poknat

permanent scar on the forehead, especially due to a bump

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


atubili

[ʔɐ.t̪ʊ.bɪˈlɪʔ]


charot

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

[t͡ʃɐˈɾot̪̚]

[t͡sɐˈɾot̪̚]

Blend of charing + harot. See also Spanish charlar.

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

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

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


pag-aatubili

tl-noun

pag-aatubilî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜆᜓᜊᜒᜎᜒ)

pag-aatubilî (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜆᜓᜊᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.ʔɐ.ʔɐ.t̪ʊ.bɪˈlɪʔ]

From pag- + atubili with initial reduplication.


basyo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

empty container (of bottles, cans, etc.)


batang kalye

batang kalye (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)


bulahaw

tumult; hubbub; din; noise that disturbs the peace


mataas na hukuman

mataás na hukuman (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔)

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

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


hinliliit

tl-noun

hinliliít (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

hinliliít (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɪn̪.lɪ.lɪˈʔɪt̪̚]

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


pampublikong paaralan

pampúblikóng paaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

pampúblikóng paaralán (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

paaralang publiko
paaralang publiko#Tagalog


pampribadong paaralan

pampribadong paaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

pampribadong paaralán (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

paaralang pribado
paaralang pribado#Tagalog


mababang paaralan

mababang páaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

mababang páaralán (canonical)
ᜋᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sampol

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


bateriya

[bɐ.t̪ɛˈɾiː.ɐ]


baterya

bateryá (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
bateriya (alternative)
bateria (alternative)
batirya (alternative)

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

bor+

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

(military) battery (coordinated group of artillery)


karburador

tl-noun

karburadór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

karburadór (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐɾ.bʊ.ɾɐˈd̪oɾ]


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 (advertisement in a common media format)


asaynment

asaynment (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜀᜐᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
asainment (alternative dated)

[ʔɐˈsaɪ̯n̪.mɛn̪t̪]

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

1992, Rogelio Sikat, Pagsalunga: piniling kuwento at sanaysay:

Challenge yourselves that through your effective teaching you can get the students to read the assignment. Besides understanding the short story, try to know something about the author's biography.

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

2002, Luna Sicat Cleto, Makinilyang altar:

It looks like there is a project: diorama of a typical living room, dining room, bed room of a Filipino home. "Mom, I don't have an assignment," he exclaimed.


sabdyek

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of sabdiyek.


masid

masíd (canonical)
ᜋᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
masir (alternative)


sagasa

[sɐˈɣaː.sɐʔ]

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

bor+

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


intrigera

tl-noun

intrigera (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜇ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
intrigyera (alternative)

[ʔɪn̪.t̪ɾɪˈɣɛː.ɾɐ]

(slang) woman who likes to make scandalous gossip


resaytal

[ɾɛˈsaɪ̯.t̪ɐl]

recital (a vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist)


konsiyerto

konsiyerto (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
konsyerto (alternative)
kunsyerto (alternative)
kunsiyerto (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish concierto. Doublet of kunsirto.

(music) concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)


konsorte

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

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


kongkreto

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.


bagat

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

act of receiving someone who comes by sea

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


bagat

[ˈbaː.ɣɐt̪̚]

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

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


aborsyonista

aborsyonista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of aborsiyonista.


kubaw

kubáw (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜊᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
cubao (alternative)

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


kisap

kisáp (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜐᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
qisap (alternative)
quisap (alternative)

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


kiba

Ang kiba niya'y gayon na lamang.

Her heart beat is harder and faster than usual.

alternative form of kaba (“hard and fast heartbeat”)


kamatsile

kamátsilé (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
kamansile (alternative)

[kɐˌmaː.t͡ʃɪˈlɛ]

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

Pithecellobium dulce
Pithecellobium dulce#Translingual

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


kasubha

kasubhâ (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
casubha (alternative)

Ultimately from Sanskrit कुसुम्भ (kusumbha). Compare Ilocano kasumba, Cebuano kasabha, Maranao kasomba, and Malay kesumba. Doublet of katsumba.

Carthamus tinctorius
Carthamus tinctorius#Translingual


aratilis

arátilís (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌɾaː.t̪ɪˈlɪs]

Borrowed from Spanish dátiles, from dátil.

alternative form of aratiles: calabur tree and its fruit


pagupitan

págupítan (canonical)
ᜉᜄᜓᜉᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


makahiya

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

Mimosa pudica
Mimosa pudica#Translingual

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

Biophytum sensitivum
Wikispecies:Biophytum sensitivum

little tree plant (Biophytum sensitivum)


paliguan

páliguán (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.lɪˈɣuː.ʔɐn̪]


kabesa

ᜃᜊᜒᜐ (Baybayin)
cabisa (alternative)
kabisa (alternative)

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


kokang

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


kokang

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

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


pista opisyal

tl-noun

pistá opisyál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔)

pistá opisyál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


suwelas

Borrowed from Spanish suelas, from suela.


proyekto

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜌᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish proyecto, from Latin prōiectus.


kilates

ᜃᜒᜎᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kilatis (alternative)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(by extension) evaluation; appraisal (of something)


kuwerdas

ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kwerdas (alternative)

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

der

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


estasyon

estasyón (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
istasyon (alternative)

[ʔɛs.t̪ɐˈʃon̪]


maruya

maruyà (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜓᜌ (Baybayin)
badhoya (alternative)
madhoya (alternative)
marhoya (alternative)
baruya (alternative)
madhuya (alternative)
marhuya (alternative)
maduya (alternative)
marahuya (alternative)

[mɐˈɾuː.jɐʔ]

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


hulo

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

deduction arrived at through reasoning or ratiocination


hulo

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


dilawan

tl-noun

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 Party supporter (especially the Aquino administrations)


puwente

ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
pwente (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish fuente, from Latin fontem.


puwente

Borrowed from Spanish puente, from Latin pōns.


anino

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

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


sangguni

sanggunì (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
sanguni (alternative)

[sɐŋˈɡuː.n̪ɪʔ]

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

consultation; seeking of advice or counsel (from someone)


bagito

newbie; amateur; inexperienced person; fledgling


bargeyn

ᜊᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bargen (alternative)

Borrowed from English bargain, from Middle English bargaynen, from Old French bargaigner, from Frankish *borganjan.

bargain (agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge)


ising

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


mensahero

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


lawaan

tl-noun

lawaan or lawaán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜀᜈ᜔)

lawaan (canonical)
lawaán (canonical)
ᜎᜏᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
lauaan (alternative)

English: lauan

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

member of the Shorea species of rainforest trees

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


tabing-kalsada

tabíng-kalsada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜐᜇ)

tabíng-kalsada (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜐᜇ (Baybayin)
tabing kalsada (alternative)

[t̪ɐˌbɪŋ kɐlˈsaː.d̪ɐ]


ingklitik

ingklitik (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪŋˈkliː.t̪ɪk̚]

Borrowed from English enclitic, from Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”). Doublet of engklitiko.

der

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

2003, Malikhaing Komposisyon I' 2003 Ed.:


biyatiko

biyátikó (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜌᜆᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
byatiko (alternative)


praktis

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

practice (repetition of an activity to improve skill)


butsi

tl-noun

butsí or butsi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

butsí (canonical)
butsi (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
buchi (alternative)
butchi (alternative)
butse (alternative)

Mache (food)
Masi (food)
Moche (food)
jian dui

Possibly from Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî) or a similar cognate. Compare Cebuano butsi (“jian dui”). See also Tagalog matse (“mache”), Kapampangan motsi (“moche”), Cebuano masi (“masi”).

... sanggol sa harap ng kalán na pinaglulutuan niya ng mga butsi at maruyà ...

1959, Lope K. Santos, Banag at Sikat, page 2:

Alam n'yo , dito sa amin ay kinakain ang butsi.

2002, Abdon M. Balde Jr., Sa kagubatan ng isang lungsod, page 112:

Para namang butsi pala 'yon na may asukal. Ano ba ito, butsi lang ito. Of course, the chocolate was good.

2008, Laura L. Samson, Jovenal D. Velasco, Philippine Educational Theater Association, A Continuing Narrative on Philippine Theater: The Story of PETA: Philippine Educational Theater Association, page 45:


butsi

alternative form of butse: crop; craw (of fowl)


puwas

puwás (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜏᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
poas (alternative)
puas (alternative)


kurason

kurasón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
corason (alternative)

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


handusay

handusáy (canonical)
ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


piyesta

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

piyesta ng bayan


pasismo

Borrowed from Spanish fascismo, from Italian fascismo.


pasista

Borrowed from Spanish fascista, from Italian fascista.


segurista

ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
sigurista (alternative)

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

bor+

person who does something only when sure of success or desired results


patol

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

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

(colloquial) flirting; making a move on someone


kutkot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutkut (“dig”). Also possibly from a reduplication of Hokkien 掘 (ku̍t, “to dig”) as per Manuel (1948).

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


atsi

atsí (canonical)
ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
achi (alternative)
atchi (alternative)

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

Ano nga ulit sabi sa iyo ng atsi mo?

What did your big sister tell you again?

Ano nga ulit sabi sa iyo ni Atsi?

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

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

When I came down, I saw that Justin was in the living room. He was sitting on the sofa and talking to Big Sister. I just glared at Big Sister when he looked at me.

term of address for an elder sister or the eldest sister

Atsi, paano po ba ito?

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


ilap

wildness; condition of being undomesticated


badyet

[ˈbaː.d͡ʒɛt̪̚]


gulaman

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

cog

Agardhiella F.Schmitz
Wikispecies:Agardhiella F.Schmitz

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

Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Wikispecies:Gracilaria bursa-pastoris

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


marang

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

der

(botany) marang tree (Artocarpus odoratissimus)


kilyawan

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

Compare Ilocano kulyaw and Kapampangan kuliauan.

