dayalogo

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English dialogue, and influenced by Spanish diálogo.

pseudo-loan

Subalit may pag-iingat na kailangang pangalagaan sa pagkakaroon ng dayalogo. Sabi ni Ramon Guillermo: Sinanay ang mga edukador na pakinggang mabuti ang dalawang panig ng 'umaapi' at 'inaapi' at ifasiliteyt ang tinatawag ni Freire ...

2005, Elizabeth Morales Nuncio, Mga talinghaga sa laylayan: ang mapagpalayang pedagohiya ng malikhaing pagsulat at antolohiya ng mga tula ng bukalsining:

Hindi masyado kaming dinidirek sa boses at dayalogo dahil may kaalaman na kami. At ang mga tauhang ginagampanan namin ay kami-kami na rin naman. Malimit lang tumatalikod kami, sasabihin ni Jojo, “side view lang kayo.” Hindi siya ...

2009, Simulain: dulambayan ng manggagawa sa konteksto ng militanteng kilusang unyonismo (1980-1994), UP Press, →ISBN:

Maaaring lagyan ito ng dayalogo o balloons. 5. Hayaang ipakita at ikuwento ng bawat pangkat ang comic strip sa harap ng klase. Gabay na tanong: 1. Kung si Cinderella ay mapaso dahil madalas siyang nag- luluto at nasa abuhan, ano ang ...

(Can we date this quote?), Julie Rayel Fernandez, Edukasyong Pangkalusugan II, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 22:


banyaga

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

[bɐnˈɲaː.ɣɐʔ]

[bɐn̪ˈjaː.ɣɐʔ]

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

der

(obsolete) wanderer who goes town to town like a stranger

(obsolete) merchant, peddler, or dealer who goes town to town; huckster


pahina

Borrowed from Spanish página, from Latin pāgina (“page”).


lisensya

[lɪˈsɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of lisensiya.


gayat

[ˈɡaː.jɐt̪̚]

thin slices; thin cuts (of meat, fish, bread, etc.)

slicing into small, thin pieces (of meat, fish, bread, etc.)


gitata

[ɡɪˈt̪aː.t̪ɐʔ]

[ɡɪ.t̪ɐˈt̪aʔ]

dirty and sticky condition (of a place or thing)


bilabila

bilabilá (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜊᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
bila-bila (alternative)


tulong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”). Compare Tausug tulung, Malay tolong, Coastal Kadazan tuhung, Tetum tulun, and Urak Lawoi' ตูลก (tulok).

inh

person who runs to help (to someone in danger)


maikling kuwento

tl-noun

maiklíng kuwento (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

maiklíng kuwento (canonical)
ᜋᜁᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
maikling kwento (alternative nonstandard)

From maikli (“short”) + -ng + kuwento (“story”). Calque of English short story.


palitan

Magkano na ang palitan ng piso at dolyar?

How much is the peso-dollar exchange rate by now?


lungkot

lungkót (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
loncot (alternative)
longcot (alternative)
lunkot (alternative obsolete)


kasiyahan

tl-noun

kasiyahan or kasiyahán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜒᜌᜑᜈ᜔)

kasiyahan (canonical)
kasiyahán (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜒᜌᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
casiyahan (alternative)
casiyanan (alternative)
kasiyanan (alternative obsolete)


mungkahi

mungkahì (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜒ (Baybayin)
bongcahi (alternative)
moncahi (alternative)
mongcahi (alternative)
pongcahi (alternative)
bungkahi (alternative)
pungkahi (alternative)
munkahi (alternative)

According to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860), the variant pungkahi is the same with pungka, which is said to be of Chinese origin. Possibly from Hokkien 旁敲 (pông-khà, “sidestrike”) according to Manuel (1948).

motion or proposition for discussion in a meeting or assembly

(obsolete) incitation; provocation; exhortation


pagmamalupit

pagmamalupít (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆ᜔)

pagmamalupít (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + malupit with initial reduplication of malupit, literally, “acting cruel”.

Naging biktima si Bonifacio ng sariling kahinaan at pagmamalupit ng mga kapwa rebolusyonaryo. IV. PAGBABALIK-ARAL A. TALASALITAAN — Alamin ang kahulugan ng mga sumusunod na mga kataga: 1. pulong 6. nasasakdal 2. bihag 7.

1997, Philippine Journal of Education, page 46:

Maraming usapin ang nasagasaan sa loob ng restawran kabilang na ang pagmamalupit ng mga kapitalistang dayuhan, katayuan ng babae sa makalalaking lipunan at nag-iinit na seguridad pampulitika. Nagtapos ang drama sa restawran sa ...

year unknown, Panitikan Sa Pilipinas'2001 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc.

... opisyales ng gobyerno na hahalili sa kalaunan sa kanilang mga tungkulin, ay maramlng pagmamalupit na ipinaranas 56 Ang Bagong Lumlpas— I.

1997, Renato Constantino, Ang bagong lumipas, →ISBN:

2016, Gretisbored, PERFECT STRANGER, Margaret S. Sanapo
Inakay ng kambal ang ginang papasok sa kanilang bahay habang kinukwentuhan ito ng pagmamalupit sa kanila ng don. Napasulyap kay Sheila ang donya na tila humihingi ng pang-unawa. Hindi kumibo ang dalaga. "Iyan nga ang pinunta ...

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

aggression; maltreatment; abuse (especially physical abuse)


pahintulot

pahintulot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

ᜉᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
pahintolot (alternative)

From pa- + hin- + tulot. See tulot. Compare Kapampangan paintulut.

Huwag kang aalis ng wala ang aming pahintulot.

Mga pag-iingat • Kung ang Ingles na baybay ng pangalan ng internasyonal na pahintulot sa pagmamaneho ay iba mula sa baybay na makikita sa pasaporte, o sa kasong ang lagda sa internasyonal na pahintulot sa pagmamaneho ay iba sa ...

2014, Ministro ng Pagkakapantay-pantay ng Kasarian at Pamilya, Gabay para sa Pamumuhay sa Korea: Gabay sa Pamumuhay para sa mga Dayuhan at Multikultural na Pamilya - Tagalog, 길잡이미디어, page 136

2016, Ang Maluwalhating Qur'an, Risale Press
katibayan tungkol sa legal na pananaw sa pahintulot ng mga pagdalaw, atbp.). At si Allah ay Ganap na Maalam, ang Puspos ng Karunungan. 59. At kung ang mga bata sa lipon ninyo ay sumapit na sa gulang ng pagdadalaga (o pagbibinata), ...

'L'Uf'y Nagagawa mo ba ang gusto mo kahit walang pahintulot? May pagkakataon na nais mong gumawa ng isang bagay na ikasasaya mo ngunit hindi mo agad ito magagawa dahil kailangan mong humingi ng pahintulot. Ang maayos na ...

year unknown, Yakal Wika 2' 2007 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc.

Ang huwag lumabas ng bahay maliban sa kapahintulutan ng asawang lalaki: Kabilang sa mga karapatan ng lalaki sa kanyang asawa ay ang tungkuling huwag lumisan ng bahay nang wala siyang pahintulot, maging ito man ay pansarili o ...

year unknown, Fahd Salem Bahammam, Ang pamilya at ang mga pag-uugali sa Islam: Isang paglilinaw sa katayuan ng pamilya at ang mga miyembro nito sa Islam at isang pagsasalaysay sa kahalagahan ng mga magagandang pag-uugali sa buhay ng isang Muslim, Modern Guide

Pahintulot sa paglipat ng tauhan KD D D H 3. Imbestigasyon ng reklamong administratibo KD DN H H 4. Pahintulot sa pag-leave ng may sakit, ng magbabakasyon at ng manganganak D D D H 5. Pahintulot sa mga rekisisyon D D D H 6.

1991, Victoria A. Bautista, Tungo sa kaunlarang sosyal na nakatutok sa tao sa rehimeng Aquino:


pagsuway

pagsuwáy (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


tuwalya

ᜆᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
toalya (alternative dated)
twalya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish toalla. Compare Indonesian tuala, Malay tuala, Brunei Malay tuala, Portuguese toalha.


bungang-araw

bungang-araw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜅᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bong̃ang arao (alternative)
boñgang arao (alternative)

[ˌbuː.ŋɐŋ ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


tampisaw

tampisáw (canonical)
ᜆᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜐᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
tapisaw (alternative obsolete)

act of wading playfully through shallow water (as by splashing one's feet)


simpatiya

simpatiya or simpatiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜒᜌ)

simpatiya (canonical)
simpatiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
simpatia (alternative dated)
simpatya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish simpatía, from Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

At marahil ay dahil na rin sa pagkasawa at minsa'y pagkasuklam na nararam- daman namin sa iba't ibang hugis, ... Ngunit para sa akin, kun- tento na akong nag-iisa, baga- ma't may mga sandaling ang pangangailangan sa simpatiya ng ...

1997, Mariano Ponce, Maria Luisa T. Camagay, Wystan Dela Peña, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, University of the Philippines System. Office of Research Coordination, Mariano Ponce cartas sobre la revolucion, Sentro Ng Wikang Filipino Sistemang Unibersidad Ng Pilipinas

Simula't sapul, hindi kami nag-alinlangan na makukuha namin ang simpatiya ng madla dahil makatarungan ang aming adhikain at pariwara ang ginawa ng mga Amerikano. Niloko muna nila kami dahil gusto nila kaming pagsamantalahan at ...

1996, Wilfrido V. Villacorta, Ma. Reinaruth D. Carlos, Yuchengco Institute of Philippines-Japan Relations, Kokusai Kōryū Kikin, Towards a shared future through mutual understanding: proceedings of the first International Conference on Philippines-Japan Relations, 28-29 July, 1995

Sa malawak na abot-tanaw na pangkalakal na ginagawa, makikita naming lumilitaw na naman ang mayamang Kapuluan ng ... ang pagkamaginoo ng ating maykapangyarihan at ang mga simpatiya ng lipunan sa Maynila. Nakita namin ...

"Hindi ko maaaring makatulong ngunit huwag mag-simpatiya para sa kanya. " Paano ako dapat upang maniwala na hindi mo ... Hilahin namin ang hanggang sa isang maliit na cottage. Ito ay ang huling bahay pababa ng sandy kalsada na ...

2014, Celeste Mayfield, Regalong Ang Ocean ni, Celeste Mayfield:


kerubin

[kɛ.ɾʊˈbɪn̪]

Borrowed from Spanish querubín, from Latin cherubim, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּב (k'rúv).

2010, Philippine Bible Society, Bible: Tagalog Popular Version, Genesis 3:24

And God placed guards of cherubim in the east part of the garden of Eden...

At sa dakong silangan ng halamanan ng Eden ay naglagay ang Diyos ng bantay na kerubin...


kontratista

kontratista (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

1988, Kilusan sa Paglilinang ng Rebolusyonaryong Panitikan at Sining sa Kanayunan (LINANG), Sa tungki ng ilong ng kaaway: talambuhay ni Tatang
Ang kontratista'y tatanggap ng P2.00 sa asendero, ang ibibigay sa trabahador ay 80 sentimos. Dadayain ka pa sa timbang, yaong mga praksyon ay hindi na ibibilang. Ugali pa ng kontratista na bawat kailangan mo, tulad ng bigas, de-lata, ...

1993, Dominador B. Mirasol, Mga Agos Sa Disyerto, Solar Publishing
"Huwak na ikaw masok, An-do," hubad sa anumang damdamin ang tinig ng kontratista. Magkausap sila ng Tata Ando noon at masaya ito — sapagkat ayon dito ay matataas ang nakuhang marka ni Genio sa eksamen...ngunit sa sinabing iyon ...

Walang kaparis sa luho ang buhay, ayon sa mga kontratista at suppiier na aming nakausap. Ang iloor area nito ay 2,500 sq.m. na ang laki — sapat na iawak para magkasya ang 70 iow-eost na pabahay ng gobyerno. Sa sobraug laki. kaila- ...

2001, Ang makasaysayang People Power Part 2 sa mga pahina ng Pinoy times special edition issues 1-16:


kara-krus

ᜃᜇᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kara-i-krus (alternative)
karaikrus (alternative)
cara y cruz (alternative)
kara krus (alternative)
kara o krus (alternative)

Ihahagis pataas ang barya. Pero maski sa kara-krus, laging kumakara para sa bangka. Hindi isa lang ang hamig nang hamig. Hindi kara nang kara. Kumukurus din ang bagsak ng pitsa. Hops! Kara! Taya pa! Baka krus na sa susunod na hirit.

