noon

noong mag-aaral na sila

noong Lunes


sana

Masaya sana sila.

Sana nakarating sila nang ligtas.

Sana sa ibang pamilya na lang ako ipinanganak.

I wish I was born in a different family instead.

(before or after the verb) used to express hope or wish in something unknown: hopefully; I wish that

Nanalo sana siya sa takbuhan, pero nadapa siya sa pinakadulo.

He would have won the race, but he tripped at the very end.

Pupunta sana ako sa bahay mo, pero nagbago ang isip ko.

I originally intended to go to your house, but I changed my mind.

(after the verb) used to express an unrealized intention or situation

Nag-aaral na sana ako ngayon sa iskul, kung hindi ako nagkasakit.

I would have been studying in school right now, if only I hadn't gotten sick.

Kung nahulog siya sa patibong, patay na sana siya.

If only he fell into the trap, he would be dead right now.

(after the verb + na) used to express disappointment in a desired but unrealized result, especially due to an unfulfilled condition


kali

I wonder (placed after interrogative pronouns)


man

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man (“particle expressing solidarity, concession, qualification, or emphasis”).

inh+

Hindi man lang siya tumawag.

Ang bagong panganak man ay may karapatan.


p

From the Abakada alphabet letter p being pronounced as pa.

d2 s daan p


n

From N, read as na, as a clipping of na (“already; now”).


d

Borrowed from English d (dee), homophonous to di.

(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of di.


natural

Borrowed from Spanish natural (“natural”).

bor+

Natural na hindi ka makakapasok, nakakandado yung pintuan.

Of course, you wouldn't be able to enter, that door is locked.

Natural!

(informal, often sarcastic) obviously; naturally


ni

Borrowed from Spanish ni (“not even”), from Old Spanish nin, from Latin nec, apocopated form of neque.

Hindi ako humingi ni isang butil ng bigas.

I didn't ask not even for a single grain of rice.


pa

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *pa (“still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else)”). Cognate with Cebuano pa (“id”), Malagasy fa (“for, but, therefore, because, that”).

cog

Hindi pa niya binuhay ang sinaing.
He hasn't turned the rice cooker on yet.

Buhay pa ang bintilador; bakit hindi mo 'to pinatay?

The fan is still on; why didn't you turn it off?


baket

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of bakit


From Proto-Philippine *na (“now; already”). Compare Bikol Central na, Cebuano na, Hiligaynon na, and Tausug na.

Tapos na.

Yari na tayo.

already; now; anymore (expresses the event when following a verb)

Natulog na.

Bumili na.

already; now (declares the event of action when following a verb in the past tense)

Pumasok na tayo.

Ipinabibili ko na ang gamot.

I'm having someone buy the medicine now.

already; now (suggests immediate or quick action when following the infinitive form and future tense of the verb)


lagi

lagì (canonical)
lagi (canonical)
ᜎᜄᜒ (Baybayin)

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lagi (emphatic particle), possibly borrowed from Malay lagi. Compare Javanese ꦭꦒꦶ (lagi).


di

E, di wow.

Di sino ang daingan kundi ang Padre?

Then to whom to complain to if not the Father?

Kung sarado ang pintuan, di buksan mo.

Sino pa bang maglilinis kung hindi si ate, di ako!

Who else would clean if not our older sister, then [none other than] me!

(sometimes preceded by e) then; in that case


adagio

[ʔɐˌd̪aː.hɪˈo]


din

From Proto-Philippine *dən (completive particle). Compare Aklanon eon, Cebuano ron, and Maranao den.


una

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah. Compare Spanish una.

before any other thing or person; at the beginning


kay

Kay ganda ng tanawin.

how (used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, admirationor other strong feelings)


bale

Borrowed from Spanish vale, third-person singular present indicative form of valer (“to be worth”), from Old Spanish valer. Compare Chavacano vale.

used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question: so

used before stating or enumerating the gist or summary of what is being discussed

used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response or when one cannot start to speak


basta

bastá (canonical)
basta (canonical)
ᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Basta panoorin mo ako.

used to reduce the force of an imperative: simply; just

Basta ibinigay niya sa akin ang bata, at hindi na siya nagpaliwanag.

All I know is that he gave me the child, and he didn't explain.

Basta ayaw ako mahuli ng pulis.

I just don't want to be caught by the police.

used to emphasize that one's knowledge or concern is limited: just; all I know is that; all that matters is that; all I can say is that

Hindi lang siya basta guwapo, matalino pa.

He's not just handsome, but intelligent too.

Magtrabaho ka naman at hindi basta natutulog lang buong araw.

Do your work and, not just sleep all day.

just; only; merely (used in the negative)

Huwag kang basta maniniwala sa mga grupong nanghihikayat na sumama ka sa kanila.

Don't just believe in groups that persuade you to go with them.

used to emphasize lack of discernment in one's actions: just


hal

Abbreviation of halimbawa: e.g.; for example


total

tl-adv

totál or total (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔)

totál (canonical)
total (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis.