Oriolus chinensis
Oriolus chinensis#Translingual


determinasyon

tl-noun

determinasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

determinasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɛ.t̪ɛɾ.mɪ.n̪ɐˈʃon̪]

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


batya

batyâ (canonical)
ᜊᜆ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
batea (alternative obsolete)
batia (alternative obsolete)
batiya (alternative)

From earlier batiya, borrowed from Spanish batea, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَطِيحَة (baṭīḥa, “plain; flat area”). Compare Ilocano batea.

der

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


bihod

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


katsa

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

bor+

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


lamog

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

beating resulting to bruises or contusions


laha

Borrowed from Spanish laja, from Portuguese laja, variant of laje, from Latin lagēna, variant of lagoena, from Ancient Greek λάγηνος (lágēnos), variant of λᾰ́γῡνος (lắgūnos).


ladlad

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

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

inh

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

spreading out on the ground (as of a mat)


bupete

[bʊˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]

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


butaw

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

fine for delinquency in payment of one's obligation


butaw

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


dugo't laman

tl-noun

dugó't lamán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜆ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

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

[d̪ʊˌɣot̪ l̪ɐˈman̪]


paresan

paresán (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜒᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
parisan (alternative)

place where to get pares stew; pares house


ubasan

ubasán (canonical)
ᜂᜊᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
uvasan (alternative obsolete)


higad

[ˈhiː.ɣɐd̪̚]

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

prickly chaff flower
prickly chaff flower

Achyranthes aspera
Achyranthes aspera#Translingual

prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)


damay

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

implication in an affair where one was not involved initially

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


bilaw

biláw (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bilao (alternative)


kubkob

act of surrounding or besieging; encirclement

condition of being surrounded or besieged


tikom

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

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

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


dupong

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


alimasag

[ʔɐ.lɪˈmaː.sɐɡ̚]

Compare Cebuano alimasag and Kapampangan alimasag.

Portunus pelagicus
Portunus pelagicus#Translingual


baril-barilan

baríl-barilan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

baríl-barilan (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌɾɪl bɐˈɾiː.lɐn̪]

Reduplication of baril + -an, indicating a fake imitation.


kathang-isip

katháng-isip (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

katháng-isip (canonical)
ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


sinapupunan

tl-noun

sinapupunan or sinapupunán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜉᜓᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

sinapupunan (canonical)
sinapupunán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜉᜓᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sinapoponan (alternative)


luwal

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

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

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


bukong-bukong

bukong-bukong (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
bukungbukong (alternative)

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


dekstros

tl-noun

dekstros (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English dextrose. Doublet of dekstrosa.


bawtismo

ᜊᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
bautismo (alternative)

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


diko

University of Santo Tomas#Libraries and archives

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

bor+

Coordinate term: ditse

term of address for the second eldest brother

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


sitse

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

Coordinate term: siko

term of address for the fourth eldest sister


dagang-bukid

tl-noun

dagáng-bukid (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔)

dagáng-bukid (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
dagang bukid (alternative)

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

com

Rattus argentiventer
Wikispecies:Rattus argentiventer


alyas

tl-noun

alyas or alyás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔)

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

Borrowed from Spanish alias, from Latin aliās.


kombensyon

kombensyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kombensyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kombensiyon.


manedyer

mánedyér (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
manadyer (alternative)
manidyer (alternative)

[ˌmaː.n̪ɛdˈd͡ʒɛɾ]

[ˌmaː.n̪ɛdˈd͡ʒəɹ]

[ˌmaː.n̪ɛd̪ˈjɛɾ]

[ˌmaː.n̪ɛd̪ˈjəɹ]

manager (person whose job is to manage something)


eksibit

Borrowed from English exhibit, from Latin exhibitus.

(law) exhibit (article as evidence in court)


ander de saya

ander de saya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜌ)

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

→ English: under the saya

[ˌʔan̪.d̪ɛɾ d̪ɛ ˈsaː.jɐ]

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


galawgaw

[ɡɐ.laʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

naughty person; mischievous person (especially a child)


indibidwal

tl-noun

indibidwál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔)

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


kokwa

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

kokwa:


materyalismo

materyalismo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜋᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


lathala

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

published article (in a newspaper or magazine)

advertisement; announcement (in a newspaper or magazine)


dugo at pawis

dugô at pawis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

dugô at pawis (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
dugo't pawis (alternative)

[d̪ʊˌɣoʔ ʔɐt̪ ˈpaː.wɪs]

[d̪ʊˌɣoː ʔɐt̪ ˈpaː.wɪs]

blood, sweat and tears
blood, sweat and tears


kahirapan

ᜃᜑᜒᜇᜉᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cahirapan (alternative)


tagapaglathala

tagapáglathálà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ)

tagapáglathálà (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ (Baybayin)


gahum

gahúm (canonical)
ᜄᜑᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
gahom (alternative)

Borrowed from Cebuano gahom. Introduced to be used in Tagalog by Isagani R. Cruz.


alingawngaw

alingawngáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜅᜏ᜔ᜅᜏ᜔)

alingawngáw (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜅᜏ᜔ᜅᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
aling̃aong̃ao (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɪ.ŋaʊ̯ˈŋaʊ̯]

Formed with the Proto-Austronesian prefix *qali- (“things connected to the spirit realm”) + *ŋawŋaw (“sound of a creature”). Compare Kapampangan alingongo.

(figurative) unconfirmed reports; rumors


himok

persuading; inducement; enticement (especially with kind words)


tutol

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

inh

opponent; objector (person expressing opposition or objection)


hablot

Possibly from hakbot or halbot. Compare sablot.

snatching; sudden grabbing (from someone)


sibak

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

(colloquial) firing; sacking (of an employee)

(slang, vulgar) act of sexual intercourse


pasilidad

pasilidád (canonical)
ᜉᜐᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


bugbog

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

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

injury caused by repeated strong blows (by someone)


enye

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒ (Baybayin)
eñe (alternative historical)

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

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


angal

prolonged cry (expressing pain, complaint, or opposition)

(by extension) verbal complaint; verbal expression of resentment


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.


dipa

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

extending of one's arms fully at the sides


dampot

dampót (canonical)
ᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
rampot (alternative)

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


taumbayan

táumbáyan (canonical)
ᜆᜂᜋ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-1977 spelling of taong-bayan.


palayok

palayók (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜌᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
palayoc (alternative)
paliyoc (alternative)
palyoc (alternative)
paliyok (alternative)
palyok (alternative)

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


tsongki

tsongkì (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
chongki (alternative)

[ˈt͡ʃoŋ.kɪʔ]


kunat

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

ductility; flexibility; pliability; resiliency


talikod

tl-noun

talikod or talikód (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔)

talikod (canonical)
talikód (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
talikor (alternative)

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

surf

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

(figurative) act of renunciating, disowning, or repudiating; going back on something or someone


tabil

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

cog

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


lundag

[lʊn̪ˈd̪aɡ̚]

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


mukmok

mukmók (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
mocmoc (alternative)

(obsolete) talking as if in secret very often


sundot

sundót (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sondot (alternative)
sunrot (alternative)

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

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


pampalaglag

tl-noun

pampalaglág (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔)

pampalaglág (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


trahe de boda

trahe de boda (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒ ᜊᜓᜇ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒ ᜊᜓᜇ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪ɾaː.hɛ d̪ɛ ˈboː.d̪ɐ]


matandang dalaga

matandáng dalaga (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜇᜎᜄ)

matandáng dalaga (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜇᜎᜄ (Baybayin)
dalagang matanda (alternative)

[mɐ.t̪ɐn̪ˌd̪an̪ d̪ɐˈlaː.ɣɐ]

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

compound

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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

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

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

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

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


lumpiang sariwa

tl-noun

lumpiáng sariwà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜐᜇᜒᜏ)

lumpiáng sariwà (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜐᜇᜒᜏ (Baybayin)

lumpiyang sariwa
lumpiyang sariwa#Tagalog

alternative spelling of lumpiyang sariwa


kahuyan

From kahoy + -an. Compare Tausug kakahuyan.


salitang ugat

salitáng ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

salitáng ugát (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜂᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


piyer

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


pakialamero

pakialamero (feminine pakialamera, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ)

pakialamera (feminine)
ᜉᜃᜒᜀᜎᜋᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

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

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

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

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

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

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

2015, Eric Gillies Bernardez, Interrupted Summer, BookBaby, →ISBN:

someone who interferes with others; a meddler


hayblad

Borrowed from English high blood (pressure).


anemya

[ʔɐˈn̪ɛm.jɐ]

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


buo

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

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

May buo ka pa ba riyan sa limampung piso?

Do you have a banknote (of fifty pesos) left there for (a charge of) fifty pesos?

(by extension) single currency unit (usually a banknote) equal to quantity required


buo

buò (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜂ (Baybayin)
boo (alternative)


lugami

[lʊˈɣaː.mɪʔ]

falling into misfortune; setback in one's life

emaciation; skinniness (due to hunger or illness)


laktaw

laktáw (canonical)
ᜎᜃ᜔ᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
lactao (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lak(ə)táw (“jump over or across”). Compare Kapampangan lakto.

inh+

stepping over; skipping over (a physical barrier)

omission; skipping over; overlook; by-pass


laktaw

(mythology) a kind of mythical locust which brings bad message when it comes


kilala

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”).

cog

act of knowing or recognizing someone or something

person with whom one is acquainted; acquaintance

recognition; acknowledgement (of another's right)


tsiks

Borrowed from English chicks, plural of chick. Doublet of tsiken.

Bakit naman kita sasamahan? Ano ka, tsiks?

Why would I accompany you? What are you, a chick?


tsikboy

tsikbóy (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
tsik-boy (alternative)

[t͡ʃɪkˈboɪ̯]

Borrowed from English chickboy. See also English chick magnet.


mangayaw

mangayáw (canonical)
ᜋᜅᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
mang̃ayao (alternative)

[mɐ.ŋɐˈjaʊ̯]


tamasa

enjoyment (of wealth, good health, abundance, etc.)


parlyamento

tl-noun

parlyamento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜎ᜔ᜌᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜎ᜔ᜌᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of parliyamento.


abese

abesé or ábése (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

abesé (canonical)
ábése (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
abece (alternative)

[ˌʔaːˈbɛː.sɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish abecé, from the first three letters of the Spanish alphabet.

primer (children's book introducing basic literacy)


selebrasyon

selebrasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

selebrasyón (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bise presidente

bise presidente (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
bise-presidente (alternative)
bisepresidente (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish vicepresidente, reinterpreted as compound of compound of bise + presidente by influence of English vice president.


dakota

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


konsensya

konsensya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of konsensiya.


