t ang hinahangad ay pakina-bangan,
pagdating sa amin ang pinangyarihan, nang gagamitin luha koy bumakal.
(Tag.) Sibuyas

I bought a thing I wished to use; when I tried to use it my tears fell.
Onion

400.

Isda co sa Mariveles sapin-sapin ang caliskis.
(Tag.) Sile

My fish in Mariveles has manifold scales.
Pepper

Scales laid upon one another; the seeds of the pepper are flat
and stacked against one another.

401.

Mahanghang hindi naman paminta; maputi hindi naman papel; verde hindi
naman suha; turang mong bigla.
(Tag.) Rabanos

It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not
shaddock; guess what that is.
Radish

402.

Ang iloy naga camang ang bata naga pungco.
(Bis.) Calabaza

The mother creeps, and the son sits.
Squash

The mother is the vine; the child is the fruit. The riddle gains
point, by suggesting a reversal of the natural conditions.

403.

Ania iti parsua ni Apo Dios nga aoan ti matana aoan ti ngioatna quen
aoan ti obetna quet mangan ti ladoc-ladoc?
(Iloc.) Tabungao

What creature of Lord God has no eyes, no mouth, no anus--and eats
_ladoc-ladoc_?
A white squash

_Ladoc-ladoc_ is rice flattened in the mortar by the blows of
the pounder. The seeds of the _tabungao_ resemble it.

404.

Berdi ya balat, malutu ya laman anti mo ing pacuan.
(Pamp.) Pacuan

Its skin is green and its flesh is like a watermelon.
Watermelon

The riddle is poor, in that it introduces the answer as a term
of comparison, in a way to mislead. Similar cases occur in
other lands.

405.

Verde ang balat pula ang laman espectorante cung turan.
(Tag.) Pacuan

Green skin, red meat, _espectorante_ they call it.
Watermelon

Vision.

406.

Limocsoac alabasco agco asabi.
(Pang.) Pacanengneng

I jumped further but I did not reach.
To see

Waves.

407.

Naga dalagan nga ua-ay sing ti-il cog naga ngurub nga ua-ay sing baba.
(Bis.) Balod

It runs having no feet and it roars having no mouth.
Waves

Word plays.

408.

Ania iti mainaganan ari ditoy bagui?
(Iloc.) Aripoyot

What king (_ari_) do you name in your body?
_Ari_poyot

This is the great inner muscle of the upper leg.

409.

Cung hindi lamang ang tatlong letra t, o, at s ay kinakain sana siya.
(Tag.) Asintos

But for the letters t o s we would be eating i