaklay. Filipino: taga-pasan; papasan.
man-awa - to take the route. Ilocano: magna. Filipino: dadaan.
manganup - hunter. Ilocano: mangnganup. Filipino: mangangaso.
mangeya - to get. Ilocano: mangala. Filipino: kumuha.
man-iyatu - to rest. Ilocano: atiddog. Filipino: mahaba.
maram-ot - long. Ilocano: atiddog. Filipino: mahaba.
maram-ot - heavy. Ilocano: nadagsen. Filipino: mabigat.
masa-it - difficult. Ilocano: narigat. Filipino: mahirap.
mattuwa - real, true. Ilocano: agpayso. Filipino: tunay, totoo.
mittu - to stay. Ilocano: agyan. Filipino: manatili.
nampuwoy - sent someone to do something. Ilocano: nangibaon. Filipino: nagpadala, nag-utos.
nanbavansan - did something by shifts or one after another. Ilocano: nagsisinnublatan. Tagalog: nagsalitsalitan.
nanpitlu - three times, thrice. Ilocano: namitlo, namintallo. Filipino: tatlong beses.
nansa^bat - one who carried. Ilocano: atiddog. Filipino: mahaba.
nansu^nu - from, starting from. Ilocano: nangrugi. Filipino: nagmula.
nantuna - up to, until. Ilocano: agingga. Filipino: hanggang.
neyapu - beginning from. Ilocano: nangrugi. Filipino: nagsimula.
ningaranan - mentioned the name; gave the name. Ilocano: innaganan. Tagalog: pinangalanan.
oppaton - to carry. Ilocano: bagkaten. Filipino: buhatin.
pingsaneyan - when; immediately after; once. Ilocano: idi. Tagalog: noong.
sapaylari - similarly, all the same. Ilocano: isu met lang. Filipino: ganoon din, pareho rin.
satiye - this. Ilocano: daytoy. Filipino: ito.
savayat - reply, answer. Ilocano: sungbat. Filipino: sagot.
timmahpiyaw - became lighter. Ilocano: limmag-an. Filipino: gumaan.

Dupax Isinay Stories: The Princess of Dampol

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Dupax version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations.]

WAR PRINSESAR DI DAMPOLAR

Concepcion C. Felix
(Oct. 4, 1966)

SIRIN POTO^, damdama mot an tiyempo, war atdiyon di apu miyar dari ot siniye Dampolar ya^ diyoy si osan ari on reynan nanbeyoy sina guwav di Dampolar. Diyoy si ana^ dat oseyan bavayin maserot poddat nayir isu na.

Mu alimbawa nan atah-oy ri buwenar, marin amoy di tahuwar darin manpe^pet di guwav di dampolar toy mu masa-itan o mu mivebbevoy ri^ ana^ darari ya^ man-atung da, boon ela matoy ra. Andoh-olan wa ri panuttuwan di tahuwar sirin poto^ ot mu alimbawa nan ehawan, alas doset ehawan, nayir amoy manpe^pe o mu amoy mansahov toy mu^ miringan di ana^ dar an manbebbevoy ta^ o^non da o mu dapiluhon da ya man-atung da pirira.

Andoh-olan wa ri panuttuwan di tahuwar sirin poto^ ot wat guwav di dampolar ya diyoy si nanbevoy sinat ari on reynan diyoy si ana^ dat os-oseya. Madahetar toy pingsanan umamma-i ri ana^ dar ya namesang. Impamesang da ot natoy ri ana^ dar.

Besan, war innu nar mu gawan si lavi, dongngem an manbalbaliwaway si ana^ nar, manpe^pet gamit nar dari an mapuraw, isap-oy nat na.

Dongngen di tahuwar daritdin poto^, toy tahuwar daritdin poto^ ya manuttuwa ra tay si sovret banih. Atdi ela ya^ wa mos di innun di tahuwar dari ya mari ra mos amoy manpe^pe. Mari ra mos amoy mansahov mu alas doset ehawan, atdi pay mu ma-uhav.

Satu lohom ya^ si amta^ an ba^ba^ba-on di apu miyar dari, ot timma-ut ami. Mari ami mos poddan manpe^pe on mansahov mu lavi mos, omu ehawan.

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SOURCE: Constantino, Ernesto. 1982. ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. Pp. 126-128

NOTE: The author was formerly Concepcion Castañeda and the wife of the Isinay educator Gregorio Felix Sr.