(colloquial) used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement: anyway; anyhow


umano

Sila umano ang gumawa ng krimen.


dito

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu, from *di + *-tu, from Proto-Austronesian *Cu (“2pl deixis and spatio-temporal reference: that; there, then”). The latter half of the word is likely related to ito, in a similar pattern to other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Compare Cebuano didto and Ilocano ditoy. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

der

here (near the speaker and the listener)


baka

bakâ (canonical)
baká (canonical)
ᜊᜃ (Baybayin)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bakáq. Compare Bikol Central baka, Remontado Agta baka, Ibaloi baka, and Ilocano baka.


hindi

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hədiq. By surface analysis, hin- + di. Compare Tagalog di, Hiligaynon indi, Ilocano di, Isnag addi, Maranao di', Northern Subanen ndi, Tausug di' and Cebuano di/dili.

inh+

“Gumagawa kayo ng istorya. Nao-offend ako for Frankie. Hindi man siya kasingganda ng ate KC niya, natural hindi naman matinee idol ang tatay niya. Pero iba naman ang ganda niya,” she added.

2020, “‘WAG NIYO SILANG PAG-AWAYIN: Sharon Cuneta breaks down after bashers compared physical looks of daughters KC, Frankie”, in The Filipino Times:


muna

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-unah (“go first”). Equivalent to apheresis of um- + una. Alternatively, possibly from ma- + una.

inh

Puwede bang tumayo ka muna?

Teka muna.

for a while; for a moment; for the time being; a minute (when the nature of the anticipated change is not expressed)

Bago siya mag-aral ng leksiyon, nagbabasa muna siya ng diyaryo.

Before he studies his lessons, he reads newspapers first.

first (when the nature of the anticipated change is expressed or clearly implied)

Huwag ka munang kumain.

Huwag muna tayong umalis.

yet (used after negative imperatives and hortatives)


maya

The original term has become obsolete. However recent usage is due to clipping of mamaya.
Pardo de Tavera (1887) posits it to come from Sanskrit समय (samaya, “appointed or proper time, right moment for doing anything, opportunity, occasion, time, season”) with the first syllable mistaken as the sa- prefix, hence later elided. Compare Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone; to delay”), Old Javanese samaya, Indonesian semaya. See also samaya.


kundi

(Marinduque, conjunctive) so; then; in that case


kaya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaya (“able, capable, strong, wealthy”). Compare Malay kaya (“wealth; power”).


kaya

Ano kaya ang nangyari?

expression to indicate an uncertainty or doubt; perhaps; I wonder

Bumili ka ng karne o kaya ay isda para sa hapunan natin.

Buy meat or perhaps fish for our dinner.

used with o to connect choices being considered with uncertainty

Lagi mong iniisip na pangit ka. Maganda ka kaya.

You always think you're ugly. You're very pretty, indeed!


dati

Borrowed from Malay jati (“original; pure; genuine”), from Pali jāti (“birth; nature; reality”), from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth; production”), according to Zorc (1982). Doublet of hati, Henesis, and yari.

der

Dati nang maliit lang ang bahay na ito.

Dati kaming dumadalaw sa lolo at lola namin.

Dati silang nakatira sa Pampanga.

Bumalik kami sa dati naming pinuntahan.

We went back to the same place we went to.


posible

Borrowed from Spanish posible (“possible”).


matay

Matay ko mang baluktutin ang malaking tubong bakal na iyan ay hindi ko magawa.

As much as I bend that big steel tube, I cannot do it.


rito

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-tu. See more at dito.


atag

[ˈʔaː.t̪ɐɡ̚]


sobra

Borrowed from Spanish sobra. Doublet of subla.


dipende

[d̪ɪˈpɛn̪.d̪ɛ]


n.h.

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜁᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Abbreviation of ng hapon: p.m. (in the afternoon)


n.g.

Abbreviation of ng gabi: p.m. (in the late evening)


tanghali

[t̪ɐŋˈhaː.lɪʔ]

Borrowed from Malay tengah hari (“noon”). Compare Remontado Agta tanghari.

late in the morning (with the sun already high up in the sky)


sandali

[sɐn̪.d̪ɐˈlɛʔ]

From san- + dali (“shortness of duration”).

Sandaling tumiguil itóng nananangis, / binig-yáng panahón lúha,i, tumaguistís

1838, Francisco Balagtas, Florante at Laura:


anang

said by; according to (used before names of organizations or non-human entities)

in accordance with; in a way consistent with


seguro

Borrowed from Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of siguro.


muli

From Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and fro”). Compare sauli and ulit.


sukat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukat. Compare Aklanon sukat, Kapampangan sukad, Malay sukat, and Tetum sukat.


pulos

Early borrowing from Spanish puros, plural of puro. Compare Cebuano pulos. Doublet of puro.


doon

The latter half of the word is possibly related to iyon or yaon. See also niyon/noon, ganoon/gayon, dito, diyan, niyan, nito, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

yonder; there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)


kanina

From earlier variant kangina, from Southern Proto-Philippine *kaina. Compare Masbatenyo kanina/kaganina, Agutaynen nongayna, Hiligaynon kaina, Cebuano ganiha/ganina, Waray-Waray kanina, Tausug kaina, and Tboli ginu.


bakit

From bakin + at. Compare Kapampangan obakit.


labas

Pumunta siya sa labas.


taos

(by extension) sincerely; genuinely; truly


ganto

Syncopic form of ganito. See more at ganito.


parati

[pɐˈɾaː.t̪ɪ]


malapit

Malapit na magsimula ang inyong pinakahinihintay na programa.

