pag-

pag- + aral (“study”) → pag-aaral (“studying habitually”)

pag- + basa (“read”) → pagbabasa (“reading habitually”)

(with syllable reduplication) the act of doing the action expressed by the root repeatedly or habitually


pag-

From pag (“if”), which is a clipping of kapag (“if”), which is a clipping of kapagka (“if”).

pag-alis nila

pagbalik nila

when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if


gapos

From Proto-Philippine *ʀapus (“to tie or bind the hands or feet”) (cf. Bikol Central maggapos, Tausug gapus), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀapus (cf. Malay merapus).

inh

object used to bind someone's arms, hands, or legs (such as rope, wire, cord, etc.)

binding of someone's arms, hands, or legs


gapos

bound; tied (of one's arms, hands, or legs)


heke

Borrowed from Spanish jeque. Doublet of siyak.


salasa

reckless or fearless plunging or rushing forward (as into a crowd)


suskrisyon

tl-noun

suskrisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

suskrisyón (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


magbawas

tl-verb

magbawás (complete nagbawas, progressive nagbabawas, contemplative magbabawas, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜏᜐ᜔)

magbawás (canonical)
nagbawas (completive)
nagbabawas (progressive)
magbabawas (contemplative)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜏᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


barya

From an earlier variant, bariya, from Early Modern Spanish barilla which used to refer to the Spanish-era copper coins minted in the Philippines.
Some sources, like Zorc (1979), also suggest it to be from Spanish varia, through variar (“to change; to alter”), which Potet (2016) notes as a mistake during the American colonial era by interpreting the word to mean “to change into small coins; to exchange”. However, Potet (2016) notes that the Spanish term for loose change is Spanish vuelta.

m-g

Barya lang po ang tinatanggap sa umaga.

Only loose change will be accepted in the morning.

loose change (small, loose money in coins or notes of small denominations)


Misamis Oriental

tl-proper noun

Misamis Orientál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐᜋᜒᜐ᜔ ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

Misamis Orientál (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜐᜋᜒᜐ᜔ ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Spanish Misamis Oriental, from Misamis + oriental (“eastern”).

Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental#English

Northern Mindanao
Northern Mindanao#English

Misamis Oriental (a province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines; capital and largest city: Cagayan de Oro)


suyod

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sujud (“fine-toothed lice comb”), possibly borrowed via an intermediary language or existed as *sulod with elision of /l/ becoming /j/ instead of /w/ or /ʔ/. Compare Bikol Central surod and Dupaningan Agta surod.

der

fine-toothed comb for removing lice and nits

(agriculture) harrowing of a plowed or cultivated field

(figurative) combing of a place (to search for something)


suyod

already harrowed (of a cultivated field)

(figurative) thoroughly combed or searched (of a place)


ikasiyam

From ika- + siyam (“nine”). Compare Cebuano ikasiyam.


manloloko

From man- + loko, with initial reduplication of the root word.


Romblon

Romblón (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Romblon, from Romblomanon.

Romblon Province (a province of Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Romblon)

Romblon Island (an island in Luzon, Philippines)

Romblon Municipality (a municipality, the capital of Romblon, Mimaropa, Luzon, Philippines)


tawag ng kalikasan

tl-noun

tawag ng kalikasan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

ᜆᜏᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(humorous, euphemistic) call of nature (bodily urge to urinate or defecate)


ikalabing-isa

tl-adj

ikalabíng-isá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ)

ikalabíng-isá (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ (Baybayin)


Miyerkules Santo

tl-proper noun

Miyérkulés Santo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

Miyérkulés Santo (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Miyerkoles Santo
Miyerkoles Santo#Tagalog


diskwento

tl-noun

diskwento (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of diskuwento.


Cobarrubias

tl-proper noun

Cobarrubias (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜊᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From misspelling of Spanish Covarrubias due to lack of distinction between /b/ and /v/.


remedyo

[ɾɛˈmɛː.d͡ʒo]


humaling

obsession; extreme fondness (for something)


sugpo

already suppressed, controlled, or stopped (usually with na)


bulingbuling

tl-noun

búlingbúling (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

búlingbúling (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


diskuwento

diskuwento (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of deskuwento.


ikatlo

From ika- + tatlo (“three”). Compare Cebuano ikatulo.


Dela Fuente

tl-proper noun

Delá Fuente (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

Delá Fuente (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎ ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Alternative letter-case form of dela Fuente


bahista

Borrowed from Spanish bajista. By surface analysis, baha + -ista. Doublet of basista.


hagupit

Ako'y tulang may hagupit ng latigo, / may talas ng patalim may haplos ng pagmamahal—

1989, Ani: Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Volume 3, Issues 1-4

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Sa matinding sakit, sinikap ni Crispin na lumaban. Nagsisigaw, naninipa, nagpagulung-gulong sa lapag. Patuloy ang hagupit ng kura. Nagdurugo na ang mga kamay ni Crispin na ginagawang panangga.

2006, Lourdes L. Miranda, Mercedes D. L. Tulaylay, Obra Maestra (Bagong Edisyon): Noli Me Tangere

Binigyang-diin ni Climate Change Commission (CCC) Secretary Emmanuel De Guzman ang pangangailangan na patatagin ang mga komunidad sa epekto ng nagbabagong panahon upang mapangalagaan ang mga karapatang pantao ng mga maralita na pinakamahina sa matitinding hagupit ng panahon.

Nagbabakasakali siyang dalhin doon ang labi ng kaniyang mga magulang na kabilang sa mga aniya'y nasawi noong kasagsagan ng hagupit ng bagyo.

rage; fury (usually of weather or a storm)


hilod

scrubbing of skin to remove dirt (with a stone, towel, etc.)


kalumpit

kalumpít (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


Del Rosario

Del Rosario (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Alternative letter-case form of del Rosario


dayap

From Proto-Austronesian *dalayap with elision of /l/. Compare Cebuano dayap, Hiligaynon dalayap, Ilocano dalayap, Kapampangan dalayap, and Pangasinan dalayap.

Citrus × aurantiifolia
Wikispecies:Citrus × aurantiifolia

key lime, especially the Philippine variety (Citrus × aurantiifolia)

Citrus × microcarpa
Citrus × microcarpa#Translingual

Citrofortunella mitis
Citrofortunella mitis

(western Marinduque) calamondin; calamansi (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)


kamuning

Murraya paniculata
Murraya paniculata#Translingual


anonang

[ʔɐˈn̪oː.n̪ɐŋ]

Compare Cebuano anonang and Malay nunang.


Bongabong

Oriental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro#English


atsuwete

[ʔɐˈt͡ʃwɛː.t̪ɛ]

From Philippine Spanish achuete, variant of Mexican Spanish achiote, from Classical Nahuatl āchiyōtl.

Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana#Translingual


San Fernando

San Fernando (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish San Fernando, most cases of which were named after King Ferdinand III of Castile.

named-after

several cities and municipalities in the Philippines:

San Fernando (a city, the provincial capital of Pampanga, Central Luzon, Philippines)

San Fernando (a city, the provincial capital of La Union, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines)

San Fernando (a municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines)

San Fernando (a municipality of Romblon, Philippines)

San Fernando (a municipality of Masbate, Philippines)

San Fernando (a municipality of Cebu, Philippines)

San Fernando (a municipality of Bukidnon, Philippines)


anilaw

[ʔɐˈn̪iː.laʊ̯]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanilaw (“a tree; Grewia spp.”), possibly via Cebuano. Compare Malay nilau (“Guioa pubescens”).


De Leon

De León (canonical)
ᜇᜒ ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


Dela Peña

Delá Peña (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎ ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Alternative letter-case form of dela Peña


amugis

[ʔɐˈmuː.ɣɪs]

Koordersiodendron pinnatum (a species of evergreen tree)

(colloquial, derogatory) person of low status


Delos Reyes

tl-proper noun

Delós Reyes (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔)

Delós Reyes (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Alternative letter-case form of delos Reyes


biyoleta

biyoleta:


balinsasayaw

tl-noun

balínsasayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐᜌᜏ᜔)

balínsasayáw (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

swiftlet, a small bird that builds its nest on high rocks (genus Collocalia)


repake

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English repack, and influenced by Spanish empaque.


palugit

[pɐˈluː.ɣɪt̪̚]


pangunang lunas

tl-noun

pangunang lunas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜓᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜈᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜅᜓᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜈᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From panguna (“first”) + -ng + lunas (“cure”).


sungkit

hook attached to a pole (used to get something from a high place or picking fruit)

act of getting something with such an instrument

act of picking fruit with such an instrument


unawa

[ʔʊˈn̪aː.wɐʔ]

[ʔʊ.n̪ɐˈwaʔ]


unawa

[ʔʊˈn̪aː.wɐʔ]

[ʔʊ.n̪ɐˈwaʔ]


tanggap

Either inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgap (“accept”) or borrowed from Malay tangkap (“gripping; clasping; capture by the hand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋkəp (“catch, as by covering”). The two etymology sources may be equivalent. Compare Kapampangan tanggap (“accept”), Maranao tangkap (“accept”), and Balinese tanggap (“take into hand”).


tanggap

acceptance of something offered or given

reception of something sent (by letter, text message, etc.)

admission; confession (of one's guilt, crime, etc.)

admission; approval (of one's application for employment, enrollment, etc.)

recognition; acceptance (as of evidence or testimony in court)


katib

khatib (person who delivers the khutbah)


Malayo

Borrowed from Spanish malayo, from Malay Melayu. Doublet of Malay.


Malayo

tl-noun

Malayo (feminine Malaya, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜓ)


himatay

(pathology) fainting; swoon; loss of consciousness


himatay

payment given to guards out of the dangers surrounding their job


sumulong

tl-verb

sumulong (complete sumulong, progressive sumusulong, contemplative susulong, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

sumulong (completive)
sumusulong (progressive)
susulong (contemplative)
ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
-um- (affix)
ᜓᜋ᜔ (affix)
sulong (root)
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (root)
actor (focus)
kasusulong (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜐᜓᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (completive formal past past-recent)
sumulong (formal imperative)
ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (formal imperative)
sulong (dialectal formal imperative)
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (formal imperative)
kakasulong (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
sumulong (imperative informal)
ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (imperative informal)
sulong (dialectal imperative informal)
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-table

sumulong

sumulong
 ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

sumulong
 ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔
sungmulong¹
ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

sumusulong
ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔
sungmusulong¹
 ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔
nasulong²
ᜈ ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

susulong
 ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔
masulong²
ᜋ ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

sumulong
 ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔
sulong²
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

sulong
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔

¹Now archaic in Modern Tagalog.
²Dialectal use only.

to go ahead; to move forward; to advance


kiyaw

tl-noun

kiyáw or kiyaw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

kiyáw (canonical)
kiyaw (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Hokkien, according to English (1987). Compare kiyaw-kiyaw.

wriggling movement (of worms, mosquito larvae, etc.)

swarming; bustling; moving about (of a thick crowd of people)


pukpok

From Proto-Austronesian *pukpuk. Onomatopoeic in origin.


bungkal

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋkal (“to open”). Compare Bikol Central bungkal and Cebuano bungkal. See also Cebuano bungkag and Malay bongkar.

inh

tilling of soil; tillage (for planting, especially by plowing)

act of digging or turning over soil (with a trowel, hoe, etc.)

makeshift roof added to the side of the house as a temporary dining space for guests during special ocassions


pagala

[pɐˈɣaː.lɐʔ]


Dominador

Dominadór (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


hatdog

a nonsensical response to a question, specially the interjection ha?


tugtog

[t̪ʊɡˈt̪oɡ̚]

From Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug (cf. Bikol Central tugtog and Ilocano tugtog), from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

music or sound made by a musical instrument, audio device, etc.


tablea

[t̪ɐbˈlɛː.ɐ]


anawnser

ᜀᜈᜏ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˈn̪aʊ̯n̪.sɛɾ]


pansamantala

tl-adj

pansamantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

pansamantalá (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ (Baybayin)


Paunlagui

Paunlaguí (canonical)
ᜉᜂᜈ᜔ᜎᜄᜒ (Baybayin)


Suansing

Suansíng (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


Pasahol

From pa- + sahol. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

a surname from Tagalog, mostly concentrated in Batangas, Laguna, Quezon and Bataan


Ortea

[ʔoɾˈt̪ɛː.ɐ]


Sagaysay

[sɐ.ɣaɪ̯ˈsaɪ̯]

Borrowed from Ilocano, from sagaysay (“comb”).


