masasal

tl-adj

masasál (plural masasasal, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜐᜎ᜔)

masasál (canonical)
masasasal (plural)
ᜋᜐᜐᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

intense; fast and strong (as the beating of the heart)


sasabungin

From sabong + -in, with initial reduplication of sabong.


sayod

completely used up; entirely consumed; out of stock; out of print


mahalay

mahalay (plural mahahalay, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜎᜌ᜔)


malala

malalâ (plural malalala, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜎ)

malalâ (canonical)
malalala (plural)
ᜋᜎᜎ (Baybayin)
lala (root)
malala (singular)
malalala (plural)
mas malala (singular superior)
mas malalala (plural superior)
hindi gaanong malala (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong malalala (inferior plural)
kasinglala (equal)
ang pinakamalala (relative singular)
ang pinakamalalala (plural relative)
napakamalala (absolute singular)
napakamalalala (absolute plural)
pagkalala (absolute singular)
pagkalala-lala (absolute plural)

(by extension) worse than before or what is expected

(by extension, colloquial, derogatory) crazy; mad; insane (of a person)


malaita

ᜋᜎᜁᜆ (Baybayin)
malaayta (alternative)
malayta (alternative)

From mala- + Ita (“Aeta”), literally “like an Aeta”.


malabuhok

malabuhók (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


malabis

tl-adj

malabis (plural malalabis, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜊᜒᜐ᜔)


malabay

malabay (plural malalabay, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜊᜌ᜔)

luxuriant; verdant and abundant (in foliage)


mairog

mairog (plural maiirog, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜇᜓᜄ᜔)

[mɐˈʔiː.ɾoɡ̚]


mainggitin

mainggitin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜁᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.ʔɪŋˈɡiː.t̪ɪn̪]


mainam

Mainam siguro kung gagamitin ito.


maigi

maigi (plural maiigi, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜄᜒ)


maigsi

[mɐ.ʔɪɡˈsɪʔ]


mailap

mailáp (plural maiilap, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜎᜉ᜔)

mailáp (canonical)
maiilap (plural)
ᜋᜁᜎᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


maimpok

maimpók (plural maiimpok, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔)

maimpók (canonical)
maiimpok (plural)
ᜋᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


maibigin

maibigín (canonical)
ᜋᜁᜊᜒᜄᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.ʔɪ.bɪˈɣɪn̪]


mahigpit

mahigpít (plural mahihigpit, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜄ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

mahigpít (canonical)
mahihigpit (plural)
ᜋᜑᜒᜄ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.hɪɡˈpɪt̪̚]


mahitik

mahitik (plural mahihitik, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

mahihitik (plural)
ᜋᜑᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
hitik (root)
mahitik (singular)
mahihitik (plural)
mas mahitik (singular superior)
mas mahihitik (plural superior)
hindi gaanong mahitik (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong mahihitik (inferior plural)
kasihitik (equal)
ang pinakamahitik (relative singular)
ang pinakamahihitik (plural relative)
napakamahitik (absolute singular)
napakamahihitik (absolute plural)
pagkahitik (absolute singular)
pagkahitik-hitik (absolute plural)

heavy or fully laden with flowers, fruits, etc. (of a branch or a tree)

(figurative) filled; loaded; charged (with something)


mahigit

mahigít (plural mahihigit, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

mahigít (canonical)
mahihigit (plural)
ᜋᜑᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.hɪˈɣɪt̪̚]


mahayap

mahayap (plural mahahayap, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜌᜉ᜔)

(figurative) sharp or biting (of remarks)


malamlam

malamlám (plural malalamlam, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜋ᜔ᜎᜋ᜔)

malamlám (canonical)
malalamlam (plural)
ᜋᜎᜋ᜔ᜎᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


malanday

malandáy (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
malanray (alternative)

shallow; shallowly concave (such as plates, etc.)


malakas

malakás (plural malalakas, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜃᜐ᜔)

malakás (canonical)
malalakas (plural)
ᜋᜎᜃᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

malakas na ulan


malawig

malawig (plural malalawig, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒᜄ᜔)

tedious; monotonous; roundabout; taking long


maligat

maligat (plural maliligat, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜆ᜔)

[mɐˈliː.ɣɐt̪̚]


maligoy

maligoy (plural maliligoy, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜓᜌ᜔)


maliwag

maliwag (plural maliliwag, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜏᜄ᜔)


maluningning

maluningníng (plural maluluningning, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜓᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜈᜒᜅ᜔)

maluningníng (canonical)
maluluningning (plural)
ᜋᜎᜓᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜈᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.lʊ.n̪ɪŋˈn̪ɪŋ]


maluwalhati

maluwalhatì (plural maluluwalhati, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ)

maluwalhatì (canonical)
maluluwalhati (plural)
ᜋᜎᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


maluwang

maluwáng (plural maluluwang, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜓᜏᜅ᜔)

maluwáng (canonical)
maluluwang (plural)
ᜋᜎᜓᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
maluang (alternative)


pagaw

pagáw (canonical)
ᜉᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
pagao (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *paʀaw (“hoarse”). Compare Ilocano paraw, Kapampangan payo, Hanunoo pagaw, Cebuano pagaw, Maranao pagaw, Tausug pagaw, Chamorro afagao, and Malay parau.


agwado

Ang sorbetes ay agwado na.


talamak

soaked, suffused, or infused with much liquid (or even heat, pain, evil, etc.)


talipya

flat on the top or on one side; flat-headed


talipandas

talipandás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

talipandás (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

impudent; insolent; brazen; disrespectful


talipa

having the shoe on the wrong foot; paired wrongly (of footwear)


talimang

lost count in adding up figures; lost one's order in counting (of a person)


talihabso

talihabsô (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜑᜊ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

loosely tied; easily loosened or untied (of a knot, tie, or bonding)


talpog

talpóg (canonical)
ᜆᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
talpok (alternative)

reduced to ashes or dust; burned totally


talubata

talubatâ (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜊᜆ (Baybayin)
talobata (alternative)

middle-aged; of medium age (somewhere between 25 and 35)


talubanat

talubanát (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜊᜈᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


tambugak

tambugak or tambugák (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜄᜃ᜔)

tambugak (canonical)
tambugák (canonical)
ᜆᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜄᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


masabi

masabi (plural masasabi, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜊᜒ)


lantod

flirtatious; coquettish; lascivious; indecently dressed (usually said of women)


lapurit

[lɐ.pʊˈɾɪt̪̚]

[lɐˈpuː.ɾɪt̪̚]

crushed, crumpled; rumpled (by wetting or manhandling with one's fingers, of cloth or leather)


larot

made out of shape, crumpled, frayed, or dented (due to too much handling or misuse)


lasak

having feathers of red, black, and white colors (of a rooster)


lasog

broken into pieces; torn or pulled apart (especially of bones)


kutyog

with hair cut close to the scalp (of a person)


kuyumpit

kuyumpít (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜌᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


lanap

From Proto-Philippine *laq(ə)nab (“to overflow, flood, of a river”). Compare Ilocano nabnab, Aklanon eanab, Cebuano lanap /lunop, and Malay lenyap.


pitaw

detached; fallen (as of leaves, flowers, petals, or fruits)


pitpit

[pɪt̪ˈpɪt̪̚]


pingal

with or having a nick or indentation on a blade (of a cutting instrument)


masigid

tl-adj

masigíd (plural masisigid, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔)

masigíd (canonical)
masisigid (plural)
ᜋᜐᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.sɪˈɣɪd̪̚]

biting; smarting; stinging; piercing (as of pain)


matatalino

From ma- + talino with initial reduplication.


mayayabang

From ma- + yabang with initial reduplication.


mayayaman

From ma- + yaman with initial reduplication.


matitibay

From ma- + tibay with initial reduplication.


matitigas

matitigás (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜒᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ma- + tigas with initial reduplication.


matitingkad

tl-head

matitingkád (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔)

matitingkád (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ma- + tingkad with initial reduplication.


matutulin

From ma- + tulin with initial reduplication.


matatatas

From ma- + tatas with initial reduplication.


matatarik

matatarík (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜆᜇᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɐ.t̪ɐˈɾɪk̚]

From ma- + tarik with initial reduplication.


matataray

[mɐ.t̪ɐˈt̪aː.ɾaɪ̯]

From ma- + taray with initial reduplication.


matitinik

matitiník (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜒᜆᜒᜈᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɪ.t̪ɪˈn̪ɪk̚]

From ma- + tinik with initial reduplication.


makikitid

From ma- + kitid, with initial reduplication.


makukulay

From ma- + kulay with initial reduplication.


malalakas

From ma- + lakas with initial reduplication.


maliliit

maliliít (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.lɪ.lɪˈʔɪt̪̚]

From ma- + liit with initial reduplication.


mahahaba

From ma- + haba with initial reduplication.


mabibigat

mabibigát (canonical)
ᜋᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
mabibig-at (alternative)

From ma- + bigat with initial reduplication.


matatamis

matatamís (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
matatam-is (alternative)

From ma- + tamis with initial reduplication.


mapapait

[mɐ.pɐ.pɐˈʔɪt̪̚]

From ma- + pait with initial reduplication.


talibadbad

tl-adj

talibadbád (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔)

talibadbád (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

mistaken; wrong (especially for having used the wrong procedure or having followed a wrong judgement)\


talibugso

talibugsô (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

easily loosened or made loose (of a knot)


haliparot

haliparót (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜒᜉᜇᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


hambaw

superficial; shallow; just under the surface (as of skin)


hapak

broken; ripped; split (of tree branches)


haspe

Borrowed from Spanish jaspe (“jasper”), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).


hilako

unconvincing; poor (of one's excuse, etc.)


hitad

hitád (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜆᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
hitar (alternative)

Compare Cebuano hitad (“surface; stretch out the body”).

cog

lascivious; flirtatious; coquettish (said of women)


hunghang

Borrowed from Hokkien 風譀 /风𰶆 (hong-hàm), according to Manuel (1948).

(colloquial, offensive) doltish; stupid; foolish; brainless; senseless


madadaldal

madádaldál (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜇᜎ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ma- + daldal, with initial reduplication of daldal.


malalaki

From ma- + laki with initial reduplication.


malalapad

From ma- + lapad with initial reduplication.


mahahapdi

mahahapdî (canonical)
ᜋᜑᜑᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

From ma- + hapdi with initial reduplication.


mahahalay

From ma- + halay with initial reduplication.


mahahalimuyak

tl-head

mahahalimuyak (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜑᜎᜒᜋᜓᜌᜃ᜔)

ᜋᜑᜑᜎᜒᜋᜓᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ma- + halimuyak with initial reduplication.


pinakamagulo

pinakamaguló (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜃᜋᜄᜓᜎᜓ)

pinakamaguló (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜃᜋᜄᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

relative superlative degree
relative superlative


pinakamalaki

pinakamalakí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜃᜋᜎᜃᜒ)

pinakamalakí (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜃᜋᜎᜃᜒ (Baybayin)


mangmang

(vulgar, potentially offensive) ignorant; uneducated; illiterate

suffering from delirium due to high fever


patag

[ˈpaː.t̪ɐɡ̚]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataʀ (“level ground; plain”). Compare Ilocano patar.


taunan

tl-adj

táúnan or táunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈᜈ᜔)

táúnan (canonical)
táunán (canonical)
ᜆᜂᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪aːˈʔuː.n̪ɐn̪]

[ˌt̪aː.ʔʊˈn̪an̪]

taunang pagdiriwang

taunang kita


walang-bisa

waláng-bisà (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ (Baybayin)
walang bisa (alternative common)

From wala (“without”) + -ng- + bisa (“effect”).

compound

Walang-bisa ang testimonya ng ilang mga saksi ayon sa mataas na hukuman dahil walang ebidensya and makakapagpatunay sa kanila.

The accounts of some witnesses are deemed void by the higher court as no evidence backed them up.

Walang-bisa yung gamot sa akin.

