Achilles

From English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).


Venus

(Roman mythology) the goddess of love, beauty, and natural productivity;


abat

(folklore) a vampirelike creature or monster


Jason

From English Jason, from the Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn), from ἰάομαι (iáomai, “I heal”).

(Greek mythology) Jason; the leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias


Irene

From English Irene, borrowed from French Irène, from Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”). Also from Irenea.

(Greek mythology) Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ


Orpheus

From English Orpheus, from Ancient Greek.


Diana

From English Diana, borrowed from Latin Diāna.

(Roman mythology) Diana; the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis


Calliope

From English Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

(Greek mythology) the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo


Iris

From English Iris, from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

(Greek mythology) Iris; a messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows


Phoebe

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”). As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.


Luna

From English luna, from Latin lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).

(Roman mythology) Luna; the goddess of the moon; the sister of Aurora and Sol;


Rhea

From English Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

(Greek mythology) a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus


lana

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laña.

inh+

(folklore) oil that supposedly grants the ungo the abilities of flight, shapeshifting, etc.


Daphne

From English Daphne, from Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, bay”).

der

(Greek mythology) a dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus


hedonismo

From Spanish hedonismo, English hedonism.

(ethics) the belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life


mino

(folklore) a magic spell cast, by a supernatural being, to confuse, disorient or make people lose their way


bokal

(phonetics) a sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable


lamat

(folklore) magic spell cast by a supernatural being, to confuse, disorient or make people lose their way


lamat

(folklore) to disorient; to become lost due to a spell


ungo

(folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster


tribo

Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

(anthropology) a society larger than a band but smaller than a state


leksikon

From English lexicon, from Medieval Latin or New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), neuter of λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

(linguistics) a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes


white lady

Unadapted borrowing from English white lady.


pantasma

Borrowed from Spanish fantasma, borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I cause to appear, bring to light”).

der

(Cebu, folklore) light or flame that has the ability to copy the size, shape or height of the thing it is standing next to


wakwak

Onomatopoeic; named after its supposed call.

(folklore) a vampiric bird-like creature

(folklore) a form of an ungo or an ungo's familiar


engkanto

Borrowed from Spanish encanto (“charm; spell”).

bor+

(folklore) type of nature spirit, usually associated with the forest and is believed to be averse to salt


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


aswang

(folklore) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)


balbal

(Philippine folklore) witchlike or vampirelike creature or monster


ekek

(Philippine folklore) a vampiric bird-like creature

(Philippine folklore) a form of an ungo or an ungo's familiar


kikik

Onomatopoeic, after its supposed call. The other senses are fron their necrophagy or nocturnal nature, like the creature.


putli

From Sanskrit पुत्री (putrī, “daughter”). Compare Malay puteri, Tausug putli' and Maranao potri. May also be related to puti (“white”).


santilmo

From Spanish fuego de Santelmo or fuego de san Telmo.

(folklore) santilmo; floating flame or fire ball, similar to a will o' the wisp, that stalk or chase people at night, believed to be the ignited blood of a person who met a tragic death


agta

(folklore) a gigantic demonlike creature, with hirsute and very dark skin, that resides on top of trees; it is usually pictured naked and smoking a rolled cigar


mantaga

(folklore) a freshwater giant octopus that supposedly grab and drown unwary humans or animals in and around lakes


kalabera

Borrowed from Spanish calavera (“skull”), from Latin calvaria, from calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós (“bald”) which contains the suffix *-wós (whence Latin -vus), from *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).


black lady

Unadapted borrowing from English black lady.


Pintados

(history) the tattoed indigenous people of Cebu during the Spanish occupation of the Philippines


impakto

From Latin en facto!, borrowed to mean "evil spirit".

(folklore, mythology) evil spirit causing temporary madness


kugtong

(folklore) giant fish that can cause earthquakes by shaking islands from underneath


diwata

→ English: diwata

→ Tagalog: diwata

From Proto-Visayan *diwata, from Malay dewata, from Sanskrit देवता (devatā, “god, deity”).


tudtod

(folklore) humanoid creature made of stone believed to haunt at noon


parahaya

(history) in pre-colonial Cebu, a woman or a group of women employed to read dirges and elegies in a funeral


tulbok

(grammar) a punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period


Compostela

(history) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu


morpolohiya

(linguistics) the study of the internal structure of morphemes


sorseres

(fantasy, folklore) a sorceress; a female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch


sorserer

From English sorcerer, from Old French sorcier, ultimately from Latin sors (“oracular response”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sort, lineup”).

der

(fantasy, folklore) a sorcerer; a male magician or wizard


Pelias

(Greek mythology) Pelias, the king of Iolcus


mantiyanak

(folklore) a ghost of a woman with an open slit in the belly, where her unborn child can be seen, believed to attack men and rip off their penises


mapahayagon

(grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) declarative


abrebisyon

Borrowed from English abbreviation, from Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”).


unanggikit

(grammar, linguistic morphology) a prefix


talinggikit

(grammar, linguistic morphology) an infix


panglanggikit

pang- + back-formation from iglalangikit.


ulhinggikit

(grammar, linguistic morphology) a suffix


subdyek

From English subject, from Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).


pangtuaw

(grammar) exclamatory; resembling an exclamation


panglalaki

(grammar) of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions


panglalaki

(grammar) a word of the masculine gender


pangbabaye

(grammar) of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions


pangsukna

(grammar) an interrogative; a word implying interrogation or used for asking a question


inkonsistensi

(logic) an incompatibility between two propositions that cannot both be true


pinulongan sa pagtudlo

medium of instruction
medium of instruction

(education, sociolinguistics) medium of instruction


dili ingon nato

(mythology, folklore) elemental; nature spirit


talianak

Compare mantiyanak. Also from tali- + anak.

(folklore) ghost of a woman with an open slit in the belly, where her unborn child can be seen, believed to attack men and rip off their penises


binukot

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


paratawag

(history) a slave who serves as a herald


mantala

From Malay mantera (“invocation; prayer”), from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). Compare tala.