Picardal

Picardál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜃᜇ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


Casacop

From ka- + sakop. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

a surname from Tagalog, mostly concentrated in Laguna


Abucay

Compare abo and kinaykay (“dug from ashes”).

Abucay (a municipality of Bataan, Philippines)


Catalasan

a surname from Tagalog, most common in Cavite


Romasanta

Borrowed from Spanish roma santa. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

a surname from Spanish, common in Marinduque


katas ng ubas

tl-noun

katás ng ubas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜂᜊᜐ᜔)

katás ng ubas (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜂᜊᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


Bahaghari

Bahagharì (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[bɐ.hɐɡˈhaː.ɾɪʔ]


Yuson

Borrowed from Hokkien 楊孫／杨孙 (iûⁿ-sun) or Hokkien 余孫 (û-sun) (compare Yu).


pagnanakaw

From pag- + nakaw, with partial reduplication.


Relampagos

tl-proper noun

Relámpagós or Rélampágos (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜄᜓᜐ᜔)

Relámpagós (canonical)
Rélampágos (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜄᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish relámpagos (“lightning bolt”).


katas ng mansanas

tl-noun

katás ng mansanas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜈᜐ᜔)

katás ng mansanas (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜈᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


dayag

dayág (canonical)
ᜇᜌᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
Quezon (dialectal)
Marinduque (dialectal)


Recalde

Variant of Ricalde, from Spanish, from Basque Errekalde.

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque]


Villaester

tl-proper noun

Villaester (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


ekspresyon

tl-noun

ekspresyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

ekspresyón (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


Camiguin

Borrowed from Spanish Camiguín, from Manobo, from Cebuano kamagong.

Camiguin (a province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Mambajao)

Camiguin Island (an island in the Bohol Sea, Philippines)


pilamento

Borrowed from Spanish filamento, from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum.


arsobispo

arsobispo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish arzobispo (“archbishop”), from Old Spanish arçobispo, from Late Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos).

der

ἀρχιεπίσκοπος


Nasaret

[n̪ɐ.sɐˈɾɛt̪̚]


eksibisyon

tl-noun

eksibisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

eksibisyón (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


banlian

tl-verb

banlián (complete binanlian, progressive binabanlian, contemplative babanlian, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

banlián (canonical)
binanlian (completive)
binabanlian (progressive)
babanlian (contemplative)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
banli (root)
banlian (infinitive)
binanlian (completive root)
binabanlian (progressive root)
inabanlian (dialectal progressive root)
babanlian (contemplative objective)
abanlian (contemplative dialectal objective)
banlii (dialectal imperative objective)

banlian


lapnos

flayed; excoriated (of burnt or scalded skin)


lapnos

flayed skin; excoriated skin (due to being burnt or scalded)

condition of one's skin being flayed or excoriated (due to being burnt or scalded)


lehitimo

lehítimó (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜑᜒᜆᜒᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


tambuli

Compare Cebuano tambuli and Maguindanao tambuli.


gapang

(figurative) secret maneuvering to obtain something


subok

From Proto-Philippine *subuk. Compare Ilocano subok and Pangasinan sobok.

sampling; tasting (of the taste of food)


subok

already tested; already proven (usually with na)


bolang kristal

tl-noun

bolang kristál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

bolang kristál (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)


dawit

implication; entanglement; involvement (usually in a crime)

a type of arm wrestling where one hooks one's middle fingers on the opponent's hand to force the arm down


maamong tupa

tl-adj

maamong tupa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆᜓᜉ)


katipan

From ka- + tipan (“pact; covenant; engagement; tryst”).

af

tipan<t:pact; covenant; engagement; tryst>

katipan sa negosyo

(now uncommon) partner in an arrangement


sapilitan

sápilitán (canonical)
ᜐᜉᜒᜎᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


prodyuser

tl-noun

prodyuser (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

(economics) producer (individual or organization that creates goods and services)

producer (one who produces an artistic production)


kondominyum

kondominyum (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜋ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English condominium, from Latin condominium.

condominium (building in which each unit is owned individually, but the grounds is jointly owned)

condominium (unit or apartment in such a complex)


Brigela

[bɾɪˈɣɛː.lɐ]


Briguela

[bɾɪɡˈwɛː.lɐ]


Clavecillas

tl-proper noun

Clavecillas (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊᜒᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)

ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊᜒᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


Amores

[ʔɐˈmoː.ɾɛs]

Borrowed from Spanish Amores, from amores.


umbok

outward bulge; swelling; protuberance; convexity


Furuichi

ᜉᜓᜇᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

[fʊˈɾwiː.t͡ʃɪ]

[pʊˈɾwiː.t͡ʃɪ]

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 古市 (Furuichi).


mumog

From Proto-Philippine *limuʀmuʀ (“gargle”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *muʀmuʀ. Compare Hiligaynon limug, Cebuano limugmog, Waray-Waray limugmog, Bikol Central limugmug, Kapampangan mulmul, and Ilocano mulumog.


piskalya

tl-noun

piskalyá or piskalya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌ)

piskalyá (canonical)
piskalya (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

(law) public prosecutor's office (UK); district attorney's office (US); office of the public prosecutor


maselang bahagi

maselang bahagi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜑᜄᜒ)

ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜑᜄᜒ (Baybayin)

[mɐˌsɛː.lɐm bɐˈhaː.ɣɪʔ]


hatsing

Onomatopoeic. Compare Kapampangan atsing, Bikol Central hatsing and Cebuano hatsi.


hatsing

(onomatopoeia) sound of a sneeze: achoo! kerchoo!


glorya

Borrowed from Spanish gloria (“glory”), from Latin glōria.


tagapamahala

tagapamahalà (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜋᜑᜎ (Baybayin)


Zamboanga Sibugay

tl-proper noun

Zamboanga Sibugay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜄᜌ᜔)

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜄᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Spanish Zamboanga Sibúgay, from Zamboanga + Sibúgay.

Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga Sibugay#English

Zamboanga Peninsula
Zamboanga Peninsula#English

Zamboanga Sibugay (a province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Ipil)


Camarines Sur

Camarines Sur (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜇᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜋᜇᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish Camarines Sur, from camarines + sur.

A province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Pili. Largest city: Naga


alamang

From Proto-Northern Philippine *ajamaŋ (“tiny shrimp”). Compare Ilocano aramang and Pangasinan agamang.

any of a number of species of small shrimp in the genus Acetes (used in bagoong production)

(figurative) insignificant person or thing; small fry


bundol

ramming with the tip of something large and elongated (such as logs, posts, etc.)


nerbyos

ᜈᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of nerbiyos.


bakero

Borrowed from Spanish vaquero, from Vulgar Latin vaccārius (“cowherder, rancher”).

der

cowboy; cowhand; cowherd (person who herds cattle)


Verceles

ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


huli sa akto

tl-adj

huli sa akto (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜒ ᜐ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜑᜓᜎᜒ ᜐ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

in flagrante delicto
in flagrante delicto


masel

Borrowed from English muscle, from Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Compare Cebuano masol. Doublet of muskulo.

der

Pinisil ni Noel ang masel sa balikat ni Pen. Matigas, malaki ang masel.

2017, J. Neil Garcia, Danton Remoto, Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing, Anvil Publishing, Incorporated via PublishDrive


panlasa

taste (sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation)


hasel

Borrowed from English hassle. Compare Cebuano hasol.

2006, Zosimo Quibilan (Jr), Pagluwas, UP Press

"Wala. Di naman hasel kasama, di ba? Mabait, lalo ngayon," sagot ni Patty na natawa sa sariling joke.


wala sa lugar

tl-adj

walâ sa lugár (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ ᜐ ᜎᜓᜄᜇ᜔)

walâ sa lugár (canonical)
ᜏᜎ ᜐ ᜎᜓᜄᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[wɐˌlaʔ sɐ lʊˈɣaɾ]

[wɐˌlaː sɐ lʊˈɣaɾ]

From wala (“out; missing; absent”) + sa (“at; in; on”) + lugar (“place”).

compound

(idiomatic) out of place; inappropriate; unsuitable; unfit


mangulangot

tl-verb

mangulangot (complete nangulangot, progressive nangungulangot, contemplative mangungulangot, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔)

nangulangot (completive)
nangungulangot (progressive)
mangungulangot (contemplative)
ᜋᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
mang- (affix)
ᜋᜅ᜔ (affix)
kulangot (root)
ᜃᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (root)
actor (focus)
kapangungulangot (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜉᜅᜓᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (completive formal past past-recent)
pangulangot (formal imperative)
ᜉ ᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (formal imperative)
kakapangulangot (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜉᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
kapapangulangot (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜉᜉᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
pangulangot (imperative informal)
ᜉ ᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-mang

mangulangot

tl-infl-table

mangulangot

kakapangulangot
 ᜃᜃᜉᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔
kapapangulangot
 ᜃᜉᜉᜅᜓᜎᜅᜓᜆ᜔

¹ Not used in Standard Tagalog. Dialectal use only.

From mang- + kulangot (“dried mucus on the nose”).


mang-

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-. Compare Malay meng-.

mang- + gamot (“medicine”) → manggamot (“to practice medicine; to work as a doctor”)

mang- + anak (“child”) → manganak (“to give birth”)

mang- + bili (“buying”) → mamili (“to go shopping”)

mang- + abala (“bothersome”) → mang-abala (“to bother”)

mang- + kabayo (“horse”) → mangabayo (“to go horseback riding”)

3rd actor trigger verb prefix
to practice the action of the root

mang- + pula (“red”) → mamula (“to redden; to go reddish”)

To take the state expressed by the root partially or temporarily

mang- + isda (“fish”) → mangingisda (“fisher; fisherman”)

mang- + batas (“law”) → mambabatas (“lawmaker; legislator”)

(with root reduplication) Forms nouns signifying occupations or doer of the action expressed by the root


aksis

Borrowed from English axis, from Latin axis. Doublet of ehe.


gadgad

[ɡɐd̪ˈɡad̪̚]

grated into sheds or particles (as of grains of corn, etc.)


gadgad

[ɡɐd̪ˈɡad̪̚]

grating into sheds or particles (as of grains of corn, etc.)


hinaw

tl-noun

hináw or hinaw (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜏ᜔)

hináw (canonical)
hinaw (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
Quezon (Batangas)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiñaw, from Proto-Austronesian *Siñaw.