The medicine doesn't have any effect on me.


marungis

tl-adj

marungis (plural marurungis, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔)

marurungis (plural)
ᜋᜇᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
madungis (alternative)

[mɐˈɾuː.ŋɪs]

stained; unclean; dirty (especially of one's face)


marubdob

marubdób (plural marurubdob, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜊ᜔)

marubdób (canonical)
marurubdob (plural)
ᜋᜇᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)


marahan

marahan (plural mararahan, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

mararahan (plural)
ᜋᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
madahan (alternative)


marilag

marilág (plural maririlag, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜎᜄ᜔)

marilág (canonical)
maririlag (plural)
ᜋᜇᜒᜎᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
madilag (alternative)

[mɐ.ɾɪˈlaɡ̚]

handsome; beautiful; gorgeous; illustrious; splendid


marawal

marawal (plural mararawal, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜏᜎ᜔)

abominable; nasty; disgusting; ignoble; abject


marangal

marangál (plural mararangal, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜅᜎ᜔)

marangál (canonical)
mararangal (plural)
ᜋᜇᜅᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
madangal (alternative)


maramot

maramot (plural mararamot, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

mararamot (plural)
ᜋᜇᜋᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
damot (root)
maramot (singular)
mararamot (plural)
mas maramot (singular superior)
mas mararamot (plural superior)
hindi gaanong maramot (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong mararamot (inferior plural)
kasindamot (equal)
ang pinakamaramot (relative singular)
ang pinakamararamot (plural relative)
napakamaramot (absolute singular)
napakamararamot (absolute plural)
pagkaramot (absolute singular)
pagkaramot-ramot (absolute plural)
madamot (alternative common)


marapat

[mɐˈɾaː.pɐt̪̚]


galugad

[ɡɐˈluː.ɣɐd̪̚]

[ɡɐ.lʊˈɣad̪̚]


galakgak

Possibly related to galak (“joy”). Compare Ilocano garakgak (“loud laughter”), Pangasinan galakgak (“laughter”), Kapampangan galakgak (“burst of laughter”), and Malay gelakak (“hearty chuckling laughter”). The “lizard” senses may be semantic loan from Kapampangan galakgak (“laughter; flying lizard; iguana”).

sl

fond of guffawing; fond of loud laughter


lagibas

stale; no longer fresh (of vegetables, especially green legumes)


lagislis

lagislís (canonical)
ᜎᜄᜒᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

rolled; blown up (especially of woman's skirt)


lalay

soft or unstressed (as in pronunciation)


punggal

broken or cut off above the root (as of plants, trees, teeth, etc.)


pangilin

Theoretically from pa- + ngilin. Possibly also from pang- + *ilin. Compare Kapampangan pangilin.


olats

Tapos ... tapos . . . mapapatunayan ko na tama lang na pinagdudahan ko siya dahil ... talagang mas malabo pa siya sa tubig sa Ilog Pasig! Olats ako. Walang humpay ang pagtulo ng luha ko. Hindi ko na naitago.

year unknown, Prexy Calvario, BASAG: Bachelors in Nursing a Broken Heart, Major in Moving On, OMF Literature


bungisngis

tl-adj

bungisngís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔)

bungisngís (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜐ᜔ᜅᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bʊ.ŋɪsˈŋɪs]


malaswa

malaswâ (plural malalaswa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜐ᜔ᜏ)

malaswâ (canonical)
malalaswa (plural)
ᜋᜎᜐ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)

mga malalaswang larawan


walang hanggan

waláng hanggán (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

waláng hanggán (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


banyaga

banyagà (canonical)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜌᜄ (Baybayin)
baniaga (alternative obsolete)

[bɐnˈɲaː.ɣɐʔ]

[bɐn̪ˈjaː.ɣɐʔ]

Borrowed from Malay berniaga (“trade”), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज्यक (vāṇijyaka, “merchant”), derived from वाणिज (vāṇija, “merchant, trader”), with semantic shift to “foreigner”. Compare Ilocano baniaga (“trade”), Kapampangan banyaga (“trade”), Cebuano banyaga (“rascal”), and Tausug banyaga' (“slave”).


magilas

tl-adj

magilas (plural magigilas, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜎᜐ᜔)


gayat

[ˈɡaː.jɐt̪̚]

slice or cut into small, thin pieces (of meat, fish, bread, etc.)


gitata

[ɡɪˈt̪aː.t̪ɐʔ]

[ɡɪ.t̪ɐˈt̪aʔ]


Indones

Indonés (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


gapo

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀapuq. Cognate with Malay rapuh (“fragile”).

inh+

decayed; rotten (of wood, paper, clothes, etc.)


hinayupak

(offensive, literally) acting like an animal

(offensive) very objectionable; goddamn; fucking

Tapos, when my gf and I got to the camp, naka-RV ang mga hinayupak na Kano; may barbecue grill pa sa pick-up trucks nila! Walang hiking involved to get to the campsite...pupunta pa ako sa upstate New York para lang makapunta sa mga ...

2013, Gunnel Melchers, Philip Shaw, World Englishes, Routledge, →ISBN, page 180:

After, when my GF and I got to the camp, those goddamn Americans are in RVs; they even have barbecue grills in their pick-up trucks! There is no hiking involved to get to the camp...I will soon go to upstate New York just to visit...

"Yes sir, you can talk to my supervisor...one moment please." Supcall. Mayroon na naman akong supcall. Naghahanap na naman ng mapagbubuntungan ng galit ang mga hinayupak na mga kanong lahat na lang yata ay gustong problemahin.

2014, Taga Imus, Sa Sleeping Quarter Uncut Edition: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN:

"Yes sir, you can talk to my supervisor...one moment please." Sup call. I have another sup call again. Those fucking Americans who seems only to want to complain on everything are again finding someone whom they can express their anger.

Putang'ina mo, Tang'inamo, Hinayupak kang putang'ina mo ka! Tang'inang load expired na. Bull shit! Ano bang gustong mangyari ng ex ko? Bakit hindi siya tumutupad sa pangako niya? Halik, 'yung halik na 'yun para kanino 'yun? Bakit niya ...

2014, Taga Imus, Sa Celfone: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 23:

Fuck, fuck, you fucking son of a bitch! That fucking load is expired now. Bullshit! What is my ex expecting? Why he did not fulfill his promise? That kiss, is that for whom? Why he...

intensive modifier, used to express annoyance


lintik

lintík (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
lintic (alternative)

[lɪn̪ˈt̪ɪk̚]

From Proto-Southern Philippine *ləNtiq (“thunder”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətiq (“thunder and lightning together”). Compare Kapampangan alti, Bikol Central linti, Cebuano linti, Hiligaynon linti, Waray-Waray linti, Maranao leti, Tboli letek, and Tausug luti'. The vulgar sense is from the Filipino animist belief of damnation by being struck by lightning.

inh

Ano kung sabihin sa akin ng nanay mo na bawal ang baklang kahati lang sa apartment sa lintik na picture-taking na 'yan?”

2017, Danton Remoto, Ladlad 3: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing, Anvil Publishing, Incorporated via PublishDrive, →ISBN:

What if your mother tells me that the gay man who just shares the apartment can't join that damn picture-taking?

(mildly vulgar) general intensive modifier: cursed; damned


kambal

kambál (canonical)
ᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
cambal (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay kembar, ultimately of Austroasiatic origin.


totoo

totoó (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ (Baybayin)
tutoo (alternative obsolete)
tutuwo (alternative Batangas dialectal)

dialectal, Southern Tagalog, uncommon, alternative

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu. Compare Pangasinan two, Kapampangan tutu, Cebuano tuo, and Maranao toto'o.


katutubo

katutubò (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜓᜆᜓᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
catotobo (alternative)
catutubo (alternative)

From ka- + tubo (“sprout”) with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


matiwasay

matiwasáy (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜒᜏᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


ilang

iláng (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
ilañg (alternative)
ilang̃ (alternative)
ilan͠g (alternative)
ylang (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qəlaŋ (“intervening space”). Compare Kapampangan alang, Agutaynen elang, Bikol Central ulang, Cebuano ulang, and Western Bukidnon Manobo elang. See also Malay hilang.

inh+

(colloquial) feeling awkward, uncomfortable, or out of place

(obsolete) lacking of; in need of; deprived of


patok

(slang) appealing to a lot of people; popular


pigis

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs. Cognates include Malay peras.

pressed or squeezed out (as juice extracted from fruits or water wrung out from wet clothes)


torotot

ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜆᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
turotot (alternative)

(slang) being cheated on by his wife (of a husband)


luslos

fallen and hanging down (of pants, etc.)


hurado

Borrowed from Spanish jurado, originally meaning a judge in general, but has since become restricted to one in contests or a juror in countries with jury trials.


huramentado

tl-adj

huramentado (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

ᜑᜓᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish juramentado. See also Tausug parrang sabil.


labso

slippery; difficult to hold due of looseness; easily untied


makati ang dila

tl-adj

makatí ang dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜆᜒ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ)

makatí ang dilà (canonical)
ᜋᜃᜆᜒ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.xɐˌt̪ɪ ʔɐn̪ ˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]

... tao malaki ang puso matamis ang dila makati ang dila malapad ang papel bukas ang puso maluwag ang dibdib nagbabara ang ilong lawit ang dila Wastong Gamit A. Mga pananalitang kalabisan na dapat alisin sa pangungusap: 1.

1947, Antonia F. Villanueva, Improved Methods in the Teaching of the National Language:

Maghahanda si Kapitan, mamaman- tikaan na naman ang nguso ng mga taga- baryo. makati ang dila — madaldal. Talagang makati ang dila ng grupong iyan. mapait ang dila — may sakit kaya walang panlasa. Ayaw ko pang kumain at ...

1999, Rosario Torres- Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, Talinghagang Bukambibig, Inilathala, →ISBN:

Hinahabol ng sabon 40. Hindi masusunog 41. Hinihipang pantog 42. Ibangon ang puri 43. Ibilang sa wala 44 . Ibuko 45. Iguhit sa noo 46 . Ligaw-tingin 47. Lumaki ang ulo 48. Mabilis ang kamay 49. Makati ang dila 50. Magaan ang bibig 51 .

1981, Genoveva Edroza Matute, Paz M. Belvez, Corazon E. Kabigting, Pilipino sa bagong panahon: para sa mga dalubhasaan at pamantasan:

Ninais na makita ni Juanito ang pangahas na makati ang dila upang maipakain sa kanya ang tisis. At nang makitang huma- hadlang ang mga babae, ay lalo nang tumapang at sumilakbo ang galit. Sa kabutihang palad ay si Don Custodio ang ...

1965, José Rizal, Ang "filibusterismo": nobelang Pilipino karugtong ng Noli me tangere:


baligtad

baligtád (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
baliktad (alternative)
baliktar (alternative)
baligtar (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *balikətád (“reverse”), possibly related to balik. Compare Malay terbalik.


taliwas

deviating from the usual pattern, course, or rule


maoy

Borrowed from Hiligaynon maoy or from Cebuano maoy.


maralita

[mɐˌɾaː.lɪˈt̪aʔ]

poor; needy; indigent; destitute; impoverished


maramdamin

maramdamin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔)


marangya

[mɐ.ɾɐŋˈjaʔ]


maringal

grand; splendid; magnificent; resplendent


marurok

marurok (plural marururok, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜓᜇᜓᜃ᜔)


baluktot

baluktót (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
baloctot (alternative)
baloctot (alternative)

→ Kapampangan: baluktut (“bent”)

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *-kut (“hunched; bent over”), via reconstructed **balutkot


malagong

tl-adj

malagong (plural malalagong, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜄᜓᜅ᜔)


bantiti

[bɐn̪ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ]

[bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪʔ]

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 慢遲遲 /慢迟迟 (bān tî-tî, “sluggishly slow”).


mabantot

mabantót (plural mababantot, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

mabantót (canonical)
mababantot (plural)
ᜋᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
bantot (root)
mabantot (singular)
mababantot (plural)
mas mabantot (singular superior)
mas mababantot (plural superior)
hindi gaanong mabantot (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong mababantot (inferior plural)
kasimbantot (equal)
ang pinakamabantot (relative singular)
ang pinakamababantot (plural relative)
napakamabantot (absolute singular)
napakamababantot (absolute plural)
pagkabantot (absolute singular)
pagkabantot-bantot (absolute plural)

fetid; with repulsive odor (of putrid water or spoiled meat)

(colloquial, figurative) awful; very bad


bantulot

bantulót (canonical)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


ketongin

ᜃᜒᜆᜓᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ketungin (alternative)

[kɛˈt̪oː.ŋɪn̪]


habhab

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *habhab (“to gulp; to devour; to eat like a pig”), according to Blust (2010–). Compare Cebuano habhab, Western Bukidnon Manobo habhab, Hiligaynon ab-ab, Ibaloi abab-en, Ilocano ab-ab.


gipos

reduced to a stub or stump; extinguished (of cigars, cigarettes, candles, etc.)


gipo

broken off due to decay or rot (of branches of a tree, posts, teeth, etc.)


ikalawa

ikalawá (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜎᜏ (Baybayin)
ikalwa (alternative)

From ika- + dalawa (“two”). Compare Cebuano ikaduha.


abstrak

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English abstract, from Middle English abstract, from Latin abstractus. Doublet of abstrakto.

