We celebrate the 4th letter of the Bisayan alphabet and honor the longest revolt in Bohol led by a babaylan, Francisco Dagohoy, learn more about the THE DAGOHOY REBELLION 1744–1829. I remember as a youngster marching along a song about him by a Boholano, Yoyoy Villame.

other Dd words, pronounced ‘da’ in binisaya:

dagat – sea; dagatnon – person or animal that live or accustomed to passing his life at sea

dagpak – the bark of a tree, nipa etc, which is placed at the edge of canoes, and banka to make the vessel have a greater capacity

daig – to light, start a single fire from embers

dalunggakbatang – a kind of mushroom. it is shaped like ears and grows in dead trees and logs

dawi – to catch fish by means of fishhook

(bisayan words as defined in the book, kapulongnan bisinisay-ininglis by jes b. tirol, phd, unang pagsudhi (first edition) 2010