1990, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Antolohiya ng mga nagwaging akda: 1980-1984:

Kung hindi'y mag- iiyak Kami. Kapag kapaskuhan naman at marami kaming mga barya sa bulsa, ang uso naman ay tantsing, palmo o kara-krus. Kung tag-araw at hindi maputik, nagsisiyato kami, nagtataguan, tumbang- preso, agawan-base o ...

... sa kwarto nila ni Cris, ang kanyang nakababatang kapatid, at di malaman kung ano ang gagawin, ipinalalagay niyang iba siya sa mga karaniwang bata na may kani-kanyang kinahuhumalingang laro—dyolens, kara-krus, o basketbol.

heads or tails, usually as a form of illegal gambling


saligang batas

saligáng batás or sálígang batás (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

saligáng batás (canonical)
sálígang batás (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


Saligang Batas

Saligáng Batás or Saligang Batás (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

Saligáng Batás (canonical)
Saligang Batás (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of saligang-batas


Indones

Indonés (feminine Indonesa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

Indonés (canonical)
Indonesa (feminine)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


palasyo

ᜉᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
palasio (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish palacio (“palace”), from Latin palātium, from Palātium (“Palatine Hill”), one of the seven hills of Rome.

bor+

Palasyo ng Malacañang


kulambo

kulambô (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
colambo (alternative)


kulani

kulanì (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
colani (alternative)

Uncertain. According to Panganiban (1973), borrowed from Spanish collarín (“surgical collar”) but both the definition and phonology is significantly distant. See also kolyarin.

swelling or inflammation of the lymph node (especially in the groin or the armpit)


kulap

mist; haze or thin clouds that obscure vision


kulunoy

kulunóy (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kulnoy (alternative)


kampanilya

tl-noun

kampanilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

Borrowed from Spanish campanilla (“little bell”). The plants were named after its bell-shaped flowers. Doublet of kampanela.


katha

kathâ (canonical)
ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
catha (alternative)
kata (alternative)

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”). Compare Malay kata.


hibo

Compare Asi hibo (“to rub something onto the skin”) and Romblomanon hību' (“something rubbed on”).


hinayupak

Para tuloy sa isip ko'y nagpapanggap lang siyang sanggano kahit ang totoo'y ganun naman talaga ang ugali niyang hinayupak siya! " Hindi ako magpapatalo sa'yo," sabi ko sa sarili. " Sir, Gio Altamirano. At your service." biro niya pa't tila may ...

2014, Taga Imus, Sa Butas 2012: Tagalog Gay Story, Taga Imus M2M Books - TGIMS Publishing Services, →ISBN, page 6:


kumintang

kumintáng (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

a Tagalog epic before the Spanish colonial period from the Kumintang area (supposed to be lost during the Spanish colonial period)

ancient warriors from the Kumintang area

ancient battle or conquest songs of Kumintang warriors

(music) a type of song and music
a type of matrimonial ballad

a type of doleful wedding ditty (in verse sung by men during nuptial ceremonies)

amorous song and music with guitar accompaniment

(music) a type of song and music
a type of kundiman

stylistic chant set to the verses of Florante at Laura

a type of folk dance
ancient war dance of the Kumintang area

a type of dance sequence of a man and a woman (with a cup of sasa wine in the woman's hand)

a pantomimic courtship dance by a man and a woman


lintik

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

[lɪn̪ˈt̪ɪk̚]

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

inh

Lintik kang hayop ka!

Angal ka nang angal, lintik ka, wala naman sa oras. Pero hindi ako sa 'yo nag-iinit, kundi sa. . . Mga demonyo, kung kailan dapat tumawa, hindi tatawa. Ngayong wala nang nakakatawa, doon naman tatawa. Pag ako namang tatawa, bawal.

You keep on complaining, you jerk, even when it is not the right time. But I'm not pissed off with you... it's rather those demons, when they must laugh, they don't. When no one laughs, they'll do. When I will laugh, you're not.

"Bumangon ka riyan, lintik ka! Bubuhusan kita ng tubig, hayop ka!" Umulit ang sirena. "Kahit na sa Panahong ito ng Sama-Samang Kasaganaan, peste at peste rin ang buhay natin! Panahon din ng Sama-Samang Gutom dito sa pama- mahay ...

1992, Genoveva Edroza Matute, Piling maiikling kuwento, 1939-1992, →ISBN:

"You wake up, bastard! Or I'll splash hot water on you!" The siren repeated. Even in this Time of Abundance, our lives are still worthless! When in the Time of Famine in this house...

“Akala mo eh matsatsambahan mo 'ko lintik ka!” Gagawin na sana ni Claude ang pinakahuli niyang “move” nang magsalita na ang buwaya. Nagulat ang binata dahil nagsasalita naman pala ang Vrandolon.

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

"You think you can catch me, you jerk!" Claude should do his last move when the crocodile spoke. The boy was shocked when Vrandolon actually spoke.

(mildly vulgar) jerk; bastard (contemptible person)


tarugo

[t̪ɐˈɾuː.ɣo]

wooden peg or crossbar (for fastening a door, window, or gate)

Pinagkakasya ang kalibugan naming pareho sa liit ng espasyong mayroon saunahan 'nun. “Hinanap hanap ko itoLee. Sabik na sabik na rin ako.” Sabi ko pa habang nilalaro kong aking kanang palad ang tarugo niyang pinaglihi ata ng ina ...

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

Doon nga, oo, sa lugar na walang bilang banghay anyo hugis kung saan malulusaw ang tarugo ng katalagahan kabalighuang nilagom sa mitsa ng pulang bulalakaw nagluluningning umiinog sa ampiteatro ng ulirat biyayang isasabog ang ...

2010, E. San Juan, Jr., SUTRANG KAYUMANGGI, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 147:

"Ang tarugo naman ay simpleng tarangka. Mga salitang palasak na inugnay sa ari ng lalaki." Pagkatapos ay bumaling kay Uno, "Iyong pagsasanib-lahi na sinasabi ninyo ay katulad ng blood eompaet ni Sikatuna at Legazpi?" "Ang padugo ay ...

(slang, mildly vulgar) penis (especially a large one)


kambal

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

Borrowed from Malay kembar, ultimately of Austroasiatic origin.

twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)


totoo

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

dialectal, Southern Tagalog, uncommon, alternative

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


katutubo

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

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

Ano'ng bati mo sa ansilis na katutubo mo bago ka mahiga kung gabi?

What salutation do you say to your guardian angel before you go to bed at night?


kaing

kaíng (canonical)
ᜃᜁᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
caing (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *kaqiŋ (“kind of large openwork basket”). Compare Ilocano kaing, Bikol Central kaing, and Cebuano kaing.

basket of woven bamboo with wide mouth and two opposite handles generally used for fruit


kalantari

kalantarì (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.lɐn̪ˈt̪aː.ɾɪʔ]

idle gossip; spreading scandal by gossip or rumors


kalangay

ᜃᜎᜅᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
calang̃ay (alternative)

Cacatua haematuropygia
Cacatua haematuropygia#Translingual

Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)


kalibkib

kalibkíb (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜃᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)


kaligkig

kaligkíg (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
caligquig (alternative)
ngaligkig (alternative)

[kɐ.lɪɡˈkɪɡ̚]


kalya

kalyà (canonical)
kalyâ (canonical)
ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
kaliya (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 茭𥷒 /笳𥷒 (ka-lia̍h, “large pannier or basket without haft”), according to Manuel (1948).

bor+

large basket or pannier for carrying vegetables or fruits


kamanga

kamangâ (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜅ (Baybayin)
camang̃a (alternative)


ilang

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

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

inh+

isolated, unfrequented place; wilderness

(obsolete) act of dividing something into parts

(obsolete) act of tarnishing gold with a mixture (such as by submerging it in saltwater)


manunula

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


pasangit

[pɐˈsaː.ŋɪt̪̚]


patok

(horse racing, slang) certainty or sure winner in a horse race


peklat

ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
piclat (alternative)
piklat (alternative rare)


aspile

aspilé (canonical)
ᜀᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
aspili (alternative)
ispili (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish alfiler, from older alfilel, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخِلَال (al-ḵilál), from Classical Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”). Doublet of alpiler.

14. Gumawa ng sariling pin cushion. Ang ipalaman sa cloth bag ay steel wool para pagtusok ng aspile at karayom, para mo na rin itong inihahasa. Pantanggal din ito ng kalawang sa aspile at karayom.

2022 April 26, Annabelle O. Buenviaje, “100 amazing secrets (Part 2)”, in Philippine Star:

14. Make your own pin cushion. The cloth bag should be filled with steel wool so that pins and needles can be stuck inside it to be sharpened. The steel wool also removes rust from the pins and needles.


dusdos

(medicine) mange (especially on furry animals)


idlip

idlíp (canonical)
ᜁᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
iglip (alternative)

[ʔɪd̪ˈl̪ɪp̚]

From Proto-Northern Philippine *lidəp. Compare Ilocano ridep and Pangasinan lirep.


kaluskos

kaluskós (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
caloscos (alternative)

Compare Pangasinan kaluskus and Cebuano kaguskos.

(obsolete) scraping the skin of bamboo to make a bow


torotot

ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜆᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
turotot (alternative)

horn-shaped trumpet (especially a toy traditionally used during New Year)

(slang) infidelity of a woman (to her husband)

(slang) husband being cheated on by his wife


luslos

falling and hanging down (of pants, etc.)


luyang dilaw

tl-noun

luyang diláw (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜌᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎᜏ᜔)

luyang diláw (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜌᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)


kalasag

kalasag or kalaság (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜐᜄ᜔)

kalasag (canonical)
kalaság (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜐᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
calasag (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalasag. Compare Malay kelasak.


pulong-balitaan

pulong-bálitaán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

pulong-bálitaán (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pulong balitaan (alternative)

TM Naganap ang pulong-balitaan noong Nobyembre 10, 2000 nang idaos ng FOCAP ang taunang miting kasabay ng presscon na si Pangulong Estrada ang naging panauhing tagapagsalita. 297 Nabigo ang panel ng depensa na pigilan ...

2005, Ding L. San Juan, Demokrasya at kudeta:


hurado

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

board of judges (in contests and competitions)


huramentado

huramentado (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

ᜑᜓᜇᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

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

bor+

(historical) juramentado (Moro warriors who take an oath to attack and kill Christians until their death)


raketero

tl-noun

raketero (feminine raketera, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃᜒᜆᜒᜇᜓ)

[ɾɐ.xɛˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]

From raket + -ero, calque of English racketeer.

2008, Nicanor David (Jr), Mga kwento ng Batang kaning-lamig: ang pagpapatuloy ng pakikipagsapalaran ng isang sira-ulong overseas filipino worker

... eom Matapos 'di matapos ang thesis sa College of Fine Arts, UP Diliman ay pansamantala muna daw siyang magiging raketero. Kasalukuyang naghahanap ng trabaho para mabayaran ang PC na inutang niya sa kaniyang nanay.

(colloquial) person that does a part-time or informal job (sometimes illegal)


guwantes

ᜄᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
guantes (alternative dated)
guante (alternative dated)
guwante (alternative)
gwantes (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish guantes, plural of guante, from Old Occitan guant, from Frankish *want.

AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES PICTOGRAMS. Itago ang mga pama tay-peste sa di maabot ng mga bata. Magsuot ng guwantes sa paghawak ng purong pulbos na pamatay-peste. Magsuot ng guwantes sa ...

Isa pang detektib na nakasuot ng latex na guwantes ang pumasok. Daladala niya ang cellphone ni Jonah. Nilagay niya ito sa mesa malapit sa kaniya. Natuwa si Jonah pagkakita nito. "Meron ba?" tanong ng isang pulis. Hinubad ng pulis ang ...

2015, Morgan Rice, Ikot (Unang libro sa Talaarawan ng Bampira), Morgan Rice, →ISBN:

Ang mga gagapas ay naglagay na ng mga guwantes na pananggol sa kanilang kamay. May guwantes na balat, may gamusa, at may karaniwang katsa. Isinuot ang kanilang malapad na sumbrerong balanggot, at may ilan pang nagsalamin ...