(art) abstract (free from representational qualities)


pwede

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of puwede.


kaakit-akit

tl-adj

kaakit-akit (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜀᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜀᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜃᜀᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜀᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐˌʔaː.xɪt̪ ˈʔaː.xɪt̪̚]

From ka- + akit, with reduplication of the root.


malayog

malayog (plural malalayog, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜓᜄ᜔)


gayon

gayón (canonical)
ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
gay-on (alternative Batangas dialectal)
gayaon (alternative obsolete)

From variant gay-on, syncopic form of obsolete variant gayaon, from ga- + yaon. Compare ganoon.


liko

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *likuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likuq.

erroneous; improper (in treating one's children)


lunot

softened due to being overripe (of fruit)


duhagi

[d̪ʊˈhaː.ɣɪ]


natutulog sa pansitan

natutulog sa pansitan (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

ᜈᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “sleeping in a panciteria" (restaurant or canteen selling pancit)”.

lit

Kailanman at sa anumang uri ng komunikasyon, laging mabuti ang paggamit ng maiikli at karaniwang salita. ILANG SAWIKAIN — Narito ang ilang sawikain: * natutulog sa pansitan - walang nalalaman sa mga nangyayari sa paligid. Paano ...

Eight, nine, ten... Siniko ng isa si Angela. "Hoy!' Babagsak na si Angela. "Ano ba? " Hiyaw ni Ma'am. "...ina mo, para kang natutulog sa pansitan!" Imbis na makasagot, hinila ng tuhod niya si Angela. Reflex aetion, nasalo siya ng isang bilanggo ...

2006, Lualhati Bautista, Bulaklak sa city jail, →ISBN:

Kakantiyawan nila kayong ugaling paniki o natutulog sa pansitan bagaman ipapangaral ni Giedd na sadyang mabagal lamang magdulot ng melatonin ang inyong pineal gland. Nababawasan ang inyong kalayaan habang kayo'y namumulat.

2005, Rio Alma, Memo mulang Gimokudan: aklat ng tulang tuluyan, →ISBN:


diwata

ᜇᜒᜏᜆ (Baybayin)
diuata (alternative)
divata (alternative)

Possibly from di + *wata, or directly from Sanskrit देवता (devátā).


dukha

Ultimately from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkhá). Compare Malay duka.


dayukdok

dayukdók (canonical)
ᜇᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


kulabo

hazy; somewhat dark; not clear (of glass, water, liquids, atmosphere, etc.)


mapilit

tl-adj

mapilit (plural mapipilit, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜒᜎᜒᜆ᜔)


tunggak

(colloquial, offensive) doltish; stupid; foolish; incompetent (of a woman)


sukol

cornered; driven into a corner (thus unable to escape)


maanak

[mɐˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚]


maanak

[mɐˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚]


anak-pawis

anák-pawis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

anák-pawis (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
anakpawis (alternative)

From anak + pawis, literally “child of sweat”.


anayad

[ʔɐˈn̪aː.jɐd̪̚]


anlaw

rinsed as the last process of washing (of clothes)


banayad

(linguistics) penultimate (in syllable stress)


lingming

lingmíng (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


litang

pried loose; dislodged (as of steps of stairs loosened or falling off)


panay

of one kind; pure; unmixed; all inclusive


matamis ang dila

tl-adj

matamís ang dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ)

matamís ang dilà (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜋᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɐˌmɪs ʔɐn̪ ˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]


matigas ang ulo

matigás ang ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜓ)

matigás ang ulo (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɪˌɣas ʔɐŋ ˈʔuː.lo]


mahinay

mahinay (plural mahihinay, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜈᜌ᜔)


sanggano

Borrowed from Spanish zángano (“idler”).


kilaw

prepared by cutting into small pieces and marinated (in vinegar with salt, onion, black pepper, and other condiments, of a fish or meat dish)

young; juvenile; youthful; inexperienced


tulad

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulad. Compare Malay teladan.


inip

From Proto-Austronesian *qinəp (“lie down to sleep”), according to Zorc (1985). Compare Javanese ꦲꦶꦤꦼꦥ꧀ (inep) and Malay inep.


kinatawan

kinatawán (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜆᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From katawan + -in-, literally “embodied”.

representing someone (in a certain capacity or responsibility)


langkaw

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaw.


gitgit

[ɡɪt̪ˈɡɪt̪̚]

marked by the pressure of a cord or wire around something


kagaya

Kagaya ng pusa ko ang pusa mo.


baklas

dismantled; forcibly detached; disassembled


tan-aw

[t̪ɐn̪ˈʔaʊ̯]


bugbog-sarado

tl-adj

bugbóg-sarado (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜐᜇᜇᜓ)

bugbóg-sarado (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜐᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
bugbog sarado (alternative)

From bugbog + sarado, literally “closed beating”.

com

"Pambihira si Apong... alam naman niyang bugbog-sarado ang mabuko— sige pa rin siya nang sige." May himig paninisi ang awang gusto mang ipadama ay nanatili lamang sa damdamin ng mga bilanggo sa loob ng mga brigada.

Ito ay habang ang mga Ilokanong Katipunero ay bugbog-sarado na sa kamay ng mga Amerikano. Dahil ang flanking defense ni Aguinaldo ay ang Ilokos, masigasig naman ang pag-landing ng mga bagong tirador ng Occupation Force [...]

1995, Arnold Molina Azurin, Reinventing the Filipino Sense of Being & Becoming: Critical Analyses of the Orthodox Views in Anthropology, History, Folklore & Letters, University of the Philippines Press:

... na ako dito kaya galit na galit na sa akin ang mga houseparents kung bakit pa ako pumapasok dito kaya ayaw na akong tanggapin dito dahil gusto nilang malipat na ako sa city jail. Kaya bugbog-sarado lang ako dito..

1997, Nick De Ocampo, Beyond the Mainstream: The Films of Nick Deocampo, →ISBN:

BUGBOG-SARADO. ni Ben Beltran, SUD Nang mamatay si Julia, lahat may luha sa mata Noong binubugbog pa, lahat patay malisya. Binitin sa loob ng sako, nakabasag lang ng plato Dos por dos ang ipinalo, maraming tahi sa ulo


patay-gutom

tl-adj

patáy-gutom (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜄᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔)

patáy-gutom (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜄᜓᜆᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
patay gutom (alternative)
PG (alternative initialism)

From patay (“dead”) + gutom (“hunger”). Loosely translated as “hungry to death”.

(figuratively) lacking money or material possessions; poor; destitute; impoverished

-Frederick Hegel Sabi mo'y nabuhay ka sa panahong limot na sina Dorong Asedillo at Kulas Encalledo. Dina bale.... Kahit turing sa iyo'y lawit-dilang patay-gutom, sampay-bakod, sinikap mong pagbutihin anggawaing iniatas at itinagubilin.

2011, E. San Juan, Jr., MAHAL MAGPAKAILANMAN, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 92:

Kung ghastly peasant ka eating the same amount in the same house, your host will say to herself na "ikaw ay patay-gutom, hampaslupa o masiba." TANONG: Anong bulaklak ang utot nang utot? SAGOT: Eh di kampuPOOOT! TANONG: Ano ...

2007, Arturo B. Rodriguez, 1001 Ultimate Pilipino Jokes, Arturo B Rodriguez, →ISBN, page 202:

Mga walang utang na loob. Talaga palang masasama ang mga tao. Bagay lang na maging patay-gutom sila,” hinagpis ni Maria. Simula noon hindi na nakita pang bumaba ng bundok si Maria. Nagalit na siya sa mga tao. Sinubukan naman ng ...

year unknown, Pananaw 6 Tm' 2005 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 106


lantay

[lɐn̪ˈt̪aɪ̯]


madaga

madagâ (plural madadagag, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜄ)

madagâ (canonical)
madadagag (plural)
ᜋᜇᜄ (Baybayin)
daga (root)
madaga (singular)
madadaga (plural)
mas madaga (singular superior)
mas madadaga (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madaga (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madadaga (inferior plural)
kasindaga (equal)
ang pinakamadaga (relative singular)
ang pinakamadadaga (plural relative)
napakamadaga (absolute singular)
napakamadadaga (absolute plural)
pagkadaga (absolute singular)
pagkadaga-daga (absolute plural)

[mɐ.d̪ɐˈɣaʔ]


madagta

madagtâ (plural madadagta, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜄ᜔ᜆ)

madagtâ (canonical)
madadagta (plural)
ᜋᜇᜄ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
dagta (root)
madagta (singular)
madadagta (plural)
mas madagta (singular superior)
mas madadagta (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madagta (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madadagta (inferior plural)
kasindagta (equal)
ang pinakamadagta (relative singular)
ang pinakamadadagta (plural relative)
napakamadagta (absolute singular)
napakamadadagta (absolute plural)
pagkadagta (absolute singular)
pagkadagta-dagta (absolute plural)

[mɐ.d̪ɐɡˈt̪aʔ]


madahon

madahon (plural madadahon, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

madadahon (plural)
ᜋᜇᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
dahon (root)
madahon (singular)
madadahon (plural)
mas madahon (singular superior)
mas madadahon (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madahon (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madadahon (inferior plural)
kasindahon (equal)
ang pinakamadahon (relative singular)
ang pinakamadadahon (plural relative)
napakamadahon (absolute singular)
napakamadadahon (absolute plural)
pagkadahon (absolute singular)
pagkadahon-dahon (absolute plural)


madiwa

madiwà (plural madidiwa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜏ)

madiwà (canonical)
madidiwa (plural)
ᜋᜇᜒᜏ (Baybayin)
diwa (root)
madiwa (singular)
madidiwa (plural)
mas madiwa (singular superior)
mas madidiwa (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madiwa (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madidiwa (inferior plural)
kasindiwa (equal)
ang pinakamadiwa (relative singular)
ang pinakamadidiwa (plural relative)
napakamadiwa (absolute singular)
napakamadidiwa (absolute plural)
pagkadiwa (absolute singular)
pagkadiwa-diwa (absolute plural)


madula

madulâ or madulà (plural madudula, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜓᜎ)

madulâ (canonical)
madulà (canonical)
madudula (plural)
ᜋᜇᜓᜎ (Baybayin)
dula (root)
madula (singular)
madudula (plural)
mas madula (singular superior)
mas madudula (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madula (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madudula (inferior plural)
kasindula (equal)
ang pinakamadula (relative singular)
ang pinakamadudula (plural relative)
napakamadula (absolute singular)
napakamadudula (absolute plural)
pagkadula (absolute singular)
pagkadula-dula (absolute plural)


magalaw

[mɐ.ɣɐˈlaʊ̯]


hiwas

(obsolete) paved with bricks (of old, paved streets)


sakang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakaŋ. Cognate to Bikol Central sakang, Sambali sakang, and more distantly to Maori haka.


asungot

[ʔɐˈsuː.ŋot̪̚]


mitig

[ˈmiː.t̪ɪɡ̚]


sakop

owned (of a portion that comprises one's property)


salapsap

superficial; shallow; cutting only the immediate surface (of wounds or cuts, soil, etc.)


tab-ang

tlb

(dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Mindoro)


kilabot

ᜃᜒᜎᜊᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
quilabot (alternative)
qilabot (alternative)

feared by others; terrible (of a person)


hilig

leaning; inclined (of a standing object)


tagilid

tagilíd (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜒᜎᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagilir (alternative)
tagiler (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈlɪd̪̚]

[t̪ɐˈɣiː.lɪd̪̚]

From Proto-Philippine *ta-gílij. By surface analysis, *ta + gilid. Compare talikod, seems to have a fossilized affix related to location.

with the body turned to a side (of a person lying down)

(colloquial) in danger of; on the verge of (defeat, bankruptcy, etc.)


nabubulok

nabúbulók (canonical)
ᜈᜊᜓᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From na- + bulok with partial reduplication.


bilib

bilíb (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
belib (alternative)

Borrowed from English believe. Compare Cebuano belib.


mainit ang ulo

tl-adj

mainit ang ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜓ)

ᜋᜁᜈᜒᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

[mɐˌʔiː.n̪ɪt̪ ʔɐŋ ˈʔuː.lo]

Literally, “head is hot”, or more loosely translated as “hotheaded”.

lit

“Gusto ko sanang humingi ng paumanhin sa inyong dalawa ng kapatid mo... Maging kay Zoroaster, dahil naglihim rin kami sa kanya. Aaminin ko, masyado lang kasing mainit ang ulo ko noon pero tama ang sinabi ng asawa ko sa inyo.