Montecillo

tl-proper noun

Montecillo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish montecillo (“hill”).


kapos-palad

tl-adj

kapós-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

kapós-palad (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


balsahan

tl-verb

balsahán (complete binalsahan, progressive binabalsahan, contemplative babalsahan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

balsahán (canonical)
binalsahan (completive)
binabalsahan (progressive)
babalsahan (contemplative)
ᜊᜎ᜔ᜐᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
lsa (root)
balsahan (infinitive)
binalsahan (completive root)
binabalsahan (progressive root)
inabalsahan (dialectal progressive root)
babalsahan (contemplative objective)
abalsahan (contemplative dialectal objective)
balsahi (dialectal imperative objective)

balsahan


lublob

drowning of someone by pushing down into water


lublob

(figurative) addicted; abandoned (to vice, such as drugs, alcohol, etc.)


karwahe

Borrowed from Spanish carruaje, borrowed from Catalan carruatge or Occitan cariatge, from a derivative of Latin carrus.


abli

Early borrowing from Spanish abrir with loss of final /ɾ/ and a sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/, from Latin aperīre. Doublet of abre, a later borrowing.


unyon

union; association (especially a trade union)

(plumbing) short, hollow piece used to connect pipes


katotohanan

tl-noun

katotohanan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜆᜓᜑᜈᜈ᜔)

Syncopic form of katotoohanan, from katotoohan + -an, from totoo.


panunuhol

From pan- + suhol with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


ismagler

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜋᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


hugas-kamay

tl-adj

hugas-kamáy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

hugas-kamáy (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “washing one's hands”, from the Bible's account of Pontius Pilate washing his hands and refusing to condemn Jesus in Matthew 27:24.

(idiomatic) whitewashing; refusing to hold responsibility for or involvement with errors or bad actions


papansin

papansín (canonical)
ᜉᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Di ko naman napanood at nabasa 'yun, pero ewan ko ba. Papansin lang talaga siguro ako. Pagbigyan mo na ako.

2017, Art Sta. Ana, He's Dating the Transgender, Anvil Publishing, Incorporated via PublishDrive

I didn't watched or read those, but I don't know. I'm really an attention seeker. Just forgive me.


harurot

[hɐˈɾuː.ɾot̪̚]

speeding; acceleration (of a vehicle, person, etc.)


pagluluksa

tl-noun

pagluluksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)

pagluluksâ (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)

From pag- + luksa with initial reduplication.


pamimirata

From pam- + pirata with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


panghihinayang

panghihinayang (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜌᜅ᜔)

ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜌᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pang- + hinayang with initial reduplication.


panloloob

panloloób (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

panloloób (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pan- + loob with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


panghahalay

panghahalay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜑᜎᜌ᜔)

From pang- + halay, literally “act of obscenity” with initial reduplication.


paghihingalo

tl-noun

paghihingalô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜅᜎᜓ)

paghihingalô (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜅᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


pangangalaga

pangangalagà (canonical)
ᜉᜅᜅᜎᜄ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.ŋɐ.ŋɐˈlaː.ɣɐʔ]

From pang- + alaga with partial reduplication.


mamamatay-tao

mamamatay-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜋᜆᜌ᜔ᜆᜂ)

From mam- + patay (“kill”) + tao (“person”) with initial reduplication.


sentensya

sentensya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of sentensiya.


araling panlipunan

aralíng panlipunan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

aralíng panlipunan (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Calque of English social studies, from aralin + panlipunan.

Meronyms: kasaysayan, heograpiya, sibika, sosyolohiya, ekonomiya


danyos

Borrowed from Spanish daños, plural of daño, from Latin damnum. The legal sense is an ellipsis of danyos perhuwisyos, from Spanish daños y perjuicios.


ipot

Compare Bikol Central ipot and Masbatenyo ipot.

excretion of droppings (of birds and other small animals)


poknat

permanent scar on the forehead, especially due to a bump

(colloquial) bald spot especially near cowlicks or due to a scar


Vangie

Shortened form of Evangeline + English -ie.

Tapos dumating si Vangie, pamangkin ni Tata Kandong, me dalang pera.

a diminutive of the female given name Evangeline


Teñoso

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .


matilos

tl-adj

matilos (plural matitilos, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔)


segunda-mano

segunda-mano (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜋᜈᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜋᜈᜓ (Baybayin)


pag-aatubili

tl-noun

pag-aatubilî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜆᜓᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

pag-aatubilî (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜆᜓᜊᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.ʔɐ.ʔɐ.t̪ʊ.bɪˈliʔ]

From pag- + atubili with initial reduplication.


magdalawang-isip

tl-verb

magdalawáng-isip (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜇᜎᜏᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

magdalawáng-isip (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜇᜎᜏᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

to hesitate; to think twice; to be of two minds


batang kalye

tl-noun

batang kalye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)


mataas na hukuman

mataás na hukuman (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔)

mataás na hukuman (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mataas (“high”) + na + hukuman (“court”).


pananambang

tl-noun

pananambáng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

pananambáng (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pan- + tambang with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


bulahaw

tumult; hubbub; din; noise that disturbs the peace


Cantalejo

Borrowed from Spanish, after the town in Castile and León, Spain.


basyo

Borrowed from Spanish vacío (“empty”), from Old Spanish vazio, from Latin vacīvus.

Ilang sandali pa, tatalikod muli si Fred at pupuluting isa-isa ang mga basyo ng beer.

1986, Writers Union of the Philippines, Mithi: literary journal of the Writers Union of the Philippines, Issues 13-15

A few moments later, Fred will turn to his back and will pick up the empty beer bottles one by one.

Nagpuyat kami sa pagpapatayo ng piramid mula sa mga basyo ng pinag-inumang vodka tonic. Nabulabog ako sa umagang iyon. Sa mga katulad ko na hindi pa naimumumog ang panunuyo ng ngalangala, hindi magandang biro ang gisingin ng mga walang katuturang pang-aaliw.

2017, J. Neil Garcia, Danton Remoto, “Dear Kuya Cesar (Nicolas B. Pichay)”, in Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing

We stayed awake building a pyramid from empty bottles of vodka and tonic. I'm surprised that morning. On the likes of us who didn't gargled our dry palates, it's a bad idea to wake someone up with senseless entertainment.

empty container (of bottles, cans, etc.)


basyo

Magtatanim ako sa paso o sa mga basyong lata.

2005, Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan 5' 2005 Ed., page 112

I will plant it in a pot or in empty cans.

Awtoridad ang titser, kinatawan ng Estado at siyang nagdedeposito ng kaalaman sa basyong utak ng mga kabataan.

2015, Epifanio San Juan, Jr., “Panitikan, Ideolohiya, Rebolusyon: Edukasyon at Pedagohiya sa Pagbasa ng Nobelang Desaparasidos ni Lualhati Bautista”, in Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino, page 219

The teacher is the authority, the representative of the State, and the one who fills with knowledge the empty minds of the children.


charot

[t͡ʃɐˈɾot̪̚]

(colloquial, originally gay slang) just kidding (expression by a speaker, playfully admitting to telling a joke or a lie)

(colloquial, originally gay slang) I don't believe you!; that's bullshit! (expression of cynicism, disbelief, or rejection towards one being spoken to)


charot

[t͡ʃɐˈɾot̪̚]

(colloquial, originally gay slang) joke; lie; fib

(women's speech, gay slang) homosexual male; gay

(women's speech, gay slang, humorous, familiar) term of address for a flirtatious or loose woman or homosexual


charot

[t͡ʃɐˈɾot̪̚]

(women's speech, gay slang) contrived; artificial


Bailen

Named after Bailén, a town in Jaén province, Spain

General Emilio Aguinaldo
General Emilio Aguinaldo#English

Bailen (a municipality of Cavite; modern General Emilio Aguinaldo)


manalamin

tl-verb

manalamín (complete nanalamin, progressive nananalamin, contemplative mananalamin, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

manalamín (canonical)
nanalamin (completive)
nananalamin (progressive)
mananalamin (contemplative)
ᜋᜈᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


hinliliit

tl-noun

hinliliít (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

hinliliít (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From hin- + liit, with an initial reduplication of liit.


mababang paaralan

mababang páaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

mababang páaralán (canonical)
ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pampublikong paaralan

pampúblikóng paaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

pampúblikóng paaralán (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

paaralang publiko
paaralang publiko#Tagalog


pampribadong paaralan

pampribadong paaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

pampribadong paaralán (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

paaralang pribado
paaralang pribado#Tagalog


Rocafort

Rocafórt (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜃᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Catalan Rocafort. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

a surname from Catalan, mostly found in Batangas


Kalakhang Maynila

tl-proper noun

Kalakháng Maynilà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜃ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ ᜋᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜎ)

Kalakháng Maynilà (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜃ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ ᜋᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

Metro Manila (a metropolitan area and region of the Philippines)


karburador

tl-noun

karburadór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

karburadór (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐɾ.bʊ.ɾɐˈd̪oɾ]


sampol

Borrowed from English sample, from Middle English saumple, sample, from Old French essample (“example”), from Latin exemplum. Doublet of ehemplo and eksampol.


bateriya

[bɐ.t̪ɛˈɾiː.ɐ]


baterya

Borrowed from Spanish batería (“large, rectangular, rechargeable battery”), with the definition broadened to all forms of electric batteries like the English battery.

bor+

(electronics) battery (device used to power electric devices)

(military) battery (coordinated group of artillery)


Hermosa

tl-proper noun

Hermosa (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜐ or ᜁᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜐ)

[ʔɛɾˈmoː.sɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish hermosa (“beautiful”). The surname is introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Catálogo alfabético de apellidos

Hermosa (a municipality of Bataan, Philippines)


asaynment

tl-noun

asaynment (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜀᜐᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˈsaɪ̯n̪.mɛn̪t̪]

Hamunin ang inyong sarili na sa pamamagitan ng mabisa ninyong pagtuturo'y mapababasa ninyo ng asaynment ang mga estudyante. Bukod sa pag-unawa sa maikling kuwento , sikaping may malaman tungkol sa talambuhay ng awtor.

1992, Rogelio Sikat, Pagsalunga: piniling kuwento at sanaysay

Mukhang may dalang project: diorama ng tipikal na living room, dining room, bed room ng Filipino home. "Ma, wala akong asaynment," bulalas nito.

2002, Luna Sicat Cleto, Makinilyang altar


komersiyal

tl-adj

komersiyál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

komersiyál (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish comercial, from Late Latin commerciālis. The noun is a semantic loan from English commercial.

commercial (of or pertaining to commerce)


komersiyal

commercial (advertisement in a common media format)


intrigera

tl-noun

intrigera (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜇ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.t̪ɾɪˈɣɛː.ɾɐ]

(slang) woman who likes to make scandalous gossip


sagasa

[sɐˈɣaː.sɐʔ]

Borrowed from Sanskrit साहस (sāhasa, “rashness”). Compare gahasa.

bor+

(figurative) going through of adversity with determination (such as difficulties, storm, flood, etc.)


sagasa

[sɐˈɣaː.sɐʔ]


maskulado

Borrowed from Spanish musculado, influenced by the pronunciation of English muscle.


konsorte

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

consort; escort; best man (of a queen of a celebration or reigning festival, or for any of her ladies-in-waiting)


kongkreto

tl-adj

kongkreto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish concreto, from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrescō (com- + crescō). The noun sense is a semantic loan from English concrete, from the same Latin source.

concrete (made of concrete building material)


kongkreto

ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


Bathala

Borrowed from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Likely related to Batara Guru. Compare Malay berhala.

bor+

(historical, folklore) supreme deity of the Tagalog people


Siao

Borrowed from Hokkien 蕭／萧 (Siau) or 邵 (Siàu).


bagat

From Proto-Philippine *baʀat (“to meet”). Compare Ivatan vayat, Ibatan bayat, Masbatenyo bagat, and Cebuano bagat.

act of receiving someone who comes by sea

act of ordaining or appointing or empowering a babaylan (priestess)


bagat

[ˈbaː.ɣɐt̪̚]

act of searching a good path to drag a stake of wood

act of searching a path to capture someone (with the same composition)


aborsyonista

tl-noun

aborsyonista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of aborsiyonista.


Pagatpatan

Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .


kubaw

(zoology) a species of carabao (Bubalus bubalis carabanesis) with curved horns in front of its face


aratilis

arátilís (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌɾaː.t̪ɪˈlis]

Borrowed from Spanish dátiles, from dátil.