Your most awaited program is soon to start.


bukas

Compare Ivatan mavekas (“morning”), Botolan Sambal bayomboka (“morning”), Sambali boklah / boklas (“morning”) and Kapampangan bukas (“tomorrow”).


dini

From Proto-Austronesian *di-ni (“here”). The latter half of the word is possibly related to iri/ire/idi. See also ganiri and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate. Compare Cebuano dinhi, Tausug dī, and Malay sini.


mga

From earlier manga, from Proto-Central Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Philippine *maŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maŋa.
The three-letter spelling originated in a now defunct Spanish language abbreviation convention of drawing a tilde over the abbreviated word, in this case manga, later rendered as mg̃a or m͠ga. The complications of typing ⟨ñ⟩, ⟨g̃⟩ or any such tilded combination using English language typewriters during the American occupation of the Philippines caused it to be dropped in writing. Compare ng.
The abbreviated form was kept to avoid possible confusion with prefix manga-.

Alis tayo mga alas tres ng hapon.

Siguro mga sampung piso lang iyong pamasahe.
Maybe the fare is around ₱10.


atay

[ˈʔaː.t̪aɪ̯]


buhat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat (“do; make; work”). Compare Cebuano buhat and Malay buat.


halili

From Proto-Central Philippine *halili (“substitute”). Compare Cebuano halili. Possibly from a reduplication of Malay alih (“change, replace, transfer”).


halimbawa

halimbawà (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜏ (Baybayin)

Possibly related to bawa. Compare Bikol Central halimbawa, Cebuano halimbawa, Hiligaynon halimbawa, and Sambali alimbawa.


roon

there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)


kagab-i

[kɐ.ɣɐbˈʔeɪ̯]


kumusta

Derived from Spanish cómo está. Compare Ilocano kumosta, Kapampangan komusta, Bikol Central komusta, Cebuano kumusta, and Maranao komosta.

Kumusta yung pagtatanghal ninyo kanina?

Kumusta ang pakiramdam mo ngayon?


palabas

Pinalo nila nang palabas ang bola.


palagi

[pɐˈlaː.ɣɪʔ]


laang

ᜎᜀᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
Bataan (dialectal)
Bulacan (dialectal)
Rizal (dialectal)
Tagalog (Southern dialectal)


dangan

[ˈd̪aː.ŋɐn̪]


lalo

more; surpassingly; much; to a greater degree


bigla

Compare Kapampangan bigka and Karao bigla.


mamaya

tl-adv

mamayâ or mámayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜌ)

mamayâ (canonical)
mámayâ (canonical)
ᜋᜋᜌ (Baybayin)

Possibly from the following:
* Initial reduplication of obsolescent root maya (“after a short period”).
* From mam- + baya (“toleration”), according to Panganiban (1972).
* From Sanskrit समय (samaya) with the first syllable mistaken as the sa- prefix, then reduplication into maya-maya, then inflected as mamaya-maya, then underwent clipping, according to Pardo de Tavera (1887). Compare Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone; to delay”), Old Javanese samaya, Indonesian semaya.

Gagawin niya ito mamaya.

Mamaya pa magsisimula ang programa.


uli

From Proto-Philippine *ulíq (“return, restore”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq (“return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and from”). Doublet of uwi. Compare muli and ulit.

inh

Kakain uli ako.


siguro

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Spanish seguro (“surely; certainly”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense. Doublet of seguro.


patimog

Lumipad patimog ang mga ibon sa langit.


pahilaga

Lumipad nang pahilaga ang mga ibon sa langit.


tapos

From Proto-Austronesian *tapus (“end, complete, finish”).

Kumain lang kami tapos bumili kami ng mga pasalubong.

We just ate, then we bought some souvenirs.


anito

[ˌʔaː.n̪ɪˈt̪o]


talaga

From Proto-Philippine *talagá (“truly, surely, really, in fact”). Compare Bikol Central talaga and Kapampangan talaga.


maluwat

Maluwat na kaming nabitay kung wala lang kaming kapatid na babae.

We could have been hanged for good if not for having a sister.

Tanggapin natin nang maluwat ang pagpapasya ng ina.

Let us accept for good what mother has decided.

ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat


kalaunan

Kalaunan, ang bulkan ay naging tahimik.

After a long time, the volcano became quiet.


diwa

Borrowed from Malay jiwa, from Sanskrit जीव (jīvá). Doublet of bibo.

Diwa darating siya ngayon?

Diwa'y pinawawalan mo na akong halaga.

It appears as if you do not put importance on me.

Diwa nga'y gayon ang nangyari.


bayn

Contraction of bakin with elision of /k/.

Bayn ga ngay-on pa naulan?

Why is it that today [of all days] it rains?


makalima

Makalima na akong tumawag ngunit walang sumagot.

