kuliti

kulitì (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
colitio (alternative)
culitio (alternative)
culitiu (alternative)
culitim (alternative)
guliti (alternative)
gulitiw (alternative)
kulitim (alternative obsolete)
kulitiw (alternative)


kurag

small pouch net with a handle for catching birds or butterflies


kurarap

[kʊˈɾaː.ɾɐp̚]

(obsolete) looking for something in the water or somewhere dark


karapatang pantao

tl-noun

karapatáng pantao (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜉᜆᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜂ)

karapatáng pantao (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜉᜆᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)


karapatan

From dapat + ka- -an. Compare karampatan.


ipo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qipuq. Compare Malay ipuh.

Antiaris toxicaria
Wikispecies:Antiaris toxicaria


bulandal

bulandál (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
bulanral (alternative)

Compare Javanese ꦮ꧀ꦭꦚ꧀ꦗꦂ (wlanjar, “young childless widow or divorcee”).

cog

someone abandoned by her spouse (but still alive)


bulatlat

bulatlát (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

careful search for something by removing everything from a container


Binibini

ᜊᜒᜈᜒᜊᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
Bb. (alternative abbreviation)

Binibining (Bb.) Maria Dela Cruz

Binibining (Bb.) Dela Cruz

(formal) honorific used before the name of an unmarried woman: Miss; Ms.


magnanakaw

mágnanákaw (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜈᜈᜃᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
magnanacao (alternative)
magna (alternative clipping colloquial)

[mɐɡˌn̪aːˈn̪aː.xaʊ̯]

From mag- + nakaw, with partial reduplication of the root, nakaw.

Mag-ingat sa mga magnanakaw diyan sa tiyangge.


sakwa

sakwá (canonical)
ᜐᜃ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
sacua (alternative)

From Hokkien 蕉葛 (chio-koah, “kudzu-hemp cloth woven from banana trunk fiber”), according to Manuel (1948).

der

enlarged stump or trunk of a banana plant (from which the roots issue, usually cut into pieces and used as animal feed, especially pigs)


bugnit

[bʊɡˈn̪ɪt̪̚]


kawit

ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
cavit (alternative)
cauit (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *kawit (“hook”). Compare Malay kait and Coastal Kadazan kavit. Doublet of kabit.

fastener; hasp (as on a necklace, door, window, etc.)

pole with a hook at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)

hook attached at the end (for picking fruits, coconuts, etc.)

act of pulling, getting, or picking with a pole with a hook at the end


kawit

ᜃᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ngawit (alternative common)
cavit (alternative)
cauit (alternative)

(obsolete) numbing or weakening due to long use in holding or supporting (of one's muscles, hands, feet, etc.)


maluto

malutò (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜓᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
maloto (alternative)

From ma- + luto (“cook”). Compare Kapampangan malutu (“red”) and Maranao maloto' (“dark in color”).

(dialectal, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon) food brought when travelling


kamelyo

Borrowed from Spanish camello (“camel”).


salog

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluʀ (“brook or small stream”). Compare Malay salur.

inh+

pool or puddle of water after heavy rain


batag

[ˈbaː.t̪ɐɡ̚]


batag

[ˈbaː.t̪ɐɡ̚]


pusad

act of cutting or lopping off the branches of a tree


doong

tl-noun

doóng or doong (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜂᜅ᜔)

doóng (canonical)
doong (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜂᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


gakgak

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gakgak (“caw, as a crow; raucous talking of people”), probably onomatopoeic.


hakhak

noisy, gobbling manner of eating (as by pigs, dogs, etc.)

saturation or drenching of soil by a liquid


ilay

slight dizziness caused by chewing betel nuts


kuyang

From kuya + -ng. Compare Kapampangan koyang.

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

(informal) term of address for any young male: mister; bro


lapag

any low, horizontal level (such as the ground)

going down to a deep place (like a well, etc.)


lubid

From Proto-Philippine *lúbid. Compare Bikol Central lubid, Cebuano lubid, Maranao lobid, and Tausug lubid.

(figurative) fabrication; invention (of lies, excuses, etc.)


liwat

pouring of liquid from one container to another (to cool or mix the liquid)


luwa

luwâ (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
ulwa (alternative)
uluwa (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (cf. Cebuano luwa, Fijian lua, Malagasy lua, Malay luah, and Maori ruaki).

ejection from the mouth; spitting (of an object in one's mouth)

bulging out; sticking out (of something)

(by extension) ejection (as from a machine, etc.)


maningas

ᜋᜈᜒᜅᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
maning̃as (alternative)

From ma- + ningas. The sense “month” is in reference to moonlight, possibly during a time of a full moon. Compare Dupaningan Agta maningas (“moon”).

tatlong maningas

Ikalwang maningas ito.


galang-galangan

tl-noun

galáng-galangán (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅᜈ᜔)

galáng-galangán (canonical)
ᜄᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
galanggalang (alternative)
galanggalangan (alternative)

[ɡɐˌlaŋ ɡɐ.lɐˈŋan̪]

Reduplication of galang (“bracelet”) + -an.


sigit

sigít (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜄᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sig-it (alternative)


utin

[ˈʔuː.t̪ɪn̪]


iglap

instant; brief moment; flash; blink of an eye


impo

Either from the following:
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əmpu (“grandparent/grandchild (recipr.); ancestor; lord, master, owner”); compare Malay punya (“owner; to have”).
* From Hokkien, possibly 引婆 (ín-pô), or 姆婆 (ḿ-pô) recorded in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) as “ìn pō” and “m̄ pō”.
Zorc (1985) records both etymologies but finds the Chinese etymology as less likely.

inh

University of Santo Tomas#Libraries and archives


inang-panguman

tl-noun

ináng-pangumán or ináng-panguman (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜅ᜔ᜉᜅᜓᜋᜈ᜔)

ináng-pangumán (canonical)
ináng-panguman (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜅ᜔ᜉᜅᜓᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
inampanguman (alternative)

[ʔɪˌn̪am pɐˈŋuː.mɐn̪]


labong

From Proto-Philippine *rabuŋ. Compare Isnag rabong, Kapampangan labung, Cebuano dabong. See also Malay rebung.


lakambini

ᜎᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
lacambini (alternative)

(mythology, folklore, historical) one of the deities in precolonial Tagalog mythology


laginit

[lɐ.ɣɪˈn̪ɪt̪̚]

creaking sound of a tight nut being unscrewed with a wrench


lahid

smear; stain (caused by a light touch or graze)#


lahoy

drip of flow; oozing; gentle flow (especially of blood)


lalab

shroud (white sheet used to cover a corpse)


lambak

lambák (canonical)
ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
lambac (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləbak (“ravine, glen, valley”). Compare Mapun labbak, Tausug lubbak, Tboli lefak, and Malay lembah.


lambayog

hanging cluster of fruits (high in upper branches)

swaying movement of a high, hanging object


lamira

[lɐˈmiː.ɾɐʔ]

squeezing of a thick substance to make it sirupy and sticky


lamuga

[lɐˈmuː.ɣɐʔ]


sagingan

[sɐˈɣiː.ŋɐn̪]

[sɐ.ɣɪˈŋan̪]


sagingan

[sɐˈɣiː.ŋɐn̪]