2015, Kirsten Nimwey, The Explorers Series Box Set (Tagalog Edition), Kirsten Nimwey, →ISBN:

2016, Gretisbored, PERFECT STRANGER, Margaret S. Sanapo
"Who was that?" Paglingon niya, nakita niya ang nobya. Mukhang galit na galit na naman ito. Narinig kaya niya ang pinag-usapan namin ng mga bata? Imbes na sumagot, pumasok na lang siya sa loob. Hindi na umimik. Mainit ang ulo niya.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Diumano'y mainit ang ulo ng mga Hapon noon at hinahanap ang kanilang kasamahang sundalo. Sa kabuuhang palad, nadala at nakarating pa ang sugatang gerilya sa ospital ng mga Amer'kano. Mayaman ang karanasan sa pakikipaglaban ...

2006, Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon : Everyday Life in a Time of War, UP Press, →ISBN, page 538:


kumukulo ang dugo

tl-adj

kumúkulô ang dugô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜃᜓᜎᜓ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜓᜄᜓ)

kumúkulô ang dugô (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜃᜓᜎᜓ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜇᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[kʊˌmuː.xʊˌloʔ ʔɐn̪ d̪ʊˈɣoʔ]

[kʊˌmuː.xʊˌloː ʔɐn̪ d̪ʊˈɣoʔ]

... for an intractable person Hirap ng kalooban Pasakit Pain Iniingatan sa loob Iniipon sa dibdib Feeling kept secret Isama ng loob Ikakulo ng dugo Anger Kaba ng loob Takot, nerbiyos Fear, nervousness Kahinaan ng loob Kahinaan ng tuhod Fear Kalamayin ang loob Pahupain ang galit To reduce anger or o matinding lungkot sadness Kalinasan ng loob Di-pagtatanaw-tama, Not to be in agreement pagkakasalisi ng damdamin Kumukulo ang loob Kumukulo ang dugo, Very angry galit ...

1994, Leonardo N. Mercado, The Filipino Mind, CRVP, →ISBN, page 30:

... HAVING THICK SKIN balat-karabaw 'skin-carabao (thick skinned, no shame)' balat-sibuyas 'skin-onion (thin skinned, sensitive)' makapal ang mukha 'thick face (impenetrable, no shame)' THE BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR FEARLESSNESS/ BRAVERY malakas and loob 'inside swells (fearless)' THE BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR GRIEF parang puputok ang dibdib like a bursting chest ( extreme grief or sorrow)' THE BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR ANGER kumukulo ang dugo 'blood ...

1999, Gary B. Palmer, Debra J. Occhi, Languages of Sentiment: Cultural Constructions of Emotional Substrates, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 194:

... withemotions invoked in Filipino metaphors Kumukulo ang dugo ko (My blood is boiling)and Natutuyo ang dugo ko (My blood is drying up or drained). Folk physiology and anatomy figured crucially in the traditional Filipino worldview which resonated with.

2012, A. Gülerce, Re(con)figuring Psychoanalysis: Critical Juxtapositions of the Philosophical, the Sociohistorical and the Political, Springer, →ISBN:

(idiomatic) blood-boiling; furious; angry


barado

From bara + -ado or from Spanish varado.


dugong bughaw

dugóng bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

dugóng bugháw (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
dugong-bughaw (alternative)

[d̪ʊˌɣom bʊɡˈhaʊ̯]

Compound of dugo + bughaw, a calque of Spanish sangre azul.


imbento

Borrowed from Spanish invento (“invention”).


kanaw

diluted or dissolved (as a powdered substance in a liquid)


traydor

tl-adj

traydór (feminine traydora, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

traydór (canonical)
traydora (feminine)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
traidor (alternative)

[t̪ɾaɪ̯ˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish traidor (“traitor”), from Old Spanish traydor, traïdor, traedor, perhaps a semi-learned borrowing from Latin trāditōrem (“traitor, betrayer”).


bisaklat

bisaklát (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

astride; with legs apart (as when on horseback, etc.)

(figurative) exposed in the open; scattered in the open


buntis

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *buq(ə)tis (“pregnant”). Compare Indonesian bunting.


buswang

ripped open; cut wide open (such as one's stomach lashed with a knife)


talumpati

talumpatì (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
talompati (alternative)

Possibly from talo (“defeated”) + -m- + pati (“firm in purpose or words”).

compound

talumpating mga pangungusap

(poetic, obsolete) humbly restrained out of respect


tunay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai).


takaw

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *takaw, from Proto-Austronesian *Cakaw. Compare Aklanon takaw (“to steal”), Paiwan tsakau (“to steal”), Fijian butako (“to steal”), Mansaka takaw (“to steal”), Nias tagö (“to steal”), Tausug takaw (“to steal”), and Western Bukidnon Manobo takew (“to steal”). Doublet of nakaw.

cog

with an intense feeling or desire (especially for sleep)


takdang

short; not reaching the floor (of skirts, veils, etc.)


sanglay

(dialectal, Southern Tagalog) dull-minded; stolid; of passive expression


bihasa

tl-adj

bihasá or bihasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜐ)

bihasá (canonical)
bihasâ (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜑᜐ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभ्यास (abhyāsa, “habit; discipline”). Compare Malay biasa. See also Tausug biyaksa.


hilam

smarting in the eyes (due to soap, foam, lye, etc.)


hiwalay

hiwaláy (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜏᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
hiualay (alternative)


hambog

→ Spanish: jambug

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hambug. Compare Bikol Central hambog and Cebuano hambog.


duling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zuliŋ (cf. Malay juling).

(colloquial, mildly offensive or humorous) easily mixes up what was seen


likha

likhâ (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
licha (alternative)
lic-ha (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit लेखा (lékhā, “document; writing”), possibly through a noun formation from लिखति (likhati, “to scratch; to write”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rikʰ-á-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *rikh₂-é-ti, from *reyk(ʷ)h₂- (“to scratch”). Compare Hindi लेखा (lekhā, “record; account”) and Malay reka. Doublet of liha.


maligawgaw

tl-adj

maligawgáw (plural maliligawgaw, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ᜄᜏ᜔)

maligawgáw (canonical)
maliligawgaw (plural)
ᜋᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.lɪ.ɣaʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]


relihiyosa

relihiyosa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓᜐ)


salawahan

sálawahán or salawahan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜏᜑᜈ᜔)

sálawahán (canonical)
salawahan (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜏᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

unfaithful; adulterous (to one's partner)


taksil

taksíl (canonical)
ᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
tacsil (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay taksir (“neglect”), from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr).


sintunado

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
sentonado (alternative)
sentunado (alternative)

out of tune; off-key; pitchy (of one's voice)


usisero

usisero (feminine usisera, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

[ʔʊ.sɪˈsɛː.ɾo]


balbas-sarado

balbás-sarado (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜐ᜔ᜐᜇᜇᜓ)

balbás-sarado (canonical)
ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜐ᜔ᜐᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Mahirap yatang maghanap ng lalaking papayagan kang mag-duster. Feeling housewife ka talaga. Fulfilled na fulfilled. 'Yun nga lang, may kontrabida sa bahay nila — ang matandang kapatid niyang lalaki na balbas-sarado.

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

It's quite hard to find a man who allows you to wear a duster. You really feel like a housewife. Very fulfilled. However, there is an enemy in their house - his older brother with a full beard.


petmalu

Backslang formed from the final and initial two syllables of malupit (“cruel; brutal; fierce”), as in, “Wow! Malupit!!”. Coined circa 2017.


panandalian

panandalian (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

momentary; temporary; short-lived; ephemeral


tupad

tupád (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜉᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tupar (alternative)

done; accomplished; finished; realized (usually with na)


kapit-tuko

kapit-tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

kapit-tukô (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
kapit tuko (alternative)

(figurative) keeping a very close acquaintance or relationship to a person or a group of people to achieve one's desire


kapit tuko

kapit tukô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

kapit tukô (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜆᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


ayaw paawat

ayaw paawat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜌᜏ᜔ ᜉᜀᜏᜆ᜔)

[ˌʔaː.jaʊ̯ pɐˈʔaː.wɐt̪̚]

Literally, “does not want to let themselves be interfered”.


wala sa huwisyo

tl-adj

walâ sa huwisyo (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ ᜐ ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

walâ sa huwisyo (canonical)
ᜏᜎ ᜐ ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
wala sa wisyo (alternative)


kulang sa pansin

kulang sa pansín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

kulang sa pansín (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
KSP (alternative initialism)

From kulang + sa + pansin, literally “lacking attention”.

com

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kulang, sa, pansin.


tawag-pansin

tl-adj

tawag-pansín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜄ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

tawag-pansín (canonical)
ᜆᜏᜄ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪aː.wɐɡ pɐn̪ˈsɪn̪]


KSP

[ˌkeɪ̯.ʔɛsˈpɪ]

KSP talaga iyang si Benjo pero kahit ganun Bestfriend ko ang mokong. Sige na kahit corny. Bestfriend nga kami. Hmmm. Sige walang plastikan. Fubu. Friends with Benefits din minsan.

2014, Taga Imus, Sa Celfone: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 6:

kulang sa pansin
kulang sa pansin#Tagalog

initialism of kulang sa pansin: lacking attention

initialism of kulang sa pera: lacking money; broke

initialism of kulang sa paligo: dirty; untidy unkempt (in appearance)


mabutig

mabutíg (plural mabubutig, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜆᜒᜄ᜔)

mabutíg (canonical)
mabubutig (plural)
ᜋᜊᜓᜆᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.bʊˈt̪ɪɡ̚]


buyaya

buyayà or buyayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜌ)

buyayà (canonical)
buyayâ (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜌᜌ (Baybayin)


kiti-kiti

kití-kití (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜆᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[kɪˌt̪ɪ xɪˈt̪ɪ]


konya

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
conya (alternative)
coña (alternative)

Possibly from Spanish coña (“cunt; pussy; damn!”) or influenced by Spanish -a suffix to mark as feminine. See more at konyo.


sentigrado

sentigrado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish centígrado, with stress shift to the penultimate.


husto

husto or hustó (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

husto (canonical)
hustó (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


wagas

Compare Bikol Central wagas, Cebuano wagas, and Western Bukidnon Manobo wagas.

Wagas na pagmamahal ang iniuukol niya sa asawa.

What he dedicated to his spouse is pure love.

Wagas ang tawa mo sa biro ko.

(colloquial) extreme; of excessive degree


hulog

hulóg (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
holog (alternative)
olog (alternative)
ulog (alternative uncommon)

From Proto-Philippine *huluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Suluʀ (“to lower, let down, as on a rope”). Compare Paiwan surur (“a taut-stretched line”), Ilocano ulog (“to descend, go down”), Bikol Central hulog, Cebuano hulog, Tausug hulug, Malay hulur (“letting go, slacking or paying out (a line)”), and Manggarai ulur (“to lower, let oneself down”).

cog

failed; unsuccessful (as in examinations)

(physiology) thin; losing weight (due to poor health or unhealthy weight loss)


bugnutin

ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜓᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bʊɡˈn̪uː.t̪ɪn̪]


senglot

No'n ko naisip na magpunta sa ospital. Hindi na malinaw ngayon sa isip ko kung bakit nagpunta ako no'n sa ospital. Siguro'y senglot lang ako sa nainom kong marka-demonyo.

1987, Simplicio P. Bisa, Paulina B. Bisa, Lahing kayumanggi: panitikang Pilipino:


sanay

adapted; accustomed (to a certain place, situation, climate, etc.)


bilugan

bilugán (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bilogan (alternative)


alinlangan

tl-adj

alinlangan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

[ʔɐ.lɪn̪ˈlaː.ŋɐn̪]

Hindi ako alinlangan na ako'y maganda.


sungsong

sungsóng (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
songsong (alternative)
sunsong (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suŋsuŋ (“go against wind or current”). Compare Pangasinan songsong (“contradict; go against the tide”), Kapampangan tapayan sungsung (“Chinese jar”), Agutaynen tongtong (“go against the current”), Cebuano salungsung (“go directly against the current”). Tausug Sungsung (“China”), Malay songsong (“opposite direction”), and Javanese ꦤꦸꦁꦱꦸꦁ (nungsung, “go upstream, toward the source”). See also Sungsong. According to Blust and Trussel (2010), the attribution to China is presumably connected with sailing problems in reaching mainland China from the Philippines.


tanggal

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgal. Compare Kapampangan tanggal, Cebuano tanggal and Malay tanggal.

fired; dismissed (from a job, office, etc.)


