This ethnographical study aimed to investigate and compare the farming lexicon specifically in planting rice in the three rice capital in Eastern Samar namely: Dolores, Borongan and Quinapondan. It focused on the three aspects such as noun, verb, and adjective rice farming lexicon and a glossary of Estehanon language as a reference reading materials in teaching Mother-Tongue from Kindergarten to Grade Three level in the province. Purposive sampling was used in gathering data from the farmers who served as the key informants of the study. Findings showed that rice farming lexicon exist in Dolores, Borongan and Quinapondan. There were terms used in rice farming which are the same in meaning but the word varies its name from the three towns. It is recommended that the noun, verb, and adjective rice farming lexicon in the three towns in the province maybe used in the day to day conversation of Estehanons as an identity of each group and a way to enrich the culture of the province and the region.

Estehanon, rice farming, lexicon.