1974, Amado V. Hernandez, Luha ng buwaya, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN, page 20:


kutab

groove; nick; mortise (in wood or the like)

notch; indentation; nick (such as that made on an edge)

act of making a groove, notch, nick (with a tool)


kuwago

ᜃᜓᜏᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
coago (alternative)
couago (alternative)
covago (alternative)
kuago (alternative obsolete)
kwago (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *kuláʀu with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano kullaaw, Pangasinan kulayot, Kapampangan kulayu, Bikol Central kuwaw, Cebuano kulago, Maranao kolago, and Western Bukidnon Manobo kulagu. Doublet of kulago and kulayo.

Philippine eagle owl
w:en:Philippine eagle owl

owl (especially the Philippine eagle owl)


kusing

(historical) former coin worth a half-centavo (used during the Spanish colonial period)


dagabdab

big blaze; conflagration; rising and spreading flame


dagalwak

noise of swirling water (flowing out in big gushes)


daglat

[d̪ɐɡˈlat̪̚]

Blend of dagli + sulat. Coined by Lope K. Santos in 1938 as the Tagalog translation of English abbreviation.


dalahikan

place for docking fishing boats or small sailboats


dalatan

Borrowed from Malay daratan, from darat + -an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”). Compare Ilocano darat (“sand”). By surface analysis, dalat + -an. Doublet of dagat and dayatan.

der

cultivated highland (especially for rice)


hintuturo

tl-noun

hintuturò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜇᜓ)

hintuturò (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

From hin- + turo, from an initial reduplication of turo.


hintutubi

hintutubí (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜊᜒ)

hintutubí (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜊᜒ (Baybayin)


tsampaka

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜃ (Baybayin)
champaca (alternative)
sampaka (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish champaca, from Sanskrit चम्पक (campaka). Compare Malay cempaka. Doublet of sampaga.

Magnolia champaca
Magnolia champaca#Translingual

champac; Magnolia champaca (plant and flower)


champaca

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish champaca.


pananagutan

tl-noun

pananagutan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜈᜄᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜈᜈᜄᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
panagutan (alternative)

[pɐ.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐˈɣuː.t̪ɐn̪]

From sagot + pan- -an, with reduplication of first syllable of root word.

Tayong lahat ay may pananagutan sa isa't isa // Tayong lahat ay tinipon ng Diyos na kapiling N'ya.

(Can we date this quote?), Eduardo Hontiveros, “Pananagutan”:


susian

place where the lock is attached (on a door, window, drawer, etc.)


suwag

(colloquial) fighting back (especially against a benefactor)


hilahid

smear; blotch; stain (from having touched something dirty)

adherence to clothes of tiny fruits or seeds (especially of the Chrysopogon aciculatus grass)

slight rubbing in passing (of one thing against another)

slight scratch on a surface from slight rubbing in passing


labtik

quick, sharp lash or stroke (as of a whip)


gab-e

tlb

(now dialectal, Rizal, Southern Tagalog, colloquial)


dekorasyon

tl-noun

dekorasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜓᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

dekorasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜃᜓᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish decoración, from Latin decorātiō.

May mga magagandang inukit na mga dekorasyon sa mga dingding at may mga tansong elepante sa may pasukan ng bahay. Napakagaganda ng mga nilikhang mga kahoy na panghiwalay sa mga silid at may mga sedang nakabalabal sa ...

2015, Marshall E Gass, Maririlag na mga Hagod ng Brotsa, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

Ang mga daan ay puno ng mga ibat ibang mga dekorasyon. May mga tindahan ng ibat ibang mga bagay. Madaming mga karton at karwahe ang nasa daan. Ang bawat isa sa mga ito ay may mga dalang damit na yari sa balahibo ng hayop, ...

2015, Morgan Rice, Ang Pakikipagsapalaran ng mga Bayani (Unang libro sa Singsing ng Salamangkero), Morgan Rice, →ISBN:

Abala ang ibang mga UE sa paglalagay ng mga dekorasyon at palamuti sa mga dingding, sa mga bintana, at iba pa. Ginawa nilang makukulay ang buong dekorasyon. Ang iba naman ay abala na rin sa pagluluto ng mga masasarap na ...

2014, Kirsten Nimwey, The Explorers (Tagalog Edition), Kirsten Nimwey, →ISBN:


palamuti

From pamuti (“adornment”) + *-al-, from pam- + buti (“beauty”). The modern pronunciation was likely conflated with puti. See also Sanskrit प्रभूति (prabhūti, “imperious demeanor”).

ncog

Dumaan ang ilang araw at nakagawa si Malakas ng isang magandang palamuti sa buhok, kwintas, pulseras at mga singsing para sa kanyang asawa. Labis na natuwa si Maganda sa natanggap niya galing sa kanyang asawa. Lagi niya itong ...

year unknown, Reige Figura, Carla Figura Aumentado, Aunt's Novels for Aaliyah, Lulu.com, page 46

1997, Benilda Santos, Ateneo de Manila University. School of Arts and Sciences. Office of Research and Publications, Likha
Estilisadong Pagpuno ng Espasyo Maaaring ang bawa't lipi'y may kani-kaniyang kinaugaliang palamuti. May mga lipi na lahat ng palamuti ay heometriko. May mga lipi na ang mga palamuti ay salig sa kalikasan: mga butiki, gagamba, ibon at ...

(Halimbawa: pagalaga ng may sakit, pagtawag ng empleyado, pagiging puno ng mga kawaning tumatanggap ng mga bilin, paglagay ng palamuti sa mamon) 16 30. Ang tao bang ito - Punoin ang ISANG bilog D-60 (TAGALOG) ng taong itosa ...

1990, Foreign Language Guide: 21st Decennial Census--1990, page 16:

Minsan naman, dito natagpuan ang mga munting hardin o iba pang mga palamuti na nagbigay kasiyahan sa lahat. Isinalaysay ni Adelaida Javier (2007), isang dating residente ng Colon (sariling Salin): Duna mi azotea, ingon anakaniadto.

2012, Philippine Social Sciences Review:


nguso

From Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq. Compare Bikol Central nguso and Kapampangan ngusu.

(anatomy, by extension) mouth (of a human, especially one that is large and prominent)

(by extension) prominent part of something, such as the bow of a ship

(by extension) act of pointing by protruding the lips (towards someone or something)


masaker

Pershing at mga Kristyano sa masaker ng mga kalahi sa Bud Dajo at Bud Bagsak....” “Ngunit pag-isipan ninyo: ang nangyari'y kabuktutang nagbunga ng sakunang nagparusa sa mga kriminal.” “Sumunod ang masaker ng Jabidah, masaker ...

year unknown, E. San Juan, Jr., DIWATA, Lulu.com, page 28

“Alam ko. Matagal ko nang napansin. Pero mas masaya kong nandun ka”, malambing niyang sabi sa akin. Pagkatapos naming mag-usap ay kinuha ko ang nalaglag na folder. Pinagmasdan ko ulit ang mga litrato ng mga biktima sa masaker.

2015, Fritz Juele, Glenda Juele, Mga Horror Stories Nina Glenda At Fritz, Fritz Juele, →ISBN:

Bagaman nagsimula ng umusad ng hustisya ay marami pa rin ang hindi pa nahuhuli. Patuloy ang paghingi ng hustisya ng mga pamilya ng mga biktima. Maraming mamamahayag ang nasawi sa masaker. Naging isa sa pinaka- mapanganib ...

year unknown, Robin Mago, Konsensya, Robinson Mago, page 75


kamatayan

ᜃᜋᜆᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
camatayan (alternative)

From matay + ka- -an. Compare Cebuano kamatayon, Tausug kamattiyan, and Malay kematian.


armalayt

ármaláyt (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜎᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaɾ.mɐˈlaɪ̯t̪]

Genericized trademark from English Armalite.

Ang waring nagmamakaawang himig ng kundiman ay nilalabanan dito ng malakas at mapanghimagsik na imahen ng libo-libong kamaong nakataas sa pagtutol kaharap man ang mga armalayt at tangke ng estado. Taas ang kamao, tanda ng ...

2008, Consuelo J. Paz, Essays on Well-being, Opportunity/destiny, and Anguish, UP Press, →ISBN, page 54:

The seemingly pleading tune of the kundiman is countered here by the strong and rebellious image of thousands of fists raised in opposition even in the face of state armalites and tanks. Fist raised, a sign of ...

1989, Kilusan sa Paglilinang ng Rebolusyonaryong Panitikan at Sining sa Kanayunan (LINANG), Mainstream (People's Art, Literature and Education Resource Center), STR, mga tula ng digmang sa Pilipinas
tahimik na nakaabang — matutulis na kawayan sa ilalim ng kasukala't mga daan. tahimik na nagmamanman ang mga milisyang bay an. ano ang susunod nating hakbang? nagsimulang umalingawngaw ang mga armalayt at masinggan ng ...

quietly lurking — spiky bamboo under the thick roads. the town's militias watched quietly. what is our next step? the armalites began to sound and chant ...

... limita- dong bilang at kalibre ng kanilang mga armas ay hindi sapat para ide- pensa ang Palasyo. Si Erfe ang Deputy Commander at lntelligence Officer ng PSG. Nabanggit niya na maliban sa mga armalayt, mga lumang rebolber at pistola, ...

the limited number and caliber of their weapons were not enough to defend the Palace. Erfe is the Deputy Commander and Intelligence Officer of the PSG. He mentioned that apart from armalites, old revolvers and pistols, ...

assault rifle (especially the M-16 and its derivatives)


tibagan

[ˌt̪iːˈbaː.ɣɐn̪]

Canteras De Angono May dalawang plano na nakalagak sa Philippine National Arehives sa Maynila tungkol sa Canteras de Angono, na tumutukoy sa tibagan ng bato sa Tayuman. Ang isa ay ginawa noong 1891 (Plano Topografieo de la ...

2003, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, Angono, Rizal: Mga talang pangwika at pangkasaysayan, →ISBN:

Halos lahat ng mga orihinal na bato na ginamit sa Intramuros ay mula sa mga tibagan ng Meyeawayan at Marilaw. Gayunpaman, ang iba pang tibagan na pinagkunan ay ang mga bayan na malapit sa baybayin ng Maynila tulad ng ...

1996, Jaime Salvador Corpuz, Isang kasaysayan, isang Marilaw:

Sa welga nila naipamalas ang kanilang angking tapang na kung minsan, tulad sa kaso ng welga sa isang tibagan ng bato sa Arayat na pag-ari ng gobyerno, ay humahantong sa paghiga ng 200 welgista sa riles ng tren upang mapatigil ang ...

1996, Teresita Gimenez- Maceda, Mga tinig mula sa ibaba: kasaysayan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas at Partido Sosialista ng Pilipinas sa awit, 1930-1955, →ISBN:


mandaragat

mandaragát (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
mandadagat (alternative)

[mɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐˈɣat̪̚]

From man- + dagat with initial reduplication.

Ayon sa kwento, may mga mandaragat na nakarating sa Capiz at nakitira sa isang magarang bahay na pag-aari ng isang balo at tatlong dalagang anak. Habang naghahapunan ay napansin ng isa sa mga mandaragat ang tinidor na hugis ...

2003, Ani: Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines:

Kung ang Angono ay may kilalang mga mamamayan na siya naman tanyag sa buong Pilipinas, ang Carmen naman ay tahanan ng libo-libong mga mandaragat. Bantog ang mga Boholano bilang mga mandaragat. Bagamat nasa gitna ng isla ...

2005, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, (Es) kultura ng bayan: Kakambal ng ibang mga bayan:

Nabalitaan nila na may bayan na daungan ng mga negosyanteng mandaragat sa paanan ng Bundok-Malinao. Ang nasa isip ni Chavez ay maghanap ng ligtas na sasakyan ng ginto, at ng mga kasamahan upang makapaglayag sa dagat ...


impyerno

tl-noun

impyerno (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of impiyerno.


impiyerno

impiyerno (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
impyerno (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish infierno, from Old Spanish infierno, from Latin infernum, neuter form of infernus.


laslas

(psychology, specifically) cutting (self-harm with a blade)


balandra

Borrowed from Spanish balandra, from French bélandre, from Dutch bijlander.