Fukien

ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Fookien (alternative)
Pukyen (alternative)

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.

of or relating to the province of Fujian in China

(colloquial) of or relating to the Fujianese people

(colloquial) of or relating to the Hokkien language


milyonaryo

tl-adj

milyonaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
milyunaryo (alternative)


sunod-sunod

sunód-sunód (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

sunód-sunód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
sunud-sunod (alternative)

consecutive; successive; one after another


sunod

sunód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
sonor (alternative)
sunor (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *sunúd (“next; to follow in succession”).

inh

following another; next; subsequent (of someone or something)


swabe

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of suwabe.


magugulatin

tl-adj

magugulatín (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜓᜄᜓᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

magugulatín (canonical)
ᜋᜄᜓᜄᜓᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.ɣʊ.ɣʊ.lɐˈt̪ɪn̪]

From gulat + ma- -in, with reduplication on root word.


kunsintidor

kunsintidór (feminine kunsintidora, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

kunsintidór (canonical)
kunsintidora (feminine)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


kunsintidora

kunsintidora (masculine kunsintidor, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ)

kunsintidor (masculine)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ (Baybayin)


paligoy-ligoy

paligoy-ligoy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜌ᜔ᜎᜒᜄᜓᜌ᜔)

ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜌ᜔ᜎᜒᜄᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐˌliː.ɣoɪ̯ ˈliː.ɣoɪ̯]


sementado

ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
simentado (alternative)


matatakutin

matatakutín (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜆᜃᜓᜆᜒᜈ᜔)

matatakutín (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜆᜃᜓᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From takot + ma- -in, with reduplication on root word.


kulang-kulang

kuláng-kuláng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

kuláng-kuláng (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
kulangkulang (alternative)

somewhat insufficient; slightly lacking; a bit missing; somewhat incomplete; somewhat inadequate quantity but not definitively so

mentally handicapped
mentally handicapped

(medicine, colloquial, euphemistic) mentally lacking; mentally challenged; mentally handicapped; feeble-minded


pihikan

ᜉᜒᜑᜒᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pihican (alternative)

finicky; fastidious (in food or clothing)


pudpod

pudpód (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
porpor (alternative)
purpor (alternative)

worn out at the point (such as the sole of a shoe, blade of a knife); blunt


ilohikal

ilohikál (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜓᜑᜒᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English illogical, and influenced by ultimate stress in Spanish.


lohikal

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English logical, and influenced by ultimate stress in Spanish.


rasyonal

rasyonál (canonical)
ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
rasiyonal (alternative)


anabaptista

tl-adj

anabaptista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜊᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜈᜊᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of Anabaptista


masalimuot

masalimuót or masalimuot (plural masasalimuot, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆ᜔)

masalimuót (canonical)
masalimuot (canonical)
masasalimuot (plural)
ᜋᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


kwestyonable

kwestyonable (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

ᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwestiyonable.


maluho

maluho or maluhò (plural maluluho, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜓᜑᜓ)

maluho (canonical)
maluhò (canonical)
maluluho (plural)
ᜋᜎᜓᜑᜓ (Baybayin)


naghihingalo

naghíhingaló (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜅᜎᜓ)

naghíhingaló (canonical)
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜅᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

From nag- + hingalo with initial reduplication.


makamundo

makamundó (canonical)
ᜋᜃᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


masugid

masugid (plural masusugid, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜓᜄᜒᜇ᜔)

[mɐˈsuː.ɣɪd̪̚]


maselan

maselan (plural maseselan, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

maseselan (plural)
ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
masilan (alternative obsolete)
masaelan (alternative obsolete)
masailan (alternative obsolete)
maseylan (alternative obsolete)
maselang (alternative)

From ma- + selan. Compare Kapampangan maselan (“finicky”).


kamukha

kamukhâ (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
camoc-ha (alternative)


parang aso't pusa

parang aso't pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜆ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐ)

parang aso't pusà (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜆ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐ (Baybayin)

(simile) always quarreling with each other


kayod-kalabaw

kayod-kalabáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜎᜊᜏ᜔)

kayod-kalabáw (canonical)
ᜃᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜎᜊᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kayod + kalabaw, literally “carabao grind”.


pugot

pugót (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
pogot (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pugut.


walang-habas

tl-adj

waláng-habas (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜑᜊᜐ᜔)

waláng-habas (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜑᜊᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
walang habas (alternative common)

From wala (“without”) + -ng- + habas (“prudence”).

compound

reckless; without control (especially in one's words)


walang-pakundangan

tl-adj

waláng-pakundangan (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜉᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜈ᜔)

waláng-pakundangan (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜉᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
walang pakundangan (alternative common)

From wala (“without”) + -ng- + pakundangan (“respect; courteous regard”).


walang awa

waláng awà (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜏ (Baybayin)

[wɐˌlaŋ ˈʔaː.wɐʔ]


halang ang bituka

tl-adj

haláng ang bituka (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜃ)

haláng ang bituka (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜃ (Baybayin)

Literally, “the guts are horizontal”. Compare Hokkien 直腸直肚 /直肠直肚 (ti̍t-tn̂g-ti̍t-tō͘, “straightforward; honest”, literally “straight intestines and abdomen”).

ncog

(idiomatic) having a dangerously, deadly nature


laganap

[lɐˈɣaː.n̪ɐp̚]

very common; of general application; in general use


tigasin

[ˌt̪iːˈɣaː.sɪn̪]

easily aroused sexually; easily prone to having an erection (of a man)


wa epek

[wɐ ʔɛˈpɛk̚]

Clipping of walang epek or walang epekto.


higa

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hidəʀáq. Compare Ilocano idda, Bikol Central higda, Cebuano higda, Waray-Waray higda, and Maranao iga'.


istrikto

tl-adj

istrikto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


sangkot

sangkót (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sangcot (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋkut. Compare Indonesian sangkut.

implicated; involved; dragged into an affair (usually unintentionally)


sipunin

prone to colds; easily affected by colds


nakahahawa

nakahahawa or nakahahawà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜑᜑᜏ)

nakahahawa (canonical)
nakahahawà (canonical)
ᜈᜃᜑᜑᜏ (Baybayin)
nakakahawa (alternative colloquial)

From naka- + hawa with partial reduplication.


hubo't hubad

hubó't hubád (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜊᜓᜆ᜔ ᜑᜓᜊᜇ᜔)

hubó't hubád (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜊᜓᜆ᜔ ᜑᜓᜊᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
hubu't-hubad (alternative)


pamilyar

pamilyár (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish familiar, from Latin familiāris.


sira-ulo

sirâ-ulo or sirà-ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇᜂᜎᜓ)

sirâ-ulo (canonical)
sirà-ulo (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
siraulo (alternative)

From sira + ulo, literally “broken-head”.


kumpiyansa

kumpiyansa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜈ᜔ᜐ)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
kompiyansa (alternative)
kompyansa (alternative)
kumpyansa (alternative)


kakarag-karag

kakarág-karág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜇᜄ᜔ᜃᜇᜄ᜔)

kakarág-karág (canonical)
ᜃᜃᜇᜄ᜔ᜃᜇᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
ngangarag-ngarag (alternative)

[kɐ.xɐˌɾaɡ kɐˈɾaɡ̚]

From initial reduplication of the full reduplication of karag.

dilapidated; shaky; unstable (of a vehicle)


metikuloso

metikuloso (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓᜐᜓ)

ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish meticuloso, from Latin meticulōsus.


halughog

halughóg (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

searched for concealed objects (of a person)


bangkarote

ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜇᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
bangkarota (alternative)

[bɐŋ.kɐˈɾoː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish bancarrota (“bankrupt”), from Italian bancarotta.


masakit sa bulsa

tl-adj

masakít sa bulsá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ)

masakít sa bulsá (canonical)
ᜋᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)


siksik

From Proto-Austronesian *səksək (“to stuff, cram in; be crowded”). Compare Ilocano seksek, Kapampangan saksak, Bikol Central saksak, Cebuano suksok, and Malay sesak. Doublet of saksak.

inh

crowded; crammed; packed or stuffed tightly


siksikan

crowded; filled up to full capacity; tightly close together


baligtarin

tl-adj

baligtarin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
baliktarin (alternative)

[bɐ.lɪɡ.t̪ɐˈɾɪn̪]

[bɐ.lɪɡˈt̪aː.ɾɪn̪]


pabor

Pabor ang senador sa sabong hangga't ito ay nasa regulasyon ng batas.

The senator is in favor of cockfighting as long as it's under the regulation of law.


aktuwal

aktuwál (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
aktwal (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish actual (“current, present; factual”), with a semantic shift influenced by English actual.

bor+

(uncommon) current; existing in the present time


usad-pagong

tl-adj

usád-pagóng (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜇ᜔ᜉᜄᜓᜅ᜔)

usád-pagóng (canonical)
ᜂᜐᜇ᜔ᜉᜄᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
usad pagong (alternative)

[ʔʊˌsad̪ pɐˈɣoŋ]


sosyalista

sosyalista (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish socialista (“socialist”).


kahindik-hindik

tl-adj

kahindík-hindík (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔)

kahindík-hindík (canonical)
ᜃᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


di kaaya-aya

dî kaaya-aya or dî kaayà-ayà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒ ᜃᜀᜌᜀᜌ)

dî kaaya-aya (canonical)
dî kaayà-ayà (canonical)
ᜇᜒ ᜃᜀᜌᜀᜌ (Baybayin)


mausok

mausok (plural mauusok, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜂᜐᜓᜃ᜔)


bigti

bigtí or bigtî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜒ)

bigtí (canonical)
bigtî (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
bicti (alternative)
bikti (alternative)

From earlier bikti. The /k/ before /t/ changed to /ɡ/ due to Spanish-influenced stop voicing.


pareho

Borrowed from Spanish parejo, from Late Latin pariculus. Compare Kapampangan pareu.


higanta

Borrowed from Spanish giganta (“giantess”).

bor+

feminine of higante: giantess; female giant


hudas

After Hudas, from Spanish Judas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá), named after Judas Iscariot.


adbertido

tl-adj

adbertido (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


sibilisado

sibilisado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐᜇᜓ)

civilized (with a high standard of civilization)


bangkiling

bangkilíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

bangkilíng (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
banquiling (alternative)

[bɐŋ.kɪˈlɪŋ]

inclined; twisted; turned (of the position of the neck)


tuwang

tuwáng (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
touang (alternative)

carried, supported or positioned on both or opposite sides

acting as partners (in doing or performing something)


mapagmatyag

mapagmatyág (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜆ᜔ᜌᜄ᜔)

mapagmatyág (canonical)
ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜆ᜔ᜌᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


labuyo

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *labúyuq. Compare Cebuano labuyo, Ilocano abuyo, and Kapampangan labuyu.


bayolente

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English violent, and influenced by Spanish -ente. Doublet of biyolento.

pseudo-loan

(colloquial) alternative form of biyolento: violent


ogag

Kumaway pa sa kanya na parang ogag si Christian. Ang cute ngumiti ng loko. Naka-cross arms pa ito na walang kahirap-hirap na nakatayo roon.


ikawalo

ikawaló (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜏᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
icaualo (alternative)

From ika- + walo (“eight”). Compare Cebuano ikawalo.


eksaherado

tl-adj

eksaherado (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜑᜒᜇᜇᜓ)


siyam-siyam

siyám-siyám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

siyám-siyám (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Reduplication of siyam (“nine”). The sense “monsoon rain” from days of continuous rain, ranging around nine days, used to mark the beginning of the rainy season usually by the end of the month of May.


parehas

[pɐˈɾɛː.hɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish parejas, plural of pareja, feminine of parejo, from Late Latin pāriculus, a diminutive of Latin pār. Doublet of pareha.


pareha

Borrowed from Spanish pareja, from Late Latin pāriculus, a diminutive of Latin pār. Doublet of parehas.


