Tauseg terms related to blades, knives swords, tools and their features.
From Hassan, et al. (1994)
PUDDANG: noun. A large, double-bladed sword
BARUNG: noun. A single-bladed weapon (having a heavy back and tapering in thickness to the point). (it has an elaborately carved handle, is worn at the waist and used only for fighting.
KALIS: noun. A kris (the famous two-edged sword of Sulu).
KAMPILAN: noun. A long, two-handed, bladed weapon (rarely seen or used in recent times).
UTAK: noun. A (working) bolo.
PUNYAL: noun. A dagger (smaller than a kitchen knife).
JANAP: noun. A (short working) bolo (having a blunt end which is sharpened to facilitate weeding or digging).
LAHUT: noun. a variety of Tausug knife with a sharp-pointed blade. Similar: laring, utak, pisaw, janap
LARING: noun. A knife (as a kitchen knife or pen-knife). Similar: lahut, utak, janap, buna', pisaw.
PISAW (gimb. pisawali): noun. A small knife (esp. used in preparing a betel nut chew). Similar: laring
BUNA: noun. A type of small working knife. Similar: laring, utak, janap, lahut, pisaw
ISPARA (Tagalog) noun. A sword (usu. refers to foreign swords). Similar: puddang
SANGKU: noun. A bayonet.
PUHAN: noun. a handle, hilt (of a sword, knife, kris, etc.).
BAYKASKAS: noun. a shank collar (of a bladed weapon). SYN. budbud
BUDBUD: noun. a shank collar (of a bladed weapon). SYN. baykaskas
BUNGBUNG: noun. a shank (of a bladed cutting instrument).
SIKU'-SIKU': noun. the wavy edge (of a kris).
DALIG: noun. the back edge (of a single-bladed cutting instrument).
PUSSUK: noun. the point, tip, (of a needle, ice pick, knife, spear, etc.).
TABUGUBAN: noun. a sheath (of a bolo or bladed weapon).
HUBLUT: verb. to draw, unsheathe (as a sword from the scabbard, or a pistol from the holster).
SULAB: noun. a blade (of a tool, weapon, etc.).
HASA: verb. to whet, sharpen (something, esp. a bladed weapon such as a bolo, knife, or kris).
HAYT: noun. the sharpness of things, such as the blade of a weapon, pencil, teeth, or fingernails.
TUMPUL, DUMPUL: adj. blunt, dull, not sharp.
PUNDUL: adj. (of a bladed instrument) dull, blunt.
SUMBING: adj. jagged, dented, notched, nicked (as of the edges of cutting tools).
PUNGLAS: noun. the material used in cleaning a bladed weapon (as barong, kris, or spear).
ANGKA': noun. a carving or design (as on a sword's hilt, grave marker, or wooden furniture), mark or indication (as a dog ear on a book, boundary post or the like).
UKKIL: noun. carving.
LUK (from KALLUK): adj. curved, bent
JANGGAY: noun. a long fingernail; MAJANGGAY: adj. having long fingernails.
LANTIK: adj. double-jointed
TULID, MATULID: adj. honest, straightforward.
SAWASA': noun. copper.
TUMBAGA: noun. brass, copper, bronze.
BASI': noun. steel, iron.
GAHA: noun. rust
GARING: noun. elephant tusk, ivory
KITLAN: noun. tar, pitch.
BUAYA: noun. a crocodile (generic)
DUYUNG: noun. a large somewhat whale-like tropical mammal, mermaid.
GADJA: noun. an elephant
BUDJAK: noun. A spear, lance, pike, javelin.
BINANGKAW: noun. A short bladed spear. Cf. budjak.
SAPANG: noun. A spear (for catching fish), harpoon.
SANGKIL: noun. A harpoon lance.
SAWBANG: noun. A fish-spear with bamboo points.
TATAHAN: noun. the shaft of a fish spear.
PANA: noun. An arrow (as in archery).
GANGAT: noun. a barb or hook (on the end of a fish spear, arrow, etc.).
BADLUNG: noun. a slingshot.
PITIK/ PITIKAN: noun. a slingshot.
BAWGAN: noun. A trigger (of a trap), bow (of an arrow).
BAWANG: noun. a missile shot from a blowgun (sumpitan); made from a tiny well-chopped bamboo slat, pointed at one end. Cf. sumpitan
TUKLANG: noun. sharpened bamboo, wood or iron (used as stake).
LATIGU (Tagalog): noun. a whip with a rod and a lash attached at one end.
TAMING: noun. A shield, covering for protection (as from rain, lightning, sun, a blow, or prying eyes).
PANDAY: noun. someone who has a special skill or talent in a specific field. panday bulawan: goldsmith; panday basi: black smith
SASAL: verb. to work with (a metal), make (a metal) into (something).
MANANASAL: noun. a smith.
GAWGARI: noun. a file, a carpenter's tool for filing wood or metal.
PATUK: noun. a woodworking tool for scraping (consists of a wide chisel fixed in a head made of woven rattan at the end of a long curved handle; the striking angle of the chisel blade can be adjusted).
SANGKA: verb. (for a driven, pointed object such as a nail or the handle point of a bolo) to reach a limit or an end point; drive (such an object) to a limit.
LIKUP: noun. an iron tool (used for making holes in bamboo, wood, leather, and the like), gimlet, auger.
KAPA: noun. an ax, hatchet.
MASU: noun. a sledgehammer. Cf. tukul
SANGKAP: noun. A chisel.
SANGKUL: noun. A (gardener's) hoe.
SUWAT: verb. to turn over (soil with bolo, to be able to remove weeds easily or to aerate it).
JANGAT, JANGATAN: noun. an implement for scraping (consisting of a handle with a row of sheet metal loops).
BAKA'-BAKA': noun. a deep wide-mouth oval shaped basket made of rattan or similar material with a string fastened on the sides and with a cover, usually carried on the back by a harvester.