(colloquial) condition of being strewn, scattered about, or thrown down


prayoridad

prayoridád (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

prayoridád (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English priority, and influenced by Spanish prioridad.

pseudo-loan

(now common) alternative form of priyoridad


teritoryo

tl-noun

teritoryo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish territorio, from Latin territorium.

territory (under political jurisdiction)

assigned area (in business for a certain branch, sales agent, etc.)


kabaligtaran

kabaligtarán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜇᜈ᜔)

kabaligtarán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kabaliktaran (alternative)


taliwas

condition or state of deviating from the usual pattern, course, or rule

deviation; exception; anything that deviates from the usual pattern, course, or rule


serbisyo publiko

serbisyo públikó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ)

serbisyo públikó (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


pampublikong transportasyon

pampúblikóng transportasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

pampúblikóng transportasyón (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pampubliko + -ng + transportasyon. Calque of English public transportation.

public transportation
public transportation

public transport; public transportation; public transit


pagsusulit

pagsusulit (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + sulit, with initial reduplication.


kabulastugan

kabulastugán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

kabulastugán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kahalayan

ᜃᜑᜎᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cahalayan (alternative)


interbyu

ínterbyú (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ínterbyú (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of interbiyu.


pilandok

pilandók (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Maranao pilandok. Compare Tausug pilanduk (“mousedeer; chevrotain”) and Malay pelanduk (“mouse deer”).

cog

Philippine mouse deer (Tragulus nigricans)


linuknok

linuknók (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜈᜓᜃ᜔ᜈᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


manusya

manusyâ (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜓᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
manusia (alternative)

[mɐ.n̪ʊˈʃaʔ]

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyà, “deceased ancestors”). Compare Malay manusia.


kaliskis

kaliskís (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Compare Bikol Central kiskis and Karao kiskis.

scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)

act of descaling (removal of scales from a fish)


maragsa

[mɐ.ɾɐɡˈsaʔ]

(grammar) glottal oxytone pronunciation marked with the circumflex diacritic


kustodiya

tl-noun

kustodiya or kustódiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇᜒᜌ)

kustodiya (canonical)
kustódiyá (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


baluktot

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

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

der

(figurative) distortion; twisting (of facts)


bahiya

ᜊᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
bahia (alternative obsolete)
baiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish bahía, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, from French baie, from Late Latin baia, perhaps of Iberian origin.


bangkilas

glimmer of the rays of the sun or moon on the sea (especially at dawn and at sunset)


bantil

light stroke; light fillip (especially with the open hand)


bantiti

[bɐn̪ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ]

[bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪʔ]

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


bantiti

[bɐn̪.t̪ɪˈt̪ɪʔ]

Borrowed from Hokkien, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860). Possibly related to etymology 1.


butanding

butandíng (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
putanting (alternative)

[bʊ.t̪ɐn̪ˈd̪ɪŋ]

Rhincodon typus
Rhincodon typus#Translingual


kapatiran

kápatíran (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜆᜒᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kapitbahayan

tl-noun

kápitbaháyan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

kápitbaháyan (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜑᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sapantaha

Pero, me sapantaha ako na balak gawing pataniman ang sakop ng lupa ni Moises. Maaaring patamnan 'yon ng tubo. Maaaring n'yog, o kaya'y kape... Sapantaha lang ito, mga kasama.

1998, Dominador B. Mirasol, Ginto Ang Kayumangging Lupa, University of Philippines Press, →ISBN:

Wala siyang sinabi sa akin natotoo ang kanyang sapantaha. Dito na pumapasok ang mas malaking problema. Asa nang asa kahit hindi pa nakukumpirma. Pwede rin nating itanong: Nananatili ba siya sa ministry dahil kaya niyang tiisin ang ...

2014, Ronald Molmisa, Lovestruck: Sakit Edition, OMF Literature, →ISBN:

conjecture; presumption; guess; prediction; supposition

At tungkol sa mga sapantahang may kinalaman sa mga pulis at sa ulat nito, pakatandaan na ang sapantaha ay mapagtatalunan at sa usaping ito (at gaya ng sinabi ng tagadinig na Hukom), may mga elementong malinaw na sagabal sa ...


tinig

ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
tingig (alternative obsolete)
ting̃ig (alternative)

[ˈt̪iː.n̪ɪɡ̚]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tənəʀ (“sound, voice”). Cognate with Bikol Central tingog, Cebuano tunog (“resonant, audible”), and Malagasy teni (“word, speech”). Compare tunog.

inh

expression; right to express (of one's opinion, choice, or request)


pusang gala

tl-noun

pusang galâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜅ᜔ ᜄᜎ)

pusang galâ (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜐᜅ᜔ ᜄᜎ (Baybayin)

[ˌpuː.sɐŋ ɡɐˈlaʔ]

From pusa + -ng + gala. The colloquial terms are minced oaths of putang ina.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pusa, -ng, gala.

H'wag ka nang maraming tanong, pusang gala. Basta sinabi ko, sinabi ko, sundin mo!

2003, Tomás: The Literary Journal of the UST Center for Creative Writing and Studies:

(euphemistic, slightly vulgar, colloquial) dickhead; motherfucker


lagayan

Inatasan ang pulis, ang People's Patrol, at ang mga opisyal ng barangay na magpatupad ng ordinansa. Ilan naman kaya sa ... Dahil buhay na ang pinag- uusapan, sana'y hindi mauso ang lagayan para lang malibre sa piitan. (Ano kaya ang ...

Hindi kasi nila kabisado ang lagayan sa mga pulis. Siyempre shabu rin ang pansilaw sa mga parak, kanta mo lang sa kanila kung saan may magandang tulak ay siguradong aalagaan ka pa nila.

2006, Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, UP Press, →ISBN, page 76:


katiwalian

katiwalián (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜏᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

katiwalián (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜒᜏᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tigil-putukan

tigil-putukan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜆᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜆᜓᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From tigil + putukan, a calque of English ceasefire.


ketongin

ᜃᜒᜆᜓᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ketungin (alternative)

[kɛˈt̪oː.ŋɪn̪]


kooperatiba

kooperatiba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜂᜉᜒᜇᜆᜒᜊ)

Borrowed from Spanish cooperativa, from Late Latin cooperātīva.

Ngayon nagtitinda ng ganyan, walang ano-ano nagtayo ng kooperatiba. Noong matayo na ang kooperatiba, komo ako e bata pa noon, bata pa, na-appoint akong manedyer ng kooperatiba. Mayroon silang, hindi lang 17 ang miyembro ng ...

2006, Kuwentong Bayan: Noong Panahon Ng Hapon : Everyday Life in a Time of War, UP Press, →ISBN, page 289:

Ang dahilan kung bakit napakaraming kooperatiba ang bumabagsak o nalulugi ay ang kakulangan ng mga namumuno sa management o matinong pamamalakad. Dr. Romeo Gutierrez with some of his collection of Aglaonemas ...

Ano ang kooperatlba sa pabahay? Ang kooperatiba sa pabahay ay isang boluntaryong organisasyon ng mga mamamayan na binuo upang masagot ang kanilang pan- gangailangan sa pabahay sa pamamagitan ng sama-samang pagkilos, ...

1990, V. A. T. Teodosio, Melisa R. Serrano, Girlie L. Labastilla, Labor and the Construction Industry in the Philippines:

Ang pamahalaang kolonyal ng Inglatera ang nagdala ng kooperatiba sa India sa pagpasok ng ikadalawampung siglo na minana ang mga katangiang kooperatiba ng Alemanya at Italya. Buhat sa India kumalat ito sa iba't ibang panig ng Asia ...


panukala

panukalà (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎ (Baybayin)
anakala (alternative)
bulukala (alternative)
panikala (alternative)
punukala (alternative)
manukala (alternative)
munakala (alternative)
munukala (alternative)

A variant of punukala, from a blend of puno + akala.

proposal; proposition; formal expression of opinion


prangkisa

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ (Baybayin)
prangkisya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish franquicia, from franco. The spelling reflects a sound shift of Spanish /sj/ to /s/, which affected some Spanish borrowings, especially those containing two consecutive syllables containing /sj/.

Simpleng sagot lang: Ito ang itinakda ng mga nasa likod ng marketing ng pelikulang unti-unti na ring nagiging prangkisa.

2014, Danilo Arana Arao, Hay, Naku! 2013, Flipside Digital Content Company Inc., →ISBN:

Just a simple answer: This is set by those behind the marketing of a movie that is now also slowly becoming a franchise.


mamamayan

From mam- + bayan with initial reduplication.


apostoles

apóstolés (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

apóstolés (canonical)
ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish apóstoles, plural of apóstol (compare botas, materyales, opisyales, rekisitos, and sentimos).


bahay pamahalaan

bahay pámahalaán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜉᜋᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

bahay pámahalaán (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜉᜋᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative spelling of bahay-pamahalaan


kapulisan

kapulisán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pulis + ka- -an. Compare Cebuano kapolisan, Indonesian kepolisian and Malay kepolisan.


pilapil

"Asahan mo, daraan at daraan ka sa pilapil na matuwid," ang tiyak na sagot ng binata at noon di'y nanaog. Ang dalaga ay natulog nang gabing iyong nagsisisi rin naman sa birong nagawa sa binata. Datapuwa't dahil sa isang panagimp na ...

1951, Rufino Alejandro, Antonia F. Villanueva, Antonio D. G. Mariano, Pánitikán pará sa mataás na páaralán:

Umahon ako sa pilapil at muling lumusong sa tubig ng dagat-dagatan, na lubog din ang buong katawan, matangi ang mga mata ko at ilong na siya lamang nakalitaw, hanggan sa ako'y sumapit naman sa tapat ng Maypaho, at doon umahon.

1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The katipunan and the revolution: memoirs of a general; with the original Tagalog text, →ISBN:

Dumaan muna ako sa isang tindahan at bumili ng limang pisong Marlboro diretso sa dating puwesto, sa prinsa. Sa paglalakad ko sa pilapil, apat ang naaninaw kong nakaupo sa batong paraanan ng tubig na naiilawan ng liwanag ng buwan.


anarkismo

anarkismo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜀᜈᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


siomai

(common) alternative spelling of siyomay


habhab

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

inh+

voracious and noisy eating peculiar to pigs, dogs, etc.

biting in the manner of a toothless person (as if with one's lips)

violent attack by a quadruped animal (snout first, especially of pigs or dogs)

unpolished rice; husked rice not yet cleaned


siyete

ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
syete (alternative)
s'yete (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish siete, from Latin septem. The “gossip” sense may possibly be from the following:
* From ellipsis of siyete pekados, gay slang meaning “gossipmonger”, from Spanish siete pecados capitales (“seven deadly sins”).
* From Spanish hablar más que siete (“talking excessively”, literally “talking more than seven”)
* Some controversy in the 1980s involving Student Canteen under the GMA Network's channel 7.


diyes

diyés (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
dies (alternative)
dyes (alternative)


sagansan

row of persons, animals, or things arranged one after another

arranging close together on one side or end of a row or ling (of persons, animals, or things)


gipo

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


ginaw

gináw (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
guinao (alternative)

From Proto-Southern Philippine *gənaw. Compare Bikol Central agnaw, Cebuano bugnaw, Waray-Waray tugnaw, Maranao tenggaw, and Maguindanao tenggaw.

coldness of weather; cold temperature (of one's environment)

chill (such as from malaria or other fever)


ponda

a temporary shed where light meals and refreshments are sold during a feast or a celebration


kubrador

kubradór (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


ikalawa

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

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


abstrak

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


lintang-kati

tl-noun

lintáng-kati (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜒ)

lintáng-kati (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

From linta + -ng- + kati, literally “land leech”.


ditse

ditsé (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
diche (alternative)
dete (alternative)
dite (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 二姊 (jī-chí / jī-ché).

bor+

Coordinate term: diko

term of address for the second eldest sister

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


batas militar

tl-noun

batás militár (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)

batás militár (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From batas + militar, literally “military law”.