busisi

fastidious; scrupulous; overnice; meticulous


busisi

unnecessarily slow in action (of a person)


walang muwang

waláng muwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜏᜅ᜔)

waláng muwáng (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


talbog

(otherwise informal) bounced (of a check)


nakaw

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *takaw. Doublet of takaw.


aktibo

Borrowed from Spanish activo (“active”), from Latin āctīvus.


gango

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀaŋu. Compare Ilocano gango, Abenlen Ayta yango, Hanunoo gango, Calamian Tagbanwa langu, and Maranao gango.

stricken numb or dead (such as fish affected by pest, poisoning, or dynamiting)


gunggong

gunggóng (canonical)
ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Hokkien 戇戇 /戆戆 (gōng-gōng).


alternatiba

tl-adj

alternatiba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜆᜒᜊ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜆᜒᜊ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐl.t̪ɛɾ.n̪ɐˈt̪iː.bɐ]


dinig

diníg (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
ding̃ig (alternative)
dingig (alternative obsolete)
rinig (alternative)

From earlier dingig, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dəŋəʀ. See also dangal.


emosyonal

emosyonál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

emosyonál (canonical)
ᜁᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
emosiyunal (alternative)
emosyunal (alternative)


ikapito

From ika- + pito (“seven”). Compare Cebuano ikapito.


sensitibo

sensitibo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

sensitive (receiving impressions readily)


maantot

maantót (plural maaantot, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

maantót (canonical)
maaantot (plural)
ᜋᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.ʔɐn̪ˈt̪ot̪̚]


angkin

From Proto-Southern Philippine *aŋkən (“take for oneself”). Compare Cebuano angkon, Hiligaynon angkon, Waray-Waray angkon, and Western Bukidnon Manobo angken.


maanggo

maanggó (plural maaanggo, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

maanggó (canonical)
maaanggo (plural)
ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)


astaka

[ʔɐsˈt̪aː.xɐʔ]

eroded by water (especially referring to trails or river beds)


bulwang

forced open or burst due to being overfull (as sacks, bags, or the like)


maburol

maburól (plural mabuburol, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜇᜓᜎ᜔)

maburól (canonical)
mabuburol (plural)
ᜋᜊᜓᜇᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
burol (root)
maburol (singular)
mabuburol (plural)
mas maburol (singular superior)
mas mabuburol (plural superior)
hindi gaanong maburol (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong mabuburol (inferior plural)
kasimburol (equal)
ang pinakamaburol (relative singular)
ang pinakamabuburol (plural relative)
napakamaburol (absolute singular)
napakamabuburol (absolute plural)
pagkaburol (absolute singular)
pagkaburol-burol (absolute plural)


balakyot

balakyót (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


dingig

dingíg (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜅᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
ding̃ig (alternative)


baluga

(Batangas, in some districts) somewhat salty (of water)

(obsolete) mixed; having something mixed in (of solutions)


gradweyt

gradweyt (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜄ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜏᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
gradwet (alternative)

Borrowed from English graduate. The basketball slang is a pun on the sixth grade of the Philippine elementary education system and the six fouls for a player to be removed from the game.


gradwet

[ˈɡɾad̪.wɛt̪̚]


gradwado

ᜄ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜏᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
graduwado (alternative)


tisod

tisód (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tisor (alternative)

prone to having one's toes stubbed or tripped on something


labag

labag sa kanyang kalooban

Labag sa ordinansa ng bayan ang paninigarilyo kung saan-saan.

Smoking anywhere is violative of the local ordinance.

violating; violative; unlawful; illegal; illicit


tihaya

flat on one's back; lying flat with the face or ventral side up

with the top or mouth up (of receptacles or containers)


maano

From ma- + ano (“what; something”). For sense “how's it going?”, compare Hiligaynon maano (“what will you do?”) & Tausug maunu-unu (“how are things?”).

Maano ang ahas na iyan. Huwag kang lumapit.

That snake is full of something. Don't come close to it.

having much of an indefinite quality or quantity (which would be understood in context between speakers)


diri

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zizi (“disgusted; revolted”). Cognate with Malay jijik and Javanese ꦗꦶꦗꦶꦏ꧀ (jijik).

inh

disgusted; feeling revulsion for something dirty or foul


lamukos

tl-adj

lamukos or lamukós (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

lamukos (canonical)
lamukós (canonical)
ᜎᜋᜓᜃᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


palaboy

allowed or free to graze, feed, or forage anywhere (of animals)


lusaw

melted; liquefied; dissolved (of ice, etc.)


awtorisado

awtorisado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜇᜒᜐᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜇᜒᜐᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
autorisado (alternative)
otorisado (alternative)


Kanluran

ᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kanluran (alternative)


lunod

lunód (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
lonor (alternative)
lunor (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *lunud, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləñəj. Compare Ilocano lunod, Pangasinan lener, Bikol Central lunod, Hanunoo lunod, Cebuano lunod, Waray-Waray lunod, Mansaka lunud, and Western Bukidnon Manobo lened.


karatig

[kɐˈɾaː.t̪ɪɡ̚]


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

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


ikasiyam

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


suyod

suyód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜌᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
soyor (alternative)
suyor (alternative)

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, Dupaningan Agta surod, and Molbog surud.

der

already harrowed (of a cultivated field)

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


ikalabing-isa

tl-adj

ikalabíng-isá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ)

ikalabíng-isá (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ (Baybayin)


ikatlo

ikatló (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
icatlo (alternative)

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


sugpo

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


humaling

humalíng (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜋᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
himaling (alternative)

obsessed; captivated; extremely fond or fascinated


biyoleta

ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
byoleta (alternative)
byuleta (alternative)


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 ᬢᬂᬕᬧ᭄ (tanggap, “take into hand”).


Malayo

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


unawa

[ʔʊˈn̪aː.wɐʔ]

[ʔʊ.n̪ɐˈwaʔ]


krimson

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From English crimson, Middle English cremesyn, from Old Spanish cremesin, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (kermest), from Middle Persian, from Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija).


pansamantala

tl-adj

pansamantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

pansamantalá (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ (Baybayin)


lapnos

flayed; excoriated (of burnt or scalded skin)


lehitimo

lehítimó (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜑᜒᜆᜒᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


subok

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

already tested; already proven (usually with na)


sapilitan

sápilitán (canonical)
ᜐᜉᜒᜎᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


maamong tupa

maamong tupa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆᜓᜉ)


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.


huli sa akto

huli sa akto (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜒ ᜐ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜑᜓᜎᜒ ᜐ ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

in flagrante delicto
in flagrante delicto


wala sa lugar

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


gadgad

[ɡɐd̪ˈɡad̪̚]

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


kapos-palad

tl-adj

kapós-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

kapós-palad (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kapuspalad (alternative)


lublob

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


abli

ablí (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
able (alternative)

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.


hugas-kamay

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


segunda-mano

segunda-mano (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜋᜈᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜋᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
segunda mano (alternative)
sigunda-mano (alternative)


atubili

[ʔɐ.t̪ʊ.bɪˈlɪʔ]


charot

charót (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
charought (alternative)

[t͡ʃɐˈɾot̪̚]

[t͡sɐˈɾot̪̚]

Blend of charing + harot. See also Spanish charlar.

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


basyo

basyó (canonical)
ᜊᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
basiyo (alternative)

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

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.


matilos

matilos (plural matitilos, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔)


bulahaw

bulaháw (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bulahau (alternative)


komersiyal

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)


sagasa

[sɐˈɣaː.sɐʔ]

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


kongkreto

tl-adj

kongkreto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
konkreto (alternative)

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)


maskulado

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


engrande

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
enggrande (alternative)

[ʔɛŋˈɡɾan̪.d̪ɛ]


dilawan

dilawán or dilawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜏᜈ᜔)

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

From dilaw (“yellow”) + -an. For senses involving the Liberal Party, see more at dilaw.

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


pundido

pundidong bombilya

burned out (usually referring to a light bulb)


bagito

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


inosente

naive; innocent (usually due to young age)


handusay

handusáy (canonical)
ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


malikot ang kamay

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


sinamang-palad

sinamáng-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

sinamáng-palad (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


pasista

Borrowed from Spanish fascista, from Italian fascista.


segurista

ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
sigurista (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish segurista. By surface analysis, siguro + -ista.

bor+

Sabihin nang sigurista, pero ito talaga ang karaniwang ugali ng movie producers. Ngayon, bihira na sa kanila ang tumitingin sa ganda o kapogihan lamang. Sa panahong ito, unang-una nang dapat maging puhunan ang talent.

Let's say they are too cautious, but this is really the usual custom of movie producers. Now, they seldom look on beauty or handsomeness alone. At this time, they must invest in talent.

cautious to act until sure of success or desired results


kilyawan

ᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
coliauan (alternative)
culiyauan (alternative)
kulyawan (alternative)
kuliyawan (alternative)

Compare Ilocano kulyaw and Kapampangan kuliauan.

bright yellow; bright orange (color/colour)


lamog

softened from rough handling (usually said of fruits)


ladlad

ladlád (canonical)
ᜎᜇ᜔ᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
larlar (alternative)

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)


takaw-tubig

tl-adj

takaw-tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪aː.xaʊ̯ ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]

absorbent of a lot of water; hydroabsorbent


higad

[ˈhiː.ɣɐd̪̚]


damay

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

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


parapara

[ˌpaː.ɾɐˈpaː.ɾɐ]


tikom ang bibig

tikóm ang bibíg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜓᜋ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

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

[t̪ɪˌxom ʔɐm bɪˈbɪɡ̚]


tikom

Compare Isnag ikkam (“to seize and analyze”) and Kankanaey ikem (“to shut up”).

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)


kathang-isip

katháng-isip (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

katháng-isip (canonical)
ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


magaan sa bulsa

tl-adj

magaán sa bulsá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜀᜈ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ)

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


ander de saya

ander de saya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ)

ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ (Baybayin)
ander de-saya (alternative)

[ˌʔan̪.d̪ɛɾ d̪ɛ ˈsaː.jɐ]

From English under the + saya, literally “under the skirt”.


galawgaw

[ɡɐ.laʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

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


indibidwal

tl-adj

indibidwál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔)

indibidwál (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
indibiduwal (alternative)

individual (belonging to one person or thing)


lathala

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


kararampot

tl-head

kararampót (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔)

kararampót (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
kakarampot (alternative colloquial)

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

kararampot na kita

plural of karampot: handful; scanty; meager; small amount


tutol

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tutur (“to speak clearly and deliberately”). Compare Indonesian tutur, Javanese ꦠꦸꦠꦸꦂ (tutur), and Malay tutur.


tutol

tutól (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
totol (alternative)

habitually opposing or contradicting others


sopistikado

tl-adj

sopistikado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜇᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
supistikado (alternative)


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.


angal

having the habit of crying aloud even without cause


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.


kinahig ng manok

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”.


araw-araw

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]

Reduplication of araw (“day; sun”). Literally, “day by day”.


matinis

matinís or matinis (plural matitinis, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

matinís (canonical)
matinis (canonical)
matitinis (plural)
ᜋᜆᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
matin-is (alternative)


pakialamero

pakialamero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ)


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, →ISBN:

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, →ISBN:


gusgusin

ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜄᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡʊsˈɡuː.sɪn̪]

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


hayblad

Borrowed from English high blood (pressure).

bor+

(figuratively, colloquial) angered; agitated


buo

buô (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜂ (Baybayin)
boo (alternative)

From Proto-Central Philippine *buʔuʔ (“whole”). Compare Asi buo, Cebuano tibuok, and Waray-Waray buok.


lugami

[lʊˈɣaː.mɪʔ]

Sinusundan ng kasaysayan ang pagtuklas ng pangunahing karakter ng kanyang sarili at ng katotohanan sa likod ng kawalan ng hustisya sa kanyang bayang lugami.

2010, D. M. Reyes, The Life and Art of Francisco Coching:

wallowing in vice; fallen into a life of vice

Sukat na ang tingnan ang lugaming anyo, nitong sa dalita'y hindi makakibo
Santong catouira'i lugamì at hapô, ang lúha na lamang ang pinatutulô.