[sɐ.ɣɪˈŋan̪]


kintsay

kintsáy (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kinchay (alternative)
kinchai (alternative)
kinsay (alternative obsolete)

[kɪn̪ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯]

Borrowed from Hokkien 芹菜 (khîn-chhài, “celery”). Compare English kinchay.

bor+

Apium graveolens
Apium graveolens#Translingual

Chinese celery ("varieties of Apium graveolens")


lagapak

Possibly related to lagpak. Compare Bikol Central lagapak.

sudden, heavy fall on the ground (causing an abrupt, loud noise)

(figurative) miserable failure (in an examination)


laboy

soft and flabby parts of the body (such as flabby cheeks, earlobes, etc.)


labot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *raq(ə)but (“pull out something rooted in soft matter, as flesh”).


hinang

From Proto-Southern Philipppine *hinaŋ (“to make; to do”). Compare Kapampangan inang, Calamian Tagbanwa inang, Bikol Central hinang, Mamanwa hinang, Mansaka inang, and Tausug hinang.


biyaya

biyayà (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜌᜌ (Baybayin)
biaya (alternative obsolete)

Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यय (vyaya, “spending”). A borrowing from Malay biaya (“expense; charge”) is also considered, given trade between the Hindu Srivijaya Empire and the pre-colonial Philippines. Compare Javanese ꦧꦶꦪꦪ (biyaya).


sapiro

Borrowed from Spanish zafiro (“sapphire”).


usod

Compare Tagalog bunsod (“start, initiation”) and Bikol Central ugsod (“push, nudge”).

moving to the side a little (to give more space to the person sitting beside)


upaw

act of shaving off the hair (of one's head)


lupog

rotting due to soaking in too much water (of rice, wheat, corn, and other plants)


lukban

tlb

(chiefly dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque, Mindoro)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *luk(ə)ban. Compare Bikol Central lukban and Ibanag lubban.


kwarta

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwarta.


kalaw

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kalaw (“a bird, the hornbill”), from Proto-Austronesian *kalaw (“bird sp.”).

inh

a hornbill, especially of the species Buceros hydrocorax


kulat

a variety of fungus that usually grows on decaying wood


liyad

liyád (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
liad (alternative)
liar (alternative obsolete)

bending of one's body backwards with the stomach jutting out


ngitngit

ngitngít (canonical)
ᜅᜒᜆ᜔ᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ŋɪt̪ˈŋɪt̪̚]

extreme or controlled anger; intense rage

change to bad weather; inclemency of weather


Kana

tl-noun

Kanâ (masculine Kano, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ)

Kanâ (canonical)
Kano (masculine)
ᜃᜈ (Baybayin)

... 'yan ang kutis na pinagkakamatayan ng mga Kana sa States. Kaya sila malimit sa dagat ... nagpapasun-tan ba." "Aba, wala namang malamang gawin ang mga dalaga rito sa atin kung pa'no magpapaputi." “Madali 'yan... bleach .

ANITA: Lalo na kung makikita ka nilang nagpapasikat sa pagsayaw sa mga Kana. (Napapangiti si Ruben. Magka- katinginan ang mag-asawa, matitigilan) RUBEN : Kung ganoo'y saan mo gustong tumira, Anita? ANITA: Sa bunso mo kaya.

1984, Women Writers in Media Now (Philippines), Filipina I: poetry, drama, fiction, Cellar Book Shop

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(informal, sometimes offensive, ethnic slur) female American (citizen of the United States)


bulong

→ Kapampangan: bulung

incantation (such as used by quack doctors, etc.)


islip

Borrowed from English slip, possibly from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe.


islip

Borrowed from English slip, possibly from Middle Low German slippen.


ulay

ulay (canonical)
uláy (canonical)
ᜂᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ulay.


ulay

(agriculture) act of covering young plants to stimulate growth


bulkan

Borrowed from Spanish volcán (“volcano”), from Italian vulcano from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan”).


ulikba

From Hokkien 烏綠肉 /乌绿肉 (o͘-le̍k-bah), as per Chan-Yap (1980). See also Hokkien 烏肉 /乌肉 (o͘-hia̍k, “chicken fowl with black meat”) as per Manuel (1948).

ncog

silkie black-boned chicken (white-feathered fowl with dark skin and meat)

(by extension, offensive) dark-skinned person


ulila

[ʔʊˈliː.lɐʔ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ulila (“orphan”).


banoy

Early borrowing from a South Luzon axis language, possibly Kapampangan, from Proto-Philippine *banuʀ (“hawk; eagle”). Cognate with Isnag bannog, Batad Ifugao bannug, Cebuano banog, and Maranao banog.


urong

backward movement; moving back; retreat; recession

postponement (of events, activities, etc.)

(chiefly Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Rizal) clearing of table after eating

(chiefly Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Rizal) washing the dishes

end from work shift; dismissal from work

retreat from a fight or contest; refusal to fight anymore


balikat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balikat. Compare Alangan balikat (“shoulder”) and Malay belikat (“scapula”).


sinapismo

Borrowed from Spanish sinapismo, from Late Latin sinapismus, from Ancient Greek σιναπισμός (sinapismós), from σίναπι (sínapi, “mustard”).


katay

Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”) (compare Tagalog matay, patay, and bitay), or from Hokkien 共伊刣 (kā i thâi, literally “have it/him/her slaughtered”) according to Chan-Yap (1980). See more at Hokkien 刣 (thâi) where the second element may simply be a substrate cognate word comparable to Proto-Austronesian *aCay (“death”).

noncog

act of killing or butchering an animal for food

act of cutting a butchered animal into pieces

(by extension) fish, small pieces of meat, etc. tied or strung together in a bundle


plaslayt

ᜉ᜔ᜎᜐ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
plaslait (alternative dated)


bayani

Borrowed from Kapampangan bayani, from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani (“brave, bold; dare to do”). Expected word would be *bagani if directly inherited. Cognate with Cebuano bagani, Maranao bagani, Malay berani, and Marshallese peran. Doublet of balani.

der

person who offers free service in a cooperative endeavor


bayong

bayóng (canonical)
ᜊᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
bay-ong (alternative)

→ Agutaynen: bayong

→ Chavacano: bayon

→ Ibaloi: bayong

→ Ilocano: bay-ong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bayuquŋ (“bag of plaited palm leaves”). Compare Ilocano bay-ong, Hiligaynon bayoong and Brunei Malay bayong.

inh

bayong (large bag or sack made of woven buri palm leaves)


Belhika

Borrowed from Spanish Bélgica (“Belgium”).

bor+

female equivalent of Belhiko: female Belgian


pakiusap

ᜉᜃᜒᜂᜐᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
paki-usap (alternative nonstandard)


pakimkim

pakimkím (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜒᜋ᜔ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

money given by godparents to the godchild


sumbo

sumbó (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
simbo (alternative)
sombo (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay sumbu (“wick; fuse”). Compare Kapampangan sumbu, Maranao sombo (“wick”), and Javanese ꦱꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦸ (sumbu, “wick; fuse”).


sumbi

(Batangas) punch; box; blow (with one's fist on the face, nose, etc.)


palara

Possibly from Malay perada (“tinsel; gold foil”), ultimately from Sanskrit पारद (pārada, “mercury; quicksilver”).

