maabal (sp. var. of abal-abal beetle) comm. beetle species; edible, medium size, brown. Wadan dedah nay abal nah kaiw di mangga. There might be some beetles in the mango tree. Makan damdamay abal. Beetles can also be eaten. [The common way to gather beetles is to shake trees and pick them up from the ground. Children tie thread or vine on them and fly them like toy airplanes.]Sim: daldalmong, anggigiya, ballakbak₂, lingaling. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.) (der. mangabal)
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lingaling comm. a beetle species. Sim: maabal, daldalmong, anggigiya, ballakbak₂. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
daldalmong comm. a beetle species. Sim: maabal, anggigiya, ballakbak₂, lingaling. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
ballakbak₂ comm. yellow-green winged beetle which is edible. Inamung da nadan ballakbak ot inhanglag da. They gathered the yellow-green beetles and roasted them. Sim: maabal, daldalmong, anggigiya, lingaling; Gen: anggigiya. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
anggigiya comm. a species of beetle. Etaku kuma-ut hi anggigiya nah makape. Let’s go and dig for beetles in the coffee plantation. Sim: maabal, daldalmong, ballakbak₂, lingaling; Spec: ballakbak₂, attip, lukkuban, ba-i. (sem. domains: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.) der. manganggigiya