Bahay Kubo Parts

Pasibi

Lean-to-roof; a single slope extension of a gable or hip type roof.

Balangkas

framework

Banguerahan

An elevated counter made of bamboo strips usually projecting beyond the kitchen wall which is used to store food and kitchen utensils

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

Abuhan

Cooking area; an elevated earthen fireplace with a stone stove for cooking and layers of open shelves for drying firewood and smoking fish.

Bulwagan

main house

Sagang

Railing; a waist-level railing, made using bamboo, used as an enclosed and protected porch area.

Hagdan

Stair

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.

Bubong

Roof

Nipa

Nypa fruticans

Sahig

Flooring

Patukuran

Secondary Beam, A whole bamboo laid over the main beam (yawi) to carry the floor joist (soleras).

Soleras

Floor joist

Gililan

Floor Sill, A whole bamboo laid around the perimeter of the

house used to hold and support the walls.

Haligi

post

Yawi

Main Beam, A whole bamboo, horizontally laid to define the

perimeter of the house and tied firmly on each post with rattan strips.

Dingding

Wall;Bamboo Latticework