I already called five times but nobody answered.


yata

Hindi yata ako makakapunta diyan.


diyan

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also dito, doon, niyan, nito, niyon/noon, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)


mabuti

From ma- + buti (“goodness; kindness; recovery of illness”).

af

buti<t:goodness; kindness; recovery of illness>


nasaan

tl-adv

násaán or nasaán (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜐᜀᜈ᜔)

násaán (canonical)
nasaán (canonical)
ᜈᜐᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Nasaan ang iyong damit?


paano

From pa- + ano. Compare Bikol Central pano.


lamang

From Proto-Philippine *lámaŋ (“only, just, but”). Compare Hanunoo lamang, Agutaynen lamang, and Cebuano lamang.


sadya

[ˈsaː.d͡ʒɐʔ]

From either Sanskrit सज्ज (sajja, “ready”) or Sanskrit साध्य (sādhya, “accomplished; fulfilled”), according to Potet (2016). Compare Malay sedia, Malay sengaja.


ngayon

Compare Kapampangan ngeni, Bikol Central ngunyan, and Cebuano karon.


ulit

[ˈʔuː.lɪt̪̚]

[ˈʔuː.lɛt̪̚]

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ulit (“to repeat”). Compare Gorontalo wulito.


huli

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udəhi (“last; come after or behind; late”) with metathesis. Cognate with Ilocano udi, Bikol Central huri, Cebuano ulhi, ulahi, Maranao ori, Malay udi (“back, subsequent”), and Balinese uri (“back; be behind”).

Simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga Banal sa mga Huling Araw

Kailan ka huling nagpakonsulta sa doktor?


kahapon

From ka- + hapon. Compare Remontado Agta kanapun and Tausug kahapun.


kamakalawa

From kamaka- + dalawa. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makalawa, from maka- + dalawa.

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


mabilis sa alas-kuwatro

tl-adv

mabilís sa alás-kuwatro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

mabilís sa alás-kuwatro (canonical)
ᜋᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Literally, “faster than four o'clock”. From the 1970s.


palang

(informal) just yet; only; still; only still


talampakan

tálampákan (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sapol

since; ever since; from the time of (used with sa)


paiwa

[pɐˈʔiː.wɐʔ]

slantingly moving from left to right downward


tuwing

tuwing umaga

every morning (literally, “every time it is morning”)

tuwing Huwebes

tuwing ika-25 ng Disyembre

Tuwing naaalala kita, sumasaya ang araw ko.

Whenever I remember you, my day brightens up.

Madalas bumabagyo tuwing tag-ulan.

Storms often happen every raining season.


kinahapunan

kináhapúnan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

kináhapúnan (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kahapunan + -in-, which came from hapon + ka- -an. Can also be analyzed as hapon + kina- -an.


taunan

táúnan or táunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈᜈ᜔)

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

[ˌt̪aːˈʔuː.n̪ɐn̪]

[ˌt̪aː.ʔʊˈn̪an̪]


totoo

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


gayon

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

(chiefly formal) like that; in that particular manner (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)


piho

Borrowed from Spanish fijo, from Latin fīxus.

Pihong ikaw ay mapapatay.

1917, Leonard Bloomfield, Tagalog texts with grammatical analysis, page 24:


ngangayon

[ˌŋaː.ŋɐˈjon̪]

Ngangayon mo lamang sinabi iyan.


dehins

[ˈd̪ɛː.ɪn̪s]

Berde. dehins bakya. dehins isyus. dehins demos, alagang-alaga. (ikontras sa Leveriza) Leveriza, (gilid ng La Salle) Pud? dehins Berde? dehins kulay e.t.a. pre Lets change scenes, pre (Sulyap 1983:8) Narito naman ang isang Atenistang, ...

1998, Victor N. Sugbo, Illumined Terrain: The Sites and Dimensions of Philippine Literature:

P're, hanep 'yung nakilala kong chiching kagabi. Karta-ocho ! Taga-Baste raw siya. Sarap ka-jam !" "Pakilala mo naman sa tropa." "Dehins p'wede, eh, kung masapot n'yo pa?" The speaker is actually boasting (hanep, a variation of hayop, ...

1995, Saint Louis University Research Journal:

Sa sumunod na sequence, pinakita si BossTausi (boses ni Bert "Tawa" Marcelo), na obviously lasing na lasing sa tuba. Meanwhile our bida Kulafu (boses ni Nonoy) is humaharurot ... trying to beat the curfew? Dehins, naghahabol ng midnight ...

2005, Pandy Aviado, Sylvia Mayuga, Dario Marcelo, Huling Ptyk: Da Art of Nonoy Marcelo, →ISBN:


tunay

→ Kapampangan: tune

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai).