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

difficulty; hardship (of a task or action)


pangginggi

tl-noun

pangginggi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

[pɐŋˈɡiŋ.ɡɪ]


bise gobernador

bise gobernadór (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

bise gobernadór (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
bise-gobernador (alternative)
bisegobernador (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish vicegobernador, reinterpreted as compound of bise + gobernador by influence of English vice governor.

vice governor; deputy governor; lieutenant governor


manlalaro

manlalarò (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
manglalaro (alternative)

From man- + laro with partial reduplication.


tawad

ᜆᜏᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tauad (alternative)
tauar (alternative)
tawar (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawaD (“to bargain, haggle over the price”). Compare Malay tawar and Yogad tawad.

inh+

remission (lessening of amount due); discount; bargain (given to a buyer)

haggle; request for a discount (when buying)

belittling; underrating (of someone's ability, etc.)


tawak

person immune to snake bites with the alleged ability to cure people bitten by snakes (especially with one's saliva)

quack that cures ostensibly with his own saliva

a species of white, wading bird (with a long neck, long legs like a heron, but smaller)


kantutay

Lantana camara
Lantana camara#Translingual


pakpak-lawin

tl-noun

pakpák-lawin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)

pakpák-lawin (canonical)
ᜉᜃ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


hagonoy

[hɐˈɣoː.n̪oɪ̯]


resolusyon

resolusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

resolusyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pante

panté (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
panti (alternative)


siling labuyo

siling labuyò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜎᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

siling labuyò (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜎᜊᜓᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


kakawate

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish cacahuate, variant of cacahuete (“peanut”), from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cocoa bean”). Doublet of kokwa and kakaw.


pandakaki

banana bush (Tabernaemontana pandacaqui)


dampalit

dampalít (canonical)
ᜇᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrichia arborescens
Wikispecies:Borrichia arborescens

tree seaside tansy (Borrichia arborescens)


sitaw

ᜐᜒᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
setao (alternative)
setaw (alternative)

Possibly from Hokkien, possibly:
* 青豆 (chhiⁿ tāu, literally “green bean”) according to Chan-Yap (1980)
* 絲豆 /丝豆 (si tāu, literally “silk thread bean”) according to Manuel (1948)

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis#Translingual

yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)


lagikway

lagikwáy (canonical)
ᜎᜄᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Abelmoschus manihot
Wikispecies:Abelmoschus manihot

hibiscus manihot (Abelmoschus manihot, used as horse and cow feed)


ipil-ipil

tl-noun

ipil-ipil (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜁᜉᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Philippine *ipil ipil (“a leguminous shrub: Leucaena glauca”). By surface analysis, from reduplication of ipil.

inh

Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena leucocephala#Translingual


kasay-kasay

tl-noun

kasay-kasay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ᜃᜐᜌ᜔)


tibig

sacking tree, a species of tree (Ficus nota)


abutra

[ʔɐˈbut̪.ɾɐ]

Arcangelisia flava
Wikispecies:Arcangelisia flava

yellowfruit moonseed (Arcangelisia flava)


sagilap

(obsolete) retrieval of something from under the water

(obsolete or dialectal, Laguna) boiling of a pot or a carbonated liquid


sagimuymoy

sagimuymóy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜒᜋᜓᜌ᜔ᜋᜓᜌ᜔)

sagimuymóy (canonical)
ᜐᜄᜒᜋᜓᜌ᜔ᜋᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐ.ɣɪ.mʊɪ̯ˈmoɪ̯]

At ang aking alak, ang aking metapisika / Pulitika Estetika Matematika — / Ay tagpi-tagpi ng pahinang nahihimbing / Dito sa laberinto ng sagimuymoy, / Pugad ng diwang napudpod, / Natulog / Sa baog na kaalaman / Tungkol sa tao / Tungkol sa Diyos ...

1988, Ani: Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines:


amuyong

ᜀᜋᜓᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
amoyong (alternative)

Goniothalamus amuyon (a species of tree and its medicinal fruit)


gobernador heneral

gobernadór henerál (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔)

gobernadór henerál (canonical)
ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish gobernador general.


bulakan

Decalobanthus peltatus (a species of flowering vine)


mikrometro

tl-noun

mikrometro or mikrómetró (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

mikrometro (canonical)
mikrómetró (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


tangile

tangile or tangilè (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒᜎᜒ)

tangile (canonical)
tangilè (canonical)
ᜆᜅᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
tangili (alternative)

[t̪ɐˈŋiː.lɛ]

[t̪ɐˈŋiː.lɛʔ]

Shorea polysperma (a species of dipterocarp endemic to the Philippines)


kilitis

kilitís (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
quilitis (alternative)


kampupot

ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
campupot (alternative)

a variety of Arabian jasmine with larger, white flowers


bunga de China

bunga de China (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ ᜇᜒ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ)

ᜊᜓᜅ ᜇᜒ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ (Baybayin)


dama de noche

dama de noche (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ ᜇᜒ ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜇᜋ ᜇᜒ ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


kamyas

kamyás (canonical)
ᜃᜋ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
camiyas (alternative)
kalamyas (alternative)
kalanwas (alternative)
kalumanas (alternative)
kalunawas (alternative)

Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi#Translingual


sabilaw

Cyanotis axillaris (a species of plant native to India, Southeast Asia and northern Australia)


lapnis

long strip of bark stripped off from a tree

Malachra capitata (a species of plant of the mallow family)


kulitis

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kolitis (alternative)
kulites (alternative)


mulawin

ᜋᜓᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
maulawin (alternative)
molauin (alternative)
mulavin (alternative)
mulawen (alternative)

desctree

→ Spanish: molave
→ Cebuano: molave
→ English: molave
→ Tagalog: mulabe

From Proto-Central Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Compare Pangasinan bulawen, Kapampangan bulaun, Hanunoo bur-awon, Bikol Central hamurawon, Aklanon hamue-awon, Hiligaynon hamul-awon, Waray-Waray hamurawon, Maranao molaon, and Tausug hamulawn. Doublet of mulabe. See also hamuraon.

Vitex parviflora
Wikispecies:Vitex parviflora

Vitex cofassus
Wikispecies:Vitex cofassus

molave (Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus)


katleya

[kɐt̪ˈl̪ɛː.ɐ]

Borrowed from English cattleya, named after English botanist William Cattley.

named-after

cattleya; any member of the genus Cattleya


duhat

Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini#Translingual


kuntador

kuntadór (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kontador.


dayungon

Agathis dammara
Wikispecies:Agathis dammara

Agathis philippensis
Wikispecies:Agathis philippensis

almaciga (Agathis dammara, syn. Agathis philippensis)


kandarapa

[kɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.pɐʔ]

(ornithology) Philippine nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis)


bulaw

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

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


dangkal

dangkál (canonical)
ᜇᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
rangkal (alternative)

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaŋkal. Compare Cebuano dangkal and Malay jengkal.

handspan (distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb)

distance between the outstretched tips of the middle finger and thumb

act of measuring using such a measurement


ayungin

[ʔɐˈjuː.ŋɪn̪]


ulupong

ulupóng (canonical)
ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
olopong (alternative)

(zoology) cobra, especially the Philippine cobra, Naja philippinensis

(figurative) treacherous person; traitor


ulupong

ᜂᜎᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
olopong (alternative)

(obsolete) meeting; conference; circle (group)


balakat

ring reinforcement of a handle (of bolos, knives, chisels, etc.)


balakat

Ziziphus talanai (a species of tree endemic to the Philippines)


konsumer

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English consumer with yod-dropping.


sakate

From Philippine Spanish zacate, from Mexican Spanish zacate, from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“dry weeds or grass; fodder, forage”), from Uto-Aztecan *saka-t.

der

act of cutting fodder grass (with a scythe or sickle)


sagadsad

condition of being continuous or uninterrupted (up to the end)


dangdang

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

[d̪ɐn̪ˈd̪aŋ]

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

heating, toasting, or drying through exposure to fire or glowing coals

exposure to heat (in order to dry, cook, etc.)

(obsolete) act of transplanting rice plants


sakit sa ulo

tl-noun

sakít sa ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜐ ᜂᜎᜓ)

sakít sa ulo (canonical)
ᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔ ᜐ ᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


letson

letsón (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
lechon (alternative)
litson (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish lechón (“suckling piglet”).


luklukan

From luklok + -an. Compare Kapampangan luklukan (“chair”).


pancit

From Philippine Spanish pancit. See more at pansit.


dyoker

[ˈd͡ʒoː.xɛɾ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of diyoker.


buno

bunô (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
bono (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunuq (“to throw at, hit”), from Proto-Austronesian *buNuq. Cognate to Malay bunuh (“to kill”).


tukod

From Proto-Austronesian *tukud. Doublet of tungkod.

support; brace; bracket prop (to prevent a structure from falling or leaning)

support pole of a clothesline (to prevent it from sagging in the middle)


karibal

From ka- + ribal, root word from Spanish rival.


interyor

tl-noun

interyór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

interyór (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.t̪ɛɾˈjoɾ]


ariba

Borrowed from Spanish arriba, from Latin ad rīpam.


punyal

punyál (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
ponyal (alternative)


hardinero

hardinero (feminine hardinera, Baybayin spelling ᜑᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜇᜓ)

hardinera (feminine)
ᜑᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

[hɐɾ.d̪ɪˈn̪ɛː.ɾo]

Borrowed from Spanish jardinero. By surface analysis, hardin + -ero.


hardinera

[hɐɾ.d̪ɪˈn̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish jardinera. By surface analysis, hardin + -era.

female equivalent of hardinero: female gardener


hardin

Borrowed from Spanish jardín, from French jardin, from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”).


kutikuti

kutikutí (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜆᜒᜃᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Possibly corruption of Spanish cocote (“occiput”).


sotanghon

sótanghón (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sutanghon (alternative)
suwatanghon (alternative)
swatanghon (alternative)
sotanhon (alternative)
soatanghun (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 山東粉 /山东粉 (soaⁿ-tang-hún). Compare Indonesian sohun, Spanish sotanjún.


tsek

Borrowed from English check. Doublet of hake, tseke, and tses.


sibilyan

tl-noun

sibilyan or sibilyán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)

sibilyan (canonical)
sibilyán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

ordinary clothes (in contexts where a uniform is usually worn)


makinilya

Borrowed from Spanish maquinilla, diminutive of máquina.


kompositor

kompositór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

kompositór (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


halikan

(by extension) kissing scene (in a film, show, play, etc.)


tagaluto

May bago kaming tagaluto.


tawagan

[t̪ɐˈwaː.ɣɐn̪]

[ˌt̪aːˈwaː.ɣɐn̪]

name used in calling each other (among friends, etc.)

act of calling each other by certain names

act of calling each other by telephone, etc.

place where one often calls by telephone, etc.


tawagan

[t̪ɐˈwaː.ɣɐn̪]

[ˌt̪aːˈwaː.ɣɐn̪]

simultaneous calls; calling at the same time (of a group of people)


kainan

[kɐˈʔiː.n̪ɐn̪]

Naghahanap kami ng magandang kainan dito.