Aglipay

[ʔɐɡˈliː.paɪ̯]

Borrowed from Ilocano Aglipay, from aglipay.

member of the Philippine Independent Church


dalya

Borrowed from Spanish dalia (“dahlia”), named 1791 after Anders Dahl.


langis ng oliba

tl-noun

langís ng oliba (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜒᜊ)

langís ng oliba (canonical)
ᜎᜅᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜂᜎᜒᜊ (Baybayin)

[lɐˌŋɪs n̪ɐŋ ʔoˈliː.bɐ]


letsugas

ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜄᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
lichogas (alternative)
litsugas (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish lechugas, plural of lechuga (“lettuce”), from Latin lactūca.


albarikoke

albarikoke (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜃᜓᜃᜒ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜊᜇᜒᜃᜓᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
albaricoque (alternative)

Isang manlalakbay na nakasakay sa isang kamelyo at dalawang makisig na kabayong Arabe. Ang isa sa mga ito, na sinasakyan ng isang tauhan ng Aduwana ay nakatatawag ng pansin ng lahat. Dito'y nakatikim ako ng sereso, albarikoke, at almendras.

1962, Pakikipagsulatan ni Rizal sa kanyang mga kasambahay, 1876-1896:

One traveler riding a camel and two robust Arabic horses. One of these, which was ridden by a Customs worker, was catching everyone's attention. Here I was able to taste cherry, apricot, and almond.


dikya

dikyà or dikyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜌ)

dikyà (canonical)
dikyâ (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
dicya (alternative)
diquia (alternative)
dikiya (alternative)
liquia (alternative)
likya (alternative obsolete)

See also Sambali bokya and Cebuano bukya.


esparago

[ʔɛsˌpaː.ɾɐˈɣo]

Borrowed from Spanish espárrago (“asparagus”).


koliplor

kóliplór (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish coliflor (“cauliflower”).


kamoteng-kahoy

tl-noun

kamoteng-kahoy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

ᜃᜋᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kamoteng kahoy (alternative)
kamutingkahoy (alternative)
kamuting-kahoy (alternative)

Manihot esculenta
Manihot esculenta#Translingual


remolatsa

Borrowed from Spanish remolacha (“beet”).


inggo

Borrowed from Sanskrit हिङ्गु (hiṅgu). Compare Malay inggu, Chinese 形虞 (xíngyú).


kabute

tl-noun

kabuté or kábuté (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜆᜒ)

kabuté (canonical)
kábuté (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
cabuti (alternative)
kabuti (alternative)


sirwelas

Borrowed from Spanish ciruelas, plural of ciruela (“plum”). Doublet of sinigwelas.


bakay

watcher; ambusher; waylayer (especially those watching for anyone passing by from a vantage point)


dalangin

[d̪ɐˈlaː.ŋɪn̪]

Compare Hanunoo darangin and Maranao darangen.


husay

good quality (especially of workmanship)


linaw

From Proto-Philippine *linaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *linaw. Compare Tausug linaw.

clearness; clarity (of liquids, mirrors, vision, speech, explanation, etc.)


aplay

Borrowed from English apply, from Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō.

act of applying (for a position, candidacy, etc.)

act of putting one thing on another (of cream, lotion, etc.)


kontrabando

kontrabando (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


supsop

supsóp (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
sutsot (alternative nonstandard proscribed)

From Proto-Austronesian *supsup. Compare Aklanon supsup, Cebuano supsop, and Tausug supsup.


liko

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

turning; bending; deviation (in walking, driving, etc.)

erroneousness; improperness (in treating one's children)


mananahi

[mɐˌn̪aː.n̪ɐˈhɪʔ]

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


tuwa

tuwâ (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
toua (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuaq (“luck”). Compare Malay tuah (“luck”).


hugasan

(colloquial) crockery or dishes that needs to be washed


bitaog

[bɪˈt̪aː.ʔoɡ̚]

Borrowed from Cebuano bitaog, from Proto-Bisayan *bitaqug, from Proto-Central Philippine *bitaqug, from Proto-Philippine *bitaquʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bitaquʀ (“a shore tree: Calophyllum inophyllum”). Compare Malay bentangur.

der

Calophyllum blancoi
Wikispecies:Calophyllum blancoi

Calophyllum inophyllum
Calophyllum inophyllum#Translingual

Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum)


lumanay

mildness; gentleness (in voice or speech)


lunot

condition of fruit being softened due to being overripe


lunggati

lunggatî (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
langati (alternative)
longati (alternative)
langgati (alternative)

[lʊŋ.ɡɐˈt̪ɪʔ]

From *lung (“grief”) (cf. lungkot, lungayi, and lumbay) + Malay hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”), cf. dalamhati, pighati, ulohati, luwalhati, and salaghati).

earnest desire; fervent wish or ambition


duhagi

[d̪ʊˈhaː.ɣɪ]


dunggol

jab; short, straight blow with one's fist


paghahambing

tl-noun

paghahambíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔)

paghahambíng (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + hambing, with reduplication on the first syllable of the root word.


sabwatan

ᜐᜊ᜔ᜏᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sabuwatan (alternative)

conspiracy; secret plot or agreement (for doing something wrong or unlawful)


kasabwat

(law) accessory; accomplice; conspirator


jak-en-poy

jak-en-poy (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ᜁᜈ᜔ᜉᜓᜌ᜔)

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ᜁᜈ᜔ᜉᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


diwata

diwatà (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜏᜆ (Baybayin)
diuata (alternative)
divata (alternative)

[d̪ɪˈwaː.t̪ɐʔ]

Borrowed from Cebuano diwata, from Proto-Visayan *diwata, from Malay dewata, from Sanskrit देवता (devátā, “god, deity”). Compare Kapampangan diuata.

(mythology, folklore, obsolete) universal supreme being


diwata

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


diwata

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


tapang

strength; potency (of wine, coffee, vinegar, etc.)


tarang

rapid stamping of feet (as in anger, tantrum, pain, etc.)


taray

[ˈt̪aː.ɾaɪ̯]

arrogance or contemptuousness in speech (especially of a woman)

(colloquial) cheekiness; fierce (of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness)


tawilis

tawilis or tawilís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

tawilis (canonical)
tawilís (canonical)
ᜆᜏᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Sardinella tawilis
Wikispecies:Sardinella tawilis

freshwater sardinella (Sardinella tawilis)


ektarya

ᜁᜃ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
ektarea (alternative)
hektarea (alternative)
hektarya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish hectárea (“hectare”).


dulaan

[d̪ʊˈlaː.ʔɐn̪]


dukha

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


diitan

[ˌd̪iːˈʔiː.t̪ɐn̪]

[d̪ɪ.ʔɪˈt̪an̪]


dawi

bite of a fish on the bait attached to the hook


dapal

measure equal to the breadth of the palm or open hand (with fingers together)


dambana

dambanà (canonical)
ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ (Baybayin)
lambana (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Sanskrit आलम्भन (ālambhana, “touching (the heart); sacrificing; killing”), according to Potet (2016).


dalubhasaan

tl-noun

dalubhasaán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐᜀᜈ᜔)

dalubhasaán (canonical)
ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜐᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


dalub-agham

dalúb-aghám (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜀᜄ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔)

dalúb-aghám (canonical)
ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜀᜄ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


dagatan

[d̪ɐˈɣaː.t̪ɐn̪]


dagang puti

dagáng putî (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ)

dagáng putî (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


kulugo

kulugó (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
cologo (alternative)

wart (especially an irregularly shaped one)

tender feather in birdlings (with still sanguinolent quill)

act of shaking fruits or berries with salt within a closed container


kukis

...KUKIS NAKU, NAG-ABALA KA PA NAMAN!

Ipinatong ng marurusing na bata ang kanilang mga baba sa gilid ng mesa, inamoy ang mga kukis at biskuwit, nagkakahiyaang nagtinginan at nagngitian.

1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa at iba pang kuwento:


bulate

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulati (“roundworm; ascaris”).

inh+

intestinal worm; roundworm; any parasitic worm of the Ascaris genus


boodle fight

tl-noun

boodle fight (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜉᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜇᜒᜎ᜔ ᜉᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
budel payt (alternative colloquial)
budol payt (alternative colloquial)

Unadapted borrowing from English boodle fight. Used due to Tagalog-English code-switching (Taglish).


mayahin

tl-noun

mayahin or mayahín (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

mayahin (canonical)
mayahín (canonical)
ᜋᜌᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tumal

dullness; slowness; sluggishness; inactivity (of a business or market sales)


tumpa

route; course; direction (of wind, etc.)


pagtumpa

pagtumpá (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ (Baybayin)


katunggakan

katunggakán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜃᜈ᜔)

katunggakán (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sukol

catching by cornering (of a criminal, fugitive, etc.)


palag

(figuratively) act of resistance; fighting back; retaliation


espiya

espiya or espiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜌ)

espiya (canonical)
espiyá (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
espia (alternative)
ispiya (alternative)
ispya (alternative)


anak-araw

anák-araw (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌn̪ak ˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


anak-pawis

anák-pawis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜉᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

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

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


anayo

anayo (canonical)
anayò (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


lingawngaw

lingawngáw (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅᜏ᜔ᜅᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɪ.ŋaʊ̯ˈŋaʊ̯]

unintelligible murmur of a crowd (especially heard from a far distance)


kalinggalan

tl-noun

kalinggalán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜈ᜔)

kalinggalán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


linggi

(carpentry) narrow, deep, and long mortise on wood


lingindayat

lingindayat or lingindayát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜆ᜔)

lingindayat (canonical)
lingindayát (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜌᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ling̃in dayat (alternative)

[lɪ.ŋɪn̪ˈd̪aː.jɐt̪̚]

From lingi (“a type of grass”) + -n- + dayat (“sharp like reed”). See also Kapampangan dayat (“rice field”).


lingming

lingmíng (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


lipana

extensive wandering looking for targets or victims (of pickpockets, government agents, etc.)


lipya

tl-noun

lipyâ or lipyà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜌ)

lipyâ (canonical)
lipyà (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
lipia (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 犁壁 (lê-piah, “moldboard”, literally “plow wall”) as per Manuel (1948).


maygulang

[maɪ̯ˈɣuː.lɐŋ]


masurka

Borrowed from Spanish mazurca (“mazurka”), perhaps from Russian мазу́рка (mazúrka), ultimately from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian”).


panay

(obsolete) a type of rice planted in high places


monay

From Spanish monja + -ay, from Spanish pan de monja (literally “cloistered nun's bread”).

(colloquial, euphemistic) female sex organ


matabang isda

tl-noun

matabáng isdâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜊᜅ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

matabáng isdâ (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜊᜅ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɐˌbaŋ ʔɪsˈd̪aʔ]


masamang damo

masamáng damó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜋᜅ᜔ ᜇᜋᜓ)

masamáng damó (canonical)
ᜋᜐᜋᜅ᜔ ᜇᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

Ang masamang damo matagal mamatay.


padpo

Borrowed from Hokkien 八寶 /八宝 (pat-pó, “eight treasures”). See also Mandarin 八寶菜 /八宝菜 (bābǎocài).

bor+

dish mixture of vegetables and nuts with thick sauce


sandakati

sandakatì (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜃᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


sanggi

unintentional mention of something that brings up a painful memory


sanggano

Borrowed from Spanish zángano (“idler”).

idler; loafer; sponger; good-for-nothing fellow


sangod

sangód (canonical)
ᜐᜅᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
sang-od (alternative)

running into a protrusion on a surface that causes interruption (as in planing a piece of lumber)


sangmukti

sangmuktî (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
sangmucti (alternative)

[sɐŋ.mʊkˈt̪ɪʔ]


sanghid

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səŋ(ə)hij. Compare Malay sengit.


sapnit

[sɐpˈn̪ɪt̪̚]

(medicine) wound obtained by a slanting graze or stroke or something sharp (such as blade, bullet, etc.)


sikwan

threaded, spindle-like tool for net-weaving


salwa

many tasks accumulated unbegun, undone, and unfinished


parokyano

ᜉᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
parukyano (alternative)

(business) patron; regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant


nguya

nguyâ (canonical)
ᜅᜓᜌ (Baybayin)
ng̃oya (alternative)

Uncertain. Blust 2010- tentatively posits this is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋuyaq, and is cognate with Malay kunyah, but this comparison is phonologically problematic, and the most likely origin of the word being a back-formation from hypothetical *manguyà (mang- + *kuyà), *kuyà being from the tentative reconstruction *kuyaq.