Siyang tunay!


lubha

Possibly from Sanskrit लोभ (lobha, “greed, intense desire”). Compare Malay loba.

der

Lubha kang masaya ngayon.


sunod-sunod

tl-adv

sunód-sunód (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

sunód-sunód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


maya-maya

Reduplication of maya. See more at maya.


samantala

Borrowed from Malay sementara, from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara, “parallel; interval of a year”).


una sa lahat

tl-adv

una sa lahát (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ ᜐ ᜎᜑᜆ᜔)

una sa lahát (canonical)
ᜂᜈ ᜐ ᜎᜑᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔuː.n̪ɐ sɐ lɐˈhat̪̚]


sapilitan

sápilitán (canonical)
ᜐᜉᜒᜎᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kamakatlo

kamakatló (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

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


kamakalima

kamakalimá (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜎᜒᜋ (Baybayin)

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


kamakapat

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


araw-araw

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


biglaan

[bɪɡˈlaː.ʔɐn̪]


kinabukasan

kinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

kinábukásan (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From obsolete kabukasan (“the following day”) + -in-, itself from bukas (“tomorrow”) + ka- -an.
Can be interpreted as bukas + kina- -an.


patapos

From pa- + tapos, literally “heading the end”.

prefix

Patapos na kami.

Patapos na ang pelikula.


papunta

Papunta na ako.

(literally, “I am now heading towards [there].”)

Itapon mo ang bola papunta sa butas.


bahagya

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


siyempre

ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish siempre (“always”), from Latin semper. The sense has since shifted to the current sense.

Siyempre, alam ko iyan.


anaki

anakì (canonical)
anaki (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˈn̪aː.xɪʔ]

[ʔɐˈn̪aː.xɪ]

seemingly; apparently; as if; it looks like


masyado

From Spanish demasiado with apheresis since de conflicts with di.

Masyado kang mabilis magsalita.

'Di naman masyado.


higit

Higit sa tatlong oras na akong naghihintay sa kanya.

I am waiting for him for more than three hours.

Higit na gusto ko ang bagong bahay ko kaysa sa unang bahay ko.

I like my new house better than my first house.


magpakailanman

tl-adv

magpakailanmán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜃᜁᜎᜈ᜔ᜋᜈ᜔)

magpakailanmán (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜉᜃᜁᜎᜈ᜔ᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From magpa- + kailanman, literally “to do until whenever”.


gabi-gabi

[ɡɐˌbi ɣɐˈbi]

[ɡɐˌbɛ ɣɐˈbɛ]


oras-oras

[ˌʔoː.ɾɐs ˈʔoː.ɾɐs]

Huwag mong liligtaang tingnan sa oras-oras ang kanyang lagnat

1947, Ruperto Santiago Cristobal, Pitong prinsesa: nobela, page 50:

Do not forget to check his fever every hour.


ngani

nganì (canonical)
ᜅᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
Rizal (dialectal)
Tagalog (Southern dialectal)

From Proto-Philippine *ŋani. Compare Bikol Central ngani and Cebuano gani.

Hanggang ngay-on ngani ay di ko alam kung ako baga ay nananag-inip.

Even really up to now, I do not know if I am dreaming.

Maganda'y ang magkakasakit dito na ngani tumangis nang kusang di pinipilit, kung sa Diyos idarangpit, doon luluag sa langit.

1704, Gaspar Aquino de Belen, “Aral”, in Passion ni Iesu Christong Panginoon natin:

What's good is that ones who would be ill, here indeed they weep with a will not forced, if to God you shall ask, there in heaven shall be free.

Used to indicate something as true: indeed; really


ngay-on

ngay-ón (canonical)
ᜅᜌ᜔ᜂᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
Rizal (dialectal)


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.


balang-araw

tl-adv

balang-araw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)

[ˌbaː.lɐŋ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


makalawa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maka-duha. By surface analysis, maka- + dalawa.


humigit kumulang

humigít kumulang (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜋᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

humigít kumulang (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜋᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


makatatlo

makátatló (canonical)
ᜋᜃᜆᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


aniya

“Umalis sila,” aniya.


kaagad

[kɐ.ʔɐˈɣad̪̚]

Kaagad akong pinunta sa hospital.


kaipala

From univerbation of baka + ipala, literally “maybe it could be granted”. Possibly also from kay + pala, literally “how granting”.


minsan

tl-adv

minsan or minsán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔)

minsan (canonical)
minsán (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *minsan. Compare Ilocano minsan (“once”), Kapampangan misan (“once upon a time”), Bikol Central minsan (“sometimes”), Maranao minsan (“although; kinship of one degree”), and Tausug minsan (“to do in one sitting”). Doublet of pinsan and pisan.

cog

Minsan siyang nagnakaw.


kapagdaka

From kapag + daka. Attested in Ibong Adarna as capagdaca. Compare Pangasinan kapagdaka.

immediately, after a short moment of time


damag

From Proto-Philippine *damaʀ (“to stay up all night, continue until daybreak”).


taon-taon

taón-taón (canonical)
ᜆᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜂᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌʔon̪ t̪ɐˈʔon̪]


dahan-dahan

tl-adv

dahan-dahan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

Reduplication of dahan. See also Japanese 段々(だんだん) (dandan) and Malay perlahan.


kalmado

Borrowed from Spanish calmado. By surface analysis, kalma + -ado.


ganito

[ɡɐ.n̪ɪˈt̪o]

Either from ga- + nito or from a univerbation of gaya + nito.

like this; in this particular manner (near the speaker and the listener)

like this; in this particular manner (near the speaker)


ganoon

Either from ga- + noon or from a univerbation of gaya + noon. Compare Tagalog gayon, ganiyon, ganiyan, ganito, ganiri.


kunyari

[kʊˈɲaː.ɾɪʔ]