We're looking for a good place to eat here.


dala-dala

something carried around (wherever one goes)


kantutero

[kɐn̪.t̪ʊˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]


katahimikan

katahimikan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜑᜒᜋᜒᜃᜈ᜔)


isipin

[ʔɪ.sɪˈpɪn̪]

things that need careful or deep thinking; something to think about


pakiramdam

pakiramdám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)

pakiramdám (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜒᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Kamusta ang pakiramdam mo?


tapusin

task or job that someone is obligated to finish or complete


sulatan

act of simultaneous writing (such as of a group of students)


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.

Halos matanggalan ng kinabukasan si Jose nang siya'y makanto kanina.

Jose almost lost his manhood after it hit a corner a while ago.

(colloquial, figurative, euphemistic) manhood, usually when something bad happens


pagbabasa

From pag- + basa (“reading”), with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.

act of reading (especially with great intensity)


pagbabasa

From pag- + basa (“wet”), with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.

act of getting wet (by shower, rain, splashing, etc.)


aralin

[ʔɐ.ɾɐˈlɪn̪]

[ʔɐˈɾaː.lɪn̪]


mananayaw

From man- + sayaw, with initial reduplication of sayaw.


kinig

kiníg (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
cqinig (alternative)
quinig (alternative)
quinyig (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *kiŋəʀ (“to hear”).

act of listening to something said or heard


kinig

kiníg (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
nginig (alternative common)
quinig (alternative)

uncontrollable movement of the body due to cold, fear or anger; shiver; chill


pagputok

pagputók (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜓᜆᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


echosera

ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜐᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
echusera (alternative)
etsosera (alternative)
etsusera (alternative)

[ʔɛt.t͡ʃoˈsɛː.ɾɐ]

[ʔɛt̪.soˈsɛː.ɾɐ]

From gay slang echos (“joke; lie; made-up thing”) + -era.


charotera

[t͡ʃɐ.ɾoˈt̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

[t͡sɐ.ɾoˈt̪ɛː.ɾɐ]


kachakahan

(common, slang) alternative spelling of katsakahan


pagtatapos

tl-noun

pagtatapós (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔)

pagtatapós (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + tapos with partial reduplication.


gastusin

expense allowance; money intended for expenses


tulungan

[t̪ʊˈluː.ŋɐn̪]

cooperative efforts (of members of an association)

act of giving financial contribution to each other (for help)


kawanggawa

káwanggawâ (canonical)
ᜃᜏᜅ᜔ᜄᜏ (Baybayin)
kawang-gawa (alternative)
kawang gawa (alternative)

Contraction of kaawang gawa (literally “deed of mercy”).


paninda

panindá (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)
paninra (alternative)


pantakip

pantakíp (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜃᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


protekta

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English protect with Spanish -a suffix, with the assumption that Spanish protecta exists, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”). See also Spanish proteger.


proteksiyon

tl-noun

proteksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

proteksiyón (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
proteksyon (alternative)


tasahan

tásáhan or tasahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

tásáhan (canonical)
tasahán (canonical)
ᜆᜐᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From tasa + -han, the root of which is from Spanish tajar.

place where objects are sharpened (especially a pencil)


tasahan

From tasa + -han, the root of which is from Spanish tasa.

section in an office where assessment of properties are being done


galawan

Alam ko na mga galawan mo.


tumbong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuŋ (“anus”) (cf. Tausug tumbung).


tumbong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tumbuŋ (“seed bud in a coconut”) (cf. Malay tombung).

inh

fleshy, apple-shaped growth inside a germinating coconut fruit

close growth of tall grasses; small forest


siyakoy

ᜐᜒᜌᜃᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
shakoy (alternative common nonstandard)

Borrowed from Cebuano siyakoy, from Hokkien 油炸粿 (iû-chiā-kóe). Compare Malay cakoi, Indonesian cakwe.


kagandahan

tl-noun

kagandahan or kagandahán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜄᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

kagandahan (canonical)
kagandahán (canonical)
ᜃᜄᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Ang kanyang kagandahan ay hindi kumukupas.


matalik na kaibigan

matalik na kaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜎᜒᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜆᜎᜒᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐˌt̪aː.lɪk n̪ɐ xɐ.ʔɪˈbiː.ɣɐn̪]


beshie

Unadapted borrowing from English bestie where the start of the last syllable has been palatalized.

endearing term of address for one's friend, especially a close friend or bestfriend


kagalit

[kɐ.ɣɐˈlɪt̪̚]


belosidad

belosidád (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜐᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


samahan

act of going out together (as in a trip, outing, excursion, etc.)


kasama

Wala akong kasama.

companion; escort; someone or something together with

(communism) comrade (fellow socialist or communist)


pansin

Hindi nila binigyan ng pansin ang mga problema.

They did not give attention to the problems.


paandar

[pɐ.ʔɐn̪ˈd̪aɾ]


pang-intindi

pang-intindí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

pang-intindí (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.ʔɪn̪.t̪ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪ]


madumi

madumí (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜓᜋᜒ (Baybayin)
marumi (alternative)


bayarin

bayarín or báyárin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

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

[bɐ.jɐˈɾɪn̪]


Kristiyanismo

Kristiyanismo (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
Kristyanismo (alternative)


kabarkada

member of the same group of friends or gang


katropa

(colloquial) peer; friend in a friend group


dabarkads

dábarkáds (canonical)
ᜇᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


tropatuts

tropatúts (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜆᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔)

tropatúts (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜆᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


tsong

tsong (feminine tsang, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔)

tsang (feminine)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
chong (alternative)

term of address for a male friend: dude; buddy; pal; mate

term of address for a brother: bro; bruv


tsong

tsang (feminine)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tiyong (alternative)
tyong (alternative)
chong (alternative)


Katoliko

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

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


negosasyon

tl-noun

negosasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜄᜓᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

negosasyón (canonical)
ᜈᜒᜄᜓᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
negosiyasyon (alternative rare)
negosyasyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish negociación, with change of -ciación to -sasyon (cf. asosasyon) in effort to pronounce two consecutive syllables with /sj/.


konsiyumer

konsiyumer (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
konsumer (alternative)
konsyumer (alternative common nonstandard)

Borrowed from English consumer with yod-coalescence.

Phonological history of English consonant clusters#Yod-coalescence


pakikipagsapalaran

pakikipagsápalarán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜉᜎᜇᜈ᜔)

pakikipagsápalarán (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜉᜎᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pakikipag- + sapalaran, literally “engaging with fate”.


paghanga

[pɐɡˈhaː.ŋɐʔ]


tagahanga

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐˈhaː.ŋɐʔ]


henyo

Borrowed from Spanish genio (“genius”), from Latin genius.

genius (someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill)


henyo

Borrowed from Spanish genio (“genie”), from French génie.


pagkabalisa

tl-noun

pagkabalisá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜐ)

pagkabalisá (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜐ (Baybayin)


paniniwala

paniniwalà (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜒᜈᜒᜏᜎ (Baybayin)

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


tiwala

May tiwala ako sa'yo.

act of leaving something in the care or custody (of someone)

person or thing left in the care or custody of someone


komunikasyon

komunikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komunikasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish comunicación. Cognate to Indonesian komunikasi, Malay komunikesyen.

Nawalan sila ng komunikasyon.


kumpyansa

kumpyansa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜐ)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kumpiyansa.


dapa

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


dapa

flounder (especially righteye flounders)


kuryusidad

kuryusidád (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

kuryusidád (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


elegansya

[ʔɛ.lɛˈɣan̪.ʃɐ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of elegansiya.


entusyasmo

entusyasmo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
entusiyasmo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish entusiasmo, from Late Latin enthūsiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós, “inspiration, enthusiasm”).

der

ἐνθουσιασμός


pagkabigo

pagkabigô (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜊᜒᜄᜓ (Baybayin)


pagdaan

[pɐɡ.d̪ɐˈʔan̪]

Ang pagdaan ng bagyong Yolanda ay nagdulot ng malawakang pagkasira sa imprastraktura.

The passing of typhoon Yolanda has caused massive damage to infrastructure.


pagmamadali

tl-noun

pagmamadalî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜇᜎᜒ)

pagmamadalî (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜇᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

From pag- + madali with partial reduplication.

Dahil sa pagmamadali ko, nakalimutan kong sabihin sa kanya.


pagdila

[pɐɡˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]

sticking one's tongue out
stick one's tongue out


dilaan

[d̪ɪˈlaː.ʔɐn̪]

sticking out of each other's tongue at one another


kausap

Huwag kang mag-ingay! May kausap ako sa telepono.

Stop making noise! I'm talking to someone on the phone.

Sino ang kausap mo?

person whom the speaker is talking to; interlocutor


pakikipag-usap

pakikipag-usap (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜂᜐᜉ᜔)

ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜂᜐᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

Hindi ko nagustuhan ang pakikipag-usap mo sa kanya.


paki-usap

(nonstandard) alternative spelling of pakiusap


usapan

Ang usapan natin hindi ka na hihingi sa kanya ng pera, di ba?

