kabulagsakan

tl-noun

kabulagsakán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜎᜄ᜔ᜐᜃᜈ᜔)

kabulagsakán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜓᜎᜄ᜔ᜐᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bahay-aliwan

bahay-aliwan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜀᜎᜒᜏᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜀᜎᜒᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From bahay + aliwan, literally “amusement house”.


kalahating oras

tl-noun

kalahating oras (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜂᜇᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜂᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.lɐˌhaː.t̪ɪŋ ˈʔoː.ɾɐs]


batong-lapis

batóng-lapis (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜎᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

batóng-lapis (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜎᜉᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
batong lapis (alternative)
lapis na bato (alternative)
lapis-na-bato (alternative)


bahay na bato

bahay na bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜆᜓ)

bahay na bató (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

(common) alternative spelling of bahay-na-bato


huwat

huwát (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
houat (alternative)


huwat

huwát (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
hoat (alternative)
houat (alternative)
huat (alternative)


ikatatlumpu

ikatatlumpû (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜆᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ)

ikatatlumpû (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜆᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ (Baybayin)
ycatlong pouo (alternative)
ikatlumpu (alternative uncommon)


kumpurmi

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ (Baybayin)


bentsingko

bentsingko (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
benchingko (alternative)

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


blangkete

ᜊ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
balangkete (alternative)

[blɐŋˈkɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish blanquete, from blanca + -ete.


ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ᜐᜎᜊᜐ᜔

anaksalabas (romanization)
ᜀᜈᜐᜎᜊ (alternative)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜎᜊᜐ᜔ (alternative)


ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜐ᜔

ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (canonical)
panukalangbatas (romanization)


hektarea

hektáreá (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


akordiyon

akordiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

akordiyón (canonical)
ᜀᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
akordyon (alternative)


mandaragit

mándaragít (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜄᜒᜆ᜔)

mándaragít (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜇᜄᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
mandadagit (alternative)
mangdaragit (alternative)

[ˌman̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐˈɣɪt̪̚]

[mɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.ɣɪt̪̚]

[mɐn̪.d̪ɐˈɾaː.ɣɪt̪̚]

[mɐn̪ˌd̪aːˈɾaː.ɣɪt̪̚]

From man- + dagit with initial reduplication of the root.

bird of prey (large bird that swoops down to snatch prey)


ostrasismo

ostrasismo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜂᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish ostracismo, from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós).


partido komunista

partido komunista (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish partido comunista. By surface analysis, partido + komunista.

surf

Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas


shibuli

(colloquial, originally gay slang) alternative form of shiboli


kamayan

From kamay + -an. The noun sense is literally, “hands activity”, or more loosely translated as “eating with the hands” or “handshaking” given the context.

lit

kamayan (communal feast eating with the bare hands)


Pinoy Henyo

tl-noun

Pinóy Henyo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

Pinóy Henyo (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
pinoy henyo (alternative)

[pɪˌn̪oɪ̯ ˈhɛː.ɲo]

Literally, “Pinoy Genius”. From a segment of the same name since 2004, in the noontime show Eat Bulaga!, the longest running variety show in the Philippines. The segment was later succeeded by Gimme 5: Laro ng Mga Henyo (literally, “Gimme 5: Game of the Geniuses”) and Word of the Rings by 2023 after the Eat Bulaga trademark dispute.

lit

a guessing game where one player has to guess the word given (usually placed on the player's forehead) by asking questions and other players (one or more) can only answer the questions through yes, no, or maybe before the timer runs out


pinoy henyo

tl-noun

pinóy henyo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

pinóy henyo (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of Pinoy Henyo


ektarea

[ʔɛkˌt̪aː.ɾɛˈa]

[ʔɛkˈt̪aː.ɾjɐ]


puso ng saging

pusò ng saging (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜐᜄᜒᜅ᜔)

pusò ng saging (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜐᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜐᜄᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


kanya-kanyang bayad

kanyá-kanyáng bayad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔)

kanyá-kanyáng bayad (canonical)
ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

kaniya-kaniyang bayad
kaniya-kaniyang bayad#Tagalog

alternative form of kaniya-kaniyang bayad


kabayuan

kabayuán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜌᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cabaiyoan (alternative)
kabaiyoan (alternative obsolete)
kabaiyuan (alternative obsolete)
kabayoan (alternative obsolete)

Possibly related to Kapampangan kababayuan (“very recent; very fresh”), from Kapampangan bayu (“new”).


mag-iiras

mág-iirás (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜁᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌmaɡ.ʔɪ.ʔɪˈɾas]

[mɐɡ.ʔɪˈʔiː.ɾɐs]

From mag- + iras with initial reduplication.


kanang kamay

tl-noun

kanang kamáy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

kanang kamáy (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌkaː.n̪ɐŋ kɐˈmaɪ̯]

(figurative) alternative form of kanang-kamay


kura-paroko

kura-paroko or kura-párokó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜉᜇᜓᜃᜓ)

kura-paroko (canonical)
kura-párokó (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜉᜇᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


pitulon

pitulón (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜆᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pitolon (alternative)
pitolong (alternative)
pitulong (alternative obsolete)

Unknown. Possibly from Kapampangan, from pi- + tulun (“intercession”). Compare Cebuano tugon (“word of instruction”).

Ako'y may ipagpipitulon sa'yo.

I have something for you to take cake of.

plea; supplication; entrustment of an errand

Pinipitulon ko si Pedro.

intercessor; intermediary for what was entrusted


porendyer

pórendyér (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔)

pórendyér (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
forendyer (alternative)
forenjer (alternative)
porenjer (alternative)

[ˌpoː.ɾɛn̪ˈd͡ʒɛɾ]

[ˌpoː.ɾɛn̪ˈd̪jɛɾ]

From English foreigner, read as *foreinger, with the ⟨g⟩ and ⟨n⟩ swapped.


ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔

ᜊᜒᜈᜓᜐ᜔ • (binos)


amnesya

[ʔɐmˈn̪ɛː.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía).


kanunu-nunuan

kanunû-nunuan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

kanunû-nunuan (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜈᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.n̪ʊˌn̪uʔ n̪ʊˈn̪uː.ʔɐn̪]

[kɐ.n̪ʊˌn̪uː n̪ʊˈn̪uː.ʔɐn̪]


kostumer

kóstumér (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kustomer (alternative)


agwa-asahar

agwa-asahár (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜀᜐᜑᜇ᜔)

agwa-asahár (canonical)
ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜀᜐᜑᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
agwa asahar (alternative)

[ˌʔaɡ.wɐ ʔɐ.sɐˈhaɾ]


agwahas

Borrowed from Spanish aguajas, metathesis of Spanish ajuagas (“malanders; equine animal ulcers”), from Arabic الشُقَاق (aš-šuqāq, “the crack; the fissure”).


syorpit

ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
shorpet (alternative)
shurpet (alternative)
syorpet (alternative)
syurpit (alternative)
siyorpit (alternative)
siyurpit (alternative)

[ˈʃoɾ.pɪt̪̚]

Borrowed from English sure fit. Said to be a genericized trademark and originated from a brand name.


siyurpit

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈʃuɾ.pɪt̪̚]


shorpet

ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈʃoɾ.pɛt̪̚]

(colloquial) alternative form of syorpit


langgonisa

ᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒᜐ (Baybayin)
langgunisa (alternative)


kustodya

ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
kustodiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish custodia (“monstrance”), from Latin custōdia. The more modern definition of “custody” seems to be a semantic loan from English custody.

bor+

...isang sertipiko na ang nasabing opisyal ang may kustodya. Kung ang opisinang pinagtataguan ng dokumento ay nasa ibang bansa, ang sertipiko ay maaaring gawin...

2000, Philippines. Supreme Court, Revised Rules on Evidence Rules 128-133, Rules of Court : Effective July 1, 1989:

Gayon din naman kung ang Santisimo ay natatanghal sa Custodia).

1926, Union de Clorigos Filipinas sa Arbispado ng Maynila, Ang Filipinas pahayagang buwanan ng union de clerigos Filipinos sa Arzobispado ng Maynila · Volume 1, Issue 2:

Anupa't siya ang taong tigmak sa dugong katawan sa estero, may suot pa itong isang singsing na may malaking batong rubi. Bawa't isa'y nagsabing ang alahas ay galing sa kustodya ni Arsobispo Serrano.

1989, Ethel Valiente, Lorenzo Ruiz: ang unang santong martir ng Pilipinas:


konsentidora

tl-noun

konsentidora (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜇ (Baybayin)
kunsintidora (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish consentidora, or analytically konsenti + -dora.

female equivalent of konsentidor: female conniver; woman with authority who allows wrong, unjustified, or immoral acts

konsentidor

(by extension) mother who pampers or spoils their children


dinorado

ᜇᜒᜈᜓᜇᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
dinurado (alternative)
denorado (alternative)

A type of aromatic long-grain rice (Oryza sativa, sometimes treated as subspecies Oryza sativa indica) cultivar grown in the Philippines


sinandomeng

sinandomeng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜅ᜔)

ᜐᜒᜈᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Several cultivars of long-grain rice (Oryza sativa, sometimes subspecies O. s. indica) grown in the Philippines


bilingguwal

bilingguwál (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

bilingguwál (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English bilingual, influenced by Spanish reading with ultimate stress. The correct Spanish term is Spanish bilingüe.


Pinoy step

tl-noun

Pinóy step (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜉ᜔)

Pinóy step (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɪˌn̪oɪ̯ ʔɪsˈt̪ɛp̚]


tagabantay

tagabantáy (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐ.bɐn̪ˈt̪aɪ̯]


perspektiba

perspektiba (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊ)

ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊ (Baybayin)
perspektibo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish perspectiva, from Late Latin perspectīvus. Doublet of perspektibo.


kapakan-an

kapakan-án (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜃᜈ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Syncopic form of kapakanaan, from pakana + ka- -an.


tsap-istik

tsáp-istík (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

tsáp-istík (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tsapstik (alternative)

[ˌt͡ʃap ʔɪsˈt̪ɪk̚]


kortosirkuwito

kortosirkuwito (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
kortosirkwito (alternative)
korto sirkuwito (alternative)


sirkuwito

sirkuwito (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
sirkito (alternative)
sirkwito (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish circuito, from Latin circuitus.


sirkito

Possibly a pseudo-Hispanism derived from English circuit, influenced by Spanish circuito. However, some sources state it comes from a variant *cirquito instead.


kata-kata

katâ-katâ (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜃᜆ (Baybayin)
catacata (alternative)
katakata (alternative)

[kɐˌt̪aʔ kɐˈt̪aʔ]

[kɐˌt̪aː xɐˈt̪aʔ]

[ˌkaː.t̪ɐʔ ˈkaː.t̪ɐʔ]

Reduplication of kata. Root word from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “story”).

fiction; make-believe; something made up


samaral

(zoology) rabbitfish (of the family Siganidae)


linyada

Borrowed from Spanish lineada. By surface analysis, linya + -ada.

repeated line; repeated words; catchphrase; signature phrase (of anyone)

slate (list of candidates for an election)


kortesiya

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
kortesia (alternative)
kortesya (alternative)


liyebre

Borrowed from Spanish liebre, from Latin leporem.

hare; jackrabbit (any lagomorph of the genus Lepus)


emyenda

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)
amenda (alternative)
amyenda (alternative common)
emienda (alternative dated)
emiyenda (alternative)
enmiyenda (alternative)
imyenda (alternative)

[ʔɛmˈjɛn̪.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish emienda, an older variant of enmienda.


enmiyenda

tl-noun

enmiyenda (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɛn̪ˈmjɛn̪.d̪ɐ]


notaryo publiko

notaryo públikó (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ)

notaryo públikó (canonical)
ᜈᜓᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


notipikasyon

notipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜆᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

notipikasyón (canonical)
ᜈᜓᜆᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tulak-bahala

tulak-bahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ)

tulak-bahalà (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ (Baybayin)


tabing-ilog

tabíng-ilog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

tabíng-ilog (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌbɪŋ ˈʔiː.loɡ̚]

From tabi (“side”) + -ng- + ilog (“river”).


tubig-ilog

tubig-ilog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪uː.bɪɡ ˈʔiː.loɡ̚]

From tubig (“water”) + ilog (“river”), where ilog takes an attributive or adjectival role in a quasi-Malayic manner.


kurus-kurus

kurús-kurús (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

kurús-kurús (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
krus-krus (alternative)

Reduplication of kurus, literally, “cross-cross”, or more loosely translated as “crossed; cross-like; made of crosses”.


