Boie'nen (Old Buhi Language)

boyboy²

English: Translation

To confess one’s sins, faults, or wrongdoing; to acknowledge and verbally enumerate one’s offenses, especially before God, a priest, or another person. By extension, to make a frank admission of guilt or wrongdoing.

Part of Speech

verb

Example Sentence

Nagboyboy iya nyo mga kasa’lan’ niya. / Iboyboy mo na yo kamato’ran.

English: Example Sentence

He confessed his sins. / Confess the truth now.

Notes

boyboy²

LEXICOGRAPHIC NOTE

boyboy¹ (traditional coconut storage) and boyboy² (to confess) are homonymous lexemes and are not believed to be historically related. The former belongs to the indigenous Boie’nen agricultural lexicon, whereas the latter is probably a borrowing from Standard Bikol associated with Christian religious practice.

Linguistic History

ETYMOLOGY: Probably borrowed from Standard Bikol boyboy, o confess one’s sins; to make confession, particularly in Christian and ecclesiastical usage.