PRECOLONIAL

• Tumuro


  The distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger, again when the hand opens out.
• Dangkal


  the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger when the hand fans out
• Dipa


  The length of a man's outstretched arms from one extreme fingertip to the other.
• Dati


  breadth of a finger
• Damak


  the length of the open hand from the tip of the middle finger to the far edge of the palm
• Dapal


  The length and width of the palm and fingers together.
• Palupo


  Ridge pole (bahay kubo)
• Hiero Liso


  caballete (bahay kubo)
• Bubong na Pawid


  nipa shingled roof (bahay kubo)
• Haligi


  post (bahay kubo)
• Dingding na Pawid


  wall of nipa shingles (bahay kubo)
• Pasamano


  window sill (bahay kubo)
• Trabesanyo


  Horizontal Stud (bahay kubo)
• Pilarete


  Vertical Stud (bahay kubo)
• Soleras


  Floor joist (bahay kubo)
• Gililan


  Girder, Floor sills, supports the walls (bahay kubo)
• Palatpat


  bamboo strips tied on rafters (bahay kubo)
• Sahig


  floor (bahay kubo)
• Hamba


  door jamb (bahay kubo)
• Sepo


  Girt (bahay kubo)
• Kilo, Kilo Mayor


  rafter (bahay kubo)
• binalay


  hip roof
• palayas


  gable roof
• palusod


  extension roof
• kinapiya


  shed roof
• Pasibi


  Lean-to-roof; a single slope extension of a gable or hip type roof. (bahay kubo)
• balangkas


  Framework, the skeletal structural element of a roof or wall, assembled or fitted together to handle the exterior elements or finishes. (bahay kubo)
• Banguerahan


  An elevated counter made of bamboo strips usually projecting beyond the kitchen wall which is used to store food and kitchen utensils (bahay kubo)
• Batalan


  Washing Area, A small space adjacent to the cooking area with a service door leading outside. It is used for washing hands and feet, bathing kids and washing pots and dishes (bahay kubo)
• Abuhan


  Cooking area; an elevated earthen fireplace with a stone stove for cooking and layers of open shelves for drying firewood and smoking fish. (bahay kubo)
• Bulwagan


  Main House, the main section of the house used as living, dining, and sleeping areas. (bahay kubo)
• Sagang


  Railing; a waist-level railing, made using bamboo, used as an enclosed and protected porch area. (bahay kubo)
• Silong


  Underneath the house, an enclosed/open space under the

  house where harvests are stored, tools and implement are kept, and livestock (chicken, pigs, goats) are tended. (bahay kubo)

  
  

  (ifugao) Basement, the space underneath the main house with stone pavement aligned with the edge of the roof eaves.
• Sibi


  eaves (bahay kubo)
• balai


  southeast asian type of domestic architecture found in non-hispanized, non-anglosaxon communities in the country
• elevated living floor, rectangular volume, rised pile foundation, voluminous thatched roof


  balai architectural characteristic in tropical setting
• supersede pile/stilts or rollers


  vernacular foundation 2 options
• voluminous thatch roof


  most distinctive feature of the austronesian vernacular architecture
• Kamadid, Rahaung, Jinjin


  types of ivatan house
• kamadid


  ivatan type of house with its enclosing's lower portion built of wood, while the upper portion is built of cogon grass; has a thick hip type cogon roof