Our agreement was that you wouldn't ask him money, right?

agreement; understanding (between two or more people)


pagkakaibigan

pagkakaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pagka- + kaibigan. Can also be analyzed as pagkaka- + ibig + -an.


magkaibigan

magkaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐɡ.kɐ.ʔɪˈbiː.ɣɐn̪]

Nakita mo ba yung magkaibigan kanina?

Did you see the two [that were friends] a while ago?


pakikipag-away

pakikipag-away (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜏᜌ᜔)

ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜏᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Itigil mo na ang pakikipag-away mo kung kani-kanino.

Stop engaging yourself in quarrels with everybody.


pakikipagchat

pakikipagchát (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔)

pakikipagchát (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pakikipag- + chat. The root itself being an unadapted borrowing from English chat. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).


kachat

From ka- + chat. The root itself being an unadapted borrowing from English chat. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).


talik

(colloquial, euphemistic) act of having sexual intercourse


talik

(dance) airy, rhythmic movement of the hand, usually with the flicking of fingers (in folk dance with the accompaniment of music)


pakikipagtalik

pakikipagtalik (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜎᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


pakainin

[ˌpaː.xɐ.ʔɪˈn̪ɪn̪]

unemployed person who depends on other's livelihood


sagutan

[ˌsaːˈɣuː.t̪ɐn̪]

verbal clash; exchange of verbal attacks


buldoser

ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
bulduser (alternative)


pagkakasakit

pagkakasakít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

pagkakasakít (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Nag-aalala siya sa pagkakasakit mo.


pagbabalik

pagbabalík (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔)

pagbabalík (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + balik with initial reduplication of the root.


uwian

uwián or úwían (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

uwián (canonical)
úwían (canonical)
ᜂᜏᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔuːˈiː.ʔɐn̪]

Hindi pa uwian.

It is not yet the time of the end of school/work.

end of a school day or workday; dismissal time (of workers, students, etc.)


baynte

ᜊᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
bainte (alternative dated)


higanti

[hɪ.ɣɐn̪ˈt̪ɪ]


himasok

ᜑᜒᜋᜐᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
himasoc (alternative)


adisyon

adisyón (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
adisiyon (alternative)

[ʔɐ.d̪ɪˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish adición, from Latin additiōnem.

adding; mixing (of something with another)


tugtugin

ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ʊɡ.t̪ʊˈɣɪn̪]

[t̪ʊɡˈt̪uː.ɣɪn̪]


Lolo

Lolo (feminine Lola, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎᜓ)

Lolo Sebyong

honorific used before the name of a grandfather: Grandpa; Grandpapa; Grandpappy


titser

[ˈt̪iː.t͡ʃɛɾ]


basanlot

basanlót (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


bakulo

Borrowed from Spanish báculo (“crozier”).


kamay na bakal

tl-noun

kamáy na bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

kamáy na bakal (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
bakal na kamay (alternative)

May nagsasabi noon na sa tigas ng ulo ng mga Pilipino, kailangan talaga ang kamay na bakal. Di baleng wala nang eleksyon. Di bale nang inalis ang karapatang magpahayag ng sarili. Basta tahimik at walang gulo. Pero maraming bawal.

2015 September 15, Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, BOBOto Ba Ako?: How to Think Smart and Vote Right, OMF Literature, →ISBN:


sarap

Borrowed from Malay sedap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sədəp. Doublet of lasap.

Iba talaga ang sarap ng lutong bahay.

The taste of home cooking is really different.

tastiness; deliciousness; pleasant taste (of food)

pleasure; comfort; satisfaction; enjoyment; relish


batingaw

[bɐ.t̪ɪˈŋaʊ̯]


kabandayan

kabandayán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kabaliwagan

kabaliwagán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜏᜄᜈ᜔)

kabaliwagán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜏᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


dyaket

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
diyaket (alternative)
jaket (alternative)

[ˈd͡ʒaː.xɛt̪̚]

Borrowed from English jacket, from Middle French jacquet. Doublet of tsaketa.


suong

determined effort in undertaking (something risky, dangerous, etc.)

(obsolete) testing one's strength with the hands

(obsolete) going inside the fishing net (of a fish)


insurhensiya

insurhénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

insurhénsiyá (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
insurhensya (alternative nonstandard)

[ʔɪn̪.sʊɾˈhɛn̪.ʃɐ]

... na aktibong lumalahok sa mga kampanyang kontra- insurhensiya. Sa Timog Katagalugan, na wala nam ang instalasyong militar ng US, pag-iibayuhin ng Hukbong Bayan ang pagtulong sa pagmumulat sa bayan, sa kasamaang dulot nito, ...


salapang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sarapaŋ. Compare Ilocano tarapang, Bikol Central sarapang, Aklanon saeapang, Cebuano salapang, and Malay serampang.


salapaw

spreading over (as of vines on a trellis)


hambing

hambíng (canonical)
ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
hangbing (alternative obsolete)


subersibo

subersibo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)


takbo

operation; working condition (of a machine, motor, etc.)

(by extension) flow (of water, blood, electric current, etc.)

running; entry (of a candidate in an election)


takbuhin

defeatist; someone who runs away from a challenge

(slang) the one who can pull somebody at a time


lohika

Bakit epektibong solusyon ang mga sinabi ko? Simple ang lohika tungkol dito. Hindi sapat na paalisin ang mga iskuwaters at gibain ang kanilang mga bahay at dampa. Kailangang ihanda muna ng pamahalaan ang mga lugar na posibleng ...

1997, Rolando A. Suarez, Nasa tao ang gawa, nasa Diyos ang awa, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 193:


industriyalisasyon

industriyalisasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

industriyalisasyón (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
industrialisasyon (alternative dated)

Borrowed from Spanish industrialización.

Ngunit sa katotohanan, ito ay upang higit na pagtubuan ng mga TNCs ang murang lakas- paggawa (cheap labor cost) ng Pilipinas. e) Pagpigll sa pag-unlad ng malayang industriyalisasyon, lalo na sa estratehikong larangan ng heavy ( basic ...


kumpetisyon

kumpetisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kumpetisyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Ang kumpetisyon ay maaaring personal o impersonal. Ang kumpetisyong personal ay yaong ang mga nagpapaligsahan ay nagkikita o nagkakaharap gaya ng paligsahan sa pagligaw, sa pagkakamit ng mataas na marka, pagandahan, ...

1979, Isabel S. Panopio, Sosyolohiya panlahat pokus sa Pilipinas:


kabayanihan

kabayanihan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜌᜈᜒᜑᜈ᜔)


kaanib

[kɐˈʔaː.n̪ɪb̚]


kaagulo

kaagulo or kaagulò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜀᜄᜓᜎᜓ)

kaagulo (canonical)
kaagulò (canonical)
ᜃᜀᜄᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


butangero

[bʊ.t̪ɐˈŋɛː.ɾo]

From butang + -ero, from Cebuano butang.


kutsero

ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
kotsero (alternative uncommon)

[kʊtˈt͡ʃɛː.ɾo]

Borrowed from Spanish cochero (“coachman”). By surface analysis, kotse + -ero.

bor+

coachman; driver of a horse-drawn vehicle


agwardiyente

tl-noun

agwardiyente (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
aguwardiyente (alternative)
agwardyente (alternative)

[ʔɐɡ.wɐɾˈd͡ʒɛn̪.t̪ɛ]

[ʔɐɡ.wɐɾˈd̪jɛn̪.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente (“hard liquor”).

bor+

alcoholic drink; hard liquor; ardent spirits


abogasya

tl-noun

abogasyá or abogasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜌ)

abogasyá (canonical)
abogasya (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
abogasia (alternative dated)
abogasiya (alternative)
abugasiya (alternative)
abugasya (alternative)

[ʔɐ.boˈɣaː.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abogacía (“practice of law”), from Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of adbokasiya.


abukanin

ᜀᜊᜓᜃᜈᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
abocanin (alternative)


akdang-guro

tl-noun

akdáng-gurò (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

akdáng-gurò (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐkˌd̪aŋ ˈɡuː.ɾoʔ]


antanda

[ʔɐn̪.t̪ɐn̪ˈd̪aʔ]

Ellipsis of ang tanda ng Santa Krus (“the sign of the Holy Cross”).


kalahati

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

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

half (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)


kustomer

kústomér (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Ang pagbibigay ng halaga sa isang produkto ay nakabatay sa iba't ibang konsiderasyon: ang halaga nito sa pera ang tindi ng "pangangailan" ng isang kustomer, at ang alternatibong paraan upang makamit ang katulad na produkto. Maaari ...

2011, Plaridel: A Journal of Philippine Communication, Media, and Society:


pahambing

pahambíng (canonical)
ᜉᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


pasukdol

pasukdól (canonical)
ᜉᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


panghalip na panao

tl-noun

panghalíp na panao (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜈᜂ)

panghalíp na panao (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜈᜂ (Baybayin)
panghalip panao (alternative)


kontesero

kontesero (feminine kontesera, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

kontesera (feminine)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
kuntesero (alternative)
kuntisero (alternative)

From kontes + -ero. The root is a variant of kontest.

a person that often joins contests or competitions


kontesera

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
kuntesera (alternative)
kuntisera (alternative)

From kontes + -era. The root is a variant of kontest.


sosyolohiya

sosyolohiya or sosyolóhiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

sosyolohiya (canonical)
sosyolóhiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
sosyolohia (alternative dated)

Borrowed from Spanish sociología (“sociology”).


bisti

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

(dialectal, Batangas, Rizal) wearing apparel which is quite dressy

(ecclesiastical, obsolete) vestment (robe worn by members of the clergy)

(ecclesiastical, obsolete) helping in dressing the priest for celebrations


operatiba

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English operative.

pseudo-loan

...hindi makaila at inaamin mismo ni AFP chief Lisandro Abadia na sila ay patuloy na nabibigo sa kanilang Oplan Rolling Thunde sa kabila ng ibayong tulong at panghihimasok ng mga operatiba ng CIA at JUSMAG sa malawakang operasyon.