kusim

(colloquial) bewitching spell directed against children


aklat-dasalan

tl-noun

aklát-dasalan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜎᜈ᜔)

aklát-dasalan (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From aklat (“book”) + dasalan (“for prayers”).


kahog

embarrassment due to tardiness (in arriving, finishing a task, in paying an account, etc.)


alkahuwete

tl-noun

alkahuwete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
alkagwete (alternative)
alkahwete (alternative)
alkawete (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish alcahuete, from Arabic الْقَوَّاد (al-qawwād).


alkagwete

alkagwete (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜆᜒ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐl.kɐɡˈwɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish alcagüete, old variant of alcahuete, from Arabic الْقَوَّاد (al-qawwād).


tikas pahinga

tikas pahingá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃᜐ᜔ ᜉᜑᜒᜅ)

tikas pahingá (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜃᜐ᜔ ᜉᜑᜒᜅ (Baybayin)
tikas nga (alternative)


tanghal sandata

tanghál sandata (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜎ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ)

tanghál sandata (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜎ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ (Baybayin)
tanghal ta (alternative)


agap sandata

agap sandata (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜉ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ)

ᜀᜄᜉ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ (Baybayin)
agap ta (alternative)

[ˌʔaː.ɣɐp sɐn̪ˈd̪aː.t̪ɐ]


baba sandata

babâ sandata (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ)

babâ sandata (canonical)
ᜊᜊ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ (Baybayin)
baba ta (alternative)


kaliwang balikat sandata

kaliwáng balikat sandata (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜏᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ)

kaliwáng balikat sandata (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜏᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ (Baybayin)
kaliwang balikat ta (alternative)


kanang balikat sandata

kanang balikat sandata (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ)

ᜃᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆ (Baybayin)
kanang balikat ta (alternative)


hukumang-militar

hukumang-militár (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)

hukumang-militár (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜃᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


paunang lunas

paunang lunas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜈᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜈᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

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


kababaang parirami

kababaang parirami (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜊᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜇᜒᜇᜋᜒ)

ᜃᜊᜊᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜇᜒᜇᜋᜒ (Baybayin)

From kababaan + parirami. Calque of English least squares.


Araw ng Pasasalamat

Araw ng Pasasalamat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜐᜐᜎᜋᜆ᜔)

ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜐᜐᜎᜋᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


komadre

ᜃᜓᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
kumadre (alternative)
kumare (alternative common)
komare (alternative common)

Coordinate term: kompadre

godmother (of a child in baptism, confirmation, or matrimony)

Coordinate term: kompadre


kislot

slight muscular quivering in the flesh of newly slaughtered animals


kompadre

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
kumpadre (alternative)
kumpare (alternative common)
kompare (alternative common)

Coordinate term: komadre

godfather (of a child in baptism, confirmation, or matrimony)

Coordinate term: komadre


kumpilma

kumpilmá (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜋ (Baybayin)
compilma (alternative)
conpilma (alternative)
kunpilma (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish confirmar, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613). Doublet of kumpil and kumpirma.


kuminoy

kuminóy (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
cominoy (alternative)


kriminolohiya

tl-noun

kriminolohiya or kriminolóhiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

kriminolohiya (canonical)
kriminolóhiyá (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


peldespato

peldespato (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜆᜓ)

ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish feldespato (“feldspar”).


kasunuran

ᜃᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
casonoran (alternative)
casunoran (alternative)

Malaki din ang kasunuran mo.


kulaknit

kulaknít (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
kulapnit (alternative)
kulalapnit (alternative)

Compare Bikol Central kulapnit, Cebuano kwaknit, and Waray-Waray kulalapnit.

lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis


kuyo

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cuello, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), from Old Spanish cuello, from Latin collum. Doublet of kuwelyo, a later borrowing.

collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)

ruff (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)


kolehiyal

tl-noun

kolehiyál (feminine kolehiyala, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜎ᜔)

kolehiyál (canonical)
kolehiyala (feminine)
ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

(by extension, informal) male college student


kodigo penal

kódigó penál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜄᜓ ᜉᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

kódigó penál (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜄᜓ ᜉᜒᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
kodigo-penal (alternative)


kodeyna

ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ (Baybayin)
kodeina (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish codeína, from French codéine, from Ancient Greek κώδεια (kṓdeia).


balaw-balaw

balaw-balaw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ᜊᜎᜏ᜔)

ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
balao-balao (alternative)
balaobalao (alternative)

[bɐˌlaʊ̯ bɐˈlaʊ̯]

Possibly reduplication of balaw (“a species of shrimp”). Compare Ilocano balawbalaw (“miniature freshwater shrimp”) and Kapampangan balo-balo.

cog

balao-balao (a Filipino condiment of cooked rice and whole raw shrimp)


balaw-balaw

tl-noun

baláw-baláw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ᜊᜎᜏ᜔)

baláw-baláw (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ᜊᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
balao-balao (alternative)
balaobalao (alternative)

[bɐˌlaʊ̯ bɐˈlaʊ̯]


absisa

Borrowed from Spanish abscisa, from Latin abscissa.


hap islip

hap islíp (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜉ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔)

hap islíp (canonical)
ᜑᜉ᜔ ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
hapislip (alternative)
hap-islip (alternative)


magkataling puso

magkataling pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

magkataling pusò (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

alternative spelling of magkataling-puso


komprontasyon

komprontasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komprontasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


himpapayid

himpapayíd (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜉᜌᜒᜇ᜔)

himpapayíd (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜉᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From him- + papayid (“cloud; scarecrow”). See payid.


agwasero

[ʔɐɡ.wɐˈsɛː.ɾo]


prostitusyon

prostitusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

prostitusyón (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


nayntin-kopong-kopong

nayntin-kopong-kopong (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ ᜃᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔)

ᜈᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ ᜃᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜉᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
nineteen kopong-kopong (alternative)

From English nineteen + reduplication of kopong, literally, “19-0-0 or 1900s”.

'Yong damit na suot mo parang sa panahon pa ng nayntin-kopong-kopong!

Those clothes that you wear are like from a time so ancient!

Samantalang kami dito, nagtitiyaga sa nayntin-kopong-kopong na kalawanging Soiltest equipment na tira ng mga Kano sa Clark at Subic!

2005, Abdon M. Balde, Calvary road: mga kuwento sa balighong panahon:

On the other hand, we here are just trying to make do with the rusty, age-old Soiltest equipment that the Americans left behind in Clark and Subic!

a time so ancient, old, or too long ago to remember


hitik

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


almondigas

almondigás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜐ᜔)

almondigás (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
albondigas (alternative)
almundigas (alternative)
albundigas (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish almóndigas, plural of almóndiga, a variant of albóndiga, from Arabic الْبُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon).

der

الْبُنْدُقَة

Ποντικόν κάρυον


kremasyon

tl-noun

kremasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kremasyón (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cremación, from Latin cremātiōnem.


krematoryo

krematoryo (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish crematorio, from New Latin crematorium.


kenopodyo

kenopodyo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜓᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜃᜒᜈᜓᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish quenopodio, from the genus name Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).


alibarbar

alibarbár (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜊᜇ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


arok

arók (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
aroc (alternative)
arioc (alternative)
ariok (alternative obsolete)

(by extension) fathoming out; deep understanding


ayok

ayók (canonical)
ᜀᜌᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
ayoc (alternative)

Salamat sa Diyos at napaayok na.

Thank God that [the request] had been granted.


proteksiyonismo

proteksiyonismo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


tubig-dagat

tubig-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt̪uː.bɪɡ ˈd̪aː.ɣɐt̪̚]


agkap

Unknown. Possibly backslang from pagka-.

madness; craziness; insanity; senselessness


mag-iigib

mag-iigíb (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜁᜁᜄᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)

[mɐɡ.ʔɪ.ʔɪˈɣɪb̚]

[mɐɡˌʔiː.ʔɪˈɣɪb̚]

From mag- + igib with initial reduplication.


monoptonggo

monoptonggo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈᜓᜉ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

ᜋᜓᜈᜓᜉ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish monoptongo, from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos).


tawpe

ᜆᜏ᜔ᜉᜒ (Baybayin)
taupe (alternative)
tau pe (alternative)
tau'pe (alternative)
taope (alternative)
tao pe (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 豆皮 (tāu-phê, “beancurd skin; tofu skin”).

bor+

beancurd tofu skin food wrap (usually for wrapping kikiam)


mantene

mantené (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
mantini (alternative)

[mɐn̪.t̪ɛˈn̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish mantener, from Late Latin manūtenēre.

act of maintaining, keeping or sustaining something


mantini

[mɐn̪.t̪ɪˈn̪ɪ]


mantinimyento

tl-noun

mantinimyento (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


kotse-kotsehan

kotsé-kotsehan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

kotsé-kotsehan (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From reduplication of kotse + -han, literally “pretend car”.


bahay-bahayan

baháy-bahayan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌᜈ᜔)

baháy-bahayan (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜑᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From reduplication of bahay + -an, literally “pretend house”.


kulawo

kulawò (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜏᜓ (Baybayin)
colauo (alternative)

(Laguna, Quezon) kulawo (a Filipino salad made with either minced banana blossoms or grilled eggplants)

(Batangas) stew mixed with animal innards


hupaw

Borrowed from Hokkien 荷包 (hô-pau, “bag; wallet”). Compare Indonesian opau.


daloy ng kamalayan

tl-noun

daloy ng kamalayán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜎᜌᜈ᜔)

daloy ng kamalayán (canonical)
ᜇᜎᜓᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜎᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Calque of English stream of consciousness.

calque

stream of consciousness
stream of consciousness


taasan

[t̪ɐˈʔaː.sɐn̪]

simultaneous increase (as of salaries or promotions of employees)


tunaw na buwan

tl-noun

tunáw na buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

tunáw na buwán (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tonao na buan (alternative)
tunao na bouan (alternative)
tunao na buan (alternative)

[t̪ʊˌn̪aʊ̯ n̪ɐ ˈbwan̪]


buwang patunaw

buwáng patunáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔)

buwáng patunáw (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

From buwan (“moon”) + patunaw (“ongoing melting”).


bagong buwan

tl-noun

bagong buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

bagong buwán (canonical)
ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bagong bouan (alternative)

From bago (“new”) + buwan (“moon”). Calque of Spanish luna nueva.


minola

A play on English men, plural of man. The word is also a reference to Minola, a cooking oil brand in the Philippines.


aseyte

ᜀᜐᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
asete (alternative)
asyete (alternative)

[ʔɐˈseɪ̯.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish aceite, from Old Spanish azeyte, from Arabic الزَّيْت (az-zayt, “oil”), from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā). Compare Cebuano asete.


inyog

(chiefly Nueva Ecija) alternative form of niyog


ortelano

ᜂᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜎᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
ortilano (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish hortelano, from older hortolano, from Late Latin hortulānus. Compare Kapampangan ortelanu (“farmer”). Doublet of antilano.


antilano

ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
antelano (alternative)

Early borrowing of Spanish hortelano, from older hortolano, from Late Latin hortulānus. Doublet of ortelano.

Kami walang antilano, mag-antilano ka na dito sa amin.