der

foil (thin aluminum or tin used to wrap food)


hilom

closing up of an opening (as of cracks on the ground)


birada

[bɪˈɾaː.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish virada. By surface analysis, bira + -ada.


makruh

makrúh (canonical)
ᜋᜃ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
makru (alternative)
makrooh (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مَكْرُوه (makrūh).


apyak

apyák (canonical)
ᜀᜉ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
apiyac (alternative)


abuab

abuáb (canonical)
ᜀᜊᜓᜀᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
aboab (alternative)
abutab (alternative)
abuwab (alternative)
abwab (alternative)

[ʔɐ.bʊˈʔab̚]

Lophopetalum javanicum
Wikispecies:Lophopetalum javanicum

(botany) tree whose bark is used to poison arrows (Lophopetalum javanicum)


tagiamo

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈʔaː.moʔ]


luglog

rinsing by shaking in water (especially a bottle)

shaking to make something fall (such as fruits on a tree)


ranggo

Borrowed from Spanish rango, from French rang.


nipis

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis. Cognate with Malay nipis, Eastern Cham ꨤꨪꨚꨪꩍ (lipih), ꨤꨚꨪꩍ (lapih), Chamorro kanifes.


liryo

Borrowed from Spanish lirio, from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion).


amarilyo

Borrowed from Spanish amarillo, from Old Spanish amariello, from Late Latin amarellus, from Latin amarus (“bitter, sour”).

Tagetes erecta
Tagetes erecta#Translingual

Mexican marigold; Tagetes erecta (plant and flower)


maong

Borrowed from Spanish mahón (“nankeen; jeans”), named after Mahón, capital city of Minorca, Balearic Islands, where in the 18th century English ships transshipped cargo destined for Spanish ports in the Levant. The city name is then from Latin Portus Magōnis, from Magō, from Punic 𐤌𐤂𐤍 (mgn).


Reyna

Reyna Rehente Maria Cristina

honorific used before the name of a queen: Queen


kamya

kamyá (canonical)
kamya (canonical)
ᜃᜋ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
camia (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *kamiá (“ginger plant with fragrant white flower”).

inh

Hedychium coronarium
Hedychium coronarium#Translingual

white ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium)


sampagita

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜄᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
sampaguita (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish sampaguita, from sampaga + -ita. By surface analysis, sampaga + -ita. The Spanish-influenced spelling sampaguita has been retained in common use.

bor+

Jasminum sambac
Jasminum sambac#Translingual


alangilan

ᜀᜎᜅᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
alang̃ilan (alternative)
alangilang (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɐˈŋiː.lɐn̪]


pawikan

ᜉᜏᜒᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pauican (alternative)
pavycan (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *pawíkan. Compare Bikol Central pawikan, Cebuano pawikan, Sangir puikang, Tombulu puikan,
Tontemboan poikan and Tausug payukan.


singko

Borrowed from Spanish cinco, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, dissimilation of Latin quīnque.


singko

acute turns (in a design, engraved work, course of a stream, etc.)


kalabasang puti

tl-noun

kalabasang putî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ)

kalabasang putî (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

calabash vine; bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)


timbang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbaŋ (“balanced”). Compare Cebuano timbang, Kapampangan timbang, Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (timbang), and Malay timbang.


alalay

[ʔɐ.lɐˈlaɪ̯]

slowing down through control (as in driving a car, eating, drinking, etc.)

care; carefulness (in doing, holding, or carrying something)


kansing

kansíng (canonical)
ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
cansing (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay kancing (“buckle; fastener; button”). Possibly onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Javanese ꦏꦚ꧀ꦕꦶꦁ (kanycing, “lock, door lock; button”).


kantog

[kɐn̪ˈt̪oɡ̚]


kapitbahay

tl-noun

kápitbáhay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)

kápitbáhay (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
capitbahay (alternative)
capit bahay (alternative)


kapitbansa

kápitbansâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ)

kápitbansâ (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)


kapol

ᜃᜉᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
capol (alternative)
capul (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay kapur, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ. Doublet of alkampor and apog.

act and manner of smearing and daubing something with any greasy, sticky, or dirty substance

any greasy, sticky, or dirty substance smeared on something, such as wax, paint, blood, or varnish

(obsolete) bitumen made of lime and oil for caulking holes or cracks in vessels


karang

shed or roof-covering for native boats, usually made of nipa or woven bamboo splits

leather or felt uppers of shoes or slippers


karang

stamping of feet, as in anger or in playing


karang

Borrowed from Malay karang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karaŋ (“coral, limestone”).


karay

Borrowed from Spanish carey (“tortoise shell”), from Taíno carey.


dapog

thick, black smoke from burning humid firewood


dapog

fire in an open stove in which firewood is used


hinanakit

hinanakít (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜈᜃᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɪ.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐˈxɪt̪̚]

From hin- + sakit with elision, from an initial reduplication of sakit.


gatid

[ˈɡaː.t̪ɪd̪̚]

tough tissues of meat which are hard to chew


barkilyos

tl-noun

barkilyos (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜊᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
barquillos (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish barquillos, plural of barquillo.


tsansa

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
tiyansa (alternative)
tyansa (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English chance, from Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”). Doublet of kadensiya. See also Spanish chance.


sigarilyo

Borrowed from Spanish cigarrillo, from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).


tulakis

tl-noun

tulakís or tulakis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

tulakís (canonical)
tulakis (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜎᜃᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


tulok

(medicine) infection in the ear causing the discharge of earwax or cerumen

(medicine) ill-smelling, corrupt, or filthy blood mixed with pus in the ear


sisiw

ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
sisio (alternative)
sisiu (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *sisiw (“baby chick”), from Proto-Austronesian *siwsiw (“to cheep; baby chick”). Compare Pangasinan siwsiw, Karao sisiw, Sambali sisiw, Kapampangan sisi, Bikol Central siwo /siyo, Aklanon isiw, Mansaka osoy, and Amis ciwciw.

inh

(slang) child's play (something simple or easy)


tikal

tiredness or numbness of feet due too excessive walking or moving about (sometimes bruising)


tikal

(medicine) abrasion under a foot due to excessive walking


kutipaw

kutipáw (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜆᜒᜉᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
cutipao (alternative)


sandata

Borrowed from Malay senjata (“weapon”), from Sanskrit संयत्त (saṃyatta, “prepared, ready, being on one's guard”).


salubsob

salubsób (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)

sliver; splinter stuck in the skin or flesh


salabat

→ Spanish: salabat

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba, “non-alcoholic drink”). Compare Malay serbat and Persian شربت (šarbat). Doublet of sorbetes.


salabat

scattered obstruction on the way (especially branches or twigs of trees, etc.)

small branches or twigs sticking out in the forest (causing obstruction)


sagal

slowness due to some obstacle or hindrance; sluggishness


lugo

extreme weakness due to disease or frustration


lulay

Ang inyong pag-iimpok sa bangko ay nagsisilbing lulay ng bayan sa kaunlaran.


inumin

tl-noun

ínúmin or inumín (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔)

ínúmin (canonical)
inumín (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜓᜋᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔiːˈn̪uː.mɪn̪]

[ʔɪ.n̪ʊˈmɪn̪]

[ʔɪ.n̪ʊˈmɪn̪]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inumən (“drink”) (cf. Bikol Central inomon, Cebuano imnon, Ilocano inumen, Malagasy inomina), or analytically inom + -in.


tangwa

tangwá (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
tang̃ua (alternative)
tangua (alternative)
tungwa (alternative)
tongwa (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 窗仔 (thang-á, “window”) according to Manuel (1948).

bor+

sheer edge of a steep height (as of a cliff, precipice, table, etc.)