GLOSSARY:
andoh-olan ― and so, thus, therefore
mu atah-oy ri buwenar ― when the moon is high
ba^ba^ba-on di apu miyar dari ― being said or told by our grandparents
bavayin maserot poddat nayir isu na ― woman of incomparable beauty
damdama mot an tiyempo ― a long, long time ago
Dampol ― a Spanish-era bridge (made of bricks) that spans Abannatan Creek and connects Dopaj and Domang in Dupax del Sur
ehawan ― daytime
gamit ― diaper, baby clothes
guwav di dampolar ― under the Dampol
impamesang da ― let her give birth (without a husband)
isap-oy ¬― let dry
lavi ― nighttime
man-atung da pirira ― get sick also
man-atung ― get sick
manbalbaliwaway si ana^ nar s― inging lullaby for her child
manpe^pe ― to wash clothes
mansahov ― to fetch water
manuttuwa ― believe
mari ra mos amoy ― they don’t go anymore
miringan ― do one thing at the same time
mivebbevoy ― play with someone
mu gawan si lavi ― at midnight
namesang ― delivered a child without a husband; single mother
nanbevoy ― resided, dwelled
o^non da o mu dapiluhon da ― hit or push aside
os-oseya ― lone, one and only
panuttuwan di tahuwar ― the popular belief
pingsanan ― when
sirin poto^ ― in the early days
sovret banih ― about ghosts
timma-ut ami ― we got scared

Dupax Isinay Stories: The Ghost of Abannatan

NOTE: To give Isinay World friends and patrons an idea of how the Dupax version of Isinay was spoken and written several decades ago, we're putting out selections of Isinay stories from the book ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS (authored by former University of the Philippines Professor Ernesto Constantino and published in December 1982 by the Tokyo-based Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa). The book is copyrighted, thus we're only including the Isinay version of the stories here with the sole intent to help revitalize the Isinay language, nothing more. To help our readers with certain words that may have eluded their Isinay vocabulary (as well as to enhance the Isinay literacy of fellow language activists), we appended a selection of terms with their nearest English, Ilocano and Filipino equivalents. Still, we advise those who wish to know the meaning of other words, phrases, or sentences in this selection to please get in touch with a literate Isinay, or get hold of a copy of the book where the stories have English translations.]

SUTSUR DI BANIHAR SIRI ABANNATAN

Ermelinda C. Magalad
(Jan. 17, 1982)

SIN-UNUN TAW-ON nipelawus, osat pariyar darin nittut Dupaj ot war mangpe'peyar si eeng nar dari ot osan bavayin mandam-ot.

Osan Savaru, immoy ran (simbeyan) mangi-entrega si nape^peyanar darin eeng, ta pansantan di pariyar toy borang nar ot Simba. Bayaw sariyen ehaw ot matden podda ri uranar. Nansor tay ri duwar dari mantunat marin deyomarin di natdanar si uranar nanung dan nanlivat an tumayan.

Mi^bus toy damdama ran nansor si pantuyong di uranar on immoy mot di laviyar, ahahas deya, ya mari ran nan-awa si deyangtoyar o Dampolar. Nanbuhivuh da an immoy Abannatan ta wemu as-asup si i-ooy rar si beyoy rar. Mebbes tay siriyen lapuwan dan umaappang si danumar. Pingsaneyan diyoy ra si gawanar, dimmatong di ammaiyar datong an napilgos.

War osan liman di le-iyar ot nangdon si peyuwar. Osar ilan lima na ot inonnana di liman di asawa nar. Mi^bus toy war manpilgosar danum ot mantuna mot si wewe nar, binolosana ri liman di bavayiyar ta wemu domonan man-iyat.

Nalo^tat dan duwa, ot nayir eyammos apuy ra toy war peyuwar an inonnan di le-iyar ot ni-anur. War le-iyar ot nan-iyat mantunat dinapus nar supang nar Abannatan. Ananeya on diyoy ri asawa nar manun-ur anta wen ensigidan ni-anur toy uriyana isiyan amtan man-iyat.

Man-olyaw di le-iyar man-ayah si bavayiyar mu nayir an manavayat. Damdamat soot-or, mu nayir an bumutta si asawa nar. On sorom podda. Masa-it di nomnom diyen le-iyar immulit beyoy rar.

Nansu^nut diyen naappiya, ba^ba-on di lumawusar dari si Dampolar an mu mandomdom anu ila ri buwenar on medyo mandeyomarin, ya war tahuwar dari an as-asup si teyantah nar Abannatan ot dongngen da ri manohdohar. Ampaylamu immoy mot di laviyar, ot diyoy anu si ma-ilan nikuladan deen mapuraw an inave, amung gamit si unga.

Urum ila atdiyon di manpaspasyalar dari ya beglonan diyoy si miluuy an bavuy si poto^ di Dampolar. Umommoy ya manbuwes di bavuyar.

Mantunat ehawar besan, ya mari tay maan di ta-ut di tahuwar dari mu lumawus da si Dampolar mi^bus si sariyen desgrasya.

Satu lohom. @

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SOURCE: Constantino, Ernesto. 1982. ISINAY TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. Pp. 122-124

NOTE: The author, daughter of Governor Alfonso Castañeda, taught for many years at the St. Mary's High School of Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya. She was one of the key resource persons consulted by Professor Constantino for his Isinay book from where this selection was borrowed.