Agal agal – Variety of seaweed; carrageenan
Balambangan – Variety of sea urchin
Bantunan – Small variety of sea cucumber
Bat – Large variety of sea cucumber; trepan
Bulaluan – Small edible sea snail
Dugu’-dugu’ – Variety of seaweed
Gamay – Variety of edible seaweed; wakame (Japanese)
Gampal – Variety of seaweed
Gullaman – another name for agal agal
Imbaw – Variety of clam
Jubul jubul Kumbang – Sea anemone
Kagang – Crab (generic)
Kahanga – a kind of edible gastropod with a spiny shell
Kalimangu – variety of land crab
Kambuway – Fresh water edible snail
Kaulang – Spiny lobster
Kuham – Oyster
Kullu’ – Mud crab
Kumbang – Sea anemone
Kus kus – Variety of mollusk
Kunaw – Variety of clam
Kuppang – Variety of mollusk
Laak – trochus shell cone
Lagtik lagtik – Variety of mollusk
Lagung – variety of mollusk
Lambayung – Goat’s foot shell
Lambi’ – Variety of mollusk with a small cone shaped shell
Lappas lappas – Air shell, abalone
Lukut lukut – Kind of edible seaweed at bottom of ocean
Managkay – Giant bivalve clam
Sampallu’ – Variety of sea cucumber
Santuyu’ – Variety of mollusk
Sihi’ – Variety of edible mollusk
Sikad sikad – Risoa snail
Simsim – Screw shell
Taba – Barnacle
Tambayangan – Variety of edible bivalve
Tayum – Sea urchin with poisonous spines
Tihi’ tihi’ – Variety of edible sea urchin
Tipay – Abalone
Tuway – Clam
Source: Tausug-English Dictionary Kabtangan iban Maana (Irene U. Hassan et. al)
Sea Food in Sulu
About author: Rezai Mijar
A native of Buranun-Sharif lineage of Lagasan Asibi', Maimbung Municipality, Sulu, Philippines. Recently, work as Halal and Peace advocate in Zamboanga Peninsula.
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