Paktakon or Riddles Part IV

About Play and Games:

1. Tul-an kag panit
    Pero nagalupad

         Burador


   Bones and skin
   Yet flying.

       Kite


2. May hampangan ako nga maayo-ayo
    Ang iya kinaugali korioso
    Kon higtan mapasiyo
    Kon buhinan madiskanso.

         Burador


    I have a decent toy
    Its attitude is korioso
    If tied it will walk
    If reduced it will rest or stop.

           Kite



About Transportation:

1. Naligo ang kapitan
    Wala mabasa ang busong.

         Baroto

    The captain took a bath
     Its stomach is dry or not wet.

          Boat


2. Kahoy nga kon ang dahon mahomok
    Malaya ang iya gamut
    Kon ang gamut manalonton
    Malaya ang iya dahon.

       Sakayan

  If a tree has a leaf that is soft
  It's roots will wither
  If the roots will spring and sip
  It's leaf will wither

       Car


3. May nakita ako nagapangali
    Kinadto-an ko wala agi.

       Bugsay sang baroto


    I saw someone digging
    I went towards it but it has no trace.

        Paddling of the boat



About Different Objects:

1. May ulo, wala busong
    May li-og, wala hawak

           Botelya

   There is a head but no stomach
    There is a neck but no waist

           Bottle


2. Balay sang panday
    Isa ang haligi

         Balay sang Pating


   House of carpenter
   Has only one post or pillar.

         Birdhouse


3. Baboy ko sa kaingin
    Nagatambok bisan wala pagkaon.

         Bungyod

    My pig in kaingin (slash and burn)
    Getting fatter or heavier even without food.

        Mound or high ground


4. Makadaha wala sang init
     Nagaaso bisan malamig.

           Yelo

    It can cook without heat
    It smokes even if its cold.

           Ice


5. Talamnan nga maputi
    Nga maitum sing binhi
    Lima ang nagatanum
    Duha ang nagatambong.

        Sulat


    Plantation that is white
    That has dark or black seeds
    Five are planting
    Two are attending.

        Letter


6. May karabaw ako nga wala sungay
    Ginarado ko sa puti nga duta
    Ginapangasan ko pilit nga itum
    Namunga pulos pulong.

        Sulat

     I have a carabao with no horns
     I made it plough a white field
     I planted or sow it with black or dark grains
     It produced or bear all words.

       Letter


7. Anano hinuptan nga talahuron
    Sang iya agalon nga matinumanon.

       Pilak ukon Bulawan


   What is that pet that is respected and honored
    By its master who is obeying.

       Silver or Gold


8. Isa ka lawi nga oway
   Makalambot sa Janiuay.

     Dalan


   A long curved feathers of a rattan
   It can reach Janiuay.

     Road


9.  Anano yadtong madasig
     Magdalagan sa kasiutan
     Kag kon sa matinlo nga dalan
     Dili makatikang.

       Kalayo

    What is this fast to run in the wilderness
     And in clean road it cannot walk

          Fire


10. Baston ni San Juan
      Indi makaptan.

         Suga


     Staff of Saint John
     Cannot hold

         Fluorescent lamp


11. Isa ka uhay nga humay
      Tughan ang balay.

          Suga


     An ear of rice grain
     It can cover the entire house

         Light or Lamp


12. Ano ang labing kamahalan
      Nga sang tanan guinahugma
      Apang daw ano katingalahan
      Ginapilasan ang lawas niya.

             Duta


     What is this so precious expensive and so valuable to everyone
     Yet it is so strange that it is inflicting wound and injury to its body.

            Land


13. Ano nga katingalahan
      Tubtob karon wala mahuman.

         Suba

  
      What is it so strange
       That until now it is not completed

          River