Alternative form of aratiles: calabur tree and its fruit


kamatsile

kamátsilé (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

[kɐˌmaː.t͡ʃɪˈlɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish cuamúchil, variant of guamúchil, from Nahuatl cuamóchitl.

Pithecellobium dulce
Pithecellobium dulce#Translingual

monkeypod; camachile (Pithecellobium dulce, a species of legume originally from Central America)


Kasilag

From ka- + silag. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos then as Casilag. The spelling is a late 19th-century respelling mostly adapted by Filipino revolutionaries, especially those who joined the Katipunan (which made wide use of K in writing).

a surname from Tagalog, mostly concentrated in Batangas


kisap

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ki(n)sap (“blink, wink, flicker, flash”).


makahiya

From maka- + hiya (“shame; embarassment”).

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica#Translingual

sensitive plant; touch-me-not (Mimosa pudica)

Biophytum sensitivum
Wikispecies:Biophytum sensitivum

little tree plant (Biophytum sensitivum)


kasubha

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Compare Cebuano kasubha, Ilocano kasumba, and Malay kesumba. Doublet of katsumba.

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual


paliguan

páliguán (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.lɪˈɣuː.ʔɐn̪]


paliguan

tl-verb

paliguan (complete pinaliguan, progressive pinaliliguan, contemplative paliliguan, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

pinaliguan (completive)
pinaliliguan (progressive)
paliliguan (contemplative)
ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paligo (root)
paliguan (infinitive)
pinaliguan (completive root)
pinapaliguan (progressive root)
inapaliguan (dialectal progressive root)
papaliguan (contemplative objective)
apaliguan (contemplative dialectal objective)
paligui (dialectal imperative objective)

paliguan

[pɐ.lɪˈɣuː.ʔɐn̪]


pagupitan

págupítan (canonical)
ᜉᜄᜓᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagupitan

pagupitán (complete pinagupitan, progressive pinapagupitan, contemplative papagupitan, 11th object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄᜓᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

pagupitán (canonical)
pinagupitan (completive)
pinapagupitan (progressive)
papagupitan (contemplative)
ᜉᜄᜓᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pa- -an (affix)
gupit (root)
pagupitan (infinitive)
pinagupitan (completive root)
pinapagupitan (progressive root)
pinagugupitan (progressive root)
papagupitan (contemplative)
pagugupitan (contemplative)

pagupitan

to have a barber cut someone's hair, esp. of a child


kokang

Borrowed from Japanese 交換(こうかん) (kōkan).


kokang

blue-tailed bee-eater
w:blue-tailed bee-eater

bee-eater (possibly the blue-tailed bee-eater)


suwelas

Borrowed from Spanish suelas, from suela.


proyekto

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜌᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish proyecto, from Latin prōiectus.


kabesa

Borrowed from Spanish cabeza, from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia.


pista opisyal

tl-noun

pistá opisyál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

pistá opisyál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


Bulalayao

Borrowed from Ilocano, from bulalayaw (“rainbow”).


mangibabaw

tl-verb

mangibabaw (complete nangibabaw, progressive nangingibabaw, contemplative mangingibabaw, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔)

nangibabaw (completive)
nangingibabaw (progressive)
mangingibabaw (contemplative)
ᜋᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
mang- (affix)
ᜋᜅ᜔ (affix)
ibabaw (root)
ᜁᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (root)
actor (focus)
kapangingibabaw (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (completive formal past past-recent)
pangibabaw (formal imperative)
ᜉ ᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (formal imperative)
kakapangibabaw (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜉᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
kapapangibabaw (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜉᜉᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
pangibabaw (imperative informal)
ᜉ ᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-table

mangibabaw

kakapangibabaw
 ᜃᜃᜉᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔
kapapangibabaw
 ᜃᜉᜉᜅᜒᜊᜊᜏ᜔


engrande

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɛŋˈɡɾan̪.d̪ɛ]


kilates

Borrowed from Spanish quilates, plural of quilate (“carat”).

Ang mga terminolohiya ukol sa pagmimina, pagtutunaw ng mga metal, iba't-ibang kilatis ng ginto, mga salaping ginamit, timbang at panukat na ginamit, atbp. ay isa-isang masusing sinuri.

1983, Asian Studies, Volumes 21–30, Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines System., 1983, page 24

The terminologies related to mining, metallurgy, different carats of gold, coins used, weights and measurements used, etc, are carefully examined one by one.

Kapuwa ang tunay at ang huwad na mga pera ay naglalaman ng 20 gramo ng 24-kilatis na ginto, na nagkakahalaga ng $270 sa kasalukuyang presyo ng ginto.

1990 June 22, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig Gumising!—1990”, in Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY, archived from the original on 2020-03-23

Both the genuine and the counterfeit coins contain 20 grams of 24-karat gold, worth about $270 at the recent price of gold.

(by extension) evaluation; appraisal (of something)


estasyon

estasyón (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɛs.t̪ɐˈʃon̪]


maruya

[mɐˈɾuː.jɐʔ]

From earlier madhuya / marhuya, from an unknown source. Possible etymologies include:
* From Sanskrit माधुर्य (mādhurya, “sweetness”), from मधुर (madhura, “sweet”) + -य (-ya), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887). See also Malay madu.
* From Mexican Spanish *marjuya, according to Panganiban (1973).
Compare Kapampangan baruya, Bikol Central baduya, and Cebuano maruya.


kuwerdas

Borrowed from Spanish cuerdas, plural of cuerda, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

act of winding the spring (of a watch or clock)


hulo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh. Doublet of ulo. Compare Malay hulu (“upstream; beginning”).

deduction arrived at through reasoning or ratiocination


hulo

a species of chicken said to be native of Jolo (especially roosters known for their unusual fighting ability)


pundido

pundidong bombilya

burned out (usually referring to a light bulb)


puwente

Borrowed from Spanish fuente, from Latin fontem.


puwente

Borrowed from Spanish puente, from Latin pōns.


dilawan

tl-verb

dilawán (complete dinilawan, progressive dinidilawan, contemplative didilawan, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

dilawán (canonical)
dinilawan (completive)
dinidilawan (progressive)
didilawan (contemplative)
ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
law (root)
dilawan (infinitive)
dinilawan (completive root)
dinidilawan (progressive root)
inadilawan (dialectal progressive root)
didilawan (contemplative objective)
adilawan (contemplative dialectal objective)
dilawi (dialectal imperative objective)

dilawan

From dilaw (“yellow”) + -an. The political senses are from the yellow color associated with the Liberal Party of the Philippines and liberalism itself locally. Originally used by both left-wing and right-wing politicians to attack members of the Liberal Party back in the 1980s, but its usage has been revived under the Aquino III and Duterte administrations.


dilawan

tl-noun

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

dilawán (canonical)
dilawan (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) Liberal Party supporter (especially the Aquino administrations)


dilawan

(Philippine politics, slang, sometimes derogatory) liberal; of the Liberal Party


anino

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaninu, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiŋu (cf. Bikol Central anino and Cebuano anino).

reflection; image (on a mirror, water, etc.)


General Trias

tl-proper noun

Generál Trias (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜐ᜔)

Generál Trias (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

General Trias (a city in Cavite, Philippines)


sangguni

[sɐŋˈɡuː.n̪ɪʔ]

From sang- + guni, literally “one mind”.

consultation; seeking of advice or counsel (from someone)


Imus

From imus, imos (“land between the tributary of two rivers”), a reference to the original townsite at Toclong, around the confluence of Imus and Julian rivers. Alternative origins and folk etymologies include derivation from Latin infimus and Spanish céntimos.

Nang makuha na ng mga kastila ang Perez Dasmarinas, ay hindi naluwatan sa kanilang pamamalagi at pag-aayos doon, at muling gumayak ng paglusob sa Imus.

1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press

Imus (city and de jure provincial capital in Cavite, Philippines)


Trece Martires

Trece Mártirés (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒ ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

Trece Mártirés (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒ ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪ɾɛː.sɛ ˌmaɾ.t̪ɪˈɾɛs]

Named after the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite (Trece Mártires de Cavite in Spanish).

Trece Martires (city and de facto provincial capital in Cavite, Philippines)


Bacoor

Borrowed from Spanish Bacoor, from bakood (“elevated piece of land; highland; hill; hillock”). Compare Kapampangan Bacolor and Hiligaynon Bacolod. However, according to folk etymology, it came from bakod (“fence”) instead. See also bakol (“bamboo basket for fish or vegetables, usually carried on the head by vendors”).


bagito

amateur (showing a lack of professionalism, experience, or talent)


bagito

newbie; amateur; inexperienced person; fledgling


Agusan del Sur

Agusan del Sur (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

ᜀᜄᜓᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌɣuː.sɐn̪ d̪ɛl ˈsuɾ]

From Spanish Agusan del Sur, from Agusan + del (“of the”) + sur (“south”).

Agusan del Sur (a province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Prosperidad; largest city: Bayugan)


Cavite

Borrowed from Spanish Cavite, from Tagalog kawit. Doublet of Kawit.

A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Trece Martires (de facto); Imus (de jure). Largest city: Dasmariñas

Cavite (a city in Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines)


ising

Borrowed from Hokkien 椅 (í, “Idesia polycarpa”) + 紗／纱 (se, “yarn”) + -ng, according to Manuel (1948).


Ilocos Norte

tl-proper noun

Ilocos Norte (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Ilocos Norte (a province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Laoag)


Dipolog

Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte#English

Dipolog (a city, the provincial capital of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines)


Agusan del Norte

Agusan del Norte (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜄᜓᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌɣuː.sɐn̪ d̪ɛl ˈn̪oɾ.t̪ɛ]

From Spanish Agusan del Norte, from Agusan + del (“of the”) + norte (“north”).

compound

Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte#English

Agusan del Norte (a province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Cabadbaran; largest city: Butuan)


Bukidnon

Bukidnón (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Northern Mindanao
Northern Mindanao#English

Bukidnon (a province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Malaybalay; largest city: Valencia)

(historical) A subprovince of Agusan, Mindanao, Philippines


Surigao del Norte

tl-proper noun

Surigáo del Norte (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

Surigáo del Norte (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[sʊ.ɾɪˌɣaʊ̯ d̪ɛl ˈn̪oɾ.t̪ɛ]

From Philippine Spanish Surigao del Norte, via Surigao + del + norte.
One of 3 provinces, the other Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands, created from Surigao.

Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte#English

Surigao del Norte (a province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines; capital and largest city: Surigao City)


Surigao del Sur

Surigáo del Sur (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

Surigáo del Sur (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sʊ.ɾɪˌɣaʊ̯ d̪ɛl ˈsuɾ]

From Philippine Spanish Surigao del Sur, via Surigao + del + sur.
One of 3 provinces, the other Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands, created from Surigao.

Surigao del Sur (a province of Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Tandag; largest city: Bislig)


Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Sur (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

ᜁᜎᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Ilocos Sur (a province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital: Vigan; largest city: Candon)


mensahero

Borrowed from Spanish mensajero. By surface analysis, mensahe + -ero.


ingklitik

tl-noun

ingklitik (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪŋˈkliː.t̪ɪk̚]

Ang pang-abay na kataga o ingklitik ay mga katagang laging sumusunod sa unang salita ng kayariang kinabibilangan.