(Southern Tagalog, chiefly Batangas) any opening where one might fall from


tangkulok

Borrowed from Malay tengkolok. Compare Banjarese tangkuluk, Minangkabau tingkuluak, and Tausug tangkuluk.

tengkolok a traditional headgear used by the peoples of Maritime Southeast Asia


talurang

[t̪ɐˈluː.ɾɐŋ]

landing structure on at the foot of a flight of stairs


talasok

small bar or latch used as a fastener for a window, door, etc.


tagulamin

tagulamín (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜓᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣʊ.lɐˈmɪn̪]

mildew; mold (especially that formed on dirty clothes left unwashed for a long time)


sawo

sawò (canonical)
ᜐᜏᜓ (Baybayin)
sauo (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sauq. Compare Kapampangan sau, Tausug sāw, and Malay sauh. Doublet of sao.


luyok

bending or arching downward (of a branch heavy with fruit)


lintos

open blister (usually formed by friction on one's palms, heels, etc.)


lingkaw

lingkáw (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
lingcao (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 兩鉤 /两钩 (liáng-kau, “a kind of scythe”), according to Manuel (1948).


lisok

lisók (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜐᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
lisyok (alternative)

condition of being dislocated or sprained (of bones)


litak

fissure; small crack (on surfaces of wood, marble, etc.)


lamay

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *lámay (“a wake for the dead, night vigil”). Compare Kapampangan lamay (“vigil at night; to stay awake at night to work”).

cog

(obsolete, by extension) watching something at night

burn the midnight oil
burn the midnight oil

(by extension) to elucubrate; burn the midnight oil; pull an all-nighter


lanab

fatty substance on the surface of broth or milk


lapay

lapáy (canonical)
ᜎᜉᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
lipay (alternative)


lapay

small house or shelter (built in the middle of a high lot or on top of a hill)


laroy

excessive softness (as of a viscous substance)


lagari

lagarì (canonical)
ᜎᜄᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
lagare (alternative colloquial)

[lɐˈɣaː.ɾɪʔ]

[lɐˈɣaː.ɾɛʔ]

Borrowed from Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca, “saw”). Compare Kapampangan, Mansaka, Cebuano, and Hiligaynon lagari; Masbatenyo, Cuyunon, Bikol Central, and Waray-Waray lagadi; Ilocano ragadi; Hanunoo ragari; Aklanon eagari; and Tausug gawgari' (“file”).
The slang sense came from the back and forth motion when sawing materials.

(figurative, slang) back and forth movement between different places consecutively


butas-ilong

tl-noun

butas-ilóng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

butas-ilóng (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔ᜁᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


kabisi

Clipping of kabisilya, variant of kabesilya (“chief capitalist; banker in gambling”).

Chinese owner, manager, or boss of a Chinese store


kakaw

Borrowed from Spanish cacao, borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl, from Proto-Nahuan *kakawatl. Doublet of kokwa and kakawate.

etymon

Theobroma cacao
Theobroma cacao#Translingual


kalalang

Compare Malay kelalang (“decanter; earthenware pitcher; flask”).


lason

Borrowed from Malay racun. Compare Sambali lason, Cuyunon lason, Tausug lassun, and Javanese ꦫꦕꦸꦤ꧀ (racun).

(figurative) harmful thing; destructive thing; poison (to one's happiness or welfare)


laylayan

hemline; lower edge (of a garment or cloth)


laylay

Compare Kapampangan lele and Cebuano laylay.

state or condition of being drooped or hanging loosely

portion of a thing that is drooping or hanging loosely


libing

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ləbəŋ (“to bury/dig excavate”), from Proto-Austronesian *ləbəŋ (“to bury”). Compare Kapampangan albang, Asi yubong, Bikol Central lubong, Aklanon eubong, Cebuano lubong, Hiligaynon lubong, Maranao lebeng, and Western Bukidnon Manobo leveng.


libog

(Batangas) ardor, drive, passion, or enthusiasm in one's actions

(Batangas, by extension) vigour; energy; activeness; liveliness


agipo

short firebrand; firebrand of glowing wood


ahang

vainglory; extreme self-pride and boastfulness


lamang

Compare Cebuano lam-ang (“overstep; exceed”).


tilis

tl-noun

tilís or tilis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

tilís (canonical)
tilis (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


kuyog

swarm of snakes slithering out of its den to feed

(zoology) rabbitfish (of the family Siganidae)


tandayag

[t̪ɐn̪ˈd̪aː.jɐɡ̚]

Compare Cebuano tindayag. Doublet of tindayag.


bansiw

stench (especially the sour odor from fermentation)


matandang tinali

matandáng tinalì (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜈᜎᜒ)

matandáng tinalì (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜈᜎᜒ (Baybayin)

[mɐ.t̪ɐn̪ˌd̪an̪ t̪ɪˈn̪aː.lɪʔ]

From matanda (“old”) + -ng + tinali (“cockfight rooster”), literally “old rooster”.


ahas-bahay

From ahas + bahay, literally “house snake”.


bisig ng batas

tl-noun

bisig ng batás (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

bisig ng batás (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


balagat

[bɐˈlaː.ɣɐt̪̚]


gulyasan

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual


gulyabaw

sweetlips; Plectorhinchus (a kind of fish)


hinlalato

hinlalatô (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

From hin- + dato, with an initial reduplication of dato and a sound shift from /d/ to /l/. Compare Kapampangan taliring datu, and Yakan datu'-datu'.


palihan

palihán or palihan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

palihán (canonical)
palihan (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

workshop (intensive course of education)


pilipisan

pílipisán (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


linay

careful study or analysis of evidence, or arguments such as presented in a court of law


laman ng laman

lamán ng lamán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

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

Literally, “flesh of the flesh”. Compare Cebuano unod sa unod.


laman ng lansangan

lamán ng lansangan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜅᜈ᜔)

lamán ng lansangan (canonical)
ᜎᜋᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


langis at tubig

langís at tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

langís at tubig (canonical)
ᜎᜅᜒᜐ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
tubig at langis (alternative)

[lɐˌŋɪs ʔɐt̪ ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]


langaw at gatas

langaw at gatas (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅᜏ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜄᜆᜐ᜔)

ᜎᜅᜏ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜄᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌlaː.ŋaʊ̯ ʔɐt̪ ˈɡaː.t̪ɐs]

(idiomatic) couple with a beautiful woman and an ugly man


lantang bulaklak

lantáng bulaklák (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔)

lantáng bulaklák (canonical)
ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

(idiomatic) woman who lost her honor; disgraced woman


pampatabang-puso

pampatabáng-pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜊᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

pampatabáng-pusò (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜊᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

From pampataba + puso, literally “something used to stouten the heart”.

compound

(idiomatic) heart-warmer; something that makes one happy


kalingkingan

tl-noun

kálingkíngan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

kálingkíngan (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
calinquing̃an (alternative)
calingquing̃an (alternative)
calincqing̃an (alternative)
kalinkingan (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *k(al)iŋkiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiŋkiŋ. Compare Asi kamayingking, Aklanon kumaeengking, Cebuano kumayingking, Hiligaynon kamalingking, Waray-Waray kamuyingking, Yakan kingking, Maguindanao kingking, Tausug kingking, Indonesian kelingking, Malay kelengkeng, Old Javanese kaliṅkiṅan, and Tok Pisin kilikili. By surface analysis, *kalingking + -an, the root from *kingking + *-al-. (cf. Malay -el- infix).

ang sakit ng kalingkingan, damdam ng buong katawan

(anatomy) little finger or little toe; pinky

Kumpara sa'yo, 'yang hinanakit mo, wala pa sa kalingkingan ng mga hinanakit na naranasan ko.