[kʊˈɲaː.ɾɛʔ]

According to Zorc (1981), from kung (“if”) + yari (“to happen; to occur”), which would make it an eggcorn of kunwari. However, according to Panganiban (1973), the word is a variant of kunwari.


kunwari

[kʊn̪ˈwaː.ɾɪʔ]

[kʊn̪ˈwaː.ɾɛʔ]

Commonly believed to be from univerbation of kung (“if”) + wari (“deliberation”). However, according to the Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), the word is from univerbation of kuno (“alleging”) + wari (“seemingly”) and therefore could be a syncopic form of earlier variant kunuwari. Compare Pangasinan kunwari and Kapampangan kanuari, kunuari.

univ

as if; pretendingly; in a make believe way


pagkatapos

tl-adv

pagkatapos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔)


kawasa

Possibly from Malay kuasa, from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ (kuwasa), ꦏꦮꦱ (kawasa), from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “authority, power, control, dominion”).

m+

(uncommon) right away; immediately; at once


sabay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa(m)bay, from Proto-Austronesian *sabay (“do something together with others”).

inh

together (of people travelling to the same place)


garod

Borrowed from Ilocano garod, variant of ngarud.

Pumunta na tayo garod kung malayo pa siya rito.

Let's go then if she's still far from here.

Kumain ka na ba garod?

Kahit hindi tayo garod makapunta ngayon, puwede pa namang bukas.

So, even if we cannot go today, we can still go tomorrow.

Paano garod gawin ito?


sakali

Possibly borrowed from Malay sekali (“once; one time”).

bor+

Magdala ka ng payong kung sakali'y umulan.

in case; if by chance; perchance (usually after kung or baka)


alangan

[ʔɐ.lɐˈŋan̪]

From Proto-Philippine *alaŋ-án (“to hesitate; to doubt”).

inh

Alangan na ako pa gagawa ng mga asaynment mo.

Obviously, I wouldn't be doing your homework for you.

indicates a rhetorical statement: surely it doesn't mean that...


bagkos

on the contrary; even more; all the more


humigit-kumulang

tl-adv

humigít-kumulang (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜋᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

humigít-kumulang (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜋᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


magdamag

[mɐɡ.d̪ɐˈmaɡ̚]


ganiyan

Either from ga- + niyan or from a univerbation of gaya + niyan.

like that; in that particular manner (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)


kesyo

Uncertain. Possibilities include:
* From Spanish, possibly a univerbation of Spanish qué sé yo, qué es eso, or Spanish que sea. Compare Spanish eso que and Portuguese que seja.
* From Chinese, one proposal being 家 (ke, “house”) + 事 (sū, “matters”), according to Manuel (1948). See also Hokkien 假痟 (ké-siáu, “to feign madness”).

ncog

Ayaw niya lumabas, kesyo mainit daw.

He/She won't be coming out saying it's hot.

Ngayon, dumarami ang kaso ng pagpapaalis sa mga magsasaka sa maraming mga kadahilanan -- kesyo hindi sila kinikilalang ... Hangga't maaari hanapin natin ang tamang landas walang mainit na tensiyon o komprontasyon;

Now, farmers are increasingly being evicted for a myriad of reasons -- like they do not recognize ...[i.e. their rights, etc.] Where possible, let's find the right way without heated tensions or confrontations.

Kesyo alagaan ko na lang daw si Kikay. Grumadweyt na raw ako para makapagtrabaho na at maging one cute ... Hindi ko narinig ang sagot mo, pero mainit na mainit ang hininga mo sa mga labi ko.

2002, Ang aklat likhaan ng tula at maikling kuwento, 1999:

They said, just take care of Kikay. They said that I should graduate already, so that I can work already and become one cute ... I didn't hear your answer, but what you just breathed is so hot on my lips.

used to enumerate one or some of the flimsy and/or exasperating excuses someone else gave for doing something: saying that; saying because; one of the reasons said being; reasoning that (placed before the excuse)


kumbaga

From kung (“if”) + baga (interrogative particle) with nasal assimilation.


gayari

(dialectal) like this; in this particular manner (near the speaker)


ganiri

Either from ga- + niri or from a univerbation of gaya + niri.


gayundin

gayundín (canonical)
ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


gayunman

gayunmán (canonical)
ᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔ᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

even so; nevertheless; notwithstanding; at any rate


kungyari

[kʊŋˈjaː.ɾɪʔ]

[kʊŋˈjaː.ɾɛʔ]


kung baga

kung bagá (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜄ (Baybayin)


From D + 2, approximating the pronunciation of the word dito.


taos-puso

taós-pusò (canonical)
ᜆᜂᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

From taos + puso, literally “heart-penetrating”.


pagkaraan

pagkaraán (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜇᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.kɐ.ɾɐˈʔan̪]

[pɐɡ.kɐˈɾaː.ʔɐn̪]


gay-on

Syncopic form of gayaon, from ga- + yaon.

(dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro) Alternative form of gayon


samakatwid

tl-adv

samakatwíd (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔)

samakatwíd (canonical)
ᜐᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜏᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

therefore; consequently; for this reason


samakatlo

samakatló (canonical)
ᜐᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

two days after tomorrow
two days after tomorrow


siyanga

Siyanga ba?


kamakailan

kamakailán (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜁᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kamaka- + ilan. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makailan, from maka- + ilan.


talampak

Possibly from tampak + *-al- (compare taluktok and halukay). The fossilized -*al- infix is also possibly related to Malay -el- infix.


pauwi

Pauwi pa lang ako.

going home; going to another location; homeward


pirme

Borrowed from Spanish firme, from Vulgar Latin *fīrmis, from Latin firmus.


kasalukuyan

kasalukuyan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜎᜓᜃᜓᜌᜈ᜔)


ngaun

The ⟨u⟩ is pronounced like the letter name English U resulting in /ŋajun/.

(text messaging) Abbreviation of ngayon.


lingguhan

[lɪŋˈɡuː.hɐn̪]


sa maniwala ka o sa hindi

sa maniwalà ka o sa hindî (Baybayin spelling ᜐ ᜋᜈᜒᜏᜎ ᜃ ᜂ ᜐ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

sa maniwalà ka o sa hindî (canonical)
ᜐ ᜋᜈᜒᜏᜎ ᜃ ᜂ ᜐ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

Literally, “whether you believe or not”.


padalos-dalos

padalos-dalos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜇᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜇᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜇᜎᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


one to sawa

one to sawà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜈ᜔ ᜆᜓ ᜐᜏ)

one to sawà (canonical)
ᜏᜈ᜔ ᜆᜓ ᜐᜏ (Baybayin)

Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish), from English one to + sawa, literally “(from) one to (the time of) lost interest”.

compound

Itong term na ito ’di talaga ako naniniwala d’yan. Kailangan one to sawa ’yan, hangga’t gusto ng tao. Kaya kung meron amendments sa Constitution, ipapaalis ko yung term limitation. Hangga’t maaari, iboto nang iboto.

2015 July 17, Carla P. Gomez, “Binay seeks lifting of term limitations: One to ‘sawa’”, in INQUIRER.net:

On this term, I don't really believe that. It should be until one is satisfied, as long as the person still wants to. So if there are amendments to the Constitution, I would ask the term limitation to be removed. As much as possible, [a person] should be voted.

Alok din ng resort ang pamamangka nang libre o one to sawa.

2022 September 14, “Mala-Maldives at mala-Venice na travel destinations, alamin kung saan matatagpuan”, in Balitambayan:

The resort also offers boating freely or until one is satisfied.

I have a big bowl of salad, marami, kahit mag one to sawa ka sa salad okay lang, lalo ‘pag green leafy...

2013 August 26, “Kim Atienza: From stroke survivor to triathlete”, in Lifestyle.INQ:

I have a big bowl of salad, a lot, even if I [eat] until satisfaction, it's okay, especially if it's green leafy...

done continuously until stopped (such as by boredom, lost of interest, satisfaction, or interruption by an external force)


gayumpaman

tl-adv

gayúmpamán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜋᜈ᜔)

gayúmpamán (canonical)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From univerbation of gayon + pa + man. The /n/ turns to /m/ before /p/ due to sandhi.


unti-unti

untí-untî (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

untí-untî (canonical)
ᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔʊn̪ˌt̪iː.ʔʊn̪ˈt̪iʔ]


kailanman

kailanmán (canonical)
ᜃᜁᜎᜈ᜔ᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sa lalong madaling panahon

sa lalong madalíng panahón (Baybayin spelling ᜐ ᜎᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜇᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

sa lalong madalíng panahón (canonical)
ᜐ ᜎᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜇᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bisebersa

Borrowed from Spanish viceversa, from Latin vice versā.


simula't sapul

simulá't sapúl (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔ ᜐᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

simulá't sapúl (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔ ᜐᜉᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


simula't sapol

simulá't sapól (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔ ᜐᜉᜓᜎ᜔)

simulá't sapól (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔ ᜐᜉᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


alipala

alipalà or alipala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜉᜎ)

alipalà (canonical)
alipala (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜉᜎ (Baybayin)


mano-mano

Reduplication of mano (“hand”), literally, “by hand”.


walang-sala

waláng-sala (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜐᜎ (Baybayin)

From wala (“without”) + -ng- + sala (“fault; blame”).


mandin

From man + din. The ancient compound mandin cannot be separated. Compare naman and man lamang.

Nang magkita kami, mandin ay tumayo siya't nakipagbatian sa akin.

When we met, she suddenly stood up and greeted with me.

Namamatay mandin.

Mandin pa!

(now chiefly Marinduque, Mindoro, Rizal, uncommon in Bulacan) definitely; indeed; without doubt

Mahal mo mandin ako?


mamakaitlo

mámakaitló (canonical)
ᜋᜋᜃᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

From maka- + itlo with initial reduplication of maka-.

Magaling tama! Kung gayo'y nakalalamang ka pa ng sampu, sapagkat mamakaitlo pa lamang kitang nahuhuli.

