Mun’gigindeh – meaning slide. In the olden times, households with ricefields brew wine for the harvest season.  The people from this barangay throw the “bubud” into the ricefields after the rice harvest.  So, the bubud thrown in the ricefields look like a landslide or “ay gigindey bubud hinan payo”.

Legend says a man named Kingngi from Lingay, Kiangan was then looking for a good place to build his house.  He saw the abundance of Ano, a kind of bamboo grass good for making household implements such as hakkub, haydu, hukup and etc, in the place so he later named it Anao.

Hubangngiton

Bangtinon is located on a forested hill where wild pigs or “laman” roam around reaching the sitios.  These animals play with the domesticated pigs.  These wild pigs are very destructive such that they dig or “hubang” the swidden farms to find camote for their food.  Also, they dig the roots of trees in the forested areas to find young roots to eat so the people fenced their swidden farms to protect these from the wild pigs’ wrath “ta adi mahubang” or so as not to be dug.

Bitu’d Hipluyyudan– obedient.  The people from this barangay are said to be obedient to their elders.  They follow what their elders say or do.

The name of the place was derived from the Tuwali word “bittu” that refers to a pit dug then covered with soil as a bait for wild animals.  The wild animal that stepped on top of the bittu will fall in the trap. The area was then an excellent hunting ground for wild animals as these animals were then plenty due to the heavy forest cover.

Magannulgul or Maggan – meaning scattered.  Mompolia is a wide barangay.  The sitios are scattered, separated by ricefields and forests.  Dinapugan and Luhadan, Mammangan and Ngilig, Matung and Ibattan are far from the place and seem not to be part of the baranay because the areas are separated by ridges and wide forests.  With this kind of location, it is difficult to gather the people.  But in the present time, roads made it easy to reach the sitois and easy for the people to be gathered.

The word “mompolia” was derived from the word “napoliahan” which means “very clear and clean”.  In the olden times, people who passed by appreciated the place because it is napoliahan.  The place was eventually called Numpolia.  In 1940, Mr. Napoleon Hangdaan, a then public school teacher turned politician changed the name to Mompolia from Numpolia.

Waluy Boko

Namulditan is called “Waluy Boko”, meaning eight hills.  The sitios are on separate hills like Ammuguwong, Nabuluwan, Inlamut, Tayan, etc.

Pinopopton – meaning broken or cut into.  The sitios are far apart separated, each by a ridge, forest, ricefields and creeks.  One has to go up or down to reach a sitio.  The people in this barangay speak in a kind, slow and soft voices with pauses.

Before the two barangays were divided into Northern Cababuyan and Cababuyan South, originally, the place was then called “Cababuyan”.  It is from the word “babuyan”, a local vine that grew in abundance from the place (specifically in Tuddani).  It was during the Spanish period that the area was collectively known as Cababuyan.

Nunkalwiding – meaning tied together.  Family ties are strong among the people.  Families coming from the same clan live close to each other.

The place got its name from the Kong, a mushroom which flourished in the locality but insufficient supply.  In the early days, the inhabitants gathered various kinds of edible foods for their subsistence and the Kong variety is one of them.  Literally, the different types of mushrooms are generally called O-ong (Ilokano).  However, another assumption, the inhabitants, belonging to the Tuwali of the Mun’alyon Tribe could not pronounce the “K” in the Kong, thus, the Barangay’s name.

Bumaktadan or alo”an or punyanan – meaning to lie down, to rest.  Piwong is the exit and entrance of some barangays like BItu, Mompolia, Poblacion, Ubuag, Cababuyan, etc.  People from the different barangays spend the night in this place “Bumaktadan” when they are taken over by night from their journey from other places.

Long ago, the area was once a thick jungle forest uninhabited by man.  A hunter from Linge (now Lingay, a Barangay of Kiangan) came to this place and found that it has rich soil and abundant water supply.  Hence, he decided to build his house and began to till the land.  It took him months to level the land and make dikes.  When finished, he irrigated his fields.  One sunny afternoon, he sat down to view his work while chewing betelnuts and suddenly noticed hundreds of birds called “pippiwong”, flying gracefully and dipping themselves into the rice fields.  He enjoyed watching the birds, thus, named the place as Piwong.

Adi Mayku Mahingyon – “Adi mayku” means cannot be bent.  What thing do you know that cannot be bent? Iron can be bent but no one can bend the people from Hingyon (now Poblacion) because they are hard to convince, hard to persuade or yield.  They stand firm on their decision.  Likewise, they are risk takers.

Poblacion was originally called Hingyon, which is now the name of the Municipality.

Pinopopton – meaning broken or cut into.  The sitios are far apart separated, each by a ridge, forest, ricefields and creeks.  One has to go up or down to reach a sitio.  The people in this barangay speak in a kind, slow and soft voices with pauses.

Before the two barangays were divided into Northern Cababuyan and Cababuyan South, originally, the place was then called “Cababuyan”.  It is from the word “babuyan”, a local vine that grew in abundance from the place (specifically in Tuddani).  It was during the Spanish period that the area was collectively known as Cababuyan.

Bal’lan’uyyug balan ubban uhwagewagen niya – the name is shortened to “Balan Uyyug” or “united.  The people from this barangay go together, in groups up to the present time.  A joke like “matudu’tudu’ da”.

The name Ubuag is derived from the word Bal’lan’uyyug balan ubban uhwagewagen niya.  Ubuag was then part of the Municipality of Banaue in the early 1950’s under the leadership of Mayor Nardo.  People from Ubuag always visited his office and every time he asked where they came from, they replied that they came from Bal’lan’uyyug balan ubban uhwagewagen niya.  Since he couldn’t say correctly the long name, he shortened it to Ubuag that resonated the word “Uhwagewagen”.

Umlad Umananayu – meaning very melodious.  Sometimes we hear one says, “ay ananayu!” meaning he or she sings melodiously.  In the hudhud story (conversation), the people say, “immananayu’y binalbaltung Aliguyun”.  Meaning – the people appreciate the melodious voice of Aliguyun performing the “baltung”.

Umalbong is derived from the root word “nalbong” or filled with water.  As related by an elder, farmers from Mompolia ventured into this place in search for land to till as the area in Mompolia experienced prolonged drought.  Some of the farmers settled in the newfound land while others went back to Mompolia.  When the people from Mompolia asked the whereabout of their companions, they replied that they stayed “hidi nah nalbong” literally referring to a place abundant of water.  Later, it was called Umalbong.