1838, Francisco Balagtas, Pinagdaanang Buhay ni Florante at ni Laura sa Kahariang Albanya:

skinny; emaciated (due to hunger or illness)


mabalahibo

tl-adj

mabalahibo (plural mababalahibo, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜎᜑᜒᜊᜓ)

mababalahibo (plural)
ᜋᜊᜎᜑᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
balahibo (root)
mabalahibo (singular)
mababalahibo (plural)
mas mabalahibo (singular superior)
mas mababalahibo (plural superior)
hindi gaanong mabalahibo (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong mababalahibo (inferior plural)
kasimbalahibo (equal)
ang pinakamabalahibo (relative singular)
ang pinakamababalahibo (plural relative)
napakamabalahibo (absolute singular)
napakamababalahibo (absolute plural)
pagkabalahibo (absolute singular)
pagkabalahibo-balahibo (absolute plural)


biglaan

[bɪɡˈlaː.ʔɐn̪]


palakaibigan

palakaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)


kilala

kilala or kilalá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜎ)

kilala (canonical)
kilalá (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜎᜎ (Baybayin)
qilala (alternative)
quilala (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *kilala (“to know, recognize, be acquainted with”). Compare Tausug kilā and Fijian kila (“to know, understand; to feel, perceive”).


kilala

kilalá (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜎᜎ (Baybayin)
qilala (alternative)
quilala (alternative)


dakota

Wordplay on English Dakota and Cebuano dako (“big”).


hirap

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidap (“to suffer, bear hardships”) (cf. Pangasinan irap (“hardships, torment”), Indonesian idap or Malay hidap (“protraction (of illness or sorrow)”).

cog

overburdened, burdened with too much work


espontaneo

tl-adj

espontáneó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈᜒᜌᜓ)

espontáneó (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜈᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
espontanyo (alternative)
ispontanyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish espontáneo, from Latin spontāneus.

spontaneous (self generated; happening without any apparent external cause)

spontaneous (done by one's own free choice, or without planning)


lapnis

torn; stripped off (of tree bark or skin)


kandarapa

[kɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.pɐʔ]

gone stumbling along the way (especially when in a hurry)


bulaw

buláw (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bulao (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaw, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaw (“golden color”).


sagadsad

continuous; uninterrupted (up to the end)

tired for having run too fast or too much


dangdang

dangdáng (canonical)
ᜇᜅ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
dandang (alternative)

[d̪ɐn̪ˈd̪aŋ]

From Proto-Philippine *daŋdaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *daŋdaŋ. Doublet of darang.

exposed to the heat of fire or glowing coals


jutay

jutáy (canonical)
ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
diyutay (alternative)
dyutay (alternative)

[d͡ʒʊˈt̪aɪ̯]

[d̪jʊˈt̪aɪ̯]

(gay slang) not hung; having a small penis; not well-endowed


interyor

tl-adj

interyór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

interyór (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.t̪ɛɾˈjoɾ]


dala-dala

Dala-dala niya ang mga libro.


mapagmalaki

mapagmalakí (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜎᜃᜒ)

mapagmalakí (canonical)
ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜎᜃᜒ (Baybayin)


ayusin

[ʔɐ.jʊˈsɪn̪]

needing to be organized; needing to be put in order


isipin

[ʔɪ.sɪˈpɪn̪]


tapusin

obligated to finish or complete (of a task, job, etc.)


mapagkumbaba

mapagkumbabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ)

mapagkumbabâ (canonical)
ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ (Baybayin)


protektado

protektado (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English protected, influenced by Spanish -ado with the assumption that Spanish protectado exists. By surface analysis, protekta + -ado. The proper Spanish word would be Spanish protegido. See also protehido.


tanggalin

tánggálin (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐŋ.ɡɐˈlɪn̪]

[ˌt̪aŋˈɡaː.lɪn̪]


lagnatin

lágnátin (canonical)
ᜎᜄ᜔ᜈᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɐɡ.n̪ɐˈt̪ɪn̪]


sirain

[sɪˈɾaː.ʔɪn̪]

[sɪ.ɾɐˈʔɪn̪]


basagin

[bɐ.sɐˈɣɪn̪]


hatiin

[hɐˈt̪iː.ʔɪn̪]

[hɐ.t̪ɪˈʔɪn̪]


makalat

tl-adj

makalat (plural makakalat, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃᜎᜆ᜔)


madumi

madumí (plural madudumi, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜓᜋᜒ)

madumí (canonical)
madudumi (plural)
ᜋᜇᜓᜋᜒ (Baybayin)
dumi (root)
madumi (singular)
madudumi (plural)
mas madumi (singular superior)
mas madudumi (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madumi (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madudumi (inferior plural)
kasindumi (equal)
ang pinakamadumi (relative singular)
ang pinakamadudumi (plural relative)
napakamadumi (absolute singular)
napakamadudumi (absolute plural)
pagkadumi (absolute singular)
pagkadumi-dumi (absolute plural)
marumi (alternative)


bayarin

bayarín or báyárin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

bayarín (canonical)
báyárin (canonical)
ᜊᜌᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐ.jɐˈɾɪn̪]


Katoliko

Katólikó (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
katoliko (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish católico (“Catholic”), from Late Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”).


dapa

dapâ (canonical)
ᜇᜉ (Baybayin)
rapa (alternative)

(colloquial, figurative) defeated; overpowered


kausap

being talked to; being conversed with (of a person)


magkaibigan

tl-adj

magkaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐɡ.kɐ.ʔɪˈbiː.ɣɐn̪]

Magkaibigan kami.


magkaaway

engaged in a fight with each other; conflicting with each other


basanlot

basanlót (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

tattered; in tatters; very much torn or worn


balino

misleading; deceiving (artfully through word play or false statements)


banday

[bɐn̪ˈd̪aɪ̯]


subersibo

subersibo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

... kasalukuyang nagaganap sa Gitnang Silangan ay nakak- abahala sa kabuhayan ng buong sambayanan; tutol sa batas ng Korte Suprema na maaaring arestuhin ang sinumang pinaghihinalaang subersibo kahit walang ' warrant of arrest'; ...


takbuhin

required or supposed to run (of a certain distance)

(cockfighting) running away from a fight (of a fighting cock)


abrasiyete

abrasiyete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
abrasete (alternative)
abrasyete (alternative)
abrisete (alternative)

[ʔɐ.bɾɐˈʃɛː.t̪ɛ]

[ʔɐ.bɾɐˈsjɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish abracete (“embraced; hugged”), or from corruption of Spanish de bracete (“arm-in-arm”). The /s/ may possibly have been irregularly palatalized following front vowel /e/ (cf. giyera).
Alternatively, possibly from Spanish abra siete (“open seven”) according to the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (Commission on the Filipino Language).

bor+

walking arm in arm; interlocked (of arms)


kalahati

kalahatì (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
calahati (alternative)

From kahati + *-al-. Also possibly from blend of ikalawa + hati.


bisti

bistí (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
besti (alternative)
biste (alternative)


suksok

From Proto-Austronesian *suksuk (“pierce, penetrate; insert”). Compare Cebuano suksok and Malay susok.

inh

inserted into a tight spot (such as a slit, small hole or opening, etc.)

woven in place of broken strips (in repairing a mat)


batsoy

ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
batchoy (alternative common proscribed)


abutan

[ʔɐˈbuː.t̪ɐn̪]

[ˌʔaːˈbuː.t̪ɐn̪]


lusot

passed through; penetrated through (a small, narrow, or tight location or situation)

pierced through (by an arrow, bullet, etc.)

with a hole from being torn (such as a basket, etc.)


kolektibo

tl-adj

kolektibo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish colectivo. Doublet of kolektib.


kumpidensiyal

kumpidensiyál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

kumpidensiyál (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
kumpidensyal (alternative nonstandard)


palamura

Sa pagsusuri ng kaibhan ng mga lalaki at babaing taga-Pamantasan hinggil sa kakayahang magmura, natuklasan na higit na palamura ang mga lalaki kaysa sa mga babae (24.6 > 18.1). Ang pang-apat na haka ay tila napabulaanan: higit na ...

1972, General [quezon] Education Journal:


boluntaryo

boluntaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
buluntaryo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish voluntario, from Latin voluntārius. Doublet of boluntir.


Adbentista

Adbentista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
adbentista (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish adventista, ultimately from English Adventist.


retokado

retokado (feminine retokada, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜓᜃᜇᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish retocado (“retouched”). By surface analysis, retoke + -ado.


balewala

bálewalâ (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜏᜎ (Baybayin)
baliwala (alternative)
bale wala (alternative)
bale-wala (alternative)


misteryoso

tl-adj

misteryoso (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜓ)

ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)


de-kalidad

de-kalidád (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜃᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From de- + kalidad, from Spanish de calidad (“of quality”).

2017, Ani Rosa Almario, Ramon Sunico, Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Bumasa at Lumaya 2: A Sourcebook on Children's Literature in the Philippines, Anvil Publishing, Incorporated via PublishDrive

Paraan din ang patimpalak upang makahikayat ng mga de-kalidad na manuskrito para sa publikasyon. Nagsagawa ang Adarna House ng timpalak para sa nobelang pambata, ngunit tila walang nagwagi o kulang ang mga manuskritong ...

Ito ang pinagmumulan ng mga nagsasabing "kung gusto ng isang indibidwal ng de-kalidad na edukasyon, dapat handa siyang magbayad ng katumbas nito." Taliwas ang lahat ng ito sa prinsipyo ng edukasyon bilang isang pundamental na ...

2007, Bienvenido Lumbera, Ramon Guillermo, Arnold P. Alamon, Mula tore patungong palengke: neoliberal education in the Philippines:

Nagbebenta lang kami ng de-kalidad na produkto.

At 'yun ang dahilan kaya patuloy na umuunlad ang mga kompanya - dahil may mga customer na marunong kumilala ng magandang serbisyo at produkto na De-kalidad na produkto 'pag edukado ang customer Madalas na nakaririnig tayo ng ...

Nagpalipat-lipat siya sa mga de-kalidad na kolehiyo at pamantasan. Bago siya naging tagapangulo at propesor sa Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature sa UP, ay nakapagturo na rin siya sa Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle ...

1984, Arthur de la Peña Casanova, Kasaysayan at pag-unlad ng dulaang Pilipino, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 164:


tiyad

tiyád (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tiad (alternative)
tiar (alternative obsolete)

From Proto-Philippine *tiqad (“to bend backward, as when standing on tiptoes”).


lisensiyado

tl-adj

lisensiyado (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜓ)

ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
lisensyado (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish licenciado, analytically lisensiya + -ado.


lulong

deeply involved in (a dangerous or undesirable situation)

(by extension) addicted (to vices like drugs, alcohol, etc.)


pambahay

kasangkapang pambahay

gawaing pambahay

related to home or the household; domestic


pataksil

pataksíl (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


pangmatagalan

pangmatagalan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜋᜆᜄᜎᜈ᜔)

panandalian


depektibo

depektibo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)


lubak-lubak

lubák-lubák (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜊᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜃ᜔)

lubák-lubák (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜊᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜊᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


pipi't bingi

pipi't bingí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜊᜒᜅᜒ)

pipi't bingí (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜊᜒᜅᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌpiː.pɪt̪ bɪˈŋɪ]

—Gusto raw ng asawa ni Pipi laging maraming pera, pero 'ika ho ni Pipi, alam naman ng asawa n'ya na pipi't bingi s'ya bago sila napakasal. Ba't daw s'ya paghahanapan e alam daw ho naman ng asawa n'ya na kahit kelan di s'ya ...


pipi at bingi

pipi at bingí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜊᜒᜅᜒ)

pipi at bingí (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜉᜒ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜊᜒᜅᜒ (Baybayin)
pipi't bingi (alternative)

[ˌpiː.pɪ ʔɐt̪ bɪˈŋɪ]


tensyonado

tensyonado (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇᜓ)

ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of tensiyonado.


buwan-buwan

buwán-buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

buwán-buwán (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bouan-bouan (alternative)
buan buan (alternative)
buwambuwan (alternative)

Reduplication of buwan (“month; moon”). Literally, “month by month”.


kaniya-kaniya

kaniyá-kaniyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌ)

kaniyá-kaniyá (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
kanya-kanya (alternative)

[kɐˌɲa xɐˈɲa]

(of a person) to each his own; laissez faire


kaniya-kaniyang bayad

kaniyá-kaniyáng bayad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔)

kaniyá-kaniyáng bayad (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜒᜌᜃᜈᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
KKB (alternative initialism)
kanya-kanyang bayad (alternative)

From kaniya-kaniya (“to each their own”) + -ng + bayad (“payment”).

compound

shared or split relative to what one bought (of costs)


matab-ang

tlb

(dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Mindoro)

matab-áng (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜊ᜔ᜀᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


bahagya

Borrowed from Malay bahagia (“happy; good fortune”) with semantic shift, from Sanskrit भाग्य (bhāgya). Compare bahagi.