2016, owwSIC, That Promdi Girl: Book 3, page 45:

Compared to you, that hurt in you, it's not yet at the bounds of the hurt I experienced.

(figurative) bound; boundary; confine; limit


hinlalaki

hinlalakí (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜎᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
hinlalaqui (alternative)

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


bubuyog

Compare Ilocano alimbubuyog, Bikol Central alimbubuyog, and Cebuano buyog.


mainit

[mɐˈʔiː.n̪ɪt̪̚]

From ma- + init. The noun definition is an ellipsis of mainit na tubig.


malaway

Leiognathus equula
Wikispecies:Leiognathus equula


hiram na ulo

hirám na ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜂᜎᜓ)

hirám na ulo (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜇᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

(idiomatic) talent which is not inborn; borrowed wisdom


hulog ng langit

hulog ng langit (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔)

ᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

(idiomatic) good luck; godsend; heaven-sent


huling hantungan

hulíng hantungan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

hulíng hantungan (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hʊˌlɪŋ hɐn̪ˈt̪uː.ŋɐn̪]


ibayong dagat

ibayong dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

ᜁᜊᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ibayong-dagat (alternative)

[ʔɪˌbaː.jon̪ ˈd̪aː.ɣɐt̪̚]

Literally, “on the other side of the sea”.


ibong sawi

tl-noun

ibong sawî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜏᜒ)

ibong sawî (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜏᜒ (Baybayin)


ibong malaya

ibong malayà (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜎᜌ)

ibong malayà (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜎᜌ (Baybayin)


ibong mababa ang lipad

ibong mababà ang lipád (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜊᜊ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔)

ibong mababà ang lipád (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜊᜊ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔiː.boŋ mɐˌbaː.bɐʔ ʔɐn̪ lɪˈpad̪̚]

Literally, “low-flying bird; bird whose flight is low”.


ikaapat na kapangyarihan

tl-noun

ikaapat na kapangyarihan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜀᜉᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜉᜅ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜁᜃᜀᜉᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜉᜅ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪ.xɐˌʔaː.pɐt̪ n̪ɐ xɐ.pɐŋ.jɐˈɾiː.hɐn̪]


ikapitong langit

ikapitóng langit (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔)

ikapitóng langit (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜉᜒᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪ.xɐ.pɪˌt̪on̪ ˈlaː.ŋɪt̪̚]

(idiomatic) seventh heaven; extreme happiness; incomparable happiness (literally, “seventh heaven”)


labi ng aso

labî ng aso (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜊᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓ)

labî ng aso (canonical)
ᜎᜊᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

[lɐˌbɪʔ n̪ɐŋ ˈʔaː.so]

(idiomatic) young lady who eloped with a man and later returned to her parents


anghel ng tahanan

anghél ng tahanan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜑᜈᜈ᜔)

anghél ng tahanan (canonical)
ᜀᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜑᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐŋˌhɛl n̪ɐn̪ t̪ɐˈhaː.n̪ɐn̪]


anak sa labas

anák sa labás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜎᜊᜐ᜔)

anák sa labás (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜎᜊᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


bagong bakal

bagong bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)


bagong-ahon

bagong-ahon (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜀᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜀᜑᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “newly risen; has just been from a low place, like a river, a rice field, etc.”.

lit

(idiomatic) newcomer; someone who just arrived


bato sa lansangan

tl-noun

bató sa lansangan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜅᜈ᜔)

bató sa lansangan (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜎᜈ᜔ᜐᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


biro ng tadhana

birò ng tadhanà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜇ᜔ᜑᜈ)

birò ng tadhanà (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜇ᜔ᜑᜈ (Baybayin)

[ˌbiː.ɾoʔ n̪ɐn̪ t̪ɐd̪ˈhaː.n̪ɐʔ]

[ˌbiː.ɾoː n̪ɐn̪ t̪ɐd̪ˈhaː.n̪ɐʔ]


bulaklak ng dila

bulaklák ng dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ)

bulaklák ng dilà (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

(idiomatic) superficial expressions; flattering words


bulaklak ng lipunan

bulaklák ng lipunan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

bulaklák ng lipunan (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bunga ng pag-ibig

bunga ng pag-ibig (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜁᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜅ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜁᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌbuː.ŋɐ n̪ɐm pɐɡˈʔiː.bɪɡ̚]


buteteng laot

buteteng laot (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜎᜂᜆ᜔)

ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜎᜂᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


kaaway ng liwanag

kaaway ng liwanag (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜀᜏᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜏᜈᜄ᜔)

ᜃᜀᜏᜌ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜏᜈᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐˌʔaː.waɪ̯ n̪ɐn̪ lɪˈwaː.n̪ɐɡ̚]


mapagsagap ng alimuom

mapagsagap ng alimuom (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜄᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜋ᜔)

ᜋᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜄᜉ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “in the habit of inhaling petrichor”.


likod

likód (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜃᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
licor (alternative)
licod (alternative)
likor (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *likud, from Proto-Austronesian *likud. Compare Bikol Central likod, Brooke's Point Palawano likud, Cebuano likod, Hiligaynon likod, Kiput cut, Maranao likod, Coastal Kadazan hikud and Yami likod.


may kato sa ulo

tl-noun

may katô sa ulo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌ᜔ ᜃᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜂᜎᜓ)

may katô sa ulo (canonical)
ᜋᜌ᜔ ᜃᜆᜓ ᜐ ᜂᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

Literally, “has a blood-sucking tick on his head”.

lit

(idiomatic) cuckoo; one who is extremely fond of joking


parirala

ᜉᜇᜒᜇᜎ (Baybayin)
paridala (alternative obsolete)

[pɐ.ɾɪˈɾaː.lɐ]

(obsolete) act of making peace between the quarreled; reconciliation

(obsolete) advice; counsel; admonishment; piece of advice

(obsolete) act of being advised or consoled by another

(obsolete) act of encouraging or guiding others by example

(obsolete) provacation of another with a statement


katok

Compare Malay ketuk and Brunei Malay katuk.


ahas sa damo

tl-noun

ahas sa damó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜇᜋᜓ)

ahas sa damó (canonical)
ᜀᜑᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜇᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


ahas na tulog

ahas na tulóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

ahas na tulóg (canonical)
ᜀᜑᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.hɐs n̪ɐ t̪ʊˈloɡ̚]

