Examples of Tagalog words where the initial letter is one of the five vowels:

Listen to the pronunciation.

a - atin (ours)

e - ekis (the letter x)

i - ibon (bird)

o - oras (time)

u - uod (worm)



abaniko
a handheld fan

empleyado
employee

inodoro
toilet bowl

ospital
hospital

umaapaw
overflowing


The Tagalog word for 'vowel' is patinig.