abort

From English abort, from Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).

to abort; to cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term


amigo

Borrowed from Spanish amigo (“male friend”), from Old Spanish amigo, amygo, from Latin amīcus.


amiga

From Spanish amiga (“female friend”), from Latin amīca.


bana

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banah, from Proto-Austronesian *baNaS (“male (of animals)”). Perhaps related to banay (“immediate family”).

inh

Coordinate term: asawa


maestro

ceb-noun

maéstro (feminine maestra, Badlit spelling ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

a male teacher, professor, or faculty member


madre

Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātre, singular ablative of māter, matris (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.


desperado

Cebuanized form of English desperate, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”). Spanish desperado is a false friend.


call girl

Unadapted borrowing from English call girl.


doktor

doktór (canonical)
-on (affix)
doktor (root)

ceb-infl-table

doktor

Borrowed from Spanish doctor, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”).
The verb sense is a semantic loan from English doctor


napkin

From English napkin, from Middle English napkyn.


layag

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.


layag

to set sail; to depart on a voyage by boat

to miss a period; to have an irregular menstruation


tita

Borrowed from Spanish tita, diminutive of tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).


dugo

dugo

dugo

dugo

dugo

dugo

mag- (affix)
dugo (root)
actor
ma- -an (affix)
dugo (root)
maka- (affix)
dugo (root)
actor
mo- (affix)
dugo (root)
actor
-on (affix)
dugo (root)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuʀuq (“juice; sap”). Compare duga (“juice”), dugos (“honey”). As for the derived idiomatic phrases, compare those of buot and Tagalog loob.

inh

(euphemistic) Short for dugo sa laki, dugong puti (“semen”).


callboy

Unadapted borrowing from English callboy.


babaye

Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan's circumnavigation

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba-bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *ba-bahi. Cognate with Tagalog babae, Kapampangan babai, Ilocano babai, Mansaka bobay, Maranao bebay, Paiwan vavayan, and Yogad bebay.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.


tito

Borrowed from Spanish tito, diminutive of tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).


asawa

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qasawa.

inh+

Coordinate term: bana


yayo

Borrowed from Spanish yayo (“grandpa”). Compare Tagalog yayo, Catalan iaio, Aragonese yayo.


tutoy

either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men


lalaki

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *la-laki.

male human, especially an adult; a man, boy


ugangan

[ʔʊˈɡa.ŋɐn̪]

Perhaps from the same source as ugang (“hen”). Compare Tagalog manugang (“child-in-law”), Bikol Central panugangan (“in-laws”).


tiyo

From Spanish tío (“uncle”), from Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos).


tiya

Borrowed from Spanish tía (“aunt”), from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).


babayeng ikogan

(offensive) a transgender, transsexual or transvestite man

(often offensive, humorous) a woman with mistakable transsexual facial or physical features


tindero

Borrowed from Spanish tendero, or from tinda + -ero.

a boy or man who works in or runs a shop; a storekeeper; a shopboy; a salesman


inunlan

[ʔɪˈn̪un̪.l̪ɐn̪]

afterbirth; the placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals


sabongero

a cockfighter; one who engages in a cockfight


ermitanyo

a recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship; a hermit


umagad

[ʔʊˈma.ɡɐd̪]

From agad (“to await; do as one wishes”) + -um-, related to alagad (“servant, employee”)

infix

Coordinate term: binalaye


migo

an address to a male friend; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know


atsoy

A diminutive of mutsatso. From mutsatso + -y.


atsay

[ˈʔa.t͡sɐɪ̯]

A diminutive of mutsatsa. From mutsatsa + -y.


witer

From English waiter. Replaced by weyter.

(dated) a waiter; a male attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar


bayaw nga babaye

a sister-in-law
a sister of one's spouse


bayaw nga lalaki

a brother-in-law
a brother of one's spouse

a brother-in-law
a husband of one's sibling


binalaye

Standardized spelling of binalayi. Can be analyzed as balaye + -in-, ultimately from baye (“female”).


weyter

Corrected form of older witer. The diphthong "ey" is used to match the long a sound in the English word waiter.


witres

From English waitress. Replaced by weytres.

a waitress; a female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar


weytres

Corrected form of older witres. The diphthong "ey" is used to match the long a sound in the English word waitress.


retokado

(of a person) having undergone cosmetic surgery

(of a body part) improved by cosmetic surgery


retokado

a man who has undergone cosmetic surgery


retokada

a woman who has undergone cosmetic surgery


bahong biyuda

Literally, “smelling like a widow”. Strong-smelling perfumes associated with older people.

(humorous) having a strong musky or balmy smell, as opposed to the light and fresh smell of cologne


bahong biyudo

Literally, “smelling like a widower”. Strong-smelling perfumes associated with older people.


binukot

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


komedyano

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English comedian.

pseudo-loan

Coordinate term: komedyana


komedyana

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English comedienne.


binalayi

From balayi + -in-, ultimately from bayi (“female”)

Eye dialect spelling of binalaye (“daughter-in-law/sister-in-law”)