2003, Malikhaing Komposisyon I' 2003 Ed.


tabing-kalsada

tabíng-kalsada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜐᜇ)

tabíng-kalsada (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜐᜇ (Baybayin)


inosente

naive; innocent (usually due to young age)


lawaan

lawaan or lawaán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜀᜈ᜔)

lawaan (canonical)
lawaán (canonical)
ᜎᜏᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

English: lauan

From Proto-Philippine *lawaqan, analytically lawa + -an.

member of the Shorea species of rainforest trees

lauan (the wood from any of the trees of this species)


Butuan

tl-proper noun

Butuan or Butuán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

Butuan (canonical)
Butuán (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Butuan (the capital city of Agusan del Norte, Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines)


Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Spanish Zamboanga del Sur, from Zamboanga + del (“of the”) + sur (“south”).

compound

Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur#English

Zamboanga del Sur (a province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines; capital: Pagadian; largest city: Zamboanga City)


Zamboanga del Norte

tl-proper noun

Zamboanga del Norte (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄ ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

From Spanish Zamboanga del Norte, from Zamboanga + del (“of the”) + norte (“north”).

compound

Zamboanga del Norte (a province of Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao, Philippines; capital and largest city: Dipolog)


La Union

La Unión (canonical)
ᜎ ᜂᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɐ ʔʊˈɲon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish La Unión, from the union of several districts into a new province in 1850.

La Union (a province of the Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: San Fernando)


puwes

Akala mo ba'y tapos na ang laban? Puwes, nagkakamali ka.

Do you think the fight is already over? Well, you're wrong.

"Ayoko ng gulo." "Puwes, ako rin."

"I don't like trouble." "Well, me neither."

Discourse marker used to acknowledge a statement or a situation: well


Camarines Norte

tl-proper noun

Camarines Norte (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜇᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜃᜋᜇᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

From Camarines + Spanish norte (“north”).

A province of the Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Daet


handusay

handusáy (canonical)
ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


kurason

Borrowed from Spanish corazón, from Old Spanish coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor.


praktis

Borrowed from English practice, from Latin prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”). Doublet of praktika.

der

practice (repetition of an activity to improve skill)


Rizalino

From Rizal + -ino, diminutive form of Rizal, named after José Rizal.

a male given name, feminine equivalent Rizalina


malikot ang kamay

tl-adj

malikót ang kamáy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

malikót ang kamáy (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.lɪˌxot̪ ʔɐŋ kɐˈmaɪ̯]

(idiomatic) sticky-fingered; having a tendency to steal


piyesta

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta. Doublet of pista, an earlier borrowing.

piyesta ng bayan


Del Gallego

tl-proper noun

Del Gallego (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜄᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜄᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɛl ɡɐlˈjɛː.ɣo]

A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines


pasismo

Borrowed from Spanish fascismo, from Italian fascismo.


sinamang-palad

tl-adj

sinamáng-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

sinamáng-palad (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From samang-palad + -in-, or from samaing-palad.


Ternate

[t̪ɛɾˈn̪aː.t̪ɛ]

The municipality in the Philippines is named after Ternate in the Moluccas (present-day Maluku, Indonesia) by its original inhabitants from the Sultanate of Ternate

Ternate (a municipality of Cavite, Philippines)

Ternate (a city in North Maluku, Indonesia)


pasista

Borrowed from Spanish fascista, from Italian fascista.


Batanes

Batanes (a province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines)


kutkot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut (“dig”). Also possibly from a reduplication of Hokkien 掘 (ku̍t, “to dig”).

act of scraping, scratching, digging, or burrowing deeper (with one's fingers, paws, etc.)


patol

act of noticing or paying attention to someone inferior or not worthwhile

act of fighting someone who is unable to fight back or defend oneself

(colloquial) flirting; making a move on someone


ilap

wildness; condition of being undomesticated


badyet

[ˈbaː.d͡ʒɛt̪̚]


atsi

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí, “elder sister”). Doublet of ate.

bor+

Ano nga ulit sabi sa iyo ng atsi mo?

What did your big sister tell you again?

Ano nga ulit sabi sa iyo ni Atsi?

Pagbaba ko, nakita kong nasa living room na si Justin. Nakaupo siya sa sofa at nakikipagkwentuhan kay Achi. Pinandilatan ko lang si Achi nang napatingin ito sa akin.

2017, STRAWBERRY008, Hopeless Romantic Book 2, Mandaluyong: Summit Publishing Co., Inc., page 145

Atsi, paano po ba ito?

(informal) term of address for a young female senior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community)


marang

From Mindanao Cebuano marang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *madaŋ (“Artocarpus odoratissimus”).

der

(botany) marang tree (Artocarpus odoratissimus)


gulaman

From Proto-Philippine *guláman (“gelatin; agar-agar”). Possibly related to Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses”). Compare Ilocano gulaman (“agar-agar”) & guraman (“slippery seaweed found in river mouths”), Pangasinan gulaman (“extract from agar-agar seaweed from which a jelly-like dessert is prepared”), Maranao golaman (“gelatin; jell”), and Malay gula.

cog

Agardhiella F.Schmitz
Wikispecies:Agardhiella F.Schmitz

agar, from which the food is made
red alga (genus Agardhiella F.Schmitz)

Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Wikispecies:Gracilaria bursa-pastoris

agar, from which the food is made
ceylon moss (Gracilaria bursa-pastoris)


kilyawan

Compare Ilocano kulyaw and Kapampangan kuliauan.


kilyawan

bright yellow; bright orange (color/colour)


Fairview

ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines


batya

Borrowed from Spanish batea, from Mozarabic *baṭíḥa (“plain”), from Arabic بَطِيحَة (baṭīḥa, “flat area”). Compare Ilocano batea. Alternative etymologies include a Chinese origin, according to Panganiban (1972).

round, shallow wood-carved basin (used in washing clothes)


determinasyon

tl-noun

determinasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

determinasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɛ.t̪ɛɾ.mɪ.n̪ɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish determinación, from Old French determinacion, from Latin dēterminātiō.


kumagat

tl-verb

kumagát (complete kumagat, progressive kumakagat, contemplative kakagat, 1st actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜄᜆ᜔)

kumagát (canonical)
kumagat (completive)
kumakagat (progressive)
kakagat (contemplative)
ᜃᜓᜋᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
-um- (affix)
ᜓᜋ᜔ (affix)
kagat (root)
ᜃᜄᜆ᜔ (root)
actor (focus)
kakakagat (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜃᜄᜆ᜔ (completive formal past past-recent)
kumagat (formal imperative)
ᜃᜓᜋᜄᜆ᜔ (formal imperative)
kagat (dialectal formal imperative)
ᜃᜄᜆ᜔ (formal imperative)
kakakagat (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜃᜄᜆ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
kumagat (imperative informal)
ᜃᜓᜋᜄᜆ᜔ (imperative informal)
kagat (dialectal imperative informal)
ᜃᜄᜆ᜔ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-table

kumagat

kumakagat
ᜃᜓᜋᜃᜄᜆ᜔
kungmakagat¹
 ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜃᜄᜆ᜔
nakagat²
ᜈ ᜃᜄᜆ᜔

to hold or fit tightly (as of cogs of a wheel)

to cut through (as of a plane on the surface of wood)

(figurative) to accept something offered


katsa

Borrowed from Spanish calcha (“workman's clothing and bedding”) with elision of /l/. Ultimately from Mapudungun kallcha (“body hair”), from kaḻ (“hair”).

bor+

coarse fabric commonly used to make flour sacks; cheesecloth; unbleached muslin


bihod

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bihəd (“fish eggs, roe”). Compare Cebuano bihod, Masbatenyo bihod and Gorontalo biyodu.


lamog

softened from rough handling (usually said of fruits)


lamog

rough handling causing to be softened (usually said of fruits)

beating resulting to bruises or contusions


ladlad

From Proto-Philippine *ladlád (“spread out, as a net or clothes on the ground to dry”).

inh

unfolded; unfurled; unrolled (of a mat, flag, etc.)

(euphemistic, slang) out of the closet (open with one's homosexuality)


ladlad

unfolding; unfurling; unrolling (of a mat, flag, etc.)

spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)


bupete

[bʊˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish bufete, from French buffet, from Middle French bufet, from Old French bufet. Doublet of bupey.


butaw

membership fee; membership contribution (in a society, club, etc.)

fine for delinquency in payment of one's obligation


butaw

release of gamecocks facing each other at the start of a bout


takaw-tubig

tl-adj

takaw-tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪aː.xaʊ̯ ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]

absorbent of a lot of water; hydroabsorbent


kamakalima

kamakalimá (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜎᜒᜋ (Baybayin)

From kamaka- + lima. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makalima, from maka- + lima.


kamakatlo

kamakatló (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

From kamaka- + tatlo. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makatlo, from maka- + tatlo. The root could be atlo instead.


kamakapat

From kamaka- + apat. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makapat, from maka- + apat.


Guinayangan

[ɡɪ.n̪ɐˈjaː.ŋɐn̪]

Hispanized spelling of ginayangan, from gayang (“cane”).

Guinayangan (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)


dugo't laman

tl-noun

dugó't lamán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

dugó't lamán (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ʊˌɣot̪ l̪ɐˈman̪]


ubasan

tl-verb

ubasán (complete inubasan, progressive inuubasan, contemplative uubasan, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊᜐᜈ᜔)

ubasán (canonical)
inubasan (completive)
inuubasan (progressive)
uubasan (contemplative)
ᜂᜊᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bas (root)
ubasan (infinitive)
inubasan (completive root)
inuubasan (progressive root)
inaubasan (dialectal progressive root)
uubasan (contemplative objective)
aubasan (contemplative dialectal objective)
ubasi (dialectal imperative objective)

ubasan

From ubas (“bagasse of the St. Thomas bean”) + -an.

suffix

to give a woman her first bath after menstruation


higad

[ˈhiː.ɣɐd̪̚]

black, woolly caterpillar (especially those causing itchiness when touched)

prickly chaff flower
prickly chaff flower

Achyranthes aspera
Achyranthes aspera#Translingual

prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)


higad

[ˈhiː.ɣɐd̪̚]


damay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damay. Compare Kapampangan dame, Cebuano damay, and Malay damay.

implication in an affair where one was not involved initially

mutual help (especially in sympathy for the other's predicament)


damay

implicated; embroiled; involved (in an affair when one was not involved initially)


kubkob

act of surrounding or besieging; encirclement

condition of being surrounded or besieged


tikom ang bibig

tl-adj

tikóm ang bibíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜋ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

tikóm ang bibíg (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜋ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagsamantalahan

tl-verb

pagsamantalahán (complete pinagsamantalahan, progressive pinagsasamantalahan, contemplative pagsasamantalahan, 5th object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎᜑᜈ᜔)

pagsamantalahán (canonical)
pinagsamantalahan (completive)
pinagsasamantalahan (progressive)
pagsasamantalahan (contemplative)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
samantala (root)
pagsamantalahan (infinitive)
pinagsamantalahan (completive root)
pinapagsamantalahan (progressive root)
pinagsasamantalahan (progressive root)
papagsamantalahan (contemplative)
pagsasamantalahan (contemplative)

pagsamantalahan

to be exploited; to be taken advantage of


dumaan sa butas ng karayom

dumaán sa butas ng karayom (complete dumaan sa butas ng karayom, progressive dumadaan sa butas ng karayom, contemplative dadaan sa butas ng karayom, 1st actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜇᜌᜓᜋ᜔)

dumaán sa butas ng karayom (canonical)
dumaan sa butas ng karayom (completive)
dumadaan sa butas ng karayom (progressive)
dadaan sa butas ng karayom (contemplative)
ᜇᜓᜋᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜇᜌᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ʊ.mɐˌʔan̪ sɐ ˌbuː.t̪ɐs n̪ɐŋ kɐˈɾaː.jom]

Literally, “to go through the eye of a needle”, an allusion to the perseverance required to pass a thread through a needle, possibly in reference to the Bible verse of Matthew 19:24.

lit

(idiomatic) to go through various challenges and difficulties

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dumaan, sa, butas, ng, karayom.


tikom

shut; closed (of one's mouth, eyes, wound, etc.)

folded in (of wings, petals of a flower, etc.)

already gathered together (of things in a safe place)


tikom

closing (of wings, umbrella, eyes, mouth, etc.)

act of gathering things together and putting them in a safe place


dupong

firebrand; piece of burning and glowing firewood (used to start a fire)


Lugod

a surname from Tagalog, most common in Bulacan and Nueva Ecija


Zeny

a diminutive of the female given name Zenaida


Rosing

Rosita + -ing, Rosita is a diminutive of Rosa.

a diminutive of the female given name Rosa


Naty

Respelling of Spanish Nati under English influence. Attested at around the 1940s.

a diminutive of the female given names Natalia, Natalie, or Natividad


Ferdie

a diminutive of the male given name Ferdinand


Puring

Purita + -ing, Purita is a diminutive of Purificacion.

a diminutive of the female given names Purita or Purificacion


Feling

Felíng (canonical)
spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Felisa + -ing. Felisa is a diminutive of Felicidad.

a diminutive of the female given names Felisa or Felicidad


Kanor

a diminutive of the male given name Nicanor


Goryo

a diminutive of the male given name Gregorio


Wenna

a diminutive of the female given name Rowena


Primitivo

tl-proper noun

Primitivo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)


Crising

From names starting with Cris- (ex. Cristina, Crisita, or Crisanta) + -ing.

