GLOSSARY

_aba_: A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement.

_abaka_: "Manila hemp," the fiber of a plant of the banana family.

_achara_: Pickles made from the tender shoots of bamboo, green papayas, etc.

_alcalde_: Governor of a province or district with both executive and judicial authority.

_alferez_: Junior officer of the Civil Guard, ranking next below a lieutenant.

_alibambang_: A leguminous plant whose acid leaves are used in cooking.

_alpay_: A variety of nephelium, similar but inferior to the Chinese lichi.

_among_: Term used by the natives in addressing a priest, especially a friar: from the Spanish _amo_, master.

_amores-secos_: "Barren loves," a low-growing weed whose small, angular pods adhere to clothing.

_andas_: A platform with handles, on which an image is borne in a procession.

_asuang_: A malignant devil reputed to feed upon human flesh, being especially fond of new-born babes.

_ate_: The sweet-sop.

_Audiencia_: The administrative council and supreme court of the Spanish regime.

_Ayuntamiento_: A city corporation or council, and by extension the building in which it has its offices; specifically, in Manila, the capitol.

_azotea_: The flat roof of a house or any similar platform; a roof-garden.

_babaye_: Woman (the general Malay term).

_baguio_: The local name for the typhoon or hurricane.

_bailuhan_: Native dance and feast: from the Spanish _baile_.

_balete_: The Philippine banyan, a tree sacred in Malay folk-lore.

_banka_: A dugout canoe with bamboo supports or outriggers.

_Bilibid_: The general penitentiary at Manila.

_buyo_: The masticatory prepared by wrapping a piece of areca-nut with a little shell-lime in a betel-leaf: the _pan_ of British India.

_cabeza de barangay_: Headman and tax collector for a group of about fifty families, for whose "tribute" he was personally responsible.

_calle_: Street.

_camisa_: 1. A loose, collarless shirt of transparent material worn by men outside the trousers.

2. A thin, transparent waist with flowing sleeves, worn by women.

_camote_: A variety of sweet potato.

_capitan_: "Captain," a title used in addressing or referring to the gobernadorcillo or a former occupant of that office.

_carambas_: A Spanish exclamation denoting surprise or displeasure.

_carbineer_: Internal-revenue guard.

_cedula_: Certificate of registration and receipt for poll-tax.

_chico_: The sapodilla plum.

_Civil Guard_: Internal quasi-military police force of Spanish officers and native soldiers.

_cochero_: Carriage driver: coachman.

_Consul_: A wealthy merchant; originally, a member of the _Consulado_, the tribunal, or corporation, controlling the galleon trade.

_cuadrillero_: Municipal guard.

_cuarto_: A copper coin, one hundred and sixty of which were equal in value to a silver peso.

_cuidao_: "Take care!" "Look out!" A common exclamation, from the Spanish _cuidado_.

_dalag_: The Philippine _Ophiocephalus_, the curious walking mudfish that abounds in the paddy-fields during the rainy season.

_dalaga_: Maiden, woman of marriageable age.

_dinding_: House-wall or partition of plaited bamboo wattle.

_director, directorcillo_: The town secretary and clerk of the gobernadorcillo.

_distinguido_: A person of rank serving as a private soldier but exempted from menial duties and in promotions preferred to others of equal merit.

_escribano_: Clerk of court and official notary.

_filibuster_: A native of the Philippines who was accused of advocating their separation from Spain.

_gobernadorcillo_: "Petty governor," the principal municipal official.

_gogo_: A climbing, woody vine whose macerated stems are used as soap; "soap-vine."