Contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary

A contemporary English-Ilokano Dictionary written by Aurelio Solver Agcaoili will be launched at the the 5th Nakem International Conference to be held on Dec. 16-18, 2010 in Caoayan, Ilocos Norte, a resort town close to the famed world heritage city of Vigan.

The dictionary, following a pre-category approach, is in support of the effort to intellectualize the Ilokano language and make it responsive to the changes of a globalized world without losing sight of the requisites of indigenousness.

Agcaoili is currently the program coordinator for Ilokano at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is one of the founding officers of 170+ Talaytayan MLE, an advocacy group dedicated to cultural democracy and linguistic justice in education.

For orders, email the author at: aurelioagcaoili@yahoo.com.

Kararag/Prayer at UPAA Aug 28/10

O most merciful Divinity of all creation, send forth your spirit to this community gathered here tonight in your name.

Let it be that this spirit becomes our light and guide as we celebrate your gift of life.

Make all those gathered here the vessel of your endless love so that we will be able to share that same love with generosity and social commitment to others.

And bless the food we are about to receive, the food we gathered from the earth. Let those who produced and prepared them be nourished as well even as we pray that each morsel nourish our body, mind, and spirit.

We ask this in the name of all the ancestors whose good deeds we honor today

All will say, Amen.

Prayer at UPAAH, Hale Koa Hotel, August 28, 2010