(idiomatic) someone who is habitually sluggish or slowfooted


alsa-balutan

alsá-balutan (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜊᜎᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

alsá-balutan (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜊᜎᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From alsa (“raising; lifting”) + balutan (“bundle; pack”), literally “lifting the pack”.

compound

sudden departure with all one's belongings (without intentions of returning, due to disgust or feeling unwanted)


bakal na kalooban

tl-noun

bakal na kalooban (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃᜎ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜎᜓᜂᜊᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜃᜎ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜎᜓᜂᜊᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


bahay-na-bato

bahay-na-bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜈᜊᜆᜓ)

bahay-na-bató (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜈᜊᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
bahay na bato (alternative common)

From bahay + na + bato, literally “stone house”.

af

(architecture) bahay na bato (a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines)


batong-buhay

tl-noun

batóng-buháy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

batóng-buháy (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
batumbuhay (alternative)

stone with fine grains (usually found in river beds)

(idiomatic) strong-willed person; brave person


bundok na buhangin

bundók na buhangin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔)

bundók na buhangin (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kabilang daigdig

kabiláng daigdíg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜇᜁᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ᜔)

kabiláng daigdíg (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜇᜁᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.bɪˌlan̪ d̪ɐ.ʔɪɡˈd̪ɪɡ̚]


kabatakang-kumot

kabatakáng-kumot (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜆᜃᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

kabatakáng-kumot (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜆᜃᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kabatakan + -g- + kumot, literally “one with whom one pulls the blanket”.


kabiyak ng dibdib

tl-noun

kabiyák ng dibdíb (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔)

kabiyák ng dibdíb (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜒᜌᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “the other half of the chest”.


kahiramang-suklay

tl-noun

kahiramang-sukláy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜒᜇᜋᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔)

kahiramang-sukláy (canonical)
ᜃᜑᜒᜇᜋᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kahiraman + -g- + suklay, literally “one from whom one frequently borrows a comb”.


kadaupang-palad

tl-noun

kadaupang-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜂᜉᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜇᜂᜉᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kadaupan + -g- + palad, literally “one with whom another presses palms together”.


kakaning-itik

tl-noun

kakaníng-itik (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

kakaníng-itik (canonical)
ᜃᜃᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜁᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.xɐˌn̪ɪŋ ˈʔiː.t̪ɪk̚]

From kakanin + itik, literally “food of the duck”.

compound

(idiomatic) one who is belittled; one frequently victimized


kalabasang pula

tl-noun

kalabasang pulá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜎ)

kalabasang pulá (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜎ (Baybayin)

Literally, “red squash” to differentiate from other squash with white flesh.

Cucurbita maxima
Cucurbita maxima#Translingual


kalam ng tiyan

kalám ng tiyán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜋ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

kalám ng tiyán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜋ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kapalagayang-loob

kapálagáyang-loób (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜎᜄᜌᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

kapálagáyang-loób (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜎᜄᜌᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)

From palagay + ka- -an + -g + loob, literally “[someone] at ease with the inside”.


kapilas ng puso

tl-noun

kapilas ng pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜒᜎᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

kapilas ng pusò (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜒᜎᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)


karugtong ng buhay

karugtóng ng buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

karugtóng ng buhay (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.ɾʊɡˌt̪oŋ n̪ɐm ˈbuː.haɪ̯]


dilang ginto

dilang gintô (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

dilang gintô (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌd̪iː.lɐŋ ɡɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ]


dagok ng kapalaran

dagok ng kapalaran (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜓᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜎᜇᜈ᜔)

ᜇᜄᜓᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜎᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


dugong mahal

dugóng mahál (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜎ᜔)

dugóng mahál (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜋᜑᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


ginintuang tinig

ginintuáng tinig (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔)

ginintuáng tinig (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɪ.n̪ɪn̪.t̪ʊˌʔan̪ ˈt̪iː.n̪ɪɡ̚]


ginintuang puso

ginintuáng pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

ginintuáng pusò (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜀᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)


haligi ng tahanan

haligi ng tahanan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜑᜈᜈ᜔)

ᜑᜎᜒᜄᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜑᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɐˌliː.ɣɪ n̪ɐn̪ t̪ɐˈhaː.n̪ɐn̪]


magkataling-puso

magkataling-pusò (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

magkataling-pusò (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
magkataling puso (alternative)

From magkatali + puso, literally “hearts tied together”.


patabaing baboy

tl-noun

pátabáing baboy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜊᜁᜅ᜔ ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔)

pátabáing baboy (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜊᜁᜅ᜔ ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


sariling pugad

sariling pugad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜄᜇ᜔)

ᜐᜇᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜄᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐˌɾiː.lɪm ˈpuː.ɣɐd̪̚]


takaw-tulog

takaw-tulog (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

ᜆᜃᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

From takaw + tulog, literally, “greedy sleep”.

(idiomatic) feeling or habit of being always sleepy


ugaling hayop

ugaling hayop (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜄᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜌᜓᜉ᜔)

ᜂᜄᜎᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜌᜓᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
ugaling-hayop (alternative)

From ugali (“behavior”) + -ng + hayop (“animal”), literally, “animal behavior”.

compound

(idiomatic) very bad or immature character or trait (of a person)


yakap-Hudas

tl-noun

yakap-Hudas (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜃᜉ᜔ᜑᜓᜇᜐ᜔)

From yakap (“embrace; hug”) + Hudas (“Judas”).

compound

(idiomatic) embrace or hug of pretense; pretension


langit ng buhay

tl-noun

langit ng buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


langit at lupa

langit at lupà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜎᜓᜉ)

langit at lupà (canonical)
ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜎᜓᜉ (Baybayin)

[ˌlaː.ŋɪt̪ ʔɐt̪ ˈl̪uː.pɐʔ]

(idiomatic) habits, customs, or characteristics that are extremely opposite


lumang tugtugin

lumang tugtugin (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜔ ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜔ ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌluː.mɐn̪ t̪ʊɡˈt̪uː.ɣɪn̪]

(idiomatic) something that is no longer new or that is often heard


maamong kalapati

maamong kalapati (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ)

ᜋᜀᜋᜓᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


mabulaklak na kahapon

mabulaklák na kahapon (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜑᜉᜓᜈ᜔)

mabulaklák na kahapon (canonical)
ᜋᜊᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜃ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜑᜉᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pamasak-butas

pamasak-butas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜐᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜋᜐᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pamasak + butas, literally “something for filling in the hole”.

compound

(idiomatic) person placed in for somebody


kabagang

From ka- + bagang, literally “one with the same molar tooth”.

prefix

(idiomatic) congenial companion; someone who can go on harmoniously with another


boses-palaka

tl-noun

boses-palakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜃ)

boses-palakâ (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜎᜃ (Baybayin)

From boses + palaka, literally “frog-voiced”.


birong-totoo

birong-totoó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ)

birong-totoó (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ (Baybayin)

From biro + totoo, literally “true joke”.