We don't have a gardener, be a gardener for us.


pahas

a species of turtle smaller than a sea turtle but larger than a small tortoise


alakos

alakós (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜃᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
arkos (alternative)

Early borrowing of Spanish arcos, plural of arco, from Latin arcus. Doublet of arko.

bamboo arch or archway usually built during festivals


artseriya

artseriya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐɾ.t͡ʃɛˈɾiː.ɐ]

[ʔɐɾ.t͡sɛˈɾiː.ɐ]

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English archery, influenced by Spanish -ía. Compare Spanish arquería.


hasyenda

[hɐˈʃɛn̪.d̪ɐ]


muwerto

Borrowed from Spanish muerto (“dead”), from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus. Doublet of multo.


bahay-kastor

tl-noun

bahay-kastór (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

bahay-kastór (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From bahay (“house”) + kastor (“beaver”).


aseyte-de-kastor

aseyte-de-kastór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

aseyte-de-kastór (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
aseyte de kastor (alternative)

[ʔɐˌseɪ̯.t̪ɛ d̪ɛ xɐsˈt̪oɾ]


paelya

Borrowed from Spanish paella, from Catalan paella, from Old French paelle, from Latin patella.


malakarit

ᜋᜎᜃᜇᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
malacarit (alternative)

From mala- + karit, literally “sickle-like”.


paminggalan

páminggálan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜈ᜔)

páminggálan (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pamingalan (alternative)

Possibly from pam- + pinggan + -an with a sound shift from /n/ to /l/. See also Kapampangan paninggalan (“cupboard”), from tinggal (“to hide; to keep”).


karitela

[kɐ.ɾɪˈt̪ɛː.lɐ]


sakidlat

sakidlát (canonical)
ᜐᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sakirlat (alternative obsolete)
saquirlat (alternative)

Possibly from sa- + kidlat (“lightning”). Compare Kapampangan sakildap (“move with extreme brevity like lightning”), from kildap (“lightning”).


taloiryap

taloiryáp (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜁᜇ᜔ᜌᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


taluidyap

taluidyáp (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜁᜇ᜔ᜌᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


taghikaw

taghikáw (canonical)
ᜆᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜃᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagicao (alternative)
tagikaw (alternative)

[t̪ɐɡ.hɪˈxaʊ̯]


tagikaw

tagikáw (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜒᜃᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
taguicao (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈxaʊ̯]


ihi ng kidlat

tl-noun

ihì ng kidlát (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜑᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔)

ihì ng kidlát (canonical)
ᜁᜑᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ihi nang kidlat (alternative obsolete)

[ˌʔiː.hɪʔ n̪ɐŋ kɪd̪ˈl̪at̪̚]

[ˌʔiː.hiː n̪ɐŋ kɪd̪ˈl̪at̪̚]


mulabe

Borrowed from Spanish molave, which in turn is from Tagalog mulawin, from Central Proto-Philippine *hamurʔawən (“Vitex parviflora”). Doublet of mulawin.

inh

molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)


ispital

Borrowed from Spanish espital, obsolete variant of hospital. See more at ospital.


ilog-ilugan

tl-noun

ilóg-ilugan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

ilóg-ilugan (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪˌloɡ ʔɪˈluː.ɣɐn̪]


gulunggulungan

gulunggulungan (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡʊ.lʊŋ.ɡʊˈluː.ŋɐn̪]


lamang-dila

lamáng-dilà (canonical)
ᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
laman dila (alternative)
lamandila (alternative)

From laman (“flesh; content”) + dila (“tongue”).

compound

something mentioned, uttered, or brought up often

act of speaking about something or someone often

(by extension) talking badly about someone or something a lot


halamanan

tl-noun

hálamanán or halamanan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜋᜈᜈ᜔)

hálamanán (canonical)
halamanan (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜋᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tridwo

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ᜏᜓ (Baybayin)
triduo (alternative common)

Borrowed from Spanish triduo, from Latin trīduum.


kiyang

From Chinese according to Panganiban (1973), possibly Hokkien 行 (kiâⁿ, “to walk”). See also kiya.

walking with legs apart; bow-legged walking


inobasyon

inobasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜓᜊᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

inobasyón (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜓᜊᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish innovación, from Late Latin innovātiōnem, from Latin innovātus.


distorbo

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
disturbo (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English disturb, influenced by Spanish estorbo. See also estorbo.


maykapal

maykapál (canonical)
ᜋᜌ᜔ᜃᜉᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
may capal (alternative)


kalendaryong Gregoryano

tl-noun

kalendaryong Gregoryano (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ)

ᜃᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
kalindaryong Gregoryano (alternative)


aseytera

ᜀᜐᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
asetera (alternative)
asitera (alternative)

[ʔɐ.seɪ̯ˈt̪ɛː.ɾɐ]


subhetibismo

subhetibismo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
suhetibismo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish subjetivismo. By surface analysis, subhetibo + -ismo.


obhetibismo

obhetibismo (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜊ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜂᜊ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
obhektibismo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish objetivismo. By surface analysis, obhetibo + -ismo.


nakabiting halamanan

nakabiting hálamanán (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜃᜊᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜎᜋᜈᜈ᜔)

nakabiting hálamanán (canonical)
ᜈᜃᜊᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜎᜋᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bersyon

bersyón (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kasula

Early borrowing from Spanish cazuela. Doublet of kaswela.

casserole of meat, fish, or something else


kaswela

Borrowed from Spanish cazuela. Doublet of kasula.


asukal-bato

asukal-bató (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜆᜓ)

asukal-bató (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
asocal bato (alternative)

From asukal + bato. Possibly a partial calque of Spanish azúcar piedra.


asapran

Borrowed from Spanish azafrán, from Arabic اَلزَّعْفَرَان (az-zaʕfarān, “the saffron”) via Andalusian Arabic.

der

اَلزَّعْفَرَان


katastrope

tl-noun

katástropé (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒ)

katástropé (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish catástrofe, from Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ).


bahay-bakasyunan

bahay-bakasyunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kupya

kupyâ (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
copya (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay kopiah, from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Compare Kapampangan kupia.

(colloquial, dated) house with galvanized iron roofing (during the early American occupation)

helmet (hard and protective head covering)


dibidendaso

dibidendaso (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜐᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish dividendazo, from dividendo (“dividend [of the bets]”) + -azo.

af

Nakakuha ka na ba ng dibidendaso para sa karera ng kabayo sa Linggo?

Were you able to get tips for the horse race this Sunday?

tips about the horses running in races, based on different statistics


elebador

elebadór (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜒᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


pag-itan

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜁᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pagytan (alternative)

[pɐɡˈʔiː.t̪ɐn̪]


Sugbuhanon

tl-noun

Sugbuhanon (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜈᜓᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜈᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


plukurarol

plukurarol (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜃᜓᜇᜇᜓᜎ᜔)

ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜃᜓᜇᜇᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
plocodarol (alternative)
plocorarol (alternative)
plukudarol (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish procurador. Doublet of prokurador, a later borrowing.

bor+

Si Senyol ang ibig kong aking maging plukurarol.

The one I desire to be my procurator is the Senior.

procurator who prosecutes other people's lawsuits


bisyesto

ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


hatirang pangmadla

tl-noun

hatirang pangmadlâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜆᜒᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅ᜔ᜋᜇ᜔ᜎ)

hatirang pangmadlâ (canonical)
ᜑᜆᜒᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅ᜔ᜋᜇ᜔ᜎ (Baybayin)

[hɐˌt̪iː.ɾɐm pɐŋ.mɐd̪ˈl̪aʔ]

From hatiran (“medium”) + pangmadla (“for the general people”). Calque of English social media.


ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔

tl-noun

ᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ • (gunting)


barahang-kastila

barahang-kastilà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜑᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

barahang-kastilà (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜑᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌɾaː.hɐŋ kɐsˈt̪iː.lɐʔ]


barahang-tagalog

barahang-tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜑᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

ᜊᜇᜑᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌɾaː.hɐn̪ t̪ɐˈɣaː.loɡ̚]

Tagalog card suits (based on Spanish card suits)


mayk

ᜋᜌ᜔ᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
maik (alternative dated)

Borrowed from English mic /mike, clipping of microphone.


bokaysendiyo

bokayséndiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ)

bokayséndiyó (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
boka-insendiyo (alternative)
boka-insendyo (alternative)
bokaysendyo (alternative)


bokaysendyo

bokaysendyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜊᜓᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of bokaysendiyo.


boka-insendiyo

boka-inséndiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ)

boka-inséndiyó (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
boka-insendyo (alternative)


boka-insendyo

boka-insendyo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜊᜓᜃᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of boka-insendiyo.


persentahe

persentahe (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒ)

ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English percentage, influenced by Spanish porcentaje.


persigi

Borrowed from Spanish perseguir, from Latin persequī. Doublet of pursigi.


bakawang-lalaki

tl-noun

bakawang-lalaki (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜏᜅ᜔ᜎᜎᜃᜒ)

tall-stilt mangrove (Rhizophora apiculata)


buwenamano

buwénamáno (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜈᜋᜈᜓ (Baybayin)


trawma

[ˈt̪ɾaʊ̯.mɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).


itlog-na-maalat

tl-noun

itlóg-na-maalat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜋᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

itlóg-na-maalat (canonical)
ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜋᜀᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
itlog na maalat (alternative)

[ʔɪt̪ˌl̪oɡ n̪ɐ mɐˈʔaː.lɐt̪̚]

From itlog (“egg”) + na + maalat (“salty”), literally “salty egg”.


itlog na maalat

tl-noun

itlóg na maalat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜈ ᜋᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

itlóg na maalat (canonical)
ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜈ ᜋᜀᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


kursilista

kursilista (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
kursilyista (alternative)

From variant of kursilyista, from Spanish cursillista (“taker of a brief course”).

bor

one who has attended a cursillo, a short course of study of Christianity for community leadership


kursilyo

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cursillo (“brief course”). By surface analysis, kurso + -ilyo.

bor+

a short course of study of Christianity for community leadership


kursilyista

tl-noun

kursilyista (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cursillista (“taker of a brief course”). By surface analysis, kursilyo + -ista.


balik-eskuwela

tl-noun

balík-eskuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

balík-eskuwela (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
balik-eskwela (alternative)


kalikam

From Malay kerikam, from Tamil காரிக்கம் (kārikkam, “unbleached plain cotton cloth”).


mang-aapi

tl-noun

mang-aapí or mang-áapí (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜉᜒ)

mang-aapí (canonical)
mang-áapí (canonical)
ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜉᜒ (Baybayin)

[mɐŋ.ʔɐ.ʔɐˈpɪ]

[mɐŋˌʔaː.ʔɐˈpɪ]

From mang- + api, from an initial reduplication of api.


perokaril

perokaríl (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜃᜇᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


giyaot

suspense (pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement)


bahura

Borrowed from Spanish bajura (“lowland”).

bor+

hump of land or sand (such as on a coast) where ships or boats commonly land


salsitson

tl-noun

salsitsón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

salsitsón (canonical)
ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


salsitsas

salsitsas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)

ᜐᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish salchichas, plural of salchicha.


alak-alakan

alák-alakán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜀᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

alák-alakán (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜃ᜔ᜀᜎᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
alacalacan (alternative)
alac alacan (alternative)
alakalakan (alternative obsolete)


henerador

heneradór (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɛ.n̪ɛ.ɾɐˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish generador, from Latin generātor. Doublet of diyenereytor.


konhuntibitis

konhuntibitis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜑᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜑᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


puwerkospin

puwerkospín (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔)

puwerkospín (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sulat-doktor

sulat-doktór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

sulat-doktór (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From sulat (“handwriting; letter”) + doktor (“doctor”), literally “handwriting like a doctor”.


musikero

From Philippine Spanish musiquero, from música + -ero, with shift in meaning due to Spanish -ero being reinterpreted as the doer suffix. The term musiquero usually does not refer to musicians but refers to music cabinet for storing sheet music and music books. The usual term equivalent to the modern sense is Spanish músico. By surface analysis, musika + -ero. See also musiko.