Isang hapon ay tumalon si Crising sa bangin.

year unknown, Tinig I, Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 22

a diminutive of the female given names Cristina, Crisita, or Crisanta


Maricris

Maricrís (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

a diminutive of the female given name Maria Cristina, from Spanish


Marife

From blend of Maria + Fe or blend of Maria + Fermina.

a diminutive of the female given name Maria Fermina, from Spanish


alimasag

[ʔɐ.lɪˈmaː.sɐɡ̚]

Compare Cebuano alimasag and Kapampangan alimasag.

Portunus pelagicus
Portunus pelagicus#Translingual


baril-barilan

tl-noun

baríl-barilan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

baríl-barilan (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From the reduplication of baril + -an, indicating a fake imitation.

suf

reduplication of <i class="Latn mention" lang="tl">baril</i>


Hermogenes

tl-proper noun

Hermógenés or Hermogenes (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ or ᜁᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

Hermógenés (canonical)
Hermogenes (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜁᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɛɾˌmoː.hɛˈn̪ɛs]


bukong-bukong

tl-noun

bukong-bukong (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Philippine *bəŋkung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəŋkung (“bent; curved; arched”). Compare Kapampangan bukungbukung.


sinapupunan

tl-noun

sinapupunan or sinápupunán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜉᜓᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

sinapupunan (canonical)
sinápupunán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜉᜓᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


damahan

tl-verb

damahan (complete dinamahan, progressive dinadamahan, contemplative dadamahan, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜑᜈ᜔)

dinamahan (completive)
dinadamahan (progressive)
dadamahan (contemplative)
ᜇᜋᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
dama (root)
damahan (infinitive)
dinamahan (completive root)
dinadamahan (progressive root)
inadamahan (dialectal progressive root)
dadamahan (contemplative directional)
adamahan (contemplative dialectal directional)
damahi (dialectal directional imperative)

damahan

(checkers) to gain an advantage over one's opponent by being able to have a king piece


Davao

From Philippine Spanish Davao, from either Giangan Dawaw or Obo Manobo Davah or Tagabawa Dabo. Doublet of dabaw.

Davao City (a city in the Davao Region, Philippines)

Davao Region (a region of the Philippines)

Davao (a former province of the Philippines)


luwal

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luqar. Compare Kapampangan lual and Malay luar. Doublet of luwa and luwag.

sudden appearance; sudden coming out (as from the darkness)

payment for another to cover an emergency (which is expected to be reimbursed)


kathang-isip

tl-noun

katháng-isip (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

katháng-isip (canonical)
ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

From katha (“fiction; composition”) + -ng- + isip (“mind”).


Enteng

[ˈʔɛn̪.t̪ɛŋ]

a diminutive of the male given name Vicente


Zosing

a diminutive of the male given name Zosimo


Pitoy

a diminutive of the male given name Agapito


Isay

a diminutive of the female given names Luisa, Melissa, Clarissa, or Marissa


Tonying

a diminutive of the male given names Tonyo, Antonio, or Anthony


Poleng

Pauli (“Paulina”) + -ng (“diminutive suffix”), Pauli is a diminutive of Paulina.

suffix

a diminutive of the female given names Paula, Pauline, or Paulina


Fely

Respelling of Spanish Feli under English influence.

a diminutive of the female given name Felicidad


Jepoy

[ˈd͡ʒɛː.poɪ̯]

From Jeff + -oy, also influenced by jepoy (“slang: hippie”).

a diminutive of the male given name Jeffrey


Lotlot

Reduplication of clipping of English Charlotte.

a diminutive of the female given name Charlotte


Emong

Memo + -ng, Memo is a diminutive of Guillermo.

a diminutive of the male given name Guillermo


Maning

a diminutive of the male given names Manuel or Manolo


Netoy

[ˈn̪ɛː.t̪oɪ̯]

a diminutive of the male given names Nestor or Ernesto


Pepay

a diminutive of the female given name Josefa


Ponching

ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Poncho + -ing; Poncho is a diminutive of Alfonso.

a diminutive of the male given names Poncho or Alfonso


Chichay

[ˈt͡ʃiː.t͡ʃaɪ̯]

a diminutive of the female given name Francisca


Yoyoy

a diminutive of the male given name Mateo


Chuchay

[ˈt͡ʃuː.t͡ʃaɪ̯]

a diminutive of the female given name Jesusa


Betong

From Beto + -ng, Beto is a diminutive of Roberto, Alberto, Gilberto and Humberto.

a diminutive of the male given names Albert, Alberto, Robert, or Roberto


Butchoy

a diminutive of the male given name Butch


Talya

a diminutive of the female given name Natalia


-oy

tl-noun

-oy (noun-forming suffix, proper noun-forming suffix, feminine -ay, Baybayin spelling ᜓᜌ᜔)

used to form diminutive forms of masculine nouns and male given names


Loleng

a diminutive of the female given name Dolores


bawtismo

Borrowed from Spanish bautismo, from older baptismo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, plunge”).


Kanoy

a diminutive of the male given name Nicanor


Nonong

From Nono + -ng, from Manolo, from Manuel.

a diminutive of the male given name Manuel


Sebyong

From Sebyo + -ng, Sebyo is clipping of Eusebio.

a diminutive of the male given name Eusebio


Biring

From Biri + -ng, from Spanish Viri, from Virginia.

a diminutive of the female given name Virginia


Pekto

Clipping of Perfecto, first attested in the 1940s.

Hindi pa gaanong nakalalayo si Pekto sa tindahan ni Mang Peles nang masundan niya ang isang babaeng may akay-akay na batang lalaki. Umiiyak ang bata. "Hindi natin mabibili ang laruang iyon, anak!" sabi ng babae. "Mahal iyon at ...

Pekto is not yet that far from Mang Peles' store when he followed a lady together with a young boy. The boy is crying. "We can't buy that toy, son!" said by the lady. "It's expensive and ...

Mangyari pang di si Pekto ang hahabol sa pangyayari. “Ano ang nangyari, Ka Punso?” tanong ng binata ni Ka Gabino. “Nagkahiritan ba kayong mabuti?” “ Nahuhuli ako. At sampung likaw na yata ay hindi ko mahalata ang kalabaw niya.

year unknown, Bigkis Iii, Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 7

... 'none, no', mayrodn 'is or are there, has or have', lahdt 'all, everybody, etc' Distributive: tad 'one', bawa't isd 'each or every one', ibd 'another', ildn 'how many' , bdland 'any one, whosoever, etc' For Person. §118. 1. a. Ang naparito'y si Pekto.

1941, Cecilio Lopez, A manual of the Philippine national language

a diminutive of the male given name Perfecto


Letlet

[ˈlɛt̪.l̪ɛt̪̚]

Dati pag walang pasok Pumupunta ako kina Letlet.

2000, Jaime L. An Lim, Christine Godinez-Ortega, Anthony L. Tan, Native Words, Native Roots: The 7th Iligan National Writers Workshop

Mali: Nakagawian na ni Lito ang pagsumbong sa guro kapag may ibang batang nanghaharot sa kanya. Tama: ... ang pagsusumbong sa guro kapag may ibang batang nanghaharot sa kanya. Mali: Si Chita ang nakakabatang kapatid ni Letlet.

Dresses by her other daughter Letlet Quehle can now be ordered in Malu's shop. Likewise, Letlet's shop in the San Antonio Arcade in Forbes Park also carries Malu's pina dresses and these are selling very well. The foyer across Malu's ...

a diminutive of the female given name Leticia


Andeng

a diminutive of the female given name Andrea


magaan sa bulsa

tl-adj

magaán sa bulsá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ)

magaán sa bulsá (canonical)
ᜋᜄᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)


Goyong

Goyo + -ng, Goyo is a diminutive of Gregorio.

Nang mabalitaan daw ng butihing nars na napatay si Goyong del Pilar. sa pagtatanggol kay Aguinaldo. hindi na ito nagkikibo. Ina- kala ng Paulino na iyon na ang pagka- bataon niya kay beelyna. Pero sa halip na mapansin siya, katulad rin ...

Nakapapagod na amo si Goyong. Masyadong maraming exeess energy. Hindi mapakali sa isang lugar. Palibhasa'y bata, kaya matapang, kaya hindi mapakali. Kung si Paulino'y panay ang iwas na mamukhaan ng mga Kastila sa labanan, ...

Nagdurugong tagpong nakapagtataka na sa Pilipino'y lubhang nakabakla; gayunman, si Goyong ay hindi nangamba, ang higantenp Lakas ay kanyang sinugba; kung dangal ng isang lahi ang manggaga, magtanggol sa laya'y higit na ...

a diminutive of the male given name Gregorio


sitse

Borrowed from Hokkien 四姊 (sì-chí / sì-ché) as per Manuel (1948).

bor+

Coordinate term: siko

term of address for the fourth eldest sister


dagang-bukid

tl-noun

dagáng-bukid (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔)

dagáng-bukid (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From daga (“mouse; rat”) + -ng- + bukid (“farm”).

com

Rattus argentiventer
Wikispecies:Rattus argentiventer


alyas

tl-noun

alyas or alyás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)

alyas (canonical)
alyás (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish alias, from Latin aliās.


diko

University of Santo Tomas#Libraries and archives

Borrowed from Hokkien 二哥 (jī-ko, “second eldest brother”), as recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) "hermano segundo 二哥 xy̌có". Attested in Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).

bor+

Coordinate term: ditse

term of address for the second eldest brother

(Bulacan) term of address for the second eldest male cousin


manedyer

mánedyér (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌmaː.n̪ɛˈd͡ʒɛɾ]

manager (person whose job is to manage something)


kombensyon

tl-noun

kombensyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kombensyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kumbensiyon.


galawgaw

[ɡɐ.laʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

naughty; mischievous (especially fond of touching other's possessions)


galawgaw

[ɡɐ.laʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

naughty person; mischievous person (especially a child)


ander de saya

tl-adj

ander de saya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ)

ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔan̪.d̪ɛɾ d̪ɛ ˈsaː.jɐ]

From English under the + saya See also ander.


ander de saya

ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ (Baybayin)

→ English: under the saya

[ˌʔan̪.d̪ɛɾ d̪ɛ ˈsaː.jɐ]


indibidwal

tl-noun

indibidwál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔)

indibidwál (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


indibidwal

individual (belonging to one person or thing)


kokwa

Borrowed from Spanish cocoa, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. Doublet of kakaw and kakawate.

kokwa:


materyalismo

materyalismo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜋᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


kararampot

tl-head

kararampót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔)

kararampót (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ka- + dampot with reduplication of the root dampot affected by the /d/~/r/ allophony.

kararampot na kita


dugo at pawis

tl-noun

dugô at pawis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

dugô at pawis (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ʊˌɣoʔ ʔɐt̪ ˈpaː.wɪs]

[d̪ʊˌɣoː ʔɐt̪ ˈpaː.wɪs]

blood, sweat and tears
blood, sweat and tears


tagapaglathala

tagapáglathálà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ)

tagapáglathálà (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ (Baybayin)


lathala

Possibly related to Sanskrit यन्त्र (yantra), via Malay jentera.

published article (in a newspaper or magazine)

advertisement; announcement (in a newspaper or magazine)


Rody

a diminutive of the male given name Rodrigo


alingawngaw

alingawngáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜅᜏ᜔ᜅᜏ᜔)

alingawngáw (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜅᜏ᜔ᜅᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lɪ.ŋaʊ̯ˈŋaʊ̯]

Formed with the Proto-Austronesian prefix *qali-. Compare Kapampangan alingongo.

