Vernacular Terms in Site Construction

ENGLISH -- TAGALOG
POST - halige / poste
GIRDER - gililan
JOIST - soleras
FLOORING sahig/suwelo
GIRT - sepo
BEAM biga
TRUSS kilo
BOTTOM CHORD barakilan
TOP CHORD tahilan
PURLINS - reostra
COLAR PLATE - sinturon
FASCIA BOARD senepa
EXTERNAL SIDING tabike
VERTICAL STUD pilarete
HORIZONTAL STUD pabalagbag
CEILING JOIST kostilyahe
WINDOW SILL pasamano
WINDOW HEAD sombrero
WINDOW OR DOOR JAMB hamba
OPEN STRINGER - hardinera
CLOSED STRINGER madre de eskalera
TREAD baytang
RISER takip silipan
HANDRAIL gabay
MOLDING muldora
EAVE sibe
PROJECTION bolada
FRAMEWORK balangkas
GUTTER kanal
CONDUCTOR alulod
WROUGHT IRON STRAP plantsuwela
BOLT pierno
SCAFFOLDING plantsa
STAKE staka
PLASTERED COURSE kusturada
STUCCO or PLASTER - palitada
SCRATCH COAT - rebokada
PICHWORK on MASONRY piketa
VARNISH FINISH monyeka
SPACING or GAP biyento
CONCRETE SLAB larga masa
ALIGNMENT - asintada
PLUMB LINE - hulog
CEMENT TILES baldosa

CEMENT BRICK ladrilyo

DOOR FILLET batidora
GROOVE kanal
WOOD GRAIN haspe
PATTERN or SCHEDULE - plantilya
HINGE bisagra
PANELED DOOR de bandeha
EARTHFILL - eskumbro
MASONRY FILL lastilyas
ADOBE ANCHOR liyabe
SOLDER hinang
SOLDERING LEAD estanyo
English / vernacular
Aligned / kalinya
Alternate or staggered / unosinotra
Anchor / liyabe
Astragal / batidura
Balusters / baluster, barandilla
Beam / biga
Banisters / barandillas
Barrel bolt / trankilya
Baseboard / rodapis
Bath tub / baniera
Bolt / pierno
Bottom chord / tirante barakilan
Brace / pie de gallo
Brick / ladrillo
Canopy / media agua
Cabinet hinge / espolon
Carpentry / karpinteria
Cast iron / pundido
Ceiling / kisame
Ceiling joists / kostilyahe
Cement brick / ladrilyo
Cement tiles / balidosa
Chain bolt / baral de kadena
Collar / sinturon
Column / kolumna , haligue
Concrete slab / larga masa
Contactor / kontrtista
Corrugated G.I. sheets / yerocanalado
galbanisado
Closed stringer / escalera
Crushed stone / eskombro
Diagonal brace / sinturon
Door head / sombrero pintuan
Door jamb / hamba pintuan
Down spout / tubo de banado**
Drawbore pinor / punsol
Draw pin / punsol
Earth fill / escumbro
Eave / alero
Electrician / electrisista

Exterior siding / tabike

Faucet / gripo
Fascia board / senepa
Feet / piye
Fill / tambak
Flooring / suelo
Filler / tapal , dagdag
Floor joists / soleras
Fillet / batidura
Floor sill / guililan
Mitro / canto mesa
Mix of cement n gravel /lastilyas Mortar /
paupo
Mortar joints / kostura
Moulding / moldura
Nailers / pamakuan
Nails / pako
Newel post / tukod
Nut / tuerka
Nicolite bar / estanyo
Oakum / estopa
Open stringer / hardinera
Overhang or projector / bolada
Panel / bandeha
Paneled door / de bandeha
Pattern / plantilya
Pea gravel / grabita
Pendulum (king post) / pendulon
Pick work / piketa
Diglead / tingga , estopa
Plain G.I. sheet / yero lisogalbanisado
Plain G.I. strap / lingueta
Plank board / senepa
Plaster / palitada
Plug / tapon
Plum bob / hulog
Plumbing / tuberia
Plumb line / hulog
Post / poste , haligue
Projection / bolada
Purlin / reostra
Putty / masilya
Quarter round / media cana **
Rabbet / vaciada
Rafters / kilo
Reinforcing bar / cabilla bakal
Ridge roll / caballete
Riser / senepa, takip , silipan
Rivets / rimatse
Roof / atip , bubong
Scaffolding / andamiyo
Scratch coat / rebokada
Screw / turnilyo
Sheet / plantsa
Shower / putsha
Sidings / tabike

Sink / prigadero
Sketch plan / krokis
Slab (rough) / larga masa
Slope / bahada
Soler bar / estaniyo
Spacing / biento
FILIPINO CONSTRUCTION TERMS
1. POSTE HALIGE
2. GUILILAN GIRDER
3. SULERAS JOIST
4. SAHIG, SUELO FLOORING
5. SEPO GIRT
6. BIGA BEAM
7. BARAKILAN - BOTTOM CHORD
8. REOSTRA PURLIN
9. SENEPA - FASCIA BOARD
10. KOSTILYAHE - CEILING JOIST
11. TABIKE - SIDING (EXTERNAL)
12. PILARETE - STUD (VERTICAL)
13. PABALAGBAG - STUD (HORIZONTAL)
14. PASAMANO - WINDOW SILL
15. SUMBRERO - WINDOW HEAD
16. HAMBA - WINDOW JAMB / DOOR JAMB
17. SINTURON - COLLAR PLATE
18. HARDINERA - STRINGER (OPEN)
19. MADRE
(de escalera)
- STRINGER (CLOSED)
20. BAYTANG TREAD
21. TAKIP (SILIPAN) - RISER
22. GABAY HANDRAIL
23. MULDURA MOULDING
24. SIBE EAVE
25. BOLADA PROJECTION
26. BALANGKAS - FRAME WORK 27. KANAL
GUTTER
28. ALULOD CONDUCTOR
29. PLANCHUELA - W. I. STRAP
30. PIERNO BOLT
31. PLANCHA SCAFFOLDING
32. ESTAKA STAKE
33. KUSTURADA - PLASTERED COURSE
34. PALITADA - STUCCO OR PLASTER
35. REBOCADA - SCRATCH COAT
36. PIKETA - PICKWORK
(on masonry)
37. MONYEKA - VARNISH FINISH
38. BIENTO - SPACING OF GAP
39. LARGA MASA - CONCRETE SLAB
(rough)
40. ASINTADA ALIGNMENT
41. HULOG - PLUMB LINE
42. BALDOSA - CEMENT TILE
43. LADRILYO - CEMENT BRICK

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BATIDORA - DOOR FILLET

KANAL GROOVE
HASPE - GOOD GRAIN
PLANTILYA - PATTERN / SCHEDULE
BISAGRA HINGE
DE BANDEHA - PANELED DOOR
ESCOMBRO EARTHFILL
LASTILYAS - MASONRY FILL
LIYABE - ADOBE ANCHOR
HINANG SOLDER

54. ESTANYO - NICOLITE BAR

55.SUBAN, SUBUHAL
- TEMPER (metal work)
56. PIE DE GALLO - DIAGONAL BRACE
57. PUNSOL - NAIL SETTER
58. POLEYA - WIRING KNOB
59. ESPOLON - CABINET HINGE