(dated, colloquial, degoratory) amateur musician


musiko

Borrowed from Spanish músico, from Latin mūsicus (“musician; pertaining to music”), from Ancient Greek μουσικός (mousikós, “musical”). Compare Tausug mulsiku (“orchestra; band; group of musicians with instruments”) and Gimbahanun Tausug musiku.


yagasyas

ginataang mais (corn and rice pudding in coconut milk)


ginataang mais

tl-noun

ginataáng maís (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜆᜀᜅ᜔ ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

ginataáng maís (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜆᜀᜅ᜔ ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɪ.n̪ɐ.t̪ɐˌʔaŋ mɐˈʔɪs]

From ginataan + mais, literally “coconut milk-ed corn”.


kahihinatnan

tl-noun

kahíhinatnán or káhihinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)

kahíhinatnán (canonical)
káhihinatnán (canonical)
ᜃᜑᜒᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cahihinatnan (alternative)
kakahinatnan (alternative informal)
kahihinatingan (alternative obsolete)

From earlier *kahihinatngan, syncopic form of kahihinatingan, from hinating (“arriving little by little”) + ka- -an, with first syllable reduplication, with the stem from hin- + dating.

af

destiny, fate, ending, especially of a long journey, process, or discussion


talatanungan

tl-noun

talátanúngan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜆᜈᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

talátanúngan (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜆᜈᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌlaː.t̪ɐˈn̪uː.ŋɐn̪]


ihian

[ʔɪ.hɪˈʔan̪]

[ʔɪˈhiː.ʔɐn̪]


tiyera

Borrowed from Spanish tierra, from Latin terra.


eskaleytor

éskaléytor (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜎᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

éskaléytor (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜎᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


diyenereytor

diyenereytor (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜈᜒᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜈᜒᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
dyenereytor (alternative)
dyeneretor (alternative)
diyeneretor (alternative)

[d͡ʒɛ.n̪ɛˈɾeɪ̯.t̪oɾ]

[d̪jɛ.n̪ɛˈɾeɪ̯.t̪oɾ]

Borrowed from English generator, from Latin generātor. Doublet of henerador.


loyalista

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English loyalist, influenced by Spanish -ista.


kamaron rebosado

tl-noun

kamarón rebosado (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜇᜓᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐᜇᜓ)

kamarón rebosado (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜇᜓᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
camaron rebosado (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish camarón rebozado (“battered shrimp”).

bor+

camaron rebosado (deep-fried battered shrimp dish)


ensayklopidya

tl-noun

ensáyklopídya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ)

ensáyklopídya (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English encyclopedia, from New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”). Doublet of ensiklopedya.

der

ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ


panagko

panagkô (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
panagco (alternative)

Borrowed from Kapampangan panagku, from pang- + tagku (“misfortune; mishap; disaster; setback”).


paghahawak ng loob

tl-noun

paghahawak ng loób (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜏᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

paghahawak ng loób (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜏᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
paghahauac nang loob (alternative)
paghahawak nang loob (alternative archaic)

Literally, “handling one's inner feelings”.


bayubay

sticking out or hanging of a person's body or a corpse


pang-arok

pang-arók (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.ʔɐˈɾok̚]


pangahas

pangahás (canonical)
ᜉᜅᜑᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
pang̃ahas (alternative)

Possibly from pang- + tahas (“direct; courageous”). However, expected word would be *panahas. Compare Kapampangan pangas (“hasty”). See also Cebuano kahas and Hiligaynon kahas.


kapangahasan

tl-noun

kapangahasán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜅᜑᜐᜈ᜔)

kapangahasán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜅᜑᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kalakihan

kalakihán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜃᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kalakhan (alternative)


kalakhan

Syncopic form of kalakihan, from laki + ka- -han.


kapatas

Borrowed from Spanish capataz, from Latin caput.


haluhalo

háluhalò or haluhalò (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜑᜎᜓ)

háluhalò (canonical)
haluhalò (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜓᜑᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


kupete

[kʊˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish copete (“crest; tuft”), according to Panganiban (1973).


punebre

[pʊˈn̪ɛb.ɾɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish fúnebre, from Latin fūnebris. See also Spanish canto fúnebre.


birhani

[bɪɾˈhaː.n̪ɪʔ]


bating-tao

ᜊᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)
batin tauo (alternative)
bating-tawo (alternative obsolete)
batintao (alternative obsolete)
batintawo (alternative obsolete)

Possibly from bati (“evil eye”) + -ng- + tao (“person”).


mahadera

tl-noun

mahadera (masculine mahadero, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜇᜒᜇ)

[mɐ.hɐˈd̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish majadera (“foolish; stubborn; whiny”, literally “pounder; crusher”).


mahadero

Borrowed from Spanish majadero (“foolish; stubborn; whiny”, literally “pounder; crusher”).


pitsipitsi

tl-noun

pítsipítsi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

pítsipítsi (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
pichi-pichi (alternative)
pitsi-pitsi (alternative)

[ˌpiː.t͡ʃɪˈpiː.t͡ʃɪ]

Possibly from Mapudungun pichipichi (“insignificant”), reduplication of pichi (“small”). Compare Cebuano pitsipitsi (“miscellaneous; triviality”). See also Japanese ぴちぴち (pichipichi, “active; lively; youthful”).

ja-r

pichi-pichi (dessert made from steamed cassava flour balls mixed with sugar and lye)


pitsi-pitsi

tl-noun

pitsi-pitsi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌpiː.t͡ʃɪ ˈpiː.t͡ʃɪ]


bangayan

rumpus; noisy quarrel like that of cats and dogs


kitid

ᜃᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kitir (alternative)
qitid (alternative)
qitir (alternative)
quitid (alternative)
quitir (alternative)

From Proto-Central Philippine *kitid (“narrow”).


komunales

ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kumunales (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish comunales, plural of comunal.


birete

[bɪˈɾɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish birrete, from Old Occitan birret, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish *birros. Compare Italian berretta and French béret. Doublet of alburnos.

skullcap (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck)


oras militar

oras militár (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜇᜐ᜔ ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔)

oras militár (canonical)
ᜂᜇᜐ᜔ ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔoː.ɾɐs mɪ.lɪˈt̪aɾ]

From oras (“hour; time”) + militar (“military”). Calque of English military time.


dihito

Borrowed from Spanish dígito, from Latin digitus. Doublet of dedo.


magtatabako

tl-noun

magtátabáko (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜊᜃᜓ)

magtátabáko (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜊᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

mag- + tabako, with partial reduplication.


primera-mano

primera-mano (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜇᜋᜈᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜇᜋᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

[pɾɪˌmɛː.ɾɐ ˈmaː.n̪o]

Borrowed from Spanish primera mano (“firsthand”).


paghahayupan

tl-noun

paghahayupan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜌᜓᜉᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜌᜓᜉᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From hayop + pag- -an with initial reduplication.


a-primero

ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
aprimero (alternative)
a primero (alternative)

[ʔɐ pɾɪˈmɛː.ɾo]


a-dos

ᜀᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
ados (alternative)
a dos (alternative)


a-kinse

ᜀᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
akinse (alternative)
a kinse (alternative)

Sahuran tuwing a-kinse at katapusan ng buwan.

Every 15ᵗʰ and every last day of the month is payday.


buskapiye

buskapiyé (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜉᜒᜌᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish buscapiés (literally “foot-seekers”).

bor+

firecracker that skips along the ground seeming to follow someone's feet when ignited


a-uno

ᜀᜂᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
auno (alternative)
a uno (alternative)

[ʔɐ ˈʔuː.n̪o]

Mayo a-uno


kinsikinsi

tl-noun

kinsikinsí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

kinsikinsí (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ

ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ • (kinsikinsi)


a-diyes

a-diyés (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
adiyes (alternative)
a diyes (alternative)
adyes (alternative)
a-dyes (alternative)
a dyes (alternative)
a-dyis (alternative colloquial)
a dyis (alternative colloquial)
adyis (alternative colloquial)


sintunis

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
sintones (alternative)
sintonis (alternative)
sintores (alternative)
sintoris (alternative)
sintures (alternative)
sinturis (alternative)

Early borrowing from Spanish citrones, plural of citron, with metathesis. Doublet of sitron.

Citrus × microcarpa
Citrus × microcarpa#Translingual

Citrofortunella mitis
Citrofortunella mitis#English

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


sintonis

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


sintores

ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


sibuyas-bombay

sibuyas-bombáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

sibuyas-bombáy (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
sibuyas bombay (alternative)
sibuyas-bumbay (alternative)
sibuyas bumbay (alternative)

From sibuyas + Bombay, literally “Indian onion”. Compare Ilocano sibuyas bombay and Cebuano sibuyas bombay.


sibuyas-bumbay

tl-noun

sibuyas-bumbáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔)

sibuyas-bumbáy (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagsusuri ng budhi

pagsusurì ng budhî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜇᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒ)

pagsusurì ng budhî (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜓᜐᜓᜇᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.sʊˌsuː.ɾɪʔ n̪ɐm bʊd̪ˈhɪʔ]

[pɐɡ.sʊˌsuː.ɾiː n̪ɐm bʊd̪ˈhɪʔ]

examination of conscience
examination of conscience


singhap

catching one's breath
catch one's breath

act of catching one's breath (especially of one drowning or having asthma)


abeha reyna

abeha reyna (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜑ ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ)

ᜀᜊᜒᜑ ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ (Baybayin)
abeha-reyna (alternative)

[ʔɐˌbɛː.hɐ ˈɾeɪ̯.n̪ɐ]


abay na pandangal

abay na pandangál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜎ᜔)

abay na pandangál (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.baɪ̯ n̪ɐ pɐn̪.d̪ɐˈŋal]


Nasareno

[n̪ɐ.sɐˈɾɛː.n̪o]


tiisin

[t̪ɪˈʔiː.sɪn̪]

[t̪ɪ.ʔɪˈsɪn̪]


sungalngal

sungalngál (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜅᜎ᜔ᜅᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

act of forcing or shoving something onto someone's lips


kutingting

kutingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

kutingtíng (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kʊ.t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪ɪŋ]

act of analyzing and investigating the finest detail of something


katesismo

ᜃᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
catisismo (alternative)
catitis (alternative)
katekismo (alternative)
katikismo (alternative)
katisismo (alternative)
katitis (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish catecismo, from Latin catēchismus, from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós).

der

Mayroón akóng isáng katesismo ni Butler na minabuti ng̃ mg̃a obispo sa Kebek. Sa ika 61 mukhâ ay nábabasa kong nararapat surìin ng̃ isáng makasalanan sa kaniyáng budhî kung nakágawâ ng̃ ukol sa pitóng pinakamalalakíng pagkakasala at ikumpisál na lahát ang nágawâ, na walâng ililing̃ít kundî ibig ang masawî.

1914, Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy, Patricio Mariano, Ang kura, ang babai at ang pakumpisalan:


tayinga

[t̪ɐˈjiː.ŋɐ]


taingambabuy

tl-noun

taingambabuy or taíngambábuy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ or ᜆᜁᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

taingambabuy (canonical)
taíngambábuy (canonical)
ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜆᜁᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
taingambaboy (alternative)
taingang-baboy (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɪ.ŋɐmˈbaː.bʊɪ̯]

[t̪ɐˌʔiː.ŋɐmˈbaː.bʊɪ̯]

From tainga (“ear”) + -m- + baboy (“pig”).

Gonocaryum calleryanum (small erect flowering tree with long slender branches, used to cure stomach troubles)


taingambaboy

taingambaboy or taíngambáboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ or ᜆᜁᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

taingambaboy (canonical)
taíngambáboy (canonical)
ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜆᜁᜅᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌʔiː.ŋɐmˈbaː.boɪ̯]


taingang-baboy

taingáng-baboy or taingang-baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ or ᜆᜁᜅᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

taingáng-baboy (canonical)
taingang-baboy (canonical)
ᜆᜌᜒᜅᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜆᜁᜅᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌʔiː.ŋɐm ˈbaː.boɪ̯]

From tainga (“ear”) + -ng- + baboy (“pig”).


kaginuhan

ᜃᜄᜒᜈᜓᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
caguinohan (alternative)
kaginohan (alternative obsolete)

Syncopic form of kaginoohan, from ginoo + ka- -han.


Maria dela Cruz

María delá Cruz (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜌ ᜇᜒᜎ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

María delá Cruz (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜒᜌ ᜇᜒᜎ ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

An allusion to Maria, a common Filipino female given name and dela Cruz, the most common Filipino surname.

Coordinate term: Juan dela Cruz

Jane Doe (fictitious name used in legal documents for an unknown or anonymous female person)


abeha

Borrowed from Spanish abeja, from Latin apicula.


priyoridad

priyoridád (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

priyoridád (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
prayoridad (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish prioridad, from Medieval Latin prioritātem.


fidbak

feedback (critical assessment of process or activity)

feedback (signal that is looped back to control a system within itself)

feedback (howling noise when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker)


istretser

istretser (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪsˈt̪ɾɛː.t͡ʃɛɾ]

[ʔɪsˈt̪ɾɛt̪.sɛɾ]

stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person)

stretcher (frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting)

stretcher (one who, or that which, stretches)


roskas

Borrowed from Spanish roscas, plural of rosca.


disabilidad

disabilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜀᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

disabilidád (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜀᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English disability. The proper term that means “disability” is Spanish discapacidad.


intelektuwal

tl-noun

intelektuwál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

intelektuwál (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
intelektwal (alternative nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish intelectual, from Latin intellēctuālis.


deporestasyon

deporestasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

deporestasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish deforestación, from French déforestation.


ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔

ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ • (ipis)


kopyur

Borrowed from English coiffure, from French coiffure. Compare Cebuano kopyur.


eunuko

Borrowed from Spanish eunuco, from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos). Compare Cebuano eyunuko.


parapernalya

parapernalya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜉᜇᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English paraphernalia, from Ancient Greek παράφερνα (parápherna, “goods which a wife brings over and above her dowry”).


parakayda

[pɐ.ɾɐˈxaɪ̯.d̪ɐ]


katiyaw

kátiyáw (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
katyaw (alternative)
tatiyao (alternative)
tatiyaw (alternative)
tatyaw (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien, suggested to be from 雞牢 /鸡牢 (ke-tiâu, “chicken coop”) by Manuel (1948). See also 雞桃 /鸡桃 (ke-thô, “chick”). Compare Kapampangan katio and Sambali tatyaw.

cockerel or young rooster raised for breeding purposes


tatiyaw

tátiyáw (canonical)
ᜆᜆᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
tatyaw (alternative)

[ˈt̪aː.t͡ʃaʊ̯]


ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ

tl-noun

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ • (kuntininti)


pasterisasyon

pásterisasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

pásterisasyón (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pasteurisasyon (alternative)
pasturisasyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish pasterización, variant of pasteurización, from French pasteurisation, named after Louis Pasteur.


kiyamoy

ᜃᜒᜌᜋᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kiamoy (alternative)
kiamuy (alternative)
kiam muy (alternative)
kyamoy (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 鹹梅 /咸梅 (kiâm-mûi).

a variety of umeboshi made from salted dried plums


kikiyam

kíkiyám or kikiyám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

kíkiyám (canonical)
kikiyám (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜌᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagsisikip ng trapiko

pagsisikíp ng trápikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜃᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜓ)

pagsisikíp ng trápikó (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜃᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


lelang-tanda

lelang-tandâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇ)

lelang-tandâ (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

[ˌlɛː.lɐn̪ t̪ɐn̪ˈd̪aʔ]

From lelang + tanda, literally “old(er) grandmother”.


lelong-tanda

tl-noun

lelong-tandâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇ)

lelong-tandâ (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

From lelong + tanda, literally “old(er) grandfather”.


lamang-tubig

tl-noun

lamáng-tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

lamáng-tubig (canonical)
ᜎᜋᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
lamantubig (alternative)
laman tubig (alternative)

From laman (“flesh”) + -g- + tubig (“water”).


kagagawan

kagagawán (canonical)
ᜃᜄᜄᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kagagaw-an (alternative)

Syncopic form of kagagawaan, from ka- -an + gawa, with partial reduplication of the root.


pagbabagong-klima

pagbabagong-klima (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ (Baybayin)
pagbabago ng klima (alternative)

From pagbabago + -ng- + klima, a calque of English climate change.


abadiya

ᜀᜊᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
abadya (alternative)
abadia (alternative obsolete)

[ʔɐ.bɐˈd̪iː.ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abadía, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, from Latin abbas (“abbot”).


abadyato

ᜀᜊᜇ᜔ᜌᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
abadiyato (alternative)
abadiato (alternative obsolete)


puluntal

puluntál (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
polontal (alternative)

Early borrowing from Spanish frontal, from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.


pulupeta

pulupetá (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
polopeta (alternative)

Early borrowing from Spanish profeta, from Old Spanish propheta, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “spokesman, prophet”). Doublet of propeta.

der

wika ni Isaias pulupeta


hurno

hurnó (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
horno (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish horno, from Old Spanish forno, from Latin furnus.


Polako

tl-noun

Polako (feminine Polaka, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜃᜓ)


iskrambol

iskrambol (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English scramble. The icy treat is an ellipsis of English ice scramble.


pisbol

ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
pishbol (alternative slang)
pisball (alternative slang)
pishball (alternative slang)


busyador

busyadór (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bʊ.ʃɐˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish buceador. See also Spanish buscador.

edible bird's nest
edible bird's nest#English

edible bird's nest collector (person who searches and collects edible bird's nest, commonly found in the cliffs and caves of El Nido to Taytay, Palawan, for the nido soup industry sold in Chinese restaurants)


saidlain

ᜐᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English sideline, but with an older spelling of diphthongs on loanwords.


baimbi

baimbî (canonical)
ᜊᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
bembi (alternative)
bembe (alternative)

[bɐ.ʔɪmˈbɪʔ]


peyups

Backslang from the pronunciation of the letters U and P, + -s.


sangguniang panlungsod

sangguniáng panlungsód (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔)

sangguniáng panlungsód (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


mang-aabaniko

mang-aabaniko (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜊᜈᜒᜃᜓ)

ᜋᜅ᜔ᜀᜀᜊᜈᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

From mang- + abaniko with initial reduplication.


abarkador

abarkadór (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.bɐɾ.kɐˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish abarcador. By surface analysis, abarka + -dor.


abastesedor

abastesedór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

abastesedór (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


des-impeksiyon

des-impeksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

des-impeksiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
desimpeksiyon (alternative)
desimpeksyon (alternative)
disimpeksiyon (alternative)
disimpeksyon (alternative)


kawalang-tiwala

kawaláng-tiwalà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜏᜎ)

kawaláng-tiwalà (canonical)
ᜃᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜏᜎ (Baybayin)


dayagram

Borrowed from English diagram, from French diagramme, from Italian diagramma, from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma). Doublet of diyagrama.


ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜇ᜔

ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜇ᜔ • (tukor)


kiat-kiat

kiát-kiát (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔)

kiát-kiát (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
Kiat-kiat (alternative)
Kiat kiat (alternative)
kiat kiat (alternative)
kiet kiet (alternative)
kiet-kiet (alternative)
kyat kyat (alternative)
Kyatkyat (alternative)
kyatkyat (alternative)
kyat-kyat (alternative)
Kiyat-kyat (alternative)
Kiyat Kiyat (alternative)
kiyat kiyat (alternative)
Kiyatkiyat (alternative)
kiyatkiyat (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien. See Hokkien 結結 /结结 (kiat-kiat, “to combine; to fuse; to bear (fruit)”), 桔/橘 (kiat) as in 桔仔/橘仔 (kiat-á, “tangerine; mandarin orange”), 傑傑 /杰杰 (kia̍t-kia̍t, “outstanding; remarkable; clever”), 結果 /结果 (kiat-kó, “to bear fruit”), etc.

ncog

kiat-kiat (a small hybrid variety of citrus fruit, similar to a small ponkan, clementine, tangerine, mandarin orange, orange, etc.)


bakood

tl-noun

bakood or bakoód (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜓᜂᜇ᜔)

bakood (canonical)
bakoód (canonical)
ᜊᜃᜓᜂᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
bacood (alternative)
bacoor (alternative)
bacouod (alternative)
bacouor (alternative)
bakoor (alternative)
bakuor (alternative)
bakulod (alternative)
bakuod (alternative)
bakuwod (alternative obsolete)
bakuwor (alternative obsolete)

From earlier variant bakulod, from Proto-Philippine *bakúlud (“stoney plateau”), with elision of /l/. Compare Ilocano bakulod, Kapampangan bakulud, Hanunoo bakulod, Bikol Central bakulod, Aklanon bakueod, Cebuano bakulod, Hiligaynon bakolod, Maranao bakolod, and Tausug bakūd.


aqidah

ᜀᜃᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
akidah (alternative)
aqida (alternative)
aqeedah (alternative)

[ʔɐˈxiː.d̪ɐ]

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic عَقِيدَة (ʕaqīda, “belief; creed”).


pulis-wika

tl-noun

pulis-wikà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜃ)

pulis-wikà (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜏᜒᜃ (Baybayin)

From pulis + wika, literally “grammar cop”.

Frens, #TanggolWika ha, hindi #PulisWika. Tigil tigilan niyo yang ng vs nang na yan, di niyo kinagaganda yan.

Friends, be a #LanguagePreservator, not a #LanguagePrescriptivist. Stop with those ng vs nang stuff, you don't get beautiful doing stuff like that.

6. Dapat maging matalas ang mga seryosong iskolar ng wika. Kapag nagbago ng paraan ng pagsulat o pagbigkas ang maygamit ng wika, dapat nating usisain ang mga dahilan ng gayong pagbabago. Huwag natin itong maka-isang panig na itakwil gaya ng nakasanayan ng mga pulis-wika.

2021 April 14, Ricardo Ma Nolasco, Facebook:

grammar cop; grammar police; prescriptivist


malayang merkado

malayang merkado (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜇᜓ)

ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

From malaya (“free”) + -ng + merkado (“market”). Calque of English free market.


bahaing kapatagan

tl-noun

bahaing kapatagan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜆᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜆᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌhaː.ʔɪŋ kɐ.pɐˈt̪aː.ɣɐn̪]


malayang pamilihan

malayang pámilíhan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋᜒᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

malayang pámilíhan (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋᜒᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From malaya (“free”) + -ng + pamilihan (“market”). Calque of English free market.


istraktura

tl-noun

istraktura (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪs.t̪ɾɐkˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English structure, influenced by Spanish estructura.


kuwalta

tl-noun

kuwaltá or kuwalta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜆ)

kuwaltá (canonical)
kuwalta (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
kualta (alternative obsolete)
kwalta (alternative)

Early borrowing from Philippine Spanish cuarta with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/ and an occasional stress shift due to having a closed penultimate syllable. Doublet of kuwarta and kuwarto.


kuwadrupedo

kuwadrúpedó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒᜇᜓ)

kuwadrúpedó (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cuadrúpedo, from Late Latin quadrupēs.


katsurita

ᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
katsarita (alternative)
katsot (alternative)

[kɐt.t͡ʃʊˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]

Possibly from the following:
* From katsot (“Euthynnus affinis”) + -ita
* From Spanish cachorrita (“little female puppy”).
* From metathesis of kutsarita, from Spanish cucharita.


hihip ng hangin

tl-noun

hihip ng hangin (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ihip ng hangin (alternative)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hihip, ng, hangin.

which way the wind is blowing
which way the wind is blowing

(idiomatic) which way the wind is blowing


akawnt

akáwnt (canonical)
ᜀᜃᜏ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
akaunt (alternative dated)

[ʔɐˈxaʊ̯n̪t̪]


balahaw

condition of being stuck (on the road, in one's speech, etc.)


takdang aralin

takdáng aralín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

takdáng aralín (canonical)
ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


punong-himpilan

punong-himpilan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
punong himpilan (alternative)

From puno (“head; leader”) + -ng- + himpilan (“station”).


sugo ng diyablo

tl-noun

sugò ng diyablo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜊ᜔ᜎᜓ)

sugò ng diyablo (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜊ᜔ᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

Calque of Latin advocātus diabolī, possibly via English devil's advocate or Spanish abogado del diablo.


gulanta

[ɡʊ.lɐn̪ˈt̪aʔ]


kyutikel

kyútikél (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English cuticle, from Middle French cuticule, from Latin cuticula.


mekus-mekus

mekus-mekus (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜃᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜋᜒᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜃᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From reduplication of English mix. Popularized by Indian Filipino vlogger “Mr. Nobodydudy” (Navjot Singh) by being a viral social media trend on October 2023 to describe how street food were prepared by hand.

Mekus Mekus, Mix Mix ha. Kami na Indian we cannot pronounce it straight. Baka 'yung iba kaya nila 'yan, ako hindi.

[2023 October 11, Mr. Nobodydudy, quotee, “Meaning behind the viral word ‘Mekus Mekus’”, in Manila Bulletin, New Delhi:

Mekus Mekus, is Mix Mix, ok? We Indians cannot pronounce it correctly. Maybe others can, but I can’t.

(figurative) extra effort, speed, or skill when performing a task


bitamina C

bitamina C (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜋᜒᜈ ᜐᜒ)


abesedaryo

abesedaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish abecedario, from Late Latin abecedārium, from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).


abeha-reyna

abeha-reyna (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜑᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ)


miyel-de-abehas

miyél-de-abehas (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜀᜊᜒᜑᜐ᜔)

miyél-de-abehas (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜀᜊᜒᜑᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌmjɛl d̪ɛ ʔɐˈbɛː.hɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish miel de abejas (“honey of bees”).


miyel

Borrowed from Spanish miel, from Vulgar Latin *melem, from Latin mel.


ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔

tl-noun

ᜉᜒᜇᜓᜆ᜔ • (pirot)


balibulan

bálibúlan (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
balibolan (alternative)
bolibolan (alternative)
bolibulan (alternative)


induksiyong magnetiko

induksiyóng magnétikó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆᜒᜃᜓ)

induksiyóng magnétikó (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.d̪ʊkˌʃoŋ mɐɡˌn̪ɛː.t̪ɪˈxo]

[ʔɪn̪.d̪ʊkˌsjoŋ mɐɡˌn̪ɛː.t̪ɪˈxo]

electromagnetic induction
electromagnetic induction


buumbilang

buumbilang (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜂᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From buo (“whole”) + -m- + bilang (“number”).