1991, National Mid-week Volume 6, Issues 29-41:


suksok

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

inh

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

act of tucking (as of shirts into one's pants)

(card games) turn of a player to shuffle the cards

(card games) manner of shuffling the cards

new strips of buri leaves woven in place of the broken ones

act of repairing mats by replacing broken strips with new ones

(figurative) something saved for the future; savings

(figurative) act of saving for the future


abitsuwelas

tl-noun

abitsuwelas (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

ᜀᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
bitsuwelas (alternative)
habitsuwelas (alternative)
abitsuwela (alternative)
habitsuwela (alternative)

[ʔɐ.bɪˈt͡ʃwɛː.lɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish habichuela (“bean plant”).


aberya

aberyá (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
aberia (alternative)
aberiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish avería (“breakdown”).

mechanical trouble; damage to a machine or a vehicle


abangan

[ˌʔaːˈbaː.ŋɐn̪]

[ʔɐ.bɐˈŋan̪]

place where one waits (for something or someone)


kompetisyon

tl-noun

kompetisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kompetisyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kumpetisyon (alternative)

Most likely a pseudo-Hispanism derived from English competition, and influenced by Spanish competición. A direct borrowing from Spanish competición is unlikely because the earliest attested quote is from 1971, the word does not appear in dictionaries prior to that, and the word for "competition" in Spanish before World War II is competencia (see Tagalog kompetensiya), while Spanish competición was a rarer word.

pseudo-loan

-hunan upang magpalawak ng negosyo, proteksiyon mula sa kompetisyon ng pamahalaan, pagtatangi sa pagkakaloob ng pautang ng pamahalaan, paggamit ng pondo ng GSIS at SSS, at mga espesyal na pangganyak sa pagluluwas.

1971, Amado Guerrero, Lipunan at rebolusyong Pilipino:


aktibidades

tl-noun

aktibidades (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜇᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜇᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish actividades, plural of actividad. Doublet of aktibidad.


tsapter

Borrowed from English chapter, from Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of kabildo and kapitulo.


kapitulo

Borrowed from Spanish capítulo, from Late Latin capitulum. Doublet of kabildo and tsapter.


bersikulo

bersíkuló (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓ)

bersíkuló (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


batsoy

ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
batchoy (alternative common proscribed)

Borrowed from Hiligaynon batsoy, likely from Hokkien, either 肉碎 (bah-chhùi, “minced meat”, literally “meat pieces”) or 肉水 (bah-chúi, literally “meat water”). See also Hokkien 肉脞麵 /肉脞面 (bah-chhò-mī), Hokkien 碎肉 (chhùi-bah / chhùi-mah).

batchoy (noodle soup made with pork offal, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock, beef loin and round noodles)


batchoy

(proscribed, common) alternative spelling of batsoy


tsapsoy

tsapsóy (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t͡ʃɐpˈsoɪ̯]


abutan

[ʔɐˈbuː.t̪ɐn̪]

[ˌʔaːˈbuː.t̪ɐn̪]


lusot

passing through; penetrating through (a small, narrow, or tight location or situation)

passing ahead of another (as in a race, competition, etc.)

overtaking (passing a more slowly moving object)


suwak

(obsolete) act of showing the half of one's body through the window

(obsolete) act of splashing each other with water when bathing

(obsolete) the act of digging up something that someone else buried


komposisyon

komposisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komposisyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

composition (of music, literature, etc.)

(typography) typesetting; composition of written material into type


rehimen

[ɾɛ.hɪˈmɛn̪]

Borrowed from Spanish régimen, from Latin regimen.


kolektibo

kolektibo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish colectivo. Doublet of kolektib.


pagmamay-ari

pagmamay-ari (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜌ᜔ᜀᜇᜒ)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜌ᜔ᜀᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.mɐ.maɪ̯ˈʔaː.ɾɪ]

From pag- + may-ari with initial reduplication.


beynte singko

beynte singko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
bente singko (alternative colloquial)
bentsingko (alternative colloquial)
benchingko (alternative colloquial)


brodkast

brodkast (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


may-ari

[maɪ̯ˈʔaː.ɾɪʔ]


opisyal

opisyál (canonical)
ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
opisyales (alternative plural-normally)


opisyales

opisyales (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish oficiales, plural of oficial (compare apostoles, materyales, rekisitos, and sentimos).

(usually in the plural) alternative form of opisyal


biyahero

biyahero (feminine biyahera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜑᜒᜇᜓ)


eksaminador

eksaminadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜋᜒᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

eksaminadór (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜋᜒᜈᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


magkakahoy

magkakahóy (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

magkakahóy (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mag- + kahoy with initial reduplication.

logger; lumberjack; woodcutter; wood-hewer


magbabakal

magbabakál (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mag- + bakal (“iron”), from an initial reduplication of bakal.

(informal) person who sells scrap metal; iron dealer


mangangaso

From mang- + aso with initial reduplication.


boluntaryo

boluntaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
buluntaryo (alternative)

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


rehistro

ᜇᜒᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


Adbentista

Adbentista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
adbentista (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish adventista, ultimately from English Adventist.


retoke

[ɾɛˈt̪oː.xɛ]

retouching (of photographs, paintings, etc.)

(by extension) any operation to improve one's appearance (especially surgical procedures)


dayalekto

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English dialect, and influenced by Spanish dialecto.

pseudo-loan

Naniniwala ako na sa paggamit ng sariling wika o anumang dayalekto lamang tayo nagkakaroon ng pagka-Pilipino, dahil ang tunog mismo ng salita ay musika. Ang banghay, bigkas o syntax ng salita mismo ay may angking tunog na ...

1990, Kasarinlan : a Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies:


misteryo

ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
misterio (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish misterio, from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion).


kumbinasyon

tl-noun

kumbinasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kumbinasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kombinasyon.


opyo

Borrowed from Spanish opio, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Doublet of opyum, ampiyon, and apyan.


amyenda

[ʔɐmˈjɛn̪.d̪ɐ]

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English amend, and influenced by Spanish enmienda.


konseho

Borrowed from Spanish consejo, from Old Spanish consejo, from Latin cōnsilium. Doublet of konsilyo.

Di namán mangyaring siya'y makalakad bumangon man lamang ay malakíng hirap, bakin sumasago bahò'y dili hamak - ang reyna't konseho'y nasuklám na lahát. Ang wikà ng reina sa mga konseho sa lahát ng grandes sa loob ng reino, ...

1957, Salita at buhay ng dalawang magkapuwa bata na si D. Alejandre at ni D. Luis sa kaharian ng Aragon at Moscobia:

Gay un pa man, ito ang paiiralin ng rebolusyonaryong pamahalaan. Ang pangunahing pagbabago nito ay ang pagpalit ng mga Kagawaran ng pamahalaan. Sa halip, nakasalalay ang kapangyarihan sa Kataas-taasang Konseho na ...

1997, Philippine Journal of Education, page 254:

“Ang samahang pinag-uusapan ay pinamamahalaan ng tinatawag na Kataas-taasang Konseho na itinatag sa lungsod kapital na ito, at binubuo ng pangulo, ingat-yaman, tagausig, kalihim at labindalawang kagawad ng konseho. Nagkaroon ...

1978, Pedro A. Gagelonia, Ang buhay, gawa't sinulat ni Jose Rizal:


konsehala

Kabilang sa “malalaking tao” ng pook na ito sina Kabesang Tato at Kabesang Mento na ama ni Bueng Pineda at Kabesang Inggo na lolong makalawa ng mga Fernando, gaya nina Maura (maybahay ni Francisco Rivera), Konsehala Carmen ...

1985, Rolando E. Villacorte, Baliwag, Then and Now:

female equivalent of konsehal: female councilor; female alderman


kuwarenta y singko

tl-noun

kuwarenta y singko (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜁ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜁ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
kwarenta y singko (alternative nonstandard)


simulasyon

simulasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

simulasyón (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

С. Role-Playing at Simulasyon Isa sa mga layunin ng pamaraang komunikatibo ay matulungan ang mag-aaral na maunawaan ang kanilang kapaligiran at umangkop dito sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng mga gawaing pangwika na ...

year unknown, Teaching the Elementary School Subjects: Content and Strategies in Teaching the Basic Elementary School Subjects, Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 195

Maaaring isagawa ang isang simulasyon na nagpapakita ng pakikilahok sa mga gawain o proyektong nakapagpapanatili ng pandaigdigang kapayapaan at kaunlaran. Gumawa ng listahan ng mga organisasyon na naglulunsad ng proyekto ...

year unknown, Sangkatauhan Sa Maylalang Iv' 2002 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 302


presensya

presensya (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

[pɾɛˈsɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of presensiya.


kalidad

kalidád (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kuwalidad (alternative)
kwalidad (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish calidad, from Latin quālitātem.


lamya

extreme coyness or tenderness in movement or speech; prudishness


iskrip

Borrowed from English script, from Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (“something written”).

...halimbawa ay ang Frame o Kuwadro 2 at ang iba pang kuwadro, ayon sa pagkakasunud-sunod, hanggang sa wakas ng iskrip. Hindi dapat na lagi na ay magkaroon ng caption o salaysay sa bawat kuwadro.

1972, Mario S. Cabling, May sining, tagumpay at salapi sa pagsulat ng komiks:

script (text of a stage play, movie, performance, etc.)


deskripsyon

deskripsyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

deskripsyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of deskripsiyon.


silbi

silbí (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
silbe (alternative colloquial)

Early borrowing from Spanish servir. Compare Pangasinan serbi and Bikol Central serbi. Doublet of serbi.


tsibog

tsibóg (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
chibog (alternative)
tsibug (alternative)

Blend of tsitsa + sabog, where tsitsa comes from Spanish chicha (“meat”).


tiyad

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

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


atang

Uncertain. Possibly from the following:
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ataŋ (“carry on a shoulder pole between two people”).
* From Hokkien 厭重 /厌重 (ià-tǎng), according to Manuel (1948). Possibly related to Tagalog katang or Hokkien 加重 (ka-tăng).

helping of one another to place a load on top of the head or shoulders of another


udyok

udyók (canonical)
ᜂᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
odyoc (alternative)
oryoc (alternative)
uryok (alternative obsolete)

[ʔʊdˈd͡ʒok̚]

something said or done to instigate or incite someone to do something undesirable


naninigarilyo

tl-noun

naninigarilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈᜒᜈᜒᜄᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜈᜈᜒᜈᜒᜄᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

From nan- + sigarilyo with initial reduplication.