Irlandes

Irlandés (canonical)
ᜁᜇ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪɾ.lɐn̪ˈd̪ɛs]


masustansya

tl-adj

masustansya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜋᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of masustansiya.


sigurado

ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
segurado (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish segurado, shortened from Spanish asegurado, from asegurar. Doublet of segurado.


dimig

[ˈd̪iː.mɪɡ̚]


kimkim

kimkím (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
quimquim (alternative)

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmkəm (“to hold in the fist”) (cf. Pangasinan kemkem (“to hold tightly in the fist”), Cebuano kumkom (“to hold something in the hand with the palm closed; to be in possession of something”))

cog

(figurative) inborn; natural (of something a person possesses)


haligutgot

tl-adj

haligutgót (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜓᜆ᜔)

haligutgót (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜓᜆ᜔ᜄᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɐ.lɪ.ɣʊt̪ˈɡot̪̚]


ligtas

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lig(ə)tas (cf. Bikol Central ligtas). Also from *li- + Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀətas (“to separate gently, as in weaning”) (cf. Malay retas) according to Zorc (1985).


pandula

tl-adj

pandulâ or pandulà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ)

pandulâ (canonical)
pandulà (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ (Baybayin)


anaki

anakì (canonical)
anaki (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
anaqui (alternative)

[ʔɐˈn̪aː.xɪʔ]

[ʔɐˈn̪aː.xɪ]


gansal

gansál (canonical)
ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
gangsal (alternative obsolete)


kumbinsido

kumbinsido (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
kombensido (alternative)
kumbensido (alternative)


pasensyoso

pasensyoso (feminine pasensyosa, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜓ)

pasensyosa (feminine)
ᜉᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of pasensiyoso.


naganap

[n̪ɐ.ɣɐˈn̪ap̚]


nagaganap

[n̪ɐˌɣaː.ɣɐˈn̪ap̚]


magaganap

[mɐˌɣaː.ɣɐˈn̪ap̚]

From ma- + ganap with initial reduplication.


nakaaadik

ᜈᜃᜀᜀᜇᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
nakakaadik (alternative informal)

[n̪ɐ.xɐ.ʔɐˈʔaː.d̪ɪk̚]

From naka- + adik with initial reduplication.


nakalalasing

nakalálasíng (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜎᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

nakalálasíng (canonical)
ᜈᜃᜎᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From naka- + lasing, with reduplication on the root word, literally, “alcoholically intoxicating”.

Bumili siya ng mga nakalalasing na inumin.


sangkaterba

sangkaterba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ)

ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ (Baybayin)
sangkatirba (alternative)

[sɐŋ.kɐˈt̪ɛɾ.bɐ]

May sangkaterbang mga problema sa pamilya na kinakailangan naming resolbahin.

We always have a ton of problems in our family to resolve.

(colloquial) a lot of; numerous; so many; a ton of


mabig-at

mabig-át (plural mabibig-at, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜀᜆ᜔)

mabig-át (canonical)
mabibig-at (plural)
ᜋᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜀᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.bɪɡˈʔat̪̚]


sangkatutak

sangkatutak (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜓᜆᜃ᜔)

(slang) a lot of; numerous; so many; a ton of


sakto

Apheresis of eksakto, from Spanish exacto.


katunggali

katunggalî (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.t̪ʊŋ.ɡɐˈlɪʔ]

engaged with another in a controversy or dispute


kubakob

kubakób (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜊᜃᜓᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
cobacob (alternative)

improvised; poorly made; low-roofed (of a hut)

walking or standing stooped or hunched (like a hunchback)


agridulse

agridulse (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.ɡɾɪˈd̪ul.sɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish agridulce (“sweet-and-sour”).


karampatan

ᜃᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
carampatan (alternative)

From dapat + ka- -an. Compare karapatan.


panauhin

ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
panaohin (alternative)
panuhin (alternative)

panauhing mananalumpati


walang sala

waláng sala (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐᜎ (Baybayin)


madamot

tl-adj

madamot (plural madadamot, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

madadamot (plural)
ᜋᜇᜋᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
damot (root)
madamot (singular)
madadamot (plural)
mas madamot (singular superior)
mas madadamot (plural superior)
hindi gaanong madamot (inferior singular)
hindi gaanong madadamot (inferior plural)
kasindamot (equal)
ang pinakamadamot (relative singular)
ang pinakamadadamot (plural relative)
napakamadamot (absolute singular)
napakamadadamot (absolute plural)
pagkadamot (absolute singular)
pagkadamot-damot (absolute plural)


sugapa

sugapà or sugapâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄᜉ)

sugapà (canonical)
sugapâ (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜄᜉ (Baybayin)

[sʊˈɣaː.pɐʔ]

having a long drinking habit; inveterate (of a drunkard)

sugapa sa droga

(by extension) addicted (usually with sa)


aligaga

[ʔɐ.lɪ.ɣɐˈɣaʔ]


ligaw

ligáw (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
ligao (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rəgaw (“wander, stray”). Compare Pangasinan legaw and Hiligaynon ligaw.

inh

runaway; untethered; stray; freely roaming (usually of animals)


susunod

súsunód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
susunor (alternative)


gabi-gabi

gabí-gabí (canonical)
ᜄᜊᜒᜄᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
gab-i-gab-i (alternative)

[ɡɐˌbɪ ɣɐˈbɪ]

[ɡɐˌbɛ ɣɐˈbɛ]


oras-oras

[ˌʔoː.ɾɐs ˈʔoː.ɾɐs]

Reduplication of oras (“hour”). Literally, “hour by hour”.

Oras-oras ang alis ng bus.

1968, Interchurch Language School (Quezon City, Philippines), Tagalog for Non-Filipinos - Volume 2, page 195:


kailangan

ᜃᜁᜎᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cailañgan (alternative)
cailang̃an (alternative)
cailan͠gan (alternative)
kelangan (alternative colloquial)
kaylangan (alternative)
keylangan (alternative)

[kɐ.ʔɪˈlaː.ŋɐn̪]

[ˌkɛːˈlaː.ŋɐn̪]


hatid-sundo

tl-adj

hatíd-sundô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

hatíd-sundô (canonical)
ᜑᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
hatir-sunro (alternative)

[hɐˌt̪ɪd̪ sʊn̪ˈd̪oʔ]

Laging hatid-sundo ni Tiyo Alberto ang kanyang mga anak sa eskuwela.

Uncle Alberto always brings and fetches his children at school.

frequently brought to and fetched from a place by someone (such as to and from school or work)


hatid

hatíd (canonical)
ᜑᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
hatir (alternative)
hater (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hatəD, from Proto-Austronesian *SatəD. Compare Kapampangan atad, Bikol Central hatod, Cebuano hatod, Tiruray odor, Tboli eted, Malagasy atitra, Malay hantar, Javanese ꦲꦠꦼꦂ (ater), Balinese ᬳᬢᭂᬄ (ateh), Biak yaker, and Paiwan satjez.


gula-gulanit

gulá-gulanít (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎᜄᜓᜎᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

gulá-gulanít (canonical)
ᜄᜓᜎᜄᜓᜎᜈᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡʊˌlaː.ɣʊ.lɐˈn̪ɪt̪̚]

Nakahiga si Mang Leon sa damuhan sa ibabaw ng gula-gulanit na banig at naninigarilyo ng Marlboro.

Kung dinamitan nang gula-gulanit si Sabel, hindi magiging katulad ang bisa.

2006, Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining, →ISBN:


di-nabubulok

dî-nabúbulók (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜊᜓᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔)

dî-nabúbulók (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜈᜊᜓᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
di nabubulok (alternative)

[ˌd̪ɪʔ n̪ɐˌbuː.bʊˈlok̚]


alibugha

alibughâ (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Sanskrit परिभोग (paribhoga, “enjoyment”).


mapusyaw

mapusyáw (canonical)
ᜋᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.pʊˈʃaʊ̯]


nag-iisa

[n̪ɐɡˌʔiː.ʔɪˈsa]

From nag- + isa with initial reduplication.


nakakailang

nakakailáng (canonical)
ᜈᜃᜃᜁᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


tatap

tatáp (canonical)
tatap (canonical)
ᜆᜆᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

aware of; having come to realize or understand


lislis

From Proto-Philippine *ləsləs (“lift up clothes”).

inh

lifted up; raised up; blown up (of a dress or skirt)


takutin

[t̪ɐ.xʊˈt̪ɪn̪]


buwag

buwág (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
boag (alternative)
bouag (alternative)
buag (alternative dialectal)

From Proto-Philippine *buag. Doublet of buwal. See also Cebuano bulag.

abolished; disbanded; dissolved (of an organization, etc.)


sariwa

sariwà (canonical)
ᜐᜇᜒᜏ (Baybayin)
sadiua (alternative)
sadiva (alternative)
sariua (alternative)
sadiwa (alternative obsolete)

[sɐˈɾiː.wɐʔ]

cool and refreshing invigorating (of wind, etc.)


walang humpay

tl-adj

waláng humpáy (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔)

waláng humpáy (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


tanaw

tanáw (canonical)
ᜆᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
tan-aw (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náw. Compare Bikol Central tanaw and Cebuano tan-aw.

inh+

visible from a distance; able to be seen from afar


kasalungat

kasalungát (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜎᜓᜅᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


bakulaw

ᜊᜃᜓᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bacolao (alternative)
baculao (alternative)


bigay-kaya

bigáy-kaya (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜄᜌ᜔ᜃᜌ (Baybayin)
bigaycaya (alternative)

[bɪˌɣaɪ̯ ˈkaː.jɐ]

giving one's all; with all one's efforts, know-how or ability


bihira

→ Kapampangan: bihira

[bɪˈhiː.ɾɐʔ]

Possibly from Sanskrit भेद (bhedá, “contrast, distinction, difference”). Compare Kapampangan bihira, Sambali bihira, Bikol Central bihira, Indonesian beda, Javanese ꦧꦺꦢ (béda) and Malay beza.


magaganda

[mɐ.ɣɐ.ɣɐn̪ˈd̪a]


palabiro

palabirô (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜊᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
palbiro (alternative obsolete syncope)

--May agraviado sa lakarang ito—ang malakas na wikang palabiro ni Prisco - walang salang may natutwa at may nahahapis. -Mayroon nga—ang ayon ni Paula. Tinignan lamang nila si Manuela, naramdamang siya ang pinatatamaan.

1914, JUAN RIVERA LAZARO, ANG TANGING SANGLA:


buhaghag

buhaghág (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
bohaghag (alternative)

Itanim sa alin mang lupang buhaghag pa kay sa lupang pula na may halong buhañgin. Ihandang mabuti ang lupa bago tamnan.

1918, G. Mamerto Tianco, Almanake at kalendario ukol sa kalusugan: sa mg̃a taong 1919, 1920 at 1921 ng̃ Kagawaran ng̃ Sanidad sa Pilipinas:

loose; porous; spongy; not sticking together (of soil, grain, etc.)

Mula sa buhaghag na buhok at maputlang mukha, nagiging maayos ang buhok na may malalaking kulot at maaliwalas ang mukha na may matitingkad na pangkulay sa mga mata at labi.

year unknown, Sawikaan 2007: Mga Salita ng Taon, UP Press, page 77


diring-diri

tl-adj

diríng-dirí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒ)

diríng-dirí (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
diring diri (alternative)

[d̪ɪˌɾɪn̪ d̪ɪˈɾɪ]

Reduplication of diri (“disgusted”) indicating a stronger degree.

Diring diri sa sarili, marahas na kinuskos at sinabon ang katawan---para bang magtatanggal ng sama ang loob, ang pandidiri kung kukuskusing mabuti ang harapan.

2000, Ang kababaihan sa pulitika at pamamahala: ang manual:


urong-sulong

urong-sulong (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

ᜂᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
orong solong (alternative)

From urong + sulong, literally, “moving forward and backward”.

lit

(idiomatic) hesitant; undecided; irresolute; undecisive


sagana

tl-adj

saganà or sagana (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜈ)

saganà (canonical)
sagana (canonical)
ᜐᜄᜈ (Baybayin)

[sɐˈɣaː.n̪ɐʔ]

[sɐˈɣaː.n̪ɐ]