ᜇ᜔ᜇᜄᜓᜈ᜔

ᜇ᜔ᜇᜄᜓᜈ᜔ • (dragon)


emperdible

emperdible (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
imperdible (alternative)
perdible (alternative clipping)
pardible (alternative clipping)
partible (alternative clipping)

Borrowed from Spanish imperdible (“unmissable; safety pin”).


magkakaibigan

tl-noun

magkakaibigan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜁᜊᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mag- + kaibigan with initial reduplication.


tsip

Borrowed from English chief, from Middle English cheef, chef, from Old French chief (“leader”), from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of hepe and kabo.


artes at opisyo

artes at opisyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜂᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaɾ.t̪ɛs ʔɐt̪ ʔoˈpiː.ʃo]

Partial calque of Spanish artes y oficios.


iskuwirel

tl-noun

iskuwirel (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜇᜒᜎ᜔)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜇᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
iskwirel (alternative)

Borrowed from English squirrel, from Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel , from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “shadow-tail”).


Batsilyer sa Siyensiya

tl-noun

Batsilyér sa Siyénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ ᜐ ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

Batsilyér sa Siyénsiyá (canonical)
ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ ᜐ ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[bɐt.t͡ʃɪlˌjɛɾ sɐ ˈʃɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Partial calque of Spanish bachiller en ciencia.


Batsilyer sa Arte

tl-noun

Batsilyér sa Arte (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

Batsilyér sa Arte (canonical)
ᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[bɐt.t͡ʃɪlˌjɛɾ sɐ ˈʔaɾ.t̪ɛ]

[bɐt̪.sɪlˌjɛɾ sɐ ˈʔaɾ.t̪ɛ]

Partial calque of Spanish bachiller en arte.


piring-piringan

tl-noun

piríng-piringan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

piríng-piringan (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɪˌɾɪm pɪˈɾiː.ŋɐn̪]


mikroskopyo

mikroskopyo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ

ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ • (mikduskupyo)


arosero

ᜀᜇᜓᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
arusero (alternative)

[ʔɐ.ɾoˈsɛː.ɾo]


abehera

[ʔɐ.bɛˈhɛː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abejera (“beehive”).


abehero

[ʔɐ.bɛˈhɛː.ɾo]


mamumukyot

tl-noun

mámumukyót (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜓᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔)

mámumukyót (canonical)
ᜋᜋᜓᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mam- + pukyot, with initial reduplication.


muskulo

múskuló or muskuló (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓ)

múskuló (canonical)
muskuló (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
musklo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish músculo, from Latin mūsculus. Doublet of masel.


tiyara

Borrowed from Spanish tiara, from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).


takdang-aralin

takdáng-aralín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

takdáng-aralín (canonical)
ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜀᜇᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
takdang aralin (alternative)

[t̪ɐkˌd̪aŋ ʔɐ.ɾɐˈlɪn̪]

From takda + -ng- + aralin, literally “assigned lessons; assigned studies”.


bugnitbugnit

tl-noun

bugnitbugnít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔)

bugnitbugnít (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bʊɡ.n̪ɪt̪.bʊɡˈn̪ɪt̪̚]


detene

detené (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
deteni (alternative)
detine (alternative)
detini (alternative)
ditini (alternative)

[d̪ɛ.t̪ɛˈn̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish detener (“to detain”), from Latin dētinēre.


detini

[d̪ɛ.t̪ɪˈn̪ɪ]


ditini

[d̪ɪ.t̪ɪˈn̪ɪ]


punong-guro

tl-noun

punong-gurò or punong-gurô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

punong-gurò (canonical)
punong-gurô (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
punungguro (alternative)

[ˌpuː.n̪oŋ ɡʊˈɾoʔ]

From puno + -ng- + guro, literally “main teacher”.


duwal

duwál (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜏᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
doal (alternative)
dual (alternative)

retching; nausea accompanied by retching; involuntary effort to vomit


kinahinatnan

tl-noun

kinahinatnán or kináhinatnán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔)

kinahinatnán (canonical)
kináhinatnán (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈᜑᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
quinahinatnan (alternative)

From earlier *kinahinatngan, syncopic form of kinahinatingan, from kahinatingan + -in-. Equivalent to kahinatnan + -in-.

outcome; result; consequence; whatever happened as a result


datingan

[ˌd̪aːˈt̪iː.ŋɐn̪]

[d̪ɐ.t̪ɪˈŋan̪]

simultaneous arrival or coming (of a number of people)


iresponsibilidad

iresponsibilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

iresponsibilidád (canonical)
ᜁᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English irresponsibility, influenced by Spanish irresponsabilidad.


responsibilidad

tl-noun

responsibilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

responsibilidád (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English responsibility, influenced by Spanish responsabilidad.


Kanyang Kabunyian

tl-noun

Kanyáng Kabunyián (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔ ᜃᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

Kanyáng Kabunyián (canonical)
ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔ ᜃᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Kaniyang Kabunyian
Kaniyang Kabunyian#Tagalog


alkimiya

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜒᜋᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
alkimya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (al-kímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā). Compare Malay kimia. Doublet of kemistri and kimika.

der

اَلْكِيمْيَا

اَلْكِيمِيَاء

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)


momiya

Borrowed from Spanish momia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ)


kliyentela

tl-noun

kliyentela (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
klientela (alternative)


klarinete

[klɐ.ɾɪˈn̪ɛː.t̪ɛ]


ketongan

ᜃᜒᜆᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ketungan (alternative)

[kɛˈt̪oː.ŋɐn̪]


ulsera

Borrowed from Spanish úlcera, from Latin ulcera. Doublet of ulser.


ulser

Borrowed from English ulcer, from Old French ulcere, Latin ulcerem. Doublet of ulsera.


abyerta

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
abiyerta (alternative)

[ʔɐbˈjɛɾ.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abierta, feminine of abierto, from Old Spanish abierto, from Latin apertus. Doublet of abyerto.

coat (especially an open-European type); jacket with lapels


keso de-plato

keso de-plato (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜓ ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜒᜐᜓ ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
keso de plato (alternative)
keso deplato (alternative)
keso-de-plato (alternative)

Possibly borrowed from Spanish queso de plato (“plated cheese”).


keso deplato

tl-noun

keso deplato (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐᜓ ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ)

ᜃᜒᜐᜓ ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜎᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


kibits

Borrowed from English kibitz, from Yiddish קיבעצן (kibetsn), from German Kiebitz (“lapwing”), from Middle High German gibiz (“plover”).


kibitser

kíbitsér (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


laket

Borrowed from English locket, from French loquet.


kisapmata

kisápmatá (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜐᜉ᜔ᜋᜆ (Baybayin)
quisap mata (alternative)
kisap-mata (alternative)


panatili

act of maintaining something in its current state


kisap-mata

kisáp-matá (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜐᜉ᜔ᜋᜆ (Baybayin)


abiyolohiya

abiyolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜀᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish abiología, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation, narrative”) + -ία (-ía).

abiology (sciences that deal with inorganic bodies)


abiyohenesis

abiyohénesís or abiyohenesis (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜌᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

abiyohénesís (canonical)
abiyohenesis (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜒᜌᜓᜑᜒᜈᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
abiohenesis (alternative dated)
abyohenesis (alternative)


purunggo

purunggô (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
prungo (alternative obsolete)
purungo (alternative obsolete)
prunggo (alternative)
puronggo (alternative)

[pʊ.ɾʊŋˈɡoʔ]

Possibly from Spanish porongo (“calabash; dried gourd container; large earthenware jar”), from Quechua purunku (“calabash, plant and fruit and vessel of the calabash vine”), itself probably an ancient wanderwort from the South Sea for an inedible variety of calabash vine.

der

round short-necked bottle or earthen jug

(dialectal, Cavite, Batangas) broken shards of glass or crystals


ginilo

cold beverage made of sweet potatoes, gelatin, pinipig, coconut milk and shaved ice


binatog

[bɪ.n̪ɐˈt̪oɡ̚]

binatog (boiled corn kernels topped with freshly grated coconut, butter, and salt or sugar)


pamitak

pamiták (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜒᜆᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
pabitak (alternative)


kanyaw

kanyáw (canonical)
ᜃᜈ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
canyao (alternative)

(Bulacan, Nueva Ecija) rinse with water (usually of kitchenware)


kolonisasyon

tl-noun

kolonisasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kolonisasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜈᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


katigalan

katigalán (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜒᜄᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
katiglan (alternative)


dibinidad

dibinidád (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜈᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish divinidad, from Latin divinitās.


palabra de onor

palabra de onór (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊ᜔ᜇ ᜇᜒ ᜂᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

palabra de onór (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜊ᜔ᜇ ᜇᜒ ᜂᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
palabra de honor (alternative)
palabra-de-onor (alternative)

[pɐˌlaː.bɾɐ d̪ɛ ʔoˈn̪oɾ]


kulimbat

kulimbát (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


balukanag

balukanág (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜓᜃᜈᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

Chisocheton cumingianus (tree in the family Meliaceae)

Philippine tung (Reutealis trisperma, syn. Aleurites trisperma)


katsarita

[kɐt.t͡ʃɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]


kathambuhay

kathámbúhay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

kathámbúhay (canonical)
ᜃᜆ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kathang-buhay (alternative)

From katha (“fiction; composition”) + -m- + buhay (“life”).


ablepsiya

tl-noun

ablépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

ablépsiyá (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
ablepsia (alternative nonstandard)
ablepsya (alternative nonstandard)

[ʔɐˈblɛp.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish ablepsia, from Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, “blindness”).


ablepsya

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˈblɛp.ʃɐ]


lawing-ginoo

tl-noun

lawing-ginoó or lawing-ginoo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ)

lawing-ginoó (canonical)
lawing-ginoo (canonical)
ᜎᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ (Baybayin)
lauinginoo (alternative)
lauing guinoo (alternative)

[ˌlaː.wɪŋ ɡɪˈn̪oː.ʔo]

From lawin (“hawk”) + -g- + ginoo (“lady; noble”), literally “lady of the hawks”.

com

Ang lawing-ginoo'y tungmitingin mandin sa araw, tanghali mang tapat at kaniyang tinititigan.

The bird of prey really looks at the sun, even if it's straight up noon, and stares at it.


ablusyon

tl-noun

ablusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

ablusyón (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish ablución, from Latin ablūtiōnem.


abnegasyon

abnegasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

abnegasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜈᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐb.n̪ɛ.ɣɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish abnegación, from Latin abnegātiōnem.


atorni

[ʔɐˈt̪oɾ.n̪ɪ]

Borrowed from English attorney, from Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné.


abolisyonista

abolisyonista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜊᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
abolisyunista (alternative)

abolitionist (person who favors the abolition)


ag-ag

ag-ág (canonical)
ᜀᜄ᜔ᜀᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
agag (alternative)


aligasin

aligasín (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜐᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lɪ.ɣɐˈsɪn̪]

Otomebora mullet (Planiliza melinoptera)


alikmata

loss of the sense of direction; confused state of mind


alatiit

alatiit or alatiít (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

alatiit (canonical)
alatiít (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜆᜒᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
alitiit (alternative)
alatii (alternative)
atiit (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɐˈt̪iː.ʔɪt̪̚]

[ʔɐ.lɐ.t̪ɪˈʔɪt̪̚]

squeaking sound produced by fiction (as in tight hinges, boards, wheels, etc.)


alitiit

alitiit or alitiít (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜒᜁᜆ᜔)

alitiit (canonical)
alitiít (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜒᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lɪˈt̪iː.ʔɪt̪̚]

[ʔɐ.lɪ.t̪ɪˈʔɪt̪̚]


alapap

alapap or alapáp (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉᜉ᜔)

alapap (canonical)
alapáp (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜉᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
alap-ap (alternative)


alap-ap

alap-áp or alap-ap (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜉ᜔ᜀᜉ᜔)

alap-áp (canonical)
alap-ap (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜉ᜔ᜀᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


aruga

tender, love, and protecting care; nurture; protection and rearing


arinda

[ʔɐ.ɾɪn̪ˈd̪a]


aringkin

aringkín (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
arinquin (alternative)
aringking (alternative)
akingking (alternative)
arinkin (alternative obsolete)

[ʔɐ.ɾɪŋˈkɪn̪]

sudden turning and falling (as of a person suddenly attacked by severe pain)


arimuhunan

árimuhunán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

árimuhunán (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ariin + puhunan, according to English (1987) and Panganiban (1973), but most likely a variant of arimuhanan, from arimuhan + an.


arimuhanan

árimuhanán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜈᜈ᜔)

