Indulgences

1. Tuba

   Tuba (coconut palm wine)

   Usage

   Local wine fermented from coconut flower sap, sold by the measure in rural shops. A same-spelled word with different stress is the verb "to cut down" — the drink takes the clipped final syllable

2. Bahalina

   Bahalina (aged red palm wine)

   Usage

   Tuba aged for months with tree bark — reddish, tannic and stronger. Sold bottled as a souvenir

3. Serbesa

   Beer

   Usage

   People usually order by brand, but this word covers the category. Add "bugnaw" (cold) if you want it chilled

4. Ilimnon nga makahubog

   Alcoholic drinks

   Usage

   Literally "drinks that intoxicate". To say you do not drink: "Dili ko moinom ug alkohol"

5. Sigarilyo

   Cigarette

   Usage

   Indoor public smoking is banned nationwide, and some cities ban it on the street too — find a designated area

6. Tabako

   Tobacco (leaf)

   Usage

   The leaf itself rather than a manufactured product. Sometimes sold in bundles at markets

7. Abano

   Cigar

   Usage

   A roll of tobacco for smoking. In the provinces you still see older women smoking them

8. Buyo

   Betel leaf

   Usage

   The leaf chewed together with betel nut; it stains the saliva red. A same-spelled word with different stress is the verb "to win over"

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