(figurative) unconfirmed reports; rumors


sopistikado

tl-adj

sopistikado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜇᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


hablot

Possibly from hakbot or halbot. Compare sablot.

snatching; sudden grabbing (from someone)


magkimkim ng galit

tl-verb

magkimkím ng galit (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜄᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

magkimkím ng galit (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜄᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


sibak

chopping of wood; splitting of wood (with an axe, hatchet, etc.)

(colloquial) firing; sacking (of an employee)

(slang, vulgar) act of sexual intercourse


sibak

chopped; split; hewn (of wood into big pieces)

fired; sacked (of an employee from work)


bugbog

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bugbug. Compare Kapampangan bugbug and Hiligaynon bulbog.

beating; repeated strong blows; pounding; clubbing (by someone)

injury caused by repeated strong blows (by someone)


pasilidad

pasilidád (canonical)
ᜉᜐᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish facilidad, from Latin facilitātem. Doublet of fakulti and pakultad.


himok

persuading; inducement; enticement (especially with kind words)


tutol

opponent; objector (person expressing opposition or objection)


tutol

habitually opposing or contradicting others


katigan

katigan (complete kinatigan, progressive kinakatigan, contemplative kakatigan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

kinatigan (completive)
kinakatigan (progressive)
kakatigan (contemplative)
ᜃᜆᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
katig (root)
kumatig (infinitive root trigger-actor)
kumatig (completive root trigger-actor)
kumakatig (progressive trigger-actor)
nakatig (dialectal progressive trigger-actor)
kakatig (contemplative trigger-actor)
makatig (contemplative dialectal trigger-actor)
kakakatig (completive formal past past-recent trigger-actor)
kakakatig (completive past past-recent trigger-actor)
katigan (infinitive root trigger-object)
kinatigan (completive root trigger-object)
kinakatigan (progressive trigger-object)
inakatigan (dialectal progressive trigger-object)
kakatigan (contemplative trigger-object)
akatigan (contemplative dialectal trigger-object)
pagkatigan (infinitive root trigger-locative)
pinagkatigan (completive root trigger-locative)
pinapagkatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
pinagkakatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
papagkatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
pagkakatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
ikatig (benefactive infinitive root)
ikinatig (benefactive completive root)
ikinakatig (benefactive progressive)
ikakatig (benefactive contemplative)
ipangkatig (infinitive root trigger-instrument)
ipinangkatig (completive root trigger-instrument)
ipinapangkatig (progressive trigger-instrument)
ipapangkatig (contemplative trigger-instrument)
ikakatig (infinitive root trigger-causative)
ikinakatig (completive root trigger-causative)
ikinakakatig (formal progressive trigger-causative)
ikinakakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
ikakakatig (contemplative formal trigger-causative)
ikakakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
ikatig (emphatic infinitive rare root trigger-causative)
ikinatig (completive emphatic rare root trigger-causative)
ikinakatig (emphatic progressive rare trigger-causative)
ikakatig (contemplative emphatic rare trigger-causative)
ikatig (infinitive root trigger-measurement)
ikinatig (completive root trigger-measurement)
ikinakatig (progressive trigger-measurement)
ikakatig (contemplative trigger-measurement)
magpakatig (infinitive trigger-actor)
nagpakatig (completive trigger-actor)
nagpapakatig (progressive trigger-actor)
magpapakatig (contemplative trigger-actor)
kapakakatig (completive formal past past-recent trigger-actor)
kapapakatig (completive past past-recent trigger-actor)
kapagpapakatig (completive past past-recent trigger-actor)
kakapakatig (completive past past-recent trigger-actor)
pakatigin (actor-secondary infinitive)
pinakatig (actor-secondary completive)
pinakakatig (actor-secondary progressive)
pinapakatig (actor-secondary progressive)
pakakatigin (actor-secondary contemplative)
papakatigin (actor-secondary contemplative)
pakatigan (infinitive trigger-object)
pinakatigan (completive trigger-object)
pinapakatigan (progressive trigger-object)
pinakakatigan (progressive trigger-object)
papakatigan (contemplative trigger-object)
pakakatigan (contemplative trigger-object)
ipagpakatig (benefactive infinitive)
ipinagpakatig (benefactive completive)
ipinagpapakatig (benefactive formal progressive)
ipinapagpakatig (benefactive progressive)
ipagpapakatig (benefactive contemplative formal)
ipapagpakatig (benefactive contemplative)
ikapagpakatig (infinitive trigger-causative)
ikinapagpakatig (completive trigger-causative)
ikinapagpapakatig (formal progressive trigger-causative)
ikinakapagpakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
ikapagpapakatig (contemplative formal trigger-causative)
ikakapagpakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
pagpakatigan (infinitive trigger-locative)
pinagpakatigan (completive trigger-locative)
pinagpapakakatigan (formal progressive trigger-locative)
pinapagpakatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
pagpapakakatigan (contemplative formal trigger-locative)
papagpakatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
papagkatigan (infinitive trigger-locative)
pinapagkatigan (completive trigger-locative)
pinapapagkatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
papapagkatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
makakatig (infinitive trigger-actor)
nakakatig (completive trigger-actor)
nakakakatig (formal progressive trigger-actor)
nakakakatig (progressive trigger-actor)
makakakatig (contemplative formal trigger-actor)
makakakatig (contemplative trigger-actor)
mapakatig (infinitive trigger-actor)
napakatig (completive trigger-actor)
napakakatig (formal progressive trigger-actor)
napapakatig (progressive trigger-actor)
mapakakatig (contemplative formal trigger-actor)
mapapakatig (contemplative trigger-actor)
makatigan (infinitive trigger-object)
nakatigan (completive trigger-object)
nakakatigan (progressive trigger-object)
makakatigan (contemplative trigger-object)
maikatig (benefactive infinitive)
naikatig (benefactive completive)
naikakatig (benefactive progressive)
maikakatig (benefactive contemplative)
maikakatig (infinitive trigger-causative)
naikakatig (completive trigger-causative)
naikakakatig (formal progressive trigger-causative)
naikakakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
naiikakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
naikakakatig (contemplative formal trigger-causative)
naikakakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
naiikakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
maikatig (infinitive trigger-causative)
naikatig (completive trigger-causative)
naikakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
maikakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
mapagkatigan (infinitive trigger-locative)
napagkatigan (completive trigger-locative)
napagkakatigan (formal progressive trigger-locative)
napapagkatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
mapagkakatigan (contemplative formal trigger-locative)
mapapagkatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
makapagpakatig (infinitive trigger-actor)
nakapagpakatig (completive trigger-actor)
nakapagpapakatig (formal progressive trigger-actor)
nakakapagpakatig (progressive trigger-actor)
makapagpapakatig (contemplative formal trigger-actor)
makakapagpakatig (contemplative trigger-actor)
mapakatig (actor-secondary infinitive)
napakatig (actor-secondary completive)
napakakatig (actor-secondary formal progressive)
napapakatig (actor-secondary progressive)
mapakakatig (actor-secondary contemplative formal)
mapapakatig (actor-secondary contemplative)
mapakatigan (infinitive trigger-object)
napakatigan (completive trigger-object)
napakakatigan (formal progressive trigger-object)
napapakatigan (progressive trigger-object)
mapakakatigan (contemplative formal trigger-object)
mapapakatigan (contemplative trigger-object)
maipagpakatig (benefactive infinitive)
naipagpakatig (benefactive completive)
naipagpapakatig (benefactive formal progressive)
naipapagpakatig (benefactive progressive)
naiipagpakatig (benefactive progressive)
maipagpapakatig (benefactive contemplative formal)
maipapagpakatig (benefactive contemplative)
maiipagpakatig (benefactive contemplative)
maikapagpakatig (infinitive trigger-causative)
naikapagpakatig (completive trigger-causative)
naikapagpapakatig (formal progressive trigger-causative)
naikakapagpakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
naiikapagpakatig (progressive trigger-causative)
maikapagpapakatig (contemplative formal trigger-causative)
maikakapagpakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
maiikapagpakatig (contemplative trigger-causative)
mapagpakatigan (infinitive trigger-locative)
napagpakatigan (completive trigger-locative)
napagpapakakatigan (formal progressive trigger-locative)
napapagpakatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
mapagpapakakatigan (contemplative formal trigger-locative)
mapapagpakatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
mapapagkatigan (infinitive trigger-locative)
napapagkatigan (completive trigger-locative)
napapapagkatigan (progressive trigger-locative)
mapapapagkatigan (contemplative trigger-locative)
makikatig (direct infinitive)
nakikatig (completive direct)
nakikikatig (direct progressive)
makikikatig (contemplative direct)
makipagpakatig (indirect infinitive)
nakipagpakatig (completive indirect)
nakikipagpakatig (indirect progressive)
makikipagpakatig (contemplative indirect)

[kɐˈt̪iː.ɣɐn̪]

(figurative) to support; to patronize (back a cause, party, etc.)


kmi

Abbreviation of kami (“we (exclusive of the person spoken to)”).


cge

From sige with the first syllable replaced with the similar sounding English C.


taumbayan

táumbáyan (canonical)
ᜆᜂᜋ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tsongki

[ˈt͡ʃoŋ.kɪʔ]


dampot

picking up with one's hand (usually on the floor)


palayok

From Proto-Austronesian *pariuk. Compare Ilocano pariok, Malay periuk, Paiwan pariuk, and Sundanese pariuk.


dipa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəpah, from Proto-Austronesian *dəpah. Compare Ilocano deppa, Bikol Central dupa, Cebuano dupa, Malagasy refy, Malay depa, Maranao repa, and Tetum roha.

extending of one's arms fully at the sides


enye

Borrowed from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ/ñ.

the name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ, in the Filipino alphabet


habi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano abel, Pangasinan abel, Kapampangan abal, Bikol Central habol, Aklanon haboe, Cebuano habol, and Maranao aol.


angal

prolonged cry (expressing pain, complaint, or opposition)

(by extension) verbal complaint; verbal expression of resentment


angal

having the habit of crying aloud even without cause


kunat

From Proto-Philippine *kuñat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-nat (“to stretch”).

inh

ductility; flexibility; pliability; resiliency


Amihan

(mythology) Amihan (a genderless deity that is depicted as a bird)

A barangay of Project 3 district, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines


Montañez

tl-proper noun

Montañez (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


pampalaglag

tl-noun

pampalaglág (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔)

pampalaglág (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


kinahig ng manok

tl-adj

kinahig ng manók (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

kinahig ng manók (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɪˌn̪aː.hɪɡ n̪ɐŋ mɐˈn̪ok̚]

Referring to marks on the ground created by chickens when they scratch. Literally, “scratched by a chicken”.


salitang ugat

tl-noun

salitáng ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

salitáng ugát (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜂᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


Rolly

Borrowed from English Rolly. Compare Yolly, an Anglicized spelling of Yoli, a diminutive of Yolanda.