1999, “Ang Aralan ng Pisika” (chapter XIII), in Ang Filibusterismo, Goodwill Trading Co., Inc., →ISBN:

Correct, correct! Thus you’ve still got away with ten, because I have caught you only three times.


tunaisa

From *tuna- + isa. Possibly contraction of taon na isa, according to Potet (2016).


arakibot

arákibót (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜃᜒᜊᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌɾaː.xɪˈbot̪̚]


alakibot

alákibót (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜃᜒᜊᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


kamakapuwo

kamakapuwò (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜉᜓᜏᜓ (Baybayin)

From kamaka- + puwo. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makapuwo, from maka- + puwo. This word would be *kamakapuo or *kamakapu if reconstructed in modern standard Tagalog.


kamakalabing-isa

tl-adv

kamakalabíng-isá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ)

kamakalabíng-isá (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜃᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜐ (Baybayin)

From kamaka- + labing-isa. Can also be analyzed as ka- + makalabing-isa, from maka- + labing-isa.


ᜐ ᜋᜈᜒᜏᜎ ᜃ ᜂ ᜐ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ

ᜐ ᜋᜈᜒᜏᜎ ᜃ ᜂ ᜐ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ • (sa maniwala ka u sa hindi)

sa maniwala ka u sa hindi (romanization)

sa maniwala ka o sa hindi
sa maniwala ka o sa hindi#Tagalog

Baybayin spelling of sa maniwala ka o sa hindi


kangina

[kɐˈŋiː.n̪ɐ]


ataro

From alteration of at ano (“and what?”).

Ataro at ikaw ay nariyan?

Ataro raw?


kinamiyerkolesan

kinamiyérkolesán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

kinamiyérkolesán (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kamiyerkolesan + -in-, from Miyerkoles + ka- -an. Can be interpreted as Miyerkoles + kina- -an.

Kinamiyerkolesan, dumating ang kaniyang tiyo sa kanilang bahay.

By the following Wednesday, his uncle arrived on their house.


araw-gabi

araw-gabí (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ᜄᜊᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ ɣɐˈbi]


minu-minuto

minú-minuto (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜋᜒᜈᜓᜆᜓ)

minú-minuto (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜋᜒᜈᜓᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


hindi nga

hindî ngâ (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜅ (Baybayin)

[hɪn̪ˌd̪iʔ ˈŋaʔ]

[hɪn̪ˌd̪iː ˈŋaʔ]


atay-atay

[ˌʔaː.t̪aɪ̯ ˈʔaː.t̪aɪ̯]


kunuwari

[kʊˈn̪waː.ɾɪʔ]


balikatan

bálikatán (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

effortfully; determinedly; committedly; dedicatedly; devotedly; wholeheartedly


aksiyuli

áksiyulí (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English actually but pronounced like akshully.


aktuwali

áktuwalí (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜎᜒ (Baybayin)


rahan-rahan

rahan-rahan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜑᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

[ˌɾaː.hɐn̪ ˈɾaː.hɐn̪]


timbs

From clipping of timba + -s. The word timba means “bucket; pail”. The word bucket in turn is homophonic with Tagalog baket, colloquial spelling of bakit (“why”).


nasan

nasan (canonical)
nasán (canonical)
ᜈᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


nandiyan

nandiyán (canonical)
ᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[n̪ɐn̪ˈd͡ʒan̪]

[n̪ɐn̪ˈd̪iː.ɐn̪]

there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)


naroon

nároón or naroón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔)

nároón (canonical)
naroón (canonical)
ᜈᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

yonder; there (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)


narito

náritó or naritó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

náritó (canonical)
naritó (canonical)
ᜈᜇᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌn̪aː.ɾɪˈt̪o]

[n̪ɐ.ɾɪˈt̪o]

here (near the speaker and the listener)


nariyan

náriyán or nariyán (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

náriyán (canonical)
nariyán (canonical)
ᜈᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[n̪ɐˈɾiː.ɐn̪]


balang araw

balang araw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)


paano kung

paano kung (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀᜈᜓ ᜃᜓᜅ᜔)


adahiyo

[ʔɐˌd̪aː.hɪˈo]

Borrowed from Spanish adagio, from Italian adagio.


ni ultimo

ni últimó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒ ᜂᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜓ)

ni últimó (canonical)
ᜈᜒ ᜂᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


overtaym

óvertáym (canonical)
ᜂᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔoː.vɛɾˈt̪aɪ̯m]

[ˌʔoː.bɛɾˈt̪aɪ̯m]


bakit hindi

bakit hindî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

bakit hindî (canonical)
ᜊᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)


deretsahan

déretsáhan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

déretsáhan (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɛ.ɾɛˈt͡ʃaː.hɐn̪]

[ˌd̪ɛː.ɾɛˈt͡ʃaː.hɐn̪]

frankly (such as of saying one's personal feelings and emotions)


gab-i-gab-i

gab-í-gab-í (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜊ᜔ᜁᜄᜊ᜔ᜁ)

gab-í -gab-í (canonical)
ᜄᜊ᜔ᜁᜄᜊ᜔ᜁ (Baybayin)

[ɡɐbˌʔi ɣɐbˈʔi]

[ɡɐbˌʔɛ ɣɐbˈʔɛ]


manapa

From mana (“preferably”) + pa (“still; yet”).

better yet; it would be better; preferably


kaganina

[kɐ.ɣɐˈn̪iː.n̪ɐ]