árimuhanán (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
arimuhunan (alternative)

act of economizing or saving; act of being thrifty and frugal


arimuhan

arimuhan or árimuhán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜈ᜔)

arimuhan (canonical)
árimuhán (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜋᜓᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
arimohan (alternative)
dimohan (alternative)
harimohan (alternative)
narimohan (alternative)
yarimohan (alternative)
dimuhan (alternative)
harimuhan (alternative)
narimuhan (alternative)
yarimuhan (alternative)

→ Kapampangan: arimunan

[ʔɐ.ɾɪˈmuː.hɐn̪]

Compare Kapampangan arimunan and Bikol Central ademohan.

act of adding something to what one does in a day in order to end the year with more


ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜇ᜔

ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜇ᜔ • (bulor)


banggirahan

banggirahán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

banggirahán (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐŋ.ɡɪ.ɾɐˈhan̪]


alhibe

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜑᜒᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
alahibe (alternative)
alahibi (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish aljibe, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْجُبّ (al-júbb), from Classical Arabic جُبّ (jubb, “cistern, well”). Compare Cebuano alhibi.


syower

ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
shower (alternative)
siyower (alternative)

Borrowed from English shower, ellipsis of shower shoe. See also English shoewear.


kroniismo

kroniismo (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜈᜒᜌᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


bahay ng Diyos

bahay ng Diyós (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

bahay ng Diyós (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

house of God; God's house; church; chapel; temple


kasangbahay

kasangbaháy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜅ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)

kasangbaháy (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜅ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


sanling

sanling:


simutsang

símutsáng (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
chimuchang (alternative colloquial)
simutchang (alternative)
timutsang (alternative)
tsimutsang (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 刺毛蟲 /刺毛虫 (chhì-mô͘-thâng, “hairy caterpillar”).


katerpilar

tl-noun

káterpílar (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜇ᜔)

káterpílar (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


alpas

Borrowed from Kapampangan alpas (“free”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləpas (“to set free, let loose, liberated; passed by, come to an end”). Doublet of lapas and lipas.

der

act or state of being released from grasp, binding or confinement


diyoker

ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
dyoker (alternative)
joker (alternative)

[ˈd͡ʒoː.xɛɾ]


ikakasal

From i- + kasal with partial reduplication.


a-seis

a-seís (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
a-sais (alternative common)
asais (alternative common)
a sais (alternative common)
aseis (alternative)
a seis (alternative)

a-seis ng Oktubre


a-sais

a-saís (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
asais (alternative)
a sais (alternative)


kaswaryo

Borrowed from Spanish casuario, from New Latin Casuarius, from Malay kasuari.


kaswalti

káswaltí (canonical)
ᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

casualty (person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence)


maisto

Early borrowing of Spanish maestro, from Latin magister, magistrum.

Sino ang maisto dito?


kongratulasyon

tl-noun

kongratulasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜆᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kongratulasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜆᜓᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish congratulación, from Latin congrātulātiōnem.


manyikang-basahan

manyikang-basahan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
manikang-basahan (alternative)

From manyika (“doll”) + -ng- + basahan (“rag”).


manikang-basahan

tl-noun

manikang-basahan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜋᜈᜒᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


singkona

Possibly borrowed from English cinchona, from New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.

named-after

Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón#Quinine


bimbang

ᜊᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
bembang (alternative dated)

physical blow or strike onto someone with a fist (especially beating)


pandipandi

tl-noun

pandipandí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

pandipandí (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
pandi-pandi (alternative)
pandipanri (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Malay panji-panji, reduplication of panji, from Javanese ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦶ (panji), from Old Javanese pañji (“a title”), possibly from Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī, “register”). Compare Kapampangan pandi-pandi, Maranao pandi', and Tausug panji.

hang a flag or a piece of cloth on a stick


bandilang puti

bandilang putî (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ)

bandilang putî (canonical)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

[bɐn̪ˌd̪iː.lɐm pʊˈt̪ɪʔ]

white flag (a flag used as a symbol of surrender)


panday-bansi

pandáy-bansî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

pandáy-bansî (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐn̪ˌd̪aɪ̯ bɐn̪ˈsɪʔ]


panday-bangsi

pandáy-bangsî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒ)

pandáy-bangsî (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜇᜌ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
panday bangsi (alternative)
panday-bansi (alternative)

[pɐn̪ˌd̪aɪ̯ bɐn̪ˈsɪʔ]

From panday (“smith”) + bangsi (“native flute”).

com

Panday-bangsi ka?

native flute maker; native flute artisan


bangsing-tao

tl-noun

bangsíng-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ)

bangsíng-tao (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)
bangsintauo (alternative)
bangsintawo (alternative obsolete)
bansintao (alternative)
bangsintao (alternative)
bansing-tao (alternative)

From bangsi (“native flute”) + tao (“people; person”).


miting de abanse

tl-noun

miting de abanse (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

miting de-abanse
miting de-abanse#Tagalog

alternative spelling of miting de-abanse


bangkiyaw

bangkiyáw (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bangcqiao (alternative)
bangcquiau (alternative)
banquiao (alternative)
bangkyaw (alternative nonstandard)

torn woven mat used as a sort of waving flag placed in a field of grain to scare birds away


saling-ketket

saling-ketket (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜐᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
salingket (alternative)
salingkit (alternative)
saling-kitkit (alternative)

Partial calque of saling-pusa with the second element translated to English cat pronounced as /æ/ with reduplication, as in saling-cat-cat.


mag-asawang kalapati

mag-asawang kalapati (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜀᜐᜏᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ)

ᜋᜄ᜔ᜀᜐᜏᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

two people that are usually together (usually of a couple)


kalapating mababa ang lipad

kalapating mababà ang lipád (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜋᜊᜊ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔)

kalapating mababà ang lipád (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜋᜊᜊ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.lɐˌpaː.t̪ɪŋ mɐˌbaː.bɐʔ ʔɐn̪ lɪˈpad̪̚]

[kɐ.lɐˌpaː.t̪ɪŋ mɐˌbaː.baː ʔɐn̪ lɪˈpad̪̚]

Literally, “low-flying dove; dove whose flight is low”. The prostitutes came to be called as such from the name of a red-light district called Palomar, now a part of Tutuban, Tondo, Manila, which the Spanish authorities used as a detention place for prostitutes sentenced to be exiled or deported to Palawan.
Palomar is named from Spanish palomar (“dovecote; pigeon house; small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground”). Hence, prostitutes at the “dovecote” are the “doves” or palomas in Spanish. Calque of Spanish palomas de bajo vuelo (“dove of low flight”).


ginintuang panahon

tl-noun

ginintuang panahón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

ginintuang panahón (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɪ.n̪ɪn̪ˌt̪uː.ʔɐm pɐ.n̪ɐˈhon̪]

From ginintuan (“golden”) + -g- + panahon (“age; time; era”).


basang-sisiw

tl-noun

basáng-sisiw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ᜔)

basáng-sisiw (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
basang sisiw (alternative)


kantarilya

kantarilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)


kangalanan

kangalanán (canonical)
ᜃᜅᜎᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cang̃alanan (alternative)

Iba din ang kangalanan nitong wika.

This word has a different meaning as well.

May kangalanan din.


salawilis

ᜐᜎᜏᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
salauilis (alternative)
salauelis (alternative)
salavyles (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish zaragüelles, from Arabic سَرَاوِيل (sarāwīl), plural of سِرْوَال (sirwāl).


sayi

sayì (canonical)
ᜐᜌᜒ (Baybayin)
saye (alternative colloquial)

accomplishing a task, trip, effort at an excusable time, or under a bad weather, such as intense heat from the sun, a rain, or storm


masamang panahon

tl-noun

masamáng panahón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜋᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

masamáng panahón (canonical)
ᜋᜐᜋᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


paniyo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu. Compare Maguindanao penu, Malay penyu, Brunei Malay panyu, Balinese ᬧᭂᬜᬸ (penyu), and Javanese ꦥꦼꦚꦸ (penyu).


anarkista

Borrowed from Spanish anarquista (“anarchist”).


dagdag-yaman

tl-noun

dagdág-yaman (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄ᜔ᜇᜄ᜔ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

dagdág-yaman (canonical)
ᜇᜄ᜔ᜇᜄ᜔ᜌᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
dagdag yaman (alternative)
dagrag yaman (alternative obsolete)

[d̪ɐɡˌd̪aɡ ˈjaː.mɐn̪]

act of working hard, eagerly striving to get more


delusyon

delusyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English delusion with a shift in stress. Ultimately, from Latin dēlūsiō.


pulang asukal

tl-noun

puláng asukal (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔)

puláng asukal (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
asukal na pula (alternative)


puting asukal

putíng asukal (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔)

putíng asukal (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
asukal na puti (alternative)

[pʊˌt̪ɪŋ ʔɐˈsuː.xɐl]


maskabado

Borrowed from Spanish mascabado, from Portuguese mascavado. Doublet of maskubado.


kolgeyt

ᜃᜓᜎ᜔ᜄᜒᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
colgate (alternative)
kolget (alternative)

Genericized trademark from English Colgate, named after founder William Colgate's surname. Compare Bikol Central kolget and Cebuano kulgit.

Pabili nga po ng kolgeyt, iyong Close-Up?

Can I buy toothpaste please, the Close-Up one?


a-disiseis

a-disiseís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔)

a-disiseís (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜒᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
a-disisais (alternative common)
adisisais (alternative common)
a disisais (alternative common)
adisiseis (alternative)
a disiseis (alternative)

[ʔɐ d̪ɪ.sɪ.sɛˈʔɪs]

[ʔɐ d̪ɪ.sɪ.sɐˈʔɪs]


a-disisais

a-disisaís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜁᜐ᜔)

a-disisaís (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
adisisais (alternative)
a disisais (alternative)

[ʔɐ d̪ɪ.sɪ.sɐˈʔɪs]


panag-inip

panag-inip (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜄ᜔ᜁᜈᜒᜉ᜔)

[pɐ.n̪ɐɡˈʔiː.n̪ɪp̚]


Sugbuhanin

Sugbuhanin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜈᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sogbohanin (alternative)

From Sugbo (“Cebu”) + -han + -in. Cognate with Cebuano Sugboanon. Doublet of Sugboanon.

Nanglomacad ng para Majayjay ya ong m. Castila, at ang m. casama nilang manga sogbohanin, ay ipinag samadin naman si D. Juan Masolong, na ang casama pa naman niyay y sang maguino ang pangalai sicoyamin ay ng silay domating satobig ng Olla ay naquita nilang may m. tauong nag babantay sadaang cabolosan ay silay nag saoli, at doon sila nagda-an sa cabolo ſang da-an sa Panglan at silay nag louai louway ng canilang pag lacar...

c. 1616, Don Juan Masolong, Salita ni Don Juan Masolong, nacaonaonahang Christiano sa Bayan ng Lilio sapanahong pagdating ng Castila dito SaCapoloan sa Luzon [The account of Don Juan Masolong, the first Christian of the town of Liliw, on the time of the arrival of Spaniards here on the islands of Luzon]:

When the Spaniards marched towards Majayjay with their Cebuano companions, Don Juan Masolong accompanied them, whereas he was himself accompanied by another nobleman whose name is Coyamin; when they arrived near the waters of Olla, they saw guards on the highway, and they retreated and instead traversed the highway at Panglan, and they marched gradually...


akademiko

akadémikó (canonical)
ᜀᜃᜇᜒᜋᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.xɐˌd̪ɛː.mɪˈxo]

Borrowed from Spanish académico, from Medieval Latin acadēmicus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós).


limang haligi

limáng haligi (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜅ᜔ ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜒ)

limáng haligi (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜋᜅ᜔ ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜒ (Baybayin)

Calque of Arabic أَرْكَانُ الْإِسْلَامِ الْخَمْسَة (ʔarkānu l-ʔislāmi l-ḵamsa, “five pillars of Islam”).

calque

أَرْكَانُ الْإِسْلَامِ الْخَمْسَة


metatesis

metátesis (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜆᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish metátesis, from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis).

metathesis (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)


tangluyan

tangluyán (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tangloyan (alternative)

From tangloy (“hunting call to the dogs”) + -an.


tarawi

ᜆᜇᜏᜒ (Baybayin)
taraweeh (alternative)
tarawih (alternative)
tarawe (alternative)

[t̪ɐˈɾaː.wɪ]

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَاوِيح (tarāwīḥ). Compare Maranao tarawi, Tausug tarawi, and Malay tarawih.

bor+

tarawih (extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan)


peregrinasyon

tl-noun

peregrinasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

peregrinasyón (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɛ.ɾɛɡ.ɾɪ.n̪ɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish peregrinación, from Latin peregrīnātiōnem.


pilgrimahe

pilgrimahe (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜑᜒ)

ᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜑᜒ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English pilgrimage.


pereteriya

tl-noun

pereteriya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

[pɛ.ɾɛ.t̪ɛˈɾiː.ɐ]


dayalek

Borrowed from English dialect, from Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos). Doublet of diyalekto.


kunuwari

kunuwarì (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈᜓᜏᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
conouari (alternative)
conovari (alternative)
conuari (alternative)
kunowari (alternative)

[kʊˈn̪waː.ɾɪʔ]


balikatan

bálikatán (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


abrebiyasyon

abrebiyasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

abrebiyasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


abrebyasyon

abrebyasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

abrebyasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
abrebasyon (alternative)
abrebiyasyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish abreviación, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem.

abbreviation; shortening (reduction in length)


breyk

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)


breyk

Borrowed from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan.

break (rest or pause, usually from work)

break (temporary split in romantic relationship)

break (instance of breaking something into pieces)


breyslet

breyslet (Baybayin spelling ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English bracelet, from Old French bracelet. Doublet of brasalete (“armlet”).