gitnang pangalan

tl-noun

gitnáng pangalan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔)

gitnáng pangalan (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜆ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɪt̪ˌn̪am pɐˈŋaː.lɐn̪]


paktor

paktor or paktór (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

paktor (canonical)
paktór (canonical)
ᜉᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English factor or from Spanish factor.


kilaw

act of preparing by cutting into small pieces and marinated (in vinegar with salt, onion, black pepper, and other condiments, of a fish or meat dish, eaten half-cooked or raw)

kinilaw (Filipino ceviche dish consisting of cubed raw fish marinated in vinegar or calamondin juice along with vegetables and spices)

green fruit (especially mango) sliced and marinated with salt, onion, and black pepper


tulad

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

likeness; something similar or alike to another


akolito

Borrowed from Spanish acólito, from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).


bakong

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bakuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *bakuŋ.


gawak

wasting of funds; misappropriation of money or property


inip

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


kislap

kisláp (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜎᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
quislap (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *kis(ə)láp. Compare Ilocano kislap and Cebuano kislap.


pamalo

spanker (instrument for spanking, usually a stick)


demonyo

ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
demonio (alternative obsolete)
dimonio (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish demonio, from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).


kinatawan

kinatawán (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜆᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

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

(politics) delegate; representative; congressperson


reseta

[ɾɛˈsɛː.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish receta, from Latin recepta.


indulhensiya

tl-noun

indulhénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

indulhénsiyá (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
indulhensya (alternative)

[ʔɪn̪.d̪ʊlˈhɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Sapagkat iniisip nilang ipatatawag sila'y naghintay ang mga nabanggit sa pamamagitan ng pagtatalu-talo ukol sa pagpaparami ng indulhensiya plenarya at sa pagkakasunud-sunod ng mga dasal. Nauwi ang usapan sa pagpaparunggitan na ...

year unknown, Noli Me Tangere Ni Jose Rizal 1999 Ed., Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 90

Pinupuna, halimbawa, ang mangmang at kakatwang pagpapalalo ng mga taong nagsasabing sila'y deboto, na walang katuturang nagtatalo kung sino sa kanila ang nagkaroon ng higit na indulhensiya para makapagligtas ng mga kaluluwang ...

1991, José Rizal, Patricia Melendrez- Cruz, Apolonio Bayani Chua, Himalay: Kalipunan ng mga pag-aaral kay José Rizal, →ISBN:

Sa pagsusumanga ni J. de Man, “Pinagsasamantalahan itong [panahon] ng mga Indio para makarami ng indulhensiya at mga sagradong medalyon." Ngunit sa mundong temporal mayroong madalas napagkakanyaw, wika nga, isang ...

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


kapatawaran

kapatawarán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜆᜏᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
capatauaran (alternative)


pantiyon

pantiyón (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


hangad

hangád (canonical)
ᜑᜅᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
hangar (alternative)


kolonyalismo

kolonyalismo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish colonialismo. By surface analysis, kolonyal + -ismo.


panyakit

panyakít (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜌᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


hirol

squirming or writhing pain (as when one's finger is hit with a hammer)


laganas

slashing noise of falling timber (produced from break at trunk)


laguslos

laguslós (canonical)
ᜎᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

sound of trickling water over a rough surface

fast current of water passing through a rough surface or through rapids


lanlan

singing without the proper lyrics (especially with the syllables lan)


langyot

caressing expression in a baby-talk manner accompanied by fondling (usually from child to parent)


lapig

(nautical) a type of sea vessel (similar to a biray)


laskuta

Borrowed from Spanish la escota (“the sailing sheet”).


hugpong

juncture; point of connection between two things

addition to the side of something (to enlarge or lengthen it further)


silay

glimpse; brief, quick look; passing look


lubay

cessation; relaxation; easing up (of jokes, insults, reproaches, etc.)

looseness (state of not being stretched)


luwang

luwáng (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
luang (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *luaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (“wide open space”), from Proto-Austronesian *luaŋ (“hole in the ground, wide open space”).

inh

(by extension) size; measurement (of clothing apparel, etc.)


tiyong

tl-noun

tiyóng (feminine tiyang, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔)

tiyóng (canonical)
tiyang (feminine)
ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


idaw

Compare Ilocano idaw, Limos Kalinga idaw, Central Bontoc idew /ichew, Batad Ifugao īdaw, Tuwali Ifugao ido.

[ˈʔiː.d̪aʊ̯]

(zoology) rooster with black and white plumage and black legs


balatok

balatok or balatók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆᜓᜃ᜔)

balatok (canonical)
balatók (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜆᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


balatok

act of hitting or striking with a piece of short and slender object


bidbid

[bɪd̪ˈbɪd̪̚]


layanglayang

láyangláyang (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜌᜅ᜔ᜎᜌᜅ᜔)

láyangláyang (canonical)
ᜎᜌᜅ᜔ᜎᜌᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


gitgit

[ɡɪt̪ˈɡɪt̪̚]

jostling; act of elbowing one's way into a thick crowd

small nick; small cut (made by a bladed instrument)

cutting of a small nick (by pressing backward and forward a bladed instrument)

welt left by tight binding material (such as string, wire, cord, etc.)


iling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iliŋ (“shake the head in negation; shake the head side by side”).

inh

shaking of one's head to express disapproval, dislike, or denial


kulasisi

tl-noun

kulasisì or kulasisi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜐᜒᜐᜒ)

kulasisì (canonical)
kulasisi (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜐᜒᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
colasisi (alternative)

From Proto-Central Philippine *kulasisi (“parakeet; lorikeet”). Compare Cebuano kulasisi and Tausug kulisi'.

Loriculus philippensis
Loriculus philippensis#Translingual

Philippine hanging parrot (Loriculus philippensis)

(colloquial) mistress; concubine; paramour


kilikili

ᜃᜒᜎᜒᜃᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
quiliquili (alternative)
kili-kili (alternative nonstandard)

⇒ English: kilikili power


hasang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaŋ. Compare Bikol Central asang, Cebuano hasang, Ilocano asang, Kiput iëŋ, Malay insang, and Yami arang.

inh+

(music) tool covering the hole of wind instruments

(by extension) tool that covers lock holes


ngalangala

ngalangalá (canonical)
ᜅᜎᜅᜎ (Baybayin)
ngala-ngala (alternative nonstandard)

[ŋɐˌlaː.ŋɐˈla]

Unknown. Compare Sanskrit गल (gala, “neck; throat”).


kagaya

likeness; something similar or alike to another


ponkan

ᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pongkan (alternative)

Borrowed from English ponkan, from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).

Citrus poonensis
Wikispecies:Citrus poonensis

ponkan (Citrus poonensis, a species of citrus fruit, similar to a tangerine (fruit), mandarin orange, orange)

(colloquial) tangerine (fruit); mandarin orange; orange (fruit)


ngayngay

(dialectal) act of gnawing or grinding into pieces


bahay-itlog

tl-noun

bahay-itlóg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

bahay-itlóg (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌbaː.haɪ̯ ʔɪt̪ˈl̪oɡ̚]


tikwi

tikwî or tikwí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜒ)

tikwî (canonical)
tikwí (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜒ (Baybayin)


langgotse

[lɐŋˈɡoː.t͡ʃɛ]

A corruption of Mexican Spanish guangoche (“burlap”). However, Panganiban (1973) says this is from Chinese instead.


langaray

[lɐˈŋaː.ɾaɪ̯]


salbabida

Borrowed from Spanish salvavidas (“life preserver”).


sandok

sandók (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
sandoc (alternative)
sanrok (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sanduk (“spoon, ladle”). Compare Malay sendok and Sundanese séndok. Doublet of salok.

inh

ladle; scoop (originally those made of coconut shell with a bamboo handle)


sangab

inhalation of medicine, smoke, air, etc. (especially through the mouth)

area of exposure to sunlight, heat of fire, wind, blast, etc.

drinking headlong while holding one's breath

land marker to indicate ownership or extent of property


sebada

Borrowed from Spanish cebada (“barley”), from Latin cibāta.


sipol

Borrowed from Spanish chiflo or Spanish chifle.


pakla

acridness; tartness in taste (especially of unripe fruit)


gamugamo

gamúgamó (canonical)
ᜄᜋᜓᜄᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
gamogamo (alternative proscribed)
gamo gamo (alternative proscribed)
gamo-gamo (alternative proscribed)
gamu-gamo (alternative proscribed)

[ɡɐˌmuː.ɣɐˈmo]

small moth (such as those usually flying around a flame)


alabok

alabók (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜊᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
alaboc (alternative)


pagpapaagas

tl-noun

pagpapaagas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜉᜉᜀᜄᜐ᜔)

From pag- + paagas, with initial reduplication of the root, ultimately from agas.


kasaykasay

kásaykásay (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kasay-kasay (alternative)

white-collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris subsp. collaris)


videoke

videoke (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜃᜒ or ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜌᜓᜃᜒ)


bidyoke

ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
videoke (alternative)
vidyoke (alternative)

Borrowed from English videoke, from a blend of video + karaoke.

videoke (karaoke, specifically with video on a screen with lyrics)

videoke machine (karaoke machine, specifically including video with lyrics on a screen singers read from)


tan-aw

[t̪ɐn̪ˈʔaʊ̯]


dugtong

dugtóng (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
rugtong (alternative)

connecting to increase the length (of two or more things)

point of connection; place of connection


alamat

Possibly from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign; symbol”). Compare Tausug alamat (“omen”) and Malay alamat (“sign; address”).


batiti

[bɐˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ]

leaking of water or liquid in tiny drops


aktibista

tl-noun

aktibista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish activista. By surface analysis, aktibo + -ista.


bulabog

act of disturbing someone or something remaining still or quiet


buol

buól (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜂᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
bool (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *buqəl. Proto-Philippine /ə/ generally changes to Tagalog /i/, but how it changed to /u/ in this case is unknown. Possible early borrowing from Bikol or a Visayan language.

(chiefly eastern Marinduque, anatomy) ankle


buwik

buwík (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
buic (alternative)
buyic (alternative)
bouic (alternative)
buik (alternative)
buyik (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀək. Compare Pangasinan belek, Casiguran Dumagat Agta behek, Abenlen Ayta beyek, Kapampangan bigak, Central Palawano biyek, Tboli belek, Kelabit berek, Rukai beeke. Doublet of biik.


makuto

bag (especially school children's bag made of canvas)


panakot

ᜉᜈᜃᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
panacot (alternative)
pantakot (alternative)

From pan- + takot. Compare Malay penakut.

a thing or action that is used to scare, to cause fear, or to worry; scarer; frightener


hiling

petition in prayer; something one prays for


manghihilot

manghihilot (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

ᜋᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mang- + hilot, with initial reduplication of the root's first syllable.

masseur; masseuse (especially one who treats the lame cripple)


kusot

Borrowed from Hokkien 鋸屑 /锯屑 (kù-sut, “sawdust”).


kusot

act of rubbing or scratching one's eyes (with one's fingers)

act of cleaning clothes with soap and water (by rubbing with the hands)

act of rumpling or crumpling with one's hands


manggagawa

manggagawà (canonical)
ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜏ (Baybayin)
mangagaua (alternative)
mangagawa (alternative obsolete)

[mɐŋ.ɡɐˈɣaː.wɐʔ]

[mɐŋ.ɡɐ.ɣɐˈwaʔ]

From mang- + gawa with initial reduplication.


sakang

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


sahog

From Proto-Philippine *sahuʀ. Compare Bikol Central sahog.

secondary ingredients in a mixture (especially in food)


sambot

act of catching with the hand something falling or thrown


samuol

full mouthful; mouth-filling feed (especially put in the mouth hurriedly)

putting hurriedly into one's mouth (especially of food)


samyo

tl-noun

samyó or samyô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜓ)

samyó (canonical)
samyô (canonical)
ᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Thomas Barclay (missionary)
zh-min-nan:Lîm Iàn-sîn
zh:林燕臣

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly from:
* Hokkien 散藥 / 糝藥 /散药 / 糁药 (sám io̍h, “to sprinkle traditional Chinese medicine / traditional Chinese medicine in powder form”)
* Hokkien 散藥粉 / 糝藥粉 /散药粉 / 糁药粉 (sám io̍h-hún, “to sprinkle medicinal powder”) according to Chan-Yap (1980).
Compare Pangasinan samiong.


sawali

sawalì (canonical)
ᜐᜏᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
sauali (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *sawaliq (“bamboo walling”). Compare Ilocano sawali, Kapampangan sauali, Bikol Central sawali, Cebuano sawali, and Chamorro saguale'. See also Philippine Spanish sauale.

inh

woven, coarse mat of interlaced, thin, split bamboo strips (used for making simple walls in native houses, drying grains under the house, etc.)


sampay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sampay (“to drape over the shoulder or from a line”) (cf. Indonesian sampai, Malagasy sampi, Malay sampai), from Proto-Austronesian *sapay (cf. Puyuma sapai).

laundry hanging on a clothesline, fence, etc.

hanging of clothes (on a clothesline, fence, etc.)


luwan

a kind of seaweed usually found in rivermouths


batikos

(figurative) verbal attack; severe criticism (in public or through newspapers)#


batuktok

bátuktók (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


bitak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətak. Compare Ilocano bettak, Kapampangan abtak, and Tetum fota.


bulaos

trail; footpath (as in a forest, made by animals on the way to a watering place)


uniberso

Borrowed from Spanish universo, from Latin ūniversus.


awit

Compare Bikol Central awit and Cebuano awit.