(idiomatic) truthful statement told in a form of a joke


bantay-tumana

bantáy-tumanà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜋᜈ)

bantáy-tumanà (canonical)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜆᜓᜋᜈ (Baybayin)

[bɐn̪ˌt̪aɪ̯ t̪ʊˈmaː.n̪ɐʔ]

Literally, “guard of the land where vegetable is planted, usually located at banks of rivers”.

lit

(idiomatic) inattentive guard; guard that is oblivious to what is being stolen


bantay-salakay

tl-noun

bantáy-salakay (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜎᜃᜌ᜔)

bantáy-salakay (canonical)
ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜎᜃᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From bantay (“guard; watch”) + salakay (“attack; strike”).

compound

dishonest guard who steals from his own master


balitang kutsero

tl-noun

balitang kutsero (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

ᜊᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
balitang-kutsero (alternative)

[bɐˌliː.t̪ɐŋ kʊtˈt͡ʃɛː.ɾo]

[bɐˌliː.t̪ɐŋ kʊt̪ˈsɛː.ɾo]


kurita

[kʊˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀita, from Proto-Austronesian *guʀiCa. Compare Ilocano kurita, Bikol Central kugita, Cebuano kugita, Maranao kogita, Yakan kuhita', Malay kurita, Malagasy horita, and Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦶꦠ (gurita). Doublet of kugita and pugita.


buwitre

ᜊᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
bwitre (alternative)
buitre (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish buitre (“vulture”), from Latin vultur.


biyolin

Borrowed from Spanish violín (“violin”), from Italian violino, diminutive form of viola with diminutive suffix -ino.


biyola

ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜎ (Baybayin)
biola (alternative dated)
byola (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish viola (“viola”), from Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”).


biyola

Borrowed from Spanish vuela with metathesis, second-person singular imperative of volar (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.

game of jumping over recumbent backs (among children)


batingting

tl-noun

batingtíng (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔)

batingtíng (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐ.t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪ɪŋ]

Possibly from the following:
* From Proto-Philippine *batiŋtiŋ (“ringing sound, as of a bell”)
* From Spanish batintín (“Chinese gong”)
* From Chinese [Term?]

inh

(slang) device used to tamper a taxi meter


biyahe

Borrowed from Spanish viaje, from Catalan viatge, from Latin viāticum.

merchandising trip; carrying one's stock for sale


deretso

ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
diretso (alternative)
derecho (alternative colloquial)

[d̪ɛˈɾɛː.t͡ʃo]

Borrowed from Spanish derecho, from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direkta.


isang dakot na hangin

tl-noun

isáng dakót na hangin (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜇᜃᜓᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔)

isáng dakót na hangin (canonical)
ᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜇᜃᜓᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪˌsan̪ d̪ɐˌxot̪ n̪ɐ ˈhaː.ŋɪn̪]


tokhang

(law enforcement) knocking on a suspected drug trafficker or drug addict's home to persuade them to surrender and stop their illegal activities

falling victim to extrajudicial killing; death by summary execution, allegedly carried out by the police or a vigilante, due to alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade


hamog sa tag-araw

hamóg sa tag-aráw or hamóg sa tag-araw (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ ᜆᜄ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔)

hamóg sa tag-aráw (canonical)
hamóg sa tag-araw (canonical)
ᜑᜋᜓᜄ᜔ ᜐ ᜆᜄ᜔ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɐˌmoɡ sɐ t̪ɐɡ.ʔɐˈɾaʊ̯]

[hɐˌmoɡ sɐ t̪ɐɡˈʔaː.ɾaʊ̯]


hampas ng langit

hampás ng langit (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜉᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔)

hampás ng langit (canonical)
ᜑᜋ᜔ᜉᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜎᜅᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


hapin ng buhay

hapín ng buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜉᜒᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

hapín ng buhay (canonical)
ᜑᜉᜒᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


hepe

Borrowed from Spanish jefe, from Old Spanish xefe, from French chef, from Latin caput. Doublet of kabo and tsip.


sasangan

sasangán or sásángan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜐᜅᜈ᜔)

sasangán (canonical)
sásángan (canonical)
ᜐᜐᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


balindang

balindáng (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


balanga

balangâ (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜅ (Baybayin)
balang̃a (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa. Compare Malay belanga.

wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar


bahon

Borrowed from Spanish bajón (“bassoon”).


pang-uri

pang-urì (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜂᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
pnu. (alternative abbreviation)

[pɐŋˈʔuː.ɾɪʔ]

From pang- + uri (“class; kind; type”), literally “classifier”.


pagong

pagóng (canonical)
ᜉᜄᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
pag-ong (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *pag(ə)quŋ. Compare Remontado Agta pagung.

inh+

(figurative, slang) slow person or object


pulad

vane of an arrow, usually made of feathers


puhag

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puhaʀ (“smoke out bees”). Compare Bikol Central puhag, Maranao powag, and Iban puar. Doublet of buhag.


pisig

species of very thick bamboo with almost no hole nor cavity inside


paod

paód (canonical)
ᜉᜂᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
paud (alternative)


lupang payapa

tl-noun

lupang payapà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜅ᜔ ᜉᜌᜉ)

lupang payapà (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜉᜅ᜔ ᜉᜌᜉ (Baybayin)


gilagid

ᜄᜒᜎᜄᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
guilagid (alternative)
guilagir (alternative)
gilagir (alternative)

[ɡɪˈlaː.ɣɪd̪̚]

(Marinduque) stylish braiding or knotting of rattan to hold bamboo slats together


gilagiran

[ɡɪ.lɐˈɣiː.ɾɐn̪]

support for flooring; entablature for flooring


atungal

[ʔɐˈt̪uː.ŋɐl]


balarila

From a blend of bala (“speak; warn; order”) + dila (“tongue”), with the first element possibly also from babala, or a blend of badya (“speak; notify”) + dila (“tongue”), coined by the Samahan ng mga Mananagalog (Association of Tagalog Writers) around 1905–1906. An alternative etymology posits it to be a blend of balana (“anyone; people”) + dila (“tongue”), literally “the people's tongue” but Lope K. Santos disagrees as balana was also a coinage even later than balarila.


kulisap

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
colisap (alternative)

swarming motion or movement (as of ants and other tiny insects)


himuti

final picking of fruits from trees following previous pickings


himuti

[hɪ.mʊˈt̪ɪʔ]


tutuli

tutulí (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
totoli (alternative)

[t̪ʊ.t̪ʊˈlɪ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli (“earwax”), from Proto-Austronesian *Culi (“deaf”). Cognate with Bikol Central tuli, Papora suli, Malay tuli, and Hawaiian kuli.


higop

From Proto-Philippine *hiʀup, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiʀup, from Proto-Austronesian *Siʀup. Compare Bikol Central higop, Cebuano higop, Ilocano irup, Indonesian and Malay hirup, Kapampangan tiup, Pangasinan ilop, and Sasak irup.

sip; sipping; sucking into one's mouth or interior


palaman

donat na may palamang jelly

filling; stuffing (e.g. in pastry or fish, or for a crevice)

act of pressing on a paper or towards the chest

(obsolete) a method of cursing to inflict sufferring by inserting or feeding a person a medicine or an object


tambutso

Borrowed from Spanish tambucho (“hatch”).


perya

Borrowed from Spanish feria, from Latin fēriae.

a fair; a funfair, particularly those found in the barangays


basketbolista

tl-noun

basketbolista (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜊᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

From basketbol + -ista, from Spanish basquetbolista.


