flower

Unadapted borrowing from English flower.

(mahjong) act of declaring and revealing a flower or season tile and in order drawing a replacement tile


alas

(card games) an ace; a card with a single spot


mal

Borrowed from Spanish mal, apocopic form of malo (“evil”).


mate

(chess) to checkmate; to put the king of an opponent into checkmate


pagan

(games, of marbles) to hit the adjacent marble with the target marble


pasko

From Spanish pascua, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).


mata

Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan's circumnavigation

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pigafetta

(mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands


papel

(rock paper scissors) an open hand (handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors


kaon

káon (canonical)
mo- (affix)
kaon (root)
actor
mag- (affix)
kaon (root)
actor
maka- (affix)
kaon (root)
actor
mang- (affix)
kaon (root)
actor
-on (affix)
kaon (root)
ma- (affix)
kaon (root)
actor
-an (affix)
kaon (root)

ceb-infl-table

kaon

kaon

kaon

kaon

kaon

kaon

kaon

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən. Compare Tagalog kain.

inh+

(games) to take a man in games of chess, checkers, etc.


paso

Borrowed from Spanish paso, from Latin passus.

(bingo) an instance where a player fails to declare a bingo


paso

(bingo) to fail to declare or call a bingo


hari

(card games) a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit


buaya

From Malay buaya, from Proto-Malayic *buhaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buqaya, from Proto-Austronesian *buqaya.

(sports slang, especially basketball) ball hog


bato

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Maori whatu.
The sense of "kidney" is a semantic loan from Tagalog bato.


gunting

[ˈɡun̪.t̪ɪŋ]

Likely from Malay gunting, ultimately likely a loan from some non-Austronesian source, such as Chinese [Term?], according to Blust (2010-2020).

(rock paper scissors) a hand with the index and middle fingers open (a handshape resembling scissors), that beats paper and loses to rock


balising

(games) to move something away from obstructions


debu

From English debut, from French début, from Middle French, derivative of débuter (“to move, begin”), from dé- + but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *butą (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeud- (“to beat, push”).


samin

Borrowed from Malay cermin (cf. Tagalog salamin, Ilocano sarming).


wakwak

Onomatopoeic; named after its supposed call.


utog

From Proto-Philippine *qútuʀ (“erection of the penis”).


bulbol

Derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulu. Sense 3 is after the Chinese character being likened to pubic hair.


tigulang

[t̪ɪˈɡu.l̪ɐŋ]


kamunggay

[kɐˈmuŋ.ɡɐɪ̯]

Probably Tamil முருங்கை (muruṅkai, “drumstick”), from the shape of the fruits. Compare malunggay.
Sense "clover", after its resemblance to the leaves of


drayb

From English drive, from Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”), from *dʰer- (“cloudy, dirty, muddy”).

der

(mahjong) to take over a mahjong game; to temporarily replace a player


eskalira

From Spanish escalera, from Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”).

(card games) a running flush, a straight flush or a royal flush

(mahjong) a pure straight hand; a hand of three consecutive chows in the same suit, making a nine-tile straight


rayna

[ˈɾ̪aɪ̯.n̪ɐ]


kristo

From Kristo, from Spanish Cristo, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a calque of Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māshīaχ, “anointer”).

(gambling) bet collector in cockfighting


esteping

Borrowed from English stepping, present participle of step.

(sports, games) to step on or over a line. (violation)


dyambol

(basketball) to begin or resume play with a jump ball


bolador

(bingo) a caller; the person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers


karnabal

(mahjong) hand consisting of eight pairs


floweran

(mahjong) the pile where a replacement tile is drawn after declaring a flower


lingaw-lingaw

[l̪ɪˌŋaʊ̯ ˈl̪i.ŋɐʊ̯]

(gambling) to play for fun, not for winning


pitpit

(mahjong) the sparrow tile; the one-bamboo tile


inutok

(sarcasm, gambling, of an opponent) taking too long to make a move, as if every move is calculated


tigdula

(gaming, video games) a gamer; a gamester


magdudula

[mɐɡ.d̪ʊˈd̪u.l̪ɐʔ]

mag- + dula, with partial reduplication.


gradwet

From English graduate, from Latin graduātus (“graduated”), from gradus (“step”).

(basketball) to foul out; to be disqualified from further play for having committed too many fouls


siyete pares

(mahjong) a hand consisting of seven pairs and a triple


bintos

(mahjong) the flower, season, wind and dragon tiles collectively


hinol

(mahjong) to attempt to guess a drawn tile by feeling the suit and value using the middle finger


sagasa

(mahjong) an instance of drawing the fourth tile of one's pung


tsek

Short for English check, from Middle English chek, chekke, borrowed from Old French eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval Latin scaccus, borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”).

(chess) to check; to make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check


kobrador

Borrowed from Spanish cobrador. By surface analysis, kobra (“act of collecting debts”) + -dor.

surf

(gambling) bet collector (esp. in jueteng)