[ˈʔaː.wɪt̪̚]

pambansang awit

(figurative) act of asking something from someone for free (especially from a friend)


atsoy

[ʔɐtˈt͡ʃoɪ̯]


asungot

[ʔɐˈsuː.ŋot̪̚]

Pero madali naman palang kausap ang asungot. "Babalik na lang ho ako mamayang gabi," sabay sibat na parang batang napaamo sa pangako ng Cheeze Curls.

1995, Ericson L. Acosta, Literary folio:

But it's easy to talk with that nuisance. "I'll rather return tonight"; then, he left like a child who followed the promise of Cheeze Curls


mitig

[ˈmiː.t̪ɪɡ̚]


muwak

muwák (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜏᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
mouac (alternative)

knowledge; understanding; idea about something


muyangit

ᜋᜓᜌᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
muyang̃it (alternative)

[mʊˈjaː.ŋɪt̪̚]

any thick liquid adhering along the sides of a container, such as molasses, syrup, honey, left after pouring off


muyangit

ᜋᜓᜌᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
monyaguit (alternative)
munyang̃it (alternative)
muyang̃it (alternative)
munyangit (alternative)
munyagit (alternative)

[mʊˈjaː.ŋɪt̪̚]


sakop

occupation; act of occupying (of an enemy possession, territory, etc.)

part occupied (of an enemy possession, territory, etc.)

act of putting under one's jurisdiction or power


sagutin

[ˌsaːˈɣuː.t̪ɪn̪]

[sɐ.ɣʊˈt̪ɪn̪]


ekwador

ekwadór (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜏᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
ekuwador (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish ecuador, from Medieval Latin aequātōrem.


salagimsim

tl-noun

salagimsím (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔)

salagimsím (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜄᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


salagoy

[sɐ.lɐˈɣoɪ̯]


salamuha

Borrowed from Malay semua (“all together”), from Sanskrit समूह (samūha, “assemblage”), possibly with *-al- infix.

bor+

mingling with; hobnobbing; associating familiarly with people


salapot

Alae, alahoy! Pagkabanas-banas, tubal ang salapot. Buliga'y buya na, lambanog na baktot. Sukatin sa dangkal at iikot-ikot. Walang kurag-kurag, pagbabang balutan.

2006, Domingo G. Landicho, Suob: katipunan ng mga tulang batangan:


salapsap

superficiality; shallowness (of wounds or cuts, soil, etc.)


salinlahi

sálinlahì (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜑᜒ (Baybayin)
salinglahi (alternative)


saloy

slow current of water (from a spring, stream, etc.)

overflowing of a liquid from a container


salungguhit

tl-noun

salungguhit (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜑᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜐᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜑᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐ.lʊŋˈɡuː.hɪt̪̚]

From salo + -ng- + guhit, literally “catching line”.


penoy

[ˈpɛː.n̪oɪ̯]

Possiby from Hokkien. See Hokkien 白 (pe̍h, “white”), 卵 (nuī, “egg”), 白煠 (pe̍h-sa̍h, “to boil; to blanch”), 皮卵 (phôe-nūi, “century egg”).


diyakono

diyákonó (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜌᜃᜓᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
diakono (alternative)
diakuno (alternative)
diyakuno (alternative)
dyakono (alternative)
jakono (alternative colloquial)
jakuno (alternative colloquial)

Borrowed from Spanish diácono (“deacon”).

bor+

deacon (male in an office in Christian churches associated with some service)


pagkalalaki

tl-noun

pagkalalaki (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

manliness; manhood; the quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man


tab-ang

tlb

(dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Mindoro)


liwas

detour; deviation (from the direct or usual route)


kilabot

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

person being intensely feared by many; terror


hilig

leaning; inclining (of a standing object)

tendency; propensity; natural inclination


tagak

Bubulcus ibis coromandus
Wikispecies:Bubulcus ibis coromandus

cattle egret, especially the eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus)


tagilid

ᜆᜄᜒᜎᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagilir (alternative)
tagiler (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈlɪd̪̚]

[t̪ɐˈɣiː.lɪd̪̚]

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

act of turning one's body to a side (of a person lying down)

act of leaning or inclining one's position while standing


sahod

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluD (“water conduit”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ibatan salod, Kapampangan salud, Bikol Central salod, Aklanon saeod, Cebuano salod, Waray-Waray salod, Maranao salod, Tausug sawd, and Malay salur.

inh

receptacle placed under something (to hold or catch flowing water, falling objects, etc.)

act of receiving something with open hand/s

position of an open hand in receiving something

(obsolete) setting aside some object falling from a high place


balun-balunan

tl-noun

balun-balunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜊᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


balakang

balakáng (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜃᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
balacang (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balakaŋ (“hips”). Compare Malay belakang.


kalabog

Onomatopoeic. Compare Kapampangan kalabug.


sabungero

[sɐ.bʊˈŋɛː.ɾo]


partisipasyon

partisipasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

partisipasyón (canonical)
ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish participación, from Late Latin participatiō.


dugong bughaw

dugóng bugháw (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔)

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

[d̪ʊˌɣom bʊɡˈhaʊ̯]

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

blue blood; noble or aristocratic ancestry


imbento

Borrowed from Spanish invento (“invention”).


kalibid

ᜃᜎᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
calibir (alternative)
kalibir (alternative obsolete)


kandanggaok

tl-noun

kandanggaok (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜂᜃ᜔)

ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜂᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐn̪.d̪ɐŋˈɡaː.ʔok̚]

Ardea manillensis
Ardea manillensis#Translingual

eastern purple heron (Ardea manillensis)


traydor

traydór (feminine traydora, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

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

[t̪ɾaɪ̯ˈd̪oɾ]

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


orasan

Nakasabit sa dingding ang orasan.

2014, Jiedson R. Domigpe, Nenita Pambid Domingo, Elementary Tagalog Workbook: Tara, Mag-Tagalog Tayo! Come On, Let's Speak Tagalog!, →ISBN:

clock; timepiece (especially a wall clock)


gugol

(figurative) spending; usage; investment (of one's time, effort, thought, etc.)


makapuno

coconut meat from the fruit of a macapuno


birhen

tl-noun

birhen or birhén (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

birhen (canonical)
birhén (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish virgen (“virgin”), from Latin virginem, singular accusative of virgō. Doublet of birsin.


bighani

bighanì (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜑᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
bichani (alternative)
bidhani (alternative obsolete)
birhani (alternative obsolete)
bikhani (alternative obsolete)

[bɪɡˈhaː.n̪ɪʔ]

Possibly from Sanskrit विघ्न (vighna, “impediment; hindrance; disturbance”). Compare Kapampangan bigani, Javanese ꦮꦶꦒꦼꦤ (wigena, “hindrance”) and Old Javanese wighani (“disturbed”).

der

charm; attraction; allurement; fascination

(chiefly in the negative, obsolete) inquietude; restlessness; irritability

(obsolete) shaking lazily and reluctantly


buntis

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


buntot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Compare Malay buntut.

inh

posterior; rear; last part or end (of a long line, etc.)


buswang

wound on the sole of the foot caused by a thorn or spike


busol

small, hard growth felt beneath a comparatively soft surface


butlig

butlíg (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
buklig (alternative)

[bʊt̪ˈl̪ɪɡ̚]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butəliʀ (“wart; cyst; non-purulent skin eruption”). Compare butig.

(medicine) wen; small cyst; small growth on the skin


talasalitaan

tl-noun

talásalitáan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜐᜎᜒᜆᜀᜈ᜔)

talásalitáan (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜐᜎᜒᜆᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From salita (“word”) + tala- -an, literally “wordlist”.


talumpati

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

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

compound

(poetic, obsolete) deference; humility (in words or actions)

(poetic, obsolete) bringing oneself to say or do something with the greatest care and deep respect


taning

→ Ilocano: taning

→ Kapampangan: taning

[ˈt̪aː.n̪ɪŋ]


tugon

Compare Cebuano tugon (“word of instruction”), which came from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuʀun.

act of answering (a letter, question, argument, etc.)


takaw

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

cog

gluttony; voraciousness; excess in eating


takong

takóng (canonical)
ᜆᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
takon (alternative uncommon)

Borrowed from Spanish tacón (“heel of a shoe”).


gaod

→ Spanish: gaón

[ˈɡaː.ʔod̪̚]

From Proto-Philippine *gáqud (“oar; to row a boat”). Compare Cebuano gaod.


Sangley

Sangléy (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
sangley (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish Sangley, ultimately from Hokkien.
Doublet of Sanglay.

bor+

(historical) person of pure ethnic Chinese ancestry (especially during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)


Sanglay

Sangláy (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
sanglay (alternative)
sanlay (alternative)

Boxer Codex
Francisco de Sande
Vocabulario de la lengua tagala

From either Philippine Spanish Sangley or directly from Hokkien, possibly either:
* 常來 /常来 (siâng lâi / siông lâi, literally “frequently comes”), as labeled in the Boxer Codex (1590) and explained in the Bocabulario de la lengua sangleya por las letraz de el A.B.C. (1617) as per Van der Loon (1967), from which Mandarin 常來人 /常来人 (chángláirén) referring to Sangleys originates and consistent with Francisco de Sande (1576)'s description of “Throughout these islands they call the Chinese 'Sangleyes', meaning 'a people who come and go,' on account of their habit of coming annually to these islands to trade, or, as they say there, 'the regular port'.” as per Adelung (1817), Manuel (1948), and Go (2014-2015)
* 商來 /商来 (siang lâi, literally “trader comes”), as explained in the Bocabulario de la lengua sangleya por las letraz de el A.B.C. (1617) as per Van der Loon (1967)
* 生理 (seng-lí, “business; livelihood”, IPA: /ɕiɪŋ³³ li⁵⁵⁴/) as in 生理人 (seng-lí-lâng, “merchant; tradesman; trafficker”), according to Go (2014-2015) and Manuel (1948) as “sieng-lí” recorded in Piñol (1937)
* 商旅 (siang-lú, “travelling merchant”), according to Manuel (1948) & Hofileña (2011)
* 送來 /送来 (sàng lâi, literally “sent over”) or 生理人來 /生理人来 (seng-lí-lâng lâi, literally “businessman comes”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).
* 誰來 /谁来 (siâng lâi / sâng lâi, literally “who comes”), as per Norberto Romualdez in Manuel (1948) who says that “sangley is a Spanish corruption of sang lay, signifying "who comes", an expression used by the Chinese in the Islands to greet a ship coming from China.”
Van der Loon (1967) additionally surmises that perhaps it is not of Chinese origin.
Doublet of Sangley.

m-g

(archaic) Chinese trader; Chinese merchant

(historical) alternative form of Sangley


sanglay

sangláy (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
sangday (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋəlaʀ (“to stir-fry, cook in a frying pan without oil”), possibly via Kapampangan sanglai, archaic form of sangle. Compare Bikol Central sanglag, Hiligaynon sanlag, Cebuano sanglag, Maranao sendag, Indonesian sangrai, and Malay selar. Doublet of sangag. See also sanglal.


uyad

[ˈʔuː.jɐd̪̚]

act of walking with difficulty (as of big-bellied persons)

slow awkward movement (as of obese persons)


panauhing pandangal

tl-noun

panauhing pandangál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜎ᜔)

panauhing pandangál (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative spelling of panauhing-pandangal


lalim

From Proto-Philippine *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm (“in, inside; deep”). Compare Ilocano dalem, Kapampangan lalam, Bikol Central rarom, Cebuano lalom, Maranao dalem, Tausug lawm, and
Malay dalam.

inh

(figurative) profundity; deepness of thought


larawan

From an obsolete root laraw + -an. Compare Ilocano ladawan, Kapampangan larauan, Bikol Central ladawan, Waray-Waray ladawan, and Maranao ladiyawan.

drawing; illustration (as in a book, magazine, etc.)

image; reflection (as in a mirror or clear water)


laruan

[lɐ.ɾʊˈʔan̪]

[ˌlaːˈɾuː.ʔɐn̪]


laruan

[lɐ.ɾʊˈʔan̪]

[ˌlaːˈɾuː.ʔɐn̪]

game court (for basketball, tennis, etc.)


laswa

laswâ (canonical)
ᜎᜐ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
lasao (alternative)
lasua (alternative)

lewd, indecent, or erotic expression; ribald language


latak

Borrowed from Malay latak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latak (“mud”).