Ang mga naninigarilyo ay may mas mataas na antas ng kolesterol sa katawan kaysa di-naninigarilyo. Tinatayang 90 porsiyento ng cancer sa baga ay nakukuha sa sigarilyo: 30 porsiyento naman ng iba pang uri ng cancer ay ritorin nakukuha; ...

1993, Justino Dormiendo, Doon po sa amin, may healer na magaling:


lisensiya

lisénsiyá (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
lisensya (alternative)

[lɪˈsɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish licencia, from Latin licentia.


ilusyon

ilusyón (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪ.lʊˈʃon̪]


adiksyon

adiksyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

adiksyón (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.d̪ɪkˈʃon̪]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of adiksiyon.


lulong

deep involvement (in a dangerous or undesirable situation)


panggagantso

panggagantso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.ɡɐˈɣan̪.t͡ʃo]

From pang- + gantso with initial reduplication.

1972, General [Quezon] Education Journal
pagni-niños inosentes - (pulutong 6) isang uri ng panloloko tuwing sasapit ang Disyembre 28 bilang pagdiriwang sa Pista ng mga Inosentes. pang-oonse - ( pulutong 2) katulad ng panggagantso. panggu-good time - (pulutong 6) isang paraan ...

Ang kanyang panggugulo
Hinding-hindi nakuntento
Sa dalawang dekadang panggagantso
Kasabuwat ang iyong manugang
Walang hanggan ang kapangyarihan
Hanggang isang gabi
Pinalayas sila ng mga mamamayan

1991, Herminio S. Beltran, Bayambang: tula, →ISBN:

Naging malaganap ang ganitong kaso ng panggagantso sa rehiyon. Malamang sa hindi, ilang parsela ng mga lupang ninuno ang rematado na ng bangko sanhi ng di-pagbabayad ng tinukoy ng mga nanggantso na mga benipisaryo.


pailalim

act of conforming or submission under someone


pananamit

pananamít (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜈᜋᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐˈmɪt̪̚]

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

clothing (act or instance of putting clothes on)


pambahay

Bakit ka nakasuot nang pambahay?

'Wag, pambahay 'yang tsinelas na yan.

something intended for use at home, such as housewear


lalan

eating of rice without an accompanying dish


panyo

Borrowed from Spanish paño, from Latin pannus.


panyuwelo

ᜉᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜒᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
panyuelo (alternative)
panuwelo (alternative)
panwelo (alternative)


apresasyon

apresasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

apresasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.pɾɛ.sɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish apreciación, with change of -ciación to -sasyon (see also asosasyon) due to difficulty in pronouncing two consecutive syllables with /sj/.

alternative form of apresyasyon: appreciation


kompensasyon

kompensasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kompensasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kumpensasyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish compensación, from Latin compēnsātiō.


lauya

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish la olla (“the pot; the stew”). Compare Cebuano lauya (“stew”). See also lakwatsa, lamesa, lamesita, lamyerda, and lawulta.

bor+

dish of boiled vegetables and meat in a pot


awtonomiya

tl-noun

awtonomiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜋᜒᜌ)

ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜋᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
atwonomya (alternative)
autonomia (alternative)
awtonomia (alternative)
otonomiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish autonomía, from Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomía).


kanang-kamay

kanang-kamáy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

kanang-kamáy (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kanang kamay (alternative)

[ˌkaː.n̪ɐŋ kɐˈmaɪ̯]

See kanang kamay. Possibly semantic loan from Spanish mano derecha.


umento

ᜂᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
aumento (alternative)
awmento (alternative)
omento (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish aumento, from Latin augmentum.

increase; addition; augment (in wage, compensation, etc.)


akumulasyon

akumulasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

akumulasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜃᜓᜋᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish acumulación, from Latin accumulātiōnem.


distribusyon

distribusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

distribusyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish distribución, from Latin distribūtiō.


pundasyon

pundasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

pundasyón (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pamamahagi

pamamahagi or pamamahagì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜋᜑᜄᜒ)

pamamahagi (canonical)
pamamahagì (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜋᜑᜄᜒ (Baybayin)

From pam- + bahagi, with initial reduplication.


deportasyon

deportasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

deportasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kumplikasyon

kumplikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kumplikasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of komplikasyon.


kumplikado

kumplikado (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜇᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of komplikado.


diskwalipikasyon

diskwalipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

diskwalipikasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of diskuwalipikasyon.


perspektibo

perspektibo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish perspectivo, from Late Latin perspectīvus. Doublet of perspektiba.


segundahan

ségundáhan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

ségundáhan (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌsɛː.ɣʊn̪ˈd̪aː.hɐn̪]


kasalimuotan

kasalimuotán or kasalimuotan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆᜈ᜔)

kasalimuotán (canonical)
kasalimuotan (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kasalimuutan (alternative)

complication (state of being complicated)


kaklase

Kaklase ko noon sa elementarya si Carlos.

Carlos was my classmate back in elementary school.


kolehiyala

(now dated) female equivalent of kolehiyal: schoolgirl

(by extension, informal) female equivalent of kolehiyal: female college student


kaeskuwela

kaeskuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

ᜃᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
kaeskwela (alternative)

Hindi ko na gaano nakakausap ang mga dati kong kaeskuwela noon.

I no longer have contact with my former schoolmates.

Sa grade school, tingin ko, ang babaw ng kaligayahan ng mga kaeskuwela ko. Hindi ako gaanong nakikisalamuha sa kanila. Ipinatawag ng adviser ko sa grade four ang Nanay para sabihing pasalihin ako sa Girl Scout nang ako raw ay ...

2009, Agaw-dilim, agaw-liwanag, UP Press, →ISBN:


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]

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pipi, at, bingi.


tagapagsalin

tagapágsálin (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

tagapágsálin (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

person whose duty is to transfer or pour content from one container to another


tensyon

tensyón (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɛn̪ˈʃon̪]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of tensiyon.


presyon

presyón (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish presión, from Latin pressiō, pressionis, from pressus, perfect passive participle of premō (“I press”). Doublet of presyur.


kuskos

kuskós (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kuskus (alternative)


luhuran

kneeler; hassock (cushion used for resting in a kneeling position)

place where one kneels (especially in church for Communion)

simultaneous kneeling of people (as in prayer)


tagaytay

[t̪ɐ.ɣaɪ̯ˈt̪aɪ̯]

mountain ridge (especially with a brea top)

continuous drop of sticky liquid (especially with a thread-like tail)

consecutiveness in groups, waves, or series


bungangkahoy

búngangkáhoy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

búngangkáhoy (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜅᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
bungang-kahoy (alternative)

From bunga + -ng- + kahoy. Compare Tausug bungang-kahuy.


kuwentong buhay

kuwentong buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


paglalasing

paglalasíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

paglalasíng (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

habitual drinking of alcohol; act of intoxicating oneself with alcohol


buwan-buwan

buwán-buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

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

Indo-Pacific tarpon, Pacific tarpon, oxeye herring (Megalops cyprinoides)


malaanonang

malaanonang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜀᜈᜓᜈᜅ᜔)

[mɐ.lɐ.ʔɐˈn̪oː.n̪ɐŋ]


anak-anakan

anák-anakan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜀᜈᜃᜈ᜔)

anák-anakan (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜀᜈᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌn̪ak ʔɐˈn̪aː.xɐn̪]

Isáng nápakaasim na tawa ang noo'y nasnaw sa pangit na mukha ni Silas. — Makakagalitan ni D. Juan ang kanyang anak-anakan? — Oo. Pilitin ninyong mahuli ang binatang iyan sa isang gawang nakasisirang pun. Hindi na kailangang ang ...

1921, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Dugo sa dugo:

A very [bitter] laughter was then viewed on the ugly face of Silas. — Would D. Juan be angry to his adopted child? — Yes. Persevere in capturing that young man from an act of slander. There is no need for ...

Sa matimyas ngang paghahangad ng mabait na yayang gumaling na agad ang kanyang anak-anakan ay nakagawa siya ng isang pagsisinungaling na pagkatapos ay malabis niyang pinagsisisihan.

1947, Carlos Padilla, Ang pangarap kong birhen: nobela:

In genuine pursuance of the kind maid that her foster child to be well, she has made a lie that she greatfully regret.

Sa kanilang pagdaong noong Abril 7, 1521, sila ay kaagad na nagpaputok ng mga kanyon na ikinatakot ng mga Pilipino. Isinugo ni Magellan ang kanyang anak-anakan at ang tagasaling si Enrique kay Raha Humabon, ang pinuno ng Cebu.

On their landing on April 7, 1521, they immediately fired cannons that frightened the Filipinos. Magellan sent his adopted child and the interpreter Enrique to Rajah Humabon, the chief of Cebu.


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

splitting one's cost relative to what one bought; going Dutch


ngiyaw

ngiyáw (canonical)
ᜅᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
ng̃iyao (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋiaw (“meow of a cat”) of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Ilocano ngiaw (“meow”), Kankanaey ngiyaw (“cat”), Ibaloi ngiyaw (“cat”), Karao ngiyaw (“cat”), Bikol Central ngiyaw (“meow”), Cebuano ngiyaw (“meow”), and Malay ngiau (“meow”). See also Kapampangan ngeung, Hokkien 貓 /猫 (niau, “cat”), and Japanese にゃあ (nyā).


niig

private or intimate conversation; tête-à-tête

(obsolete) mutual entertainment of one another (by working or talking)


bangkito

Borrowed from Spanish banquito. By surface analysis, bangko + -ito.


lamesita

ᜎᜋᜒᜐᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
lameseta (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish la mesita (“the small table”). By surface analysis, lamesa + -ita.


areglo

[ʔɐˈɾɛː.ɡlo]


panggagahasa

tl-noun

panggagahasà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜑᜐ)

panggagahasà (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜑᜐ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.ɡɐ.ɣɐˈhaː.sɐʔ]


paninirang-puri

paninirang-purì (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜒᜈᜒᜇᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜇᜒ)

paninirang-purì (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜒᜈᜒᜇᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.n̪ɪˌn̪iː.ɾɐm ˈpuː.ɾɪʔ]

From paninira + -ng- + puri, literally “ruining praises”.


apalya

apalyá (canonical)
ᜀᜉᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
apalia (alternative)
apalaya (alternative obsolete)
apaliya (alternative obsolete)
palla (alternative obsolete)
palya (alternative obsolete)

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan apalia. Doublet of ampalaya.


plasa

ᜉ᜔ᜎᜐ (Baybayin)
palasa (alternative dated)

Borrowed from Spanish plaza, from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).


kalyehon

kalyehón (canonical)
ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagkakakilanlan

tl-noun

pagkakákilanlán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜃᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)

pagkakákilanlán (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜃᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Syncopic form of pagkakakilalanan (literally “recognizability; knowability”) with metathesis, from pagka- + kilala + -nan. By surface analysis, pagkaka- + kilanlan.

surf

May sariling pagkakakilanlan ang bawat tao.

