Terminologies

Vegetables:

bell pepper = siling pari
bitter gourd = ampalaya
bottle gourd = upo
cabbage = repolyo
cashew = kasoy
celery / chinese leek = kintsay / kinchay
chayote = sayote
chili pepper = siling labuyo
chinese cabbage (bok choi) = petsay / pechay
cilantro leaves = wansuy
corn = mais
cucumber = pipino
edible pot = bataw (not sure about the english translation…)
eggplant = talong
garlic = bawang
ginger = luya
jicama / turnip = singkamas
jute = saluyot
lima beans = patani
mung bean sprouts = toge / togue / togi
mustard = mustasa
native horseradish leaves = malunggay
onion = sibuyas
peanut = mani / mane
potato = patatas
pumpkin = kalabasa
radish = labanos
spinach = alugbati(?)
sponge gourd / luffa(?) = patola
string beans = sitaw / sitao
sugarcane = tubo
unhusked rice = palay (husked rice is bigas; cooked rice is kanin)
watercress = kangkong
wax gourd = kundol
winged bean = sigarilyas
sweet potato = kamote

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