(figurative, colloquial) last child (of a couple)


latak

angle of drop, dip, or descent (viewed from the top)


linta

From Proto-Philippine *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-mətaq, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNi-məCaq (“paddy leech”). Sambali linta, Cebuano linta, Masbatenyo linta, Tausug linta', Malay lintah, and Urak Lawoi' มราตะ (mrataq). See also limatik.

(figurative) bloodsucker; usurer (people who preys on others)


lubha

lubhâ (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
lobha (alternative)

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

der

severity; seriousness; gravity (of sickness, etc.)


lusok

descending and stepping into water (as in a river, well, etc.)


sulib

(architecture) small space between two surfaces (such as between the floor and the foot of the wall, ceiling and the top of the wall, two walls, or under the bed)

small secret compartment or hiding place in a piece of furniture

Macoma pellucida (a type of macoma shell)


bihasa

tl-noun

bihasa or bihasà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜑᜐ)

bihasa (canonical)
bihasà (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜑᜐ (Baybayin)

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

bor+

accustomization; manner of getting used to a certain condition


hanapbuhay

tl-noun

hánapbúhay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜈᜉ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

hánapbúhay (canonical)
ᜑᜈᜉ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


handog

[hɐn̪ˈd̪oɡ̚]

offer; act of offering something to someone

dedication of a poem, song, etc. (to someone)


hapdi

hapdî (canonical)
ᜑᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
hapri (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjiq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapəjiq. Compare Malay pedih.


hilam

skin blemish or livid spot (especially on the face)

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

dimness or bleariness of sight (due to smoke, tears, etc.)


himagsikan

tl-noun

himagsikan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜋᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜈ᜔)

ᜑᜒᜋᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


dulo

Compare Tausug dugu (“corner”) and Malay juru (“corner”).


dulas

dulás (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜎᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
dolas (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulas (“to slip or slide”). Compare Aklanon dueas and Maranao dolas. For the sense “giving up a secret by mistake”, see also English Freudian slip.

inh

slipping; sliding (as on a slippery surface)

(colloquial) slip (giving up a secret by mistake)


duling

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


duling

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


pamingkit

pamingkít (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


likaw

loop; coil; roll; hank (of rope, wire, etc.)


likha

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

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

bor+

(obsolete) statue of an ancient spirit or god; idol


libumbon

libumbón (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


lamod

soft, mucus-like substance (as found in fruits such as very young coconuts)


libid

single coil around something (of a wire, rope, etc.)

surrounding; encircling (of a place by enemies)


libid

encirclement (condition of being surrounded, as by enemies)

lasso made of twine used to catch chickens


ligawgaw

ligawgáw (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɪ.ɣaʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

ticklish sensation; tickling feeling (on parts of the body other than the armpits)


garapata

[ɡɐ.ɾɐˈpaː.t̪ɐ]


erehiya

[ʔɛ.ɾɛˈhiː.ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish herejía (“heresy”).


eskinita

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜈᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
iskinita (alternative)
skinita (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish esquinita, the diminutive form of esquina (“corner”).

street corner (especially turning into an alley)


bagok

bagók (canonical)
ᜊᜄᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
bag-oc (alternative)
bag-ok (alternative)

thump; thud (caused by something fallen)

dull sound of a fallen coin or metal (usually to demonstrate a counterfeit coin)


bahaghari

bahagharì (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜄ᜔ᜑᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
bahag-hari (alternative)
balaghari (alternative)

[bɐ.hɐɡˈhaː.ɾɪʔ]

Commonly believed to be from bahag (“loincloth”) + hari (“king”). For this etymology, scholars have alternative suggestions where the latter component may be from Malay hari (“day”), according to Wolff (1976), or from Sanskrit हरि (hari, “the sun”), according to Potet (2016). Compare Kapampangan pinanari. See also Malay benang raja.
However, Zorc (1979) posits an alternative etymology from Southern Luzon axis *balaghadi (“rainbow”) with elision of /l/. Compare Casiguran Dumagat Agta balaghari and Remontado Agta balaghadi.


baitang

tl-noun

baitáng or baitang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜁᜆᜅ᜔)

baitáng (canonical)
baitang (canonical)
ᜊᜁᜆᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
baytang (alternative)

[bɐ.ʔɪˈt̪aŋ]

[bɐˈʔiː.t̪ɐŋ]

From Proto-North Philippine *balitaŋ (“step”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano balitang, Pangasinan balitang, Kapampangan balitang, and Cebuano balitang.


balaksila

balaksilà (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ (Baybayin)


balakilan

rafter; crossbeam or crosspiece of a house


balakbak

dried bark (of trees, palms, sugarcane, etc.)


balaghan

balaghán (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
balagahan (alternative)

Syncopic form of balagahan, from balaga + -han.


balaraw

[bɐ.lɐˈɾaʊ̯]

double-bladed dagger created by the Visayans


luho

luho (canonical)
luhò (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜑᜓ (Baybayin)


sakristan

sakristán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

sakristán (canonical)
ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish sacristán, from Medieval Latin sacristānus, from sacrista.

sacristan (person in charge of the sacristy)


taksil

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

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


karnaper

[kɐɾˈn̪aː.pɛɾ]


papel de-liha

papél de-liha (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜑ)

papél de-liha (canonical)
ᜉᜉᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜑ (Baybayin)
papel de liha (alternative)


papel de hapon

papél de hapón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜑᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

papél de hapón (canonical)
ᜉᜉᜒᜎ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜑᜉᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
papel de Hapon (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish papel de Japón (literally “Japanese paper”). Compare Spanish papel japonés.


buwisan

agricultural land leased for crop sharing


insenso

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
insiyenso (alternative)
insyenso (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish incienso. The spelling reflects a sound shift of Spanish /sj/ to /s/, which affected some Spanish borrowings, especially those containing two consecutive syllables containing /sj/ (e.g. pasensiya from paciencia, and prangkisa from franquicia).


panlampaso

tl-noun

panlampaso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜐᜓ)


kakosa

(prison slang) fellow prisoner; jailmate


usisero

usisero (feminine usisera, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

[ʔʊ.sɪˈsɛː.ɾo]


bigotilyo

bigotilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜊᜒᜄᜓᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish bigotillo (“small moustache”).

bor+

(colloquial, humorous) someone having a small moustache


kalaykay

From Proto-Philippine *kaykáy, from *kaykáy. Compare Ilocano karaykay, Ibanag karekay, and Kapampangan kaleke. Possibly composed of kaykay + *-al-.


promdi

From a pronunciation spelling of English from the (province).

(eye dialect, slang, ethnic slur, possibly offensive) a term used for people transitioning from rural to urban life; a country bumpkin


panandaliang aliw

tl-noun

panandaliang alíw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎᜒᜏ᜔)

panandaliang alíw (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎᜒᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.n̪ɐn̪.d̪ɐˌliː.ʔɐŋ ʔɐˈlɪʊ̯]


bagong salta

bagong saltá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜎ᜔ᜆ)

bagong saltá (canonical)
ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜎ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

(idiomatic) newcomer (new person in a community, usually one from the countryside); upstart


tupad

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

act of fulfilling a duty, promise, order, etc.

accomplishment; compliance; pursuance; carrying out (of a task, promise, responsibility, requirement, etc.)

realization of a prediction, prophecy, wish, etc.


kalaswaan

kalaswaán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜐ᜔ᜏᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


nagbebenta ng laman

nagbebenta ng lamán (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

nagbebenta ng lamán (canonical)
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[n̪ɐɡ.bɛˌbɛn̪.t̪ɐ n̪ɐn̪ lɐˈman̪]

Literally, “[those who are] selling [their] bodies”.


pagtataksil

tl-noun

pagtataksíl (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔)

pagtataksíl (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pag- + taksil, with reduplication of the root word.


kataksilan

kataksilán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

kataksilán (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pilikmata

pilikmatá (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ (Baybayin)


kulang sa pansin

kulang sa pansín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

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

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


indak

[ʔɪn̪ˈd̪ak̚]

movement of the body while dancing to music


buyon

tl-noun

buyón or buyon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

buyón (canonical)
buyon (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
boyon (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buyəquŋ. Compare Ilocano buy-ong, Cebuano buy-on, Malay buyong, and Javanese ꦧꦸꦪꦸꦁ (buyung).


buyaya

extravagance; spendthriftness; wasteful spending


kiti-kiti

kití-kití (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜆᜒᜃᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[kɪˌt̪ɪ xɪˈt̪ɪ]


manggagantso

manggagantso (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

ᜋᜅ᜔ᜄᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

[mɐŋ.ɡɐˈɣan̪.t͡ʃo]

From mang- + gantso, with reduplication of the root word.

... tulad ng katas na sinisipsip sa maduming kayamanan di ka man lang nandidiri sa gawa mong kabuhayan
Kumampi ka na lang kaya sa amin at maralita
talikuran mga pyudal kapitalistang oligarkiya pagka't lahat-lahat sila'y manggagantso't ...

1990, Carina C. David, Asyong and the spaced-out satellite: fifty-two poems:

Isa, dalawa, tatlo, Ang tatay mong kalbo; Nagbayad ng sampung libo Sa rekruter na manggagantso. Amy, Susie and Tessie, Naging pen pal ni Ted Aussie; Isinilid sa isang sobre, Ginarote lang sa Sydney. Islaw Palitaw, Lulubog-lilitaw; ...

Tinamaan ng lintik na manggagantso! Matapos ko ialay ang katawan kong walang malay, sukat suklian ako ng puwit ng baso. Bernardo: Walang kumikita sa negosyo ng pag-ibig. At maraming naloloko. Luz: Pero may nangyari na ba?

Manggagantso kasi e. Tama na nga sa pagmolestya ng patay, at walang thrill, walang suspense, dahil hindi naman makapalag. Kaya balik tayo sa buhay (sa ngayon). I'm Chinese, chink, intsik, tsekwa, beho, drooler, snot-faced, taho-lover, ...

2008, Khavn De La Cruz, Khavn, Ultraviolins, UP Press, page 132


konya

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

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


adormidera

adormidera (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜇ)

ᜀᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜇᜒᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.d̪oɾ.mɪˈd̪ɛː.ɾɐ]


hilab

From Proto-Philippine *hilab, possibly hi- + *lab. Compare alab, salab, silab, siklab, laab, liyab, labilab, and lagablab.

swelling from cooking (as of rice, corn, etc.)

rising from yeast (as of bread, cake, etc.)

enlargement or distension of one's stomach

abdominal cramps or spasms (as in gas pains)

pain in the abdomen from a moving fetus in the womb


sentigrado

sentigrado (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

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


salitang kalye

salitáng kalye (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

salitáng kalye (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ (Baybayin)


katokayo

ᜃᜆᜓᜃᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
katukayo (alternative)

namesake; person with the same name or nickname as another


harbat

stealing; theft; taking without permission


manoy

Borrowed from Bikol Central manoy (“big brother”).


pigurin

[pɪ.ɣʊˈɾɪn̪]