Humihingi ng anumang pagkakakilanlan mula sa taumbayan ang mga pulis tungkol sa suspek.

The police are asking locals about any identification on the suspect.


panlilimos

tl-noun

panlilimós (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜋᜓᜐ᜔)

panlilimós (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜋᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pan- + limos with reduplication in root word.


pasimuno

instigator; initiator; the first to bring something up


pananamantala

pananamantalá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜈᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ)

pananamantalá (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜈᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ (Baybayin)

From pan- + samantala with initial reduplication.


sarswela

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of sarsuwela.


bodabil

Borrowed from English vaudeville, from French vaudeville.

Sa larangan ng dula, dalawa ang mahalagang anyo na itinanim ng Amerika sa Filipinas: ang bodabil o stage show, at ang tinatawag na "legitimate stage."
In the field of theatre, the United States implanted two important forms: the vaudeville or stage show, and the so-called "legitimate stage".

1980, Rosario Torres-Yu, Panitikan at kritisismo: Rosario Torres-Yu, patnugot:


kahalagahan

kahalagahán (canonical)
ᜃᜑᜎᜄᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tsotso

/ˈt͡ʃot͡ʃoʔ/

[ˈt͡ʃoː.t͡ʃoʔ]


pagdahak

act of expelling out phlegm from the throat


baklita

... and Cory, sisteret ni Noynoy, faghag ni Kuya Boy, at ang token jowsah ng mga baklita. In her former morning show, nag-guest ang pudra ng Pinoy 72 • Louie Cano.

2008, Louie Cano, Masculadoll: mga sanaysay ng buhay Bading na di Buking:

Siya ang lead star. May mag-asawang madalas mag-imbita ng ka-threesome. Nitong huli nag-suggest ang husband na bakla naman ang kunin nilang guest star. For a change. Nagduda ang wife. Baka naman baklita na si husband dearest?

2008, Ricardo Lee, Para kay B: o kung paano dinevastate ng pag-ibig ang 4 out of 5 sa atin : nobela, →ISBN:

Tense na ako. Gasgas na sa akin ang puna ng mga amiga kong baklita na ilusyon ko lang ang paghahanap ng meaningful relationship. Sabi ko naman, tumanda man akong isang ilusyunadang bakla, maghihintay pa rin ako sa pagdating ng ...

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


hatol

Borrowed from Malay hatur or atur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ. Compare Bikol Central hatol, Hawaiian aku, Maori atu, and Maranao ator.


peryodikal

peryódikál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜃᜎ᜔)

peryódikál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


Indyano

[ʔɪn̪ˈd͡ʒaː.n̪o]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of Indiyano.


Irlandes

Irlandés (feminine Irlandesa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

Irlandés (canonical)
Irlandesa (feminine)
ᜁᜇ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪɾ.lɐn̪ˈd̪ɛs]


sustansya

sustansya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of sustansiya.


dilubyo

ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
delubyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish diluvio (“deluge”), from Latin dīluvium.


dimig

[ˈd̪iː.mɪɡ̚]


sabanyon

sabanyón (canonical)
ᜐᜊᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish sabañón (“chilblain”).


pulmonya

pulmonyá (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
pulmonia (alternative)
pulmoniya (alternative)
pulmunia (alternative)
pulmunya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish pulmonía (“pneumonia”).


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) possession of a natural talent, beauty, etc.


pukyutan

ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pocquiotan (alternative)
pocyotan (alternative)
pucqiotan (alternative)

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (“kind of honeybee”) with metathesis. Compare Pangasinan potiokan, Kapampangan pukiutan /putiukan, Asi pudyukan, Romblomanon putyūkan, Bikol Central putyokan, Cebuano putyukan, Western Bukidnon Manobo petiyukan, Tausug pussukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Mongondow pasukan, and Central Dusun potiukan. Doublet of pusukan.


ligwan

ligwán (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
liguan (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *qali-ʀuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qani-ʀuan. Compare Ilocano arinuan, Kapampangan anigguan, Cebuano ligwan, and Malay neruan. See also laywan.


lukutan

ᜎᜓᜃᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
locotan (alternative)

honeycomb of the lukot bee (which has bitterish honey)


kamag-anakan

tl-noun

kamag-anakan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜄ᜔ᜀᜈᜃᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜋᜄ᜔ᜀᜈᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
camag-anacan (alternative)

Kung hindi wasto o tama ang pagkalisan nito, mangyaring babalik ang kaluluwa upang gambalain ang mga nabubuhay na kamag-anakan. Ang pagtulog ay hangganan ng buhay at kamatayan.

1976, Alfredo T. Tiamson, Selected Studies in Philippine Folklore:

Ito'y uri ng ritwal na dapat gampanan panapanahon ng mga kamag-anakan ng yumao. Upang maipatupad ito, mayroong lupang ipinamana na ang kita ay ginugugol sa paghahanda taun-taon.


damulag

[d̪ɐˈmuː.lɐɡ̚]

Compare Bikol Central damulag and Kapampangan damulag.


dambuhala

dambuhalà (canonical)
ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜎ (Baybayin)
dambohala (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay jambuara (“monster fish”), ultimately from a Minangkabau origin. Compare Kapampangan dambuala and Cebuano dambuala.

bor+

Ayokong pumayat, ayokong tumaba, Ayoko ring matulad sa isang dambuhala

2003, “The Spageti Song”, in Lito Camo (lyrics), Lito Camo (music), Round 2, performed by Sexbomb Girls ft. Joey De Leon:

I don't wanna be thin, I don't wanna be fat, I also don't wanna be like a giant

Diospyros pilosanthera
Wikispecies:Diospyros pilosanthera

(botany) medium-sized tree with oblong leaves with fascicled flowers and subellipsoid fruit (Diospyros pilosanthera)


kabuyaw

Borrowed from Kapampangan kabuyau (modern kabuyo), from Proto-Philippine *kabuʀaw. Compare Ivatan kavugaw, Ilocano kabugaw /kaburaw, and Cebuano kabugaw. See also Ilocano kamuyaw.

Citrus hystrix
Citrus hystrix#Translingual


limitasyon

tl-noun

limitasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

limitasyón (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


liturhiya

litúrhiyá (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish liturgia, from Latin liturgia, from Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía).


litograpiya

litograpiya (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ)

ᜎᜒᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
litograpya (alternative)
litograpia (alternative)


halaan

halaan or halaán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

halaan (canonical)
halaán (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


salang orihinal

salang orihinál (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜅ᜔ ᜂᜇᜒᜑᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

salang orihinál (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜅ᜔ ᜂᜇᜒᜑᜒᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


agwa-bendita

agwa-bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)

ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
agwa bendita (alternative)
agwabindita (alternative)

[ˌʔaɡ.wɐ bɛn̪ˈd̪iː.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish agua bendita (literally “blessed water”).


nanay-nanayan

tl-noun

nanay-nanayan (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜈᜌ᜔ᜈᜈᜌᜈ᜔)

[ˌn̪aː.n̪aɪ̯ n̪ɐˈn̪aː.jɐn̪]

Reduplication of nanay + -an. Literally, “little mother; pretend mother”.

lit

children's game where one of the players pretend to be one's mother


tatay-tatayan

tl-noun

tatay-tatayan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜌ᜔ᜆᜆᜌᜈ᜔)

[ˌt̪aː.t̪aɪ̯ t̪ɐˈt̪aː.jɐn̪]

Reduplication of tatay + -an. Literally, “little father; pretend father”.


ginoo

ginoó (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ (Baybayin)
guinoo (alternative)
Ginoo (alternative capitalized)
G. (alternative abbreviation)

[ɡɪˈn̪oː.ʔo]

Possibly from Proto-Bisayan *gin- (cf. Cebuano gi- and Hiligaynon gin- prefixes) + Greater Central Philippine *túʔuh (“believe; give credence to”) (cf. Tagalog totoo, Cebuano tuo), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu (“true”). Compare Kapampangan ginu, Bikol Central ginoo, Cebuano ginoo. Also possibly related to Sanskrit नु (nu, “praise”), or noo (“forehead”).

Bigay ng isang ginoo.

Aba Ginoong Maria

(historical) lord; noble from the ruling class


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).

der

freedom from an obligation, responsibility, or punishment


estampita

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
istampita (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish estampita, or analytically estampa + -ita.


asarol

asaról (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜇᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
sadol (alternative obsolete)
sarol (alternative)

Early borrowing of Spanish azadón (“hoe”), corrupted by /d/~/ɾ/ allophony, and a sound shift from /n/ to /l/. Compare Kapampangan sarul.


saklolo

ᜐᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
saklulo (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish socorro. Doublet of sokoro.

bor+

person on a mission to respond to a call for help


komersiyo

tl-noun

komérsiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓ)

komérsiyó (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
komersyo (alternative nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish comercio, from Latin commercium.


paumanhin

paumanhín (canonical)
ᜉᜂᜋᜈ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paomanhin (alternative)

Syncopic form of paumanuhin, from umano + pa- -hin.


gansal

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


batulang

chicken coop (made of wicker or bamboo splits)

cylindrical loading basket (usually carried hanging from the ends of a pole on the shoulders)

bell-shaped basket placed over mother hens (to keep it in place while its chicks go in and out)