presidente

ceb-noun

presidente (Badlit spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

Borrowed from Spanish presidente, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).


mayor

Unadapted borrowing from English mayor, from Old French maire (“head of a city or town government”), from Latin maior (“bigger, greater, superior”), comparative of magnus (“big, great”).


politika

Naunsa na ang politika?


polis

From English police, from Middle French police, from Latin politia (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order


blotter

Unadapted borrowing from English blotter.


modus operandi

From English modus operandi, borrowed from Latin modus operandī.


bilanggoan

[bɪ.l̪ɐŋˈɡo.ʔɐn̪]


kapitalista

Borrowed from Spanish capitalista, from French capitaliste.


datu

From Proto-Philippine *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu (“lineage priest”). Uncertain. Related to Malay datuk, and Fijian ratu. The sense of being wealthy stemmed from the datus being prosperous members of pre-Hispanic societies.


berdugo

an executioner; an official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal


sabali

(historical, of a datu) royal by marriage


sabali

(historical) someone who is a datu by marriage


tingkagol

(folklore) sound produced by the soul or spirit of a sleeping person, having skipped supper, the spirit went looking for a meal and got trapped in pots


detektib

(law enforcement) a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator


kongresista

Borrowed from Spanish congresista; by surface analysis, kongreso + -ista.

(politics) congressman; congresswoman; representative


konstitusyon

Borrowed from Spanish constitución, from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem.


kamang

the brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta)


korapsiyon

From English corruption, from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō.


pasismo

From English fascism, from Italian fascismo, from fascio, from Latin fasces.

fascism; an extreme totalitarian political regime


pasista

Borrowed from Spanish fascista, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”).


bise presidente

Borrowed from Spanish vicepresidente, reinterpreted as compound of bise + presidente from influence of English vice president.

deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on his death or absence

executive in a business in charge of a department or branch


bise gobernador

Borrowed from Spanish vicegobernador, reinterpreted as compound of bise + gobernador.

vice governor; deputy governor; lieutenant governor


gobernador heneral

Borrowed from Spanish gobernador general.


polis sa kalinaw

(law enforcement) a police officer; a peace officer


tumaw

(historical) the nobility; the descendants of a datu


binukot

From bukot + -in-. After the method conveying these girls in palanquins.


kadatoan

(historical) the royal family; the immediate family of a datu as opposed to the tumaw


magbubuhis

a person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws


administrasiyon

[ʔɐd̪.mɪ.n̪ɪs̪.t̪ɾ̪ɐˈs̪jon̪]

Ubay-ubayng administrasiyon na ang milabay, apan dakong problema gihapon ang korupsyon.

Many administrations have past, but corruption remains a major problem.

(government, politics) executive part of government

administration
executive part of government

administrasyong Duterte

(government, politics) country's government under a particular leader