PAKTAKON (Riddles)

Matipulon nga bulbulon

Mapula kun burikaton

(Round/round and hairy/ hairy and furry

Red when pried open)

Sabat (Answer): 

Sa ibabaw inaraduhan

Sa idalum kabatuhan

(It is a plowed field on the surface

But stony underneath)

Sabat (Answer):

Nanaog si San Pedro

Pito-walo ang delargo

(St. Peter came down wearing
seven- eight trousers)

Sabat (Answer):

Nanaog si Maria Capra,
 pula anang saya

 (Maria Capra came down
 wearing a red skirt)

Sabat (Answer):

Kahoy nga daw bagacay

Dahon nga daw kapayas

Bunga nga daw bayabas

Kag ang sulod nga singkamas

(Tree that’s like bagacay

Leaves like papaya

Fruit like guava

Fresh like singkamas)

Sabat (Answer):

Diutay pa si kumare

Makusog na

Magsaka sa lubi

(Kumare is small yet
she can climb a coconut tree)

Sabat (Answer):

Nagalupad, nagabagrong

Nagadala sang binagtong

(It flies, it buzzes
and it carries a pack)

Sabat (Answer):

Nano nga sapat

Anum sing tiil,
 apat sing pakpak

Apat sing sungay,
 kag diutay sing mata

(What animal has
six feet,
 four wings,
 four horns
 and very small eyes?)

Sabat (Answer) :

Anu nga sapat may apat ka haligi,
 duha ka binangon,
 kag isa ka hanut?

(What animal has four posts,
two blades
 and one whip?)

Sabat (Answer):

Ano nga sapata, 
daw olin mata na, 
daw abaniko pakpak na, 
daw sigarilyo ikog na? 

(What animal has
marble-like eyes,
 fan-like wings
 and cigarette-shaped tail?)

Sabat (Answer):

REFERENCES

Geremia, Maria Milagros C., RIDDLES OF WESTERN VISAYAS, FAUNA V. II
Geremia, Maria Milagros C., RIDDLES OF WESTERN VISAYAS, FLORA V. I