nka:_ A dugout canoe with bamboo supports or outriggers.

_batalan:_ The platform of split bamboo attached to a _nipa_ house.

_batikulin:_ A variety of easily-turned wood, used in carving.

_bibinka:_ A sweetmeat made of sugar or molasses and rice-flour,
commonly sold in the small shops.

_buyera:_ A woman who prepares and sells the _buyo_.

_buyo:_ The masticatory prepared by wrapping a piece of areca-nut
with a little shell-lime in a betel-leaf--the _pan_ of British India.

_cabesang:_ Title of a _cabeza de barangay;_ given by courtesy to
his wife also.

_cabeza de barangay:_ Headman and tax-collector for a group of about
fifty families, for whose "tribute" he was personally responsible.

_calesa:_ A two-wheeled chaise with folding top.

_calle:_ Street (Spanish).

_camisa:_ 1. A loose, collarless shirt of transparent material worn
by men outside the trousers. 2. A thin, transparent waist with flowing
sleeves, worn by women.

_capitan:_ "Captain," a title used in addressing or referring to a
gobernadorcillo, or a former occupant of that office.

_carambas:_ A Spanish exclamation denoting surprise or displeasure.

_carbineer:_ Internal-revenue guard.

_carromata:_ A small two-wheeled vehicle with a fixed top.

_casco:_ A flat-bottomed freight barge.

_cayman:_ The Philippine crocodile.

_cedula:_ Certificate of registration and receipt for poll-tax.

_chongka:_ A child's game played with pebbles or cowry-shells.

_cigarrera:_ A woman working in a cigar or cigarette factory.

_Civil Guard:_ Internal quasi-military police force of Spanish officers
and native soldiers.

_cochero:_ Carriage driver, coachman.

_cuarto:_ A copper coin, one hundred and sixty of which were equal
in value to a silver peso.

_filibuster:_ A native of the Philippines who was accused of advocating
their separation from Spain.

_filibusterism:_ See _filibuster_.

_gobernadorcillo:_ "Petty governor," the principal municipal
official--also, in Manila, the head of a commercial guild.

_gumamela:_ The hibiscus, common as a garden shrub in the Philippines.

_Indian:_ The Spanish designation for the Christianized Malay of the
Philippines was _indio_ (Indian), a term used rather contemptuously,
the name _Filipino_ being generally applied in a restricted sense to
the children of Spaniards born in the Islands.

_kalan:_ The small, portable, open, clay fireplace commonly used
in cooking.

_kalikut:_ A short section of bam