Dumaan si Rolly sa sala, pagkatapos kumain, papunta sa kanilang kuwarto ni Lena. Nakita niya ang kanyang asawang parang masayang-masayang nakikipag-usap sa telepono. Napansin niyang masaya lamang si Lena kapag nasa ...

Sa maikling kuwentong Sky Rose (Davao: Buhilaman Press, 1979 ; 1990) ni Felipe Granrojo,ang pangunahing tauhang si Rolly, isang anak-mayamang estudyante ay naatasang kumilos sa hanay ng mga katutubong B'laan ( Mindanaw) nang ...

Nakapasa sa eksamen si Rolly para sa pagiging doktor. Inimbita niya ang kanyang mga kaibigan sa isang kainan. Matagal nang nililigawan ni Fred si Bing. Ngayon ay papunta sila sa simbahan. Kasama nila ang kanilang mga kaibigan at ...

1996, Sambayanang Pilipino, Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 200

Nang araw na iyon, nalaman niya, si Rolly Bañez ay hindi karaniwang tulad niya. “Ano ang dahilan ng iyong pagmamartsa, Rolly?” Iyon ang kanyang unang pagtataka mula nang magkasama sila. “Ano ang reklamo mo?” "Gaya din ng iyo.

a diminutive of the male given name Rolando


kahuyan

From kahoy + -an. Compare Tausug kakahuyan.


pagbuhatan ng kamay

tl-verb

pagbuhatan ng kamáy (complete pinagbuhatan ng kamay, progressive pinapagbuhatan ng kamay, contemplative papagbuhatan ng kamay, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜆᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

pagbuhatan ng kamáy (canonical)
pinagbuhatan ng kamay (completive)
pinapagbuhatan ng kamay (progressive)
papagbuhatan ng kamay (contemplative)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜆᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.bʊˌhaː.t̪ɐn̪ n̪ɐŋ kɐˈmaɪ̯]


mukmok

(obsolete) talking as if in secret very often


sundot

poking; piercing; pricking (with one's finger, pencil, stick, thorn, needle, etc.)

small hole; small puncture (made by such a prick)


lumpiang sariwa

tl-noun

lumpiáng sariwà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜐᜇᜒᜏ)

lumpiáng sariwà (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜐᜇᜒᜏ (Baybayin)

lumpiyang sariwa
lumpiyang sariwa#Tagalog

Alternative spelling of lumpiyang sariwa


trahe de boda

trahe de boda (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒ ᜊᜓᜇ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒ ᜊᜓᜇ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪ɾaː.hɛ d̪ɛ ˈboː.d̪ɐ]


matandang dalaga

matandáng dalaga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜇᜎᜄ)

matandáng dalaga (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜇᜎᜄ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɐn̪ˌd̪an̪ d̪ɐˈlaː.ɣɐ]

From matanda + -ng + dalaga, literally “old maid”.

compound

2008, Khavn De La Cruz, Khavn, Ultraviolins, UP Press, page 84

Matandang dalaga si Aling Maring. Walang asawang maaliw, walang anak na maaliw, walang apo. Biglang dilim. Nakaririnding sigaw. Takbo sa bintana. Brawn-awt din sa kanila. Wala namang telepono upang tumawag sa Meralco.

May pagpapatawa at kaaya-ayang paglalaro din ng damdamin na matatagpuan sa mga tulang tulad ng "Naangawan a Cablaaw" (Isang Mapagbirong Pagbati) na alay niya sa isang matandang dalaga sa kanyang kaarawan. Sa tulang ito ...

1997, Lilia Quindoza Santiago, Sa Ngalan Ng Ina: Sandaang Taon Ng Tulang Feminista Sa Pilipinas, 1889-1989, University of Philippines Press

Pagkatapos, nang pumasok ang kanyang tiya upang gambalain ang kanyang pagmumuni-muni, hindi nalalaman ang kanyang ginagawang yumakap siya sa leeg ng matandang dalaga at paulit-ulit na pinaghahagkan ito. 9. KARIKATURA NG ...

1985, Teodoro Manguiat Kalaw, Limang tuntunin ng ating matandang moralidad isang pagpakahulugan/ni Teodoro M. Kalaw ; salin sa Ingles mula sa Katsila ni Maria Kalaw Katigbak, Philippines: National Historical Institute

(sometimes derogatory) An old woman woman who has never married; an old maid; a spinster


talikod

tl-noun

talikod or talikód (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)

talikod (canonical)
talikód (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-likud. Compare Tausug taykud. By surface analysis, *ta- + likod (“back”). See also tagilid.

surf

position of one's body with the back turned (to someone or something)

(figurative) act of renunciating, disowning, or repudiating


lundag

[lʊn̪ˈd̪aɡ̚]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lunzag. Compare Malay lonjak.


araw-araw

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


araw-araw

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


tabil

Possibly from Brunei Malay tabir, from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”). Compare Tausug tabil (“a curtain or frill on a canopy bed frame”)

cog

temporary screen or curtain used to conceal something on the other side


piyer

Borrowed from English pier, from Middle English pere (“bridge pillar”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pire (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone”).


Dela Rosa

Delá Rosa (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎ ᜇᜓᜐ (Baybayin)

Alternative letter-case form of dela Rosa


Mallig

tl-proper noun

Mallíg (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ or ᜋᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

Mallíg (canonical)
ᜋᜎ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜋᜎᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

Mallig (a municipality in western Isabela, Philippines)


pera usog

pera usóg (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇ ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌpɛː.ɾɐ ʔʊˈsoɡ̚]


gusgusin

ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜄᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡʊsˈɡuː.sɪn̪]

raggedy; untidy in appearance; slovenly; in tatters; unkempt (of a person)


puwera usog

tl-head

puwera usóg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

puwera usóg (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ ᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌpwɛː.ɾɐ ʔʊˈsoɡ̚]

Literally, “go away usog”. From puwera + usog, where the former itself is from Spanish fuera. See Spanish fuera de.

a customary expression used to ward off usog


tomguts

ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜄᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pare, tomguts na 'ko. Du'n na lang tayo kina Rick, sabi ni Butch. Si Rick, kaibigan ni Butch. Sward iyon, gumugupit nung buhok. Me puwesto sa Parmers', sa seken plor. Noon kasi, nagpunta na kami ke Rick, nagpagupit kami nang libre.

1992, Tony Perez, Cubao 1980 at iba pang mga katha: unang sigaw ng Gay Liberation Movement sa Pilipinas

Butch's refrain, Alaws tayo ngayon [We've got none now], is matched by Tom's, Tomguts na ko, a slang expression for "I'm hungry" which makes of the word “ hungry" [gutom], a play on his name. This absence disables them from acting like real ...

Tomguts na 'kong talaga." "Talagang 'yan ang gusto mo todits sa oblo," kasabay ang kapirasong tawa. "Walang talagang gutom." "Laging me rantso kahit pa'no." Naisip niya na hindi naging matagal ang pagkakatulog niya kangina sa tarima ...

1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Sibol Sa MGA Guho, de La Salle University


Buan

a Central Luzon Tagalog surname from Tagalog


Tayabas

Chinese:

zh-l

塔亞巴斯／塔亚巴斯 (Tǎyàbāsī)

Mandarin: 塔亞巴斯／塔亚巴斯 (Tǎyàbāsī)

English: Tayabas

Japanese: タヤバス (Tayabasu)

Spanish: Tayabas

Uncertain. Possibilities include:
* From tayabas, a variant of bayabas (“guava”).
* From tayaba (“a local practice of igba for planting crops”).
* From tagabas (“native fern”)
* From tayaban (“night creature known for having wings that glow like a tropical firefly”).

(historical) Tayabas (a former name of Quezon from 1754 to 1946, a province in the Philippines; included parts of Aurora, Marinduque, and Camarines Norte at different points in time)


pakialamero

tl-noun

pakialamero (feminine pakialamera, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ)

pakialamera (feminine)
ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Dahil ang mga tao dito e mga pakialamero talaga e, hindi ko pinapansin. Basta yong buhay ko ang pinakikialaman ko.

1972, Wilfredo F. Arce, Aurora Silayan-Go, Family Planning in Tondo: Housewives, Husbands, and Clinics : Final Report of the IPC/POMCH 1969 Tondo Family-planning Study

He's a FISHBALL! FEMALE NO. 2'S VOICE Do something! FEMALE NO. l'S VOICE Put on your pants! MALE'S VOICE, miserably. Leave me alone . . .! TERRORIST, punching windowsilL Manananggal! FEMALE NO. l'S VOICE Pakialamero!

... resulta, buhay at dangal ay itinaya na nila, nauwi sa wala, pagsisikap at pag- asa. Sino ba ang nanalo sa labanang ito? tunay na maliwanag, HINDI MGA PILIPINO, bagkus itong mga lilong pakialamero, sa Pilipinas, dati nang parokyano.

Ikaw na katalo ko, ano't pakialamero?
Ang ikauunlad nitong ating bansa.
Bakit di na lamang bayaan ang kapaligiran mo?
Ang basurang sinasabi, pag-ulan ay anod ito

Ang kahoy na pinutol, tutubo rin naman ito.

Pakialamero ka gaya ni Rita (You're just as nosy as Rita),” Elmer said, referring to the female student who spoke against their raucous activities. Marco shot back with defiance and resolve in his eyes, “Whatever you guys do is none of my ...

2015, Eric Gillies Bernardez, Interrupted Summer, BookBaby

someone who interferes with others; a meddler


pakialamero

tl-adj

pakialamero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ)


anemya

[ʔɐˈn̪ɛm.jɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish anemia, from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).


hayblad

Borrowed from English high blood (pressure).


hayblad

(figuratively, colloquial) angered; agitated


umaraw

tl-verb

umaraw (complete umaraw, progressive umaaraw, contemplative aaraw, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋᜇᜏ᜔)

umaraw (completive)
umaaraw (progressive)
aaraw (contemplative)
ᜂᜋᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
um- (affix)
ᜂᜋ᜔ (affix)
araw (root)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (root)
actor (focus)
kaaaraw (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜀᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (completive formal past past-recent)
umaraw (formal imperative)
ᜂᜋᜇᜏ᜔ (formal imperative)
araw (dialectal formal imperative)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (formal imperative)
kakaaraw (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (completive informal past past-recent)
umaraw (imperative informal)
ᜂᜋᜇᜏ᜔ (imperative informal)
araw (dialectal imperative informal)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-table

umaraw

umaaraw
ᜂᜋᜀᜇᜏ᜔
ungmaaraw¹
 ᜂᜅ᜔ᜋᜀᜇᜏ᜔
naaraw²
ᜈ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔

aaraw
 ᜀᜀᜇᜏ᜔
maaraw²
ᜋ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔

umaraw
 ᜂᜋᜇᜏ᜔
araw²
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔

[ʔʊˈmaː.ɾaʊ̯]


lumikha

tl-verb

lumikhâ (complete lumikha, progressive lumilikha, contemplative lilikha, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ)

lumikhâ (canonical)
lumikha (completive)
lumilikha (progressive)
lilikha (contemplative)
ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
-um- (affix)
ᜓᜋ᜔ (affix)
likha (root)
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (root)
actor (focus)
kalilikha (completive formal past past-recent)
ᜃᜎᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (completive formal past past-recent)
lumikha (formal imperative)
ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (formal imperative)
likha (dialectal formal imperative)
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (formal imperative)
kakalikha (completive informal past past-recent)
ᜃᜃᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (completive informal past past-recent)
lumikha (imperative informal)
ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (imperative informal)
likha (dialectal imperative informal)
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (imperative informal)

tl-infl-table

lumikha

lumikha
 ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ

lumikha
 ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ
lungmikha¹
ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ

lumilikha
ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ
lungmilikha¹
 ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ
nalikha²
ᜈ ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ

lilikha
 ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ
malikha²
ᜋ ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ

lumikha
 ᜎᜓᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ
likha²
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