Bicol express

Bicol express (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔ ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔ ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of bicol express


bicol express

bicol express (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔ ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜊᜒᜃᜓᜎ᜔ ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Bicol express (alternative)
Bikol express (alternative)
bikol express (alternative)

Borrowed from English Bicol express, an old Philippine National Railways line from Manila to Naga, Camarines Sur. The dish was termed by Laguna resident, Cely Kalaw, during a cooking competition in the 1970s in Malate, Manila.

Bicol express (stew made from chili peppers, coconut milk, shrimp paste or stockfish, onion, pork, ginger, and garlic)

Manila
Naga, Camarines Sur
Philippine National Railways


abrebiyatura

abrebiyatura (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜌᜆᜓᜇ)

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜒᜌᜆᜓᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.bɾɛ.bjɐˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]


abrebyatura

abrebyatura (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜌᜆᜓᜇ)

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜌᜆᜓᜇ (Baybayin)
abrebiyatura (alternative)

[ʔɐ.bɾɛb.jɐˈt̪uː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abreviatura, from Latin abbreviatura.


abretapa

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜉ (Baybayin)
abritapa (alternative)

[ʔɐ.bɾɛˈt̪aː.pɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish abretapas (“[bottle] cover opener”).


abritapa

[ʔɐ.bɾɪˈt̪aː.pɐ]


libro de-kuwenta

tl-noun

libro de-kuwenta (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ ᜇᜒᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜎᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜓ ᜇᜒᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
libro-de-kuwenta (alternative)
libro de kuwenta (alternative)
libro de-kwenta (alternative)
libro-de-kwenta (alternative)
libro de kwenta (alternative)
libro-de-kuwentas (alternative)
libro de kuwentas (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish libro de cuenta (“book of account”). Compare Ilocano kuwenta de libro.


sumbungero

tl-noun

sumbungero (feminine sumbungera, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜇᜓ)

sumbungera (feminine)
ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

tattler; tattletale; snitch; informer (person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity)


sumbungera

sumbungera (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅᜒᜇ)

[sʊm.bʊˈŋɛː.ɾɐ]


mustasang pantapal

mustasang pantapal (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜉᜎ᜔)

ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜉᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


dalanginan

[d̪ɐ.lɐˈŋiː.n̪ɐn̪]


bahay-dalanginan

bahay-dalanginan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜇᜎᜅᜒᜈᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜇᜎᜅᜒᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


ateng

aténg (canonical)
ᜀᜆᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
ating (alternative)

(informal) term of address for a female senior (in school, work, etc.)

(informal) term of address for any young female: miss; sis


dikong

term of address for second eldest brother


pinagmulan

pinagmulán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

pinagmulán (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜓᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pinagmul-an (alternative)
pinagmulaan (alternative)

Syncopic form of pinagmulaan, from pagmulaan + -in-, from pag- + mula + -an.


pinagmul-an

pinagmul-án (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔)

tlb

(dialectal, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque)

pinagmul-án (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kulumpol

kulumpól (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

multitude; shoal (any large number of persons or things)


buhanginan

tl-noun

buhanginan or búhanginán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜅᜒᜈᜈ᜔)

buhanginan (canonical)
búhanginán (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜑᜅᜒᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kababawan

shallow (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water)


orye

Clipping of English orientation. Doublet of oryentasyon.

orientation (introduction to a new environment)


miskonsepsiyon

miskonsepsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

miskonsepsiyón (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
miskonsepsyon (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English misconception, influenced by Spanish -ción.


mis-impormasyon

tl-noun

mis-impormasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

mis-impormasyón (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
misimpormasyon (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English misinformation, influenced by Spanish información.


mis-edukasyon

tl-noun

mis-edukasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜇᜓᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

mis-edukasyón (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜁᜇᜓᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
misedukasyon (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English miseducation, influenced by Spanish -ción.


miserikordiya

tl-noun

miserikórdiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

miserikórdiyá (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
miserikordya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish misericordia, from Latin misericordia.


banawan

ᜊᜈᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
banauan (alternative)
ban-awan (alternative obsolete)

From banaw (“seeing from a high or distant point”) + -an, literally “object/place for farseeing”. Compare Hiligaynon ban-awan (“magic mirror”).

af

crystal ball (globe used to foretell the future)


des-odorante

tl-noun

des-odorante (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜂᜇᜓᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜂᜇᜓᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
desodorante (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish desodorante, from English deodorant.


modo menor

modo menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓ ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

modo menór (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜇᜓ ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


modo mayor

modo mayór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓ ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

modo mayór (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜇᜓ ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


siyete pekados

siyete pekados (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ ᜉᜒᜃᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ ᜉᜒᜃᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Ellipsis of Spanish siete pecados capitales (literally “seven capital sins”).

bor

(fishing) a type of small net to catch fish


abrodista

tl-noun

abrodista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Overseas Filipino Worker (Filipino migrant workers, people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of time for employment)


pabasa

invitation to read; letting of something to be read

(Catholicism, literature) reading of the Passion during Lent


paboreal

páboreál (canonical)
ᜉᜊᜓᜇᜒᜌᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


pitong nakamamatay na kasalanan

pitóng nakamámatáy na kasalanan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜃᜋᜋᜆᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜈ᜔)

pitóng nakamámatáy na kasalanan (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜃᜋᜋᜆᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɪˌt̪oŋ n̪ɐ.xɐˌmaː.mɐˌt̪aɪ̯ n̪ɐ xɐ.sɐˈlaː.n̪ɐn̪]


pitong punong kasalanan

pitóng punong kasalanan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜈ᜔)

pitóng punong kasalanan (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Calque of Spanish siete pecados capitales.


basang-puwit

tl-noun

basáng-puwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

basáng-puwít (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From basa + -ng + puwit, literally “wet buttocks”.


masilig na loob

tl-noun

masilíg na loob (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

masilíg na loob (canonical)
ᜋᜐᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)


ngilin

Compare Ilocano ngilin, Pangasinan ngilin, and Kapampangan pangilin.

(obsolete) celebration of the Sunday festivals or the vigil


ngilin

ngilín (canonical)
ᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ng̃ilin (alternative)


pangingilin

pangingilin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

[pɐ.ŋɪˈŋiː.lɪn̪]

[pɐ.ŋɪ.ŋɪˈlɪn̪]

From pa- + ngilin with initial reduplication. Possibly also from pang- + *ilin with initial reduplication.


pangingilin

pangingilín (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

pangingilín (canonical)
ᜉᜅᜒᜅᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐ.ŋɪˈŋiː.lɪn̪]

[pɐ.ŋɪ.ŋɪˈlɪn̪]


amiba

Borrowed from Spanish ameba /amiba, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.


korida de toros

korida de toros (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜇ ᜇᜒ ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜇ ᜇᜒ ᜆᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


adberbyo

adberbyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of adberbiyo.


adiya

adiyâ (canonical)
adiyá (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


agat-at

agat-át (canonical)
ᜀᜄᜆ᜔ᜀᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
agatat (alternative)

[ʔɐ.ɣɐt̪ˈʔat̪̚]

grating sound (esp. of a knife hitting bone while cutting meat)

squeaking sound (esp. of rusty hinges or swinging door)


Paskong mahaba

Paskóng mahabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜊ)

Paskóng mahabà (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜊ (Baybayin)
paskong mahaba (alternative)


paskong mahaba

paskóng mahabà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜊ)

paskóng mahabà (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜊ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of Paskong mahaba


ispiker

House of Representatives
House of Representatives#English

(politics) speaker (the chair or presiding officer, especially of the House of Representatives)


tsiken

Borrowed from English chicken, from Middle English chiken, from Old English ċicen, ċycen. Doublet of tsiks.

(idiomatic, slang) piece of cake (simple or easy job)


sutsot

act of making a whistling or hissing sound to call someone's attention (especially a psst sound)

whistling or hissing sound made to call someone's attention (especially a psst sound)


suprahiyo

supráhiyó (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜑᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


suprahista

suprahista (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜇᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)


supositoryo

supositoryo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


dog show

dog show (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜏ᜔)

ᜇᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
dogshow (alternative)

[ˌd̪oɡ ˈʃoʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English dog show.


karagragan

[kɐ.ɾɐɡˈɾaː.ɣɐn̪]


anunsiyo-klasipikado

tl-noun

anúnsiyó-klasipikado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜐᜒᜉᜒᜃᜇᜓ)

anúnsiyó-klasipikado (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜐᜒᜉᜒᜃᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish anuncio clasificado. By surface analysis, anunsiyo + klasipikado.

surf

classified advertisement
classified advertisement


adbertisment

tl-noun

adbértismént (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔)

adbértismént (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐd̪ˌbɛɾ.t̪ɪsˈmɛn̪t̪]

Borrowed from English advertisement, from Middle French advertissement.


adbertayser

adbertayser (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
adbertaiser (alternative dated)

[ʔɐd̪.bɛɾˈt̪aɪ̯.sɛɾ]


pang-anwang

pang-anwáng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔)

pang-anwáng (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
pan-auang (alternative)
pan-anuang (alternative)
pang̃anuang (alternative)
pang-anuang (alternative)
panganuwang (alternative)
pang-awang (alternative)

[pɐŋ.ʔɐn̪ˈwaŋ]


komersiyalisasyon

komersiyalisasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komersiyalisasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


komodipikasyon

komodipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜇᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komodipikasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜇᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English commodification influenced by Spanish -ción.


sinipete

ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜉᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
sinepete (alternative)
sinipite (alternative)

[sɪ.n̪ɪˈpɛː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish sinipete /sinipiti, possibly from Philippine sinipit + Spanish -ete. Compare Ilocano sinipete.


sinipit

From sipit (“pincer”) + -in-. Compare Bikol Central sinipit, Cebuano sinipit, Hiligaynon sinipit, Maranao sinipit, and Maguindanao sinapit.

Ihinulog na namin ang sinipit.


sinipit

[sɪ.n̪ɪˈpɪt̪̚]

a stick that has an iron on the tip, wide enough to make holes


angkora

[ʔɐŋˈkoː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish áncora, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Doublet of angkla.


imnaryo

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜈᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
himnaryo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish himnario, from Latin hymnarium.


arogansiya

tl-noun

arogánsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

arogánsiyá (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜓᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
arogansya (alternative)

[ʔɐ.ɾoˈɣan̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish arrogancia, from Latin arrogantia.


arogansya

[ʔɐ.ɾoˈɣan̪.ʃɐ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of arogansiya.


dagat-dagatan

dagát-dagatan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔)

dagát-dagatan (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜄᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
dagatdagatan (alternative)

[d̪ɐˌɣat̪ d̪ɐˈɣaː.t̪ɐn̪]

From reduplication of dagat + -an, literally, “little sea”.


dagat-dagatang apoy

dagát-dagatang apóy (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜄᜆᜅ᜔ ᜀᜉᜓᜌ᜔)

dagát-dagatang apóy (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ᜇᜄᜆᜅ᜔ ᜀᜉᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɐˌɣat̪ d̪ɐˌɣaː.t̪ɐŋ ʔɐˈpoɪ̯]

From dagat-dagatan (“lake”) + -g + apoy (“fire”).


asul seleste

tl-noun

asúl seleste (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

asúl seleste (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)