alkansya

alkansyá (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of alkansiya.


ekonomiya

ᜁᜃᜓᜈᜓᜋᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
ekonomya (alternative)

Ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas ay sumailalim din sa iba't ibang yugto ng kasaysayan

2001, Ang Lahing Pilipino Sa Ikatlong Milenyo 6, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 314:

The Philippine economy also underwent different historical stages.


kondensada

kondensada (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜇ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜇ (Baybayin)

Ellipsis of letse-kondensada, from Spanish leche condensada.


ordinansa

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of ordenansa.


ninong

From Spanish nino (“godfather”, colloquial clipping of padrino) + -ng. See also ninang, lelong, lelang, manong, manang, mang, aling, etc. Compare Chamorro ninu.

af

es:nino<pos:colloquial clipping of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">padrino</i>><t:godfather>


ninang

[ˈn̪iː.n̪ɐŋ]

From Spanish nina (“godmother”, colloquial clipping of madrina) + -ng. See also ninong, lelong, lelang, manong, manang, mang, aling, etc. Compare Chamorro nina.

es:nina<pos:colloquial clipping of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">madrina</i>><t:godmother>


prinsipal

tl-noun

prinsipál (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔)

prinsipál (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish principal, from Latin principālis.


pantog

[pɐn̪ˈt̪oɡ̚]


kayawa

kayawà (canonical)
ᜃᜌᜏ (Baybayin)
kiyawa (alternative)


pulaw

watching at night over a sick or dead person

act of lopping or cutting off a branch (of a tree)

Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea alba#Translingual

European white water lily; white waterlily (Nymphaea alba)


aislador

aisladór (canonical)
ᜀᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜎᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


hamog

Uncertain. According to Blust (2010), from earlier *lamog, from either Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahəmuʀ, or from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lamuʀ. Compare Ilocano amor, Ibaloi amol, Cebuano yamog, Hiligaynon namog, Maranao namog, Tboli amu, Tausug damug, and Malay nyamur.


gusi

Borrowed from Malay guci (“jar”), possibly from Chinese.

large vase of buried treasure (supposedly left by Hakka Chinese who migrated to pre-colonial Philippines)


gunot

black burlap (a coarse, heavy kind of fabric used for bags, sacks, etc.)


gupiling

[ɡʊˈpiː.lɪŋ]

(poetic) light, short, but restful sleep


pantalan

→ Chamorro: påntålån

→ Spanish: pantalán

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa(n)tar (“shelf; bed frame of wooden or bamboo laths”) via Malay. Compare Bikol Central pantalan, Cebuano pantalan, and Toba Batak pantar. See also Brunei Malay pantaran (“unroofed veranda at front of the house”).

cog

wooden or bamboo pier; wharf; dock; quay


panganay

[pɐˈŋaː.n̪aɪ̯]

From pang- + *anay. Compare Kapampangan pangane. The root *anay came from Proto-Southern Philippine *qanay (“first”). See Waray-Waray anay (“first; before”).


panganib

[pɐˈŋaː.n̪ɪb̚]


panibugho

panibughô (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜒᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜓ (Baybayin)
pang̃ibogho (alternative)
pangibugho (alternative obsolete)

From earlier pangibugho, theorized to be pa- + ngibugho, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀəhuʔ (“jealous”). Alternate theoretical roots include tibugho and bugho. Compare Cebuano abubho, Waray-Waray abugho, Tausug abughu', Malay cemburu, and Sundanese timburu. Doublet of pangimbulo.


palaba

(obsolete) putting a lot of interest on debts; usury


konsumo

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
kunsumo (alternative)


desisyon

desisyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
desisiyon (alternative)
disisyon (alternative)


lara

Borrowed from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq. Compare Kapampangan lara and Cebuano lara. Doublet of lala.


boypren

ᜊᜓᜌ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
boyprend (alternative)


nayt klab

tl-noun

nayt klab (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔)

ᜈᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)


naytklab

ᜈᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜎᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
naitklab (alternative dated)
nait klab (alternative dated)
nayt klab (alternative)


nobyo

nobyo (feminine nobya, Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish novio, from Vulgar Latin *novius (“newly wed”), from Latin novus (“new”).


salakata

jolly fellow who is prone to laughter; risible person


lukbot

She trailed her eyes on it at doo'y napagtantong nakakonekta ito sa isang lukbot na may lamang likido.


sulam

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sulam (“pierce or remove with a needle”). Compare Bikol Central suram and Malay sulam.

inh

(art) decorative work; needlework; embroidery (on mats, fabric, cloth, etc.)


suligi

[sʊˈliː.ɣɪʔ]


martsa

Borrowed from Spanish marcha, from marchar, from French marcher, from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).


bagtas

trail through rough country; passage across wilderness

act of going across (especially through rough country)


patadyong

patadyóng (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

sarong-like apron commonly used as a skirt or an outer layer over the skirt


tisoy

tl-noun

tisóy (feminine tisay, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

tisóy (canonical)
tisay (feminine)
ᜆᜒᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

mestizo (especially of a Spanish or Caucasian mix)

(by extension) fair-skinned male (with a Spanish or Caucasian mix)


tisay

female equivalent of tisoy: female mestizo (especially of a Spanish or Caucasian mix)

tisoy

(by extension) female equivalent of tisoy: fair-skinned female (with a Spanish or Caucasian mix)


imbestigador

imbéstigadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

imbéstigadór (canonical)
ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪmˌbɛs.t̪ɪ.ɣɐˈd̪oɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish investigador, from Latin investīgātor.


tsapa

badge (especially one worn on the chest)

(historical) safe-conduct; writ of safety


chani

[ˈt͡ʃaː.n̪ɪʔ]


magbabasa

From mag- + basa (“reading”), with reduplication.


tahan

tahan (canonical)
tahán (canonical)
ᜆᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Possibly borrowed from Malay tahan (“holding out against; resistance; restraint; to sustain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of taan.

der

(loosely) stopping; ceasing (of rain, running, etc.)


tahan

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahan (“abode, place of residence”), from a metathesis of Proto-Austronesian *taNaS (“village; place of residence”).

inh

staying of water in a low place (as after rain)


imbestigasyon

tl-noun

imbéstigasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

imbéstigasyón (canonical)
ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪmˌbɛs.t̪ɪ.ɣɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish investigación, from Latin investīgātiō.


aksiyon

aksiyón (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
aksyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish acción, from Latin āctiōnem.

decision (on a case, appointment, proposition, etc.)

(finance) share; stock (in a company, business, etc.)


atraksiyon

atraksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

atraksiyón (canonical)
ᜀᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
atraksyon (alternative)

[ʔɐ.t̪ɾɐkˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish atracción, from Latin attractiōnem.


losyon

Borrowed from Spanish loción, from Latin lōtiō.


adyo

adyô (canonical)
adyó (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
adiyo (alternative)

Premna odorata
Wikispecies:Premna odorata


adyo

adyó (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
adiyo (alternative)
udyo (alternative)

visit of a suitor to the girlfriend's house


bambo

bambó (canonical)
ᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
bambu (alternative)
banbu (alternative)

beating with a club; hitting with a cudgel


taktak

act of shaking out the contents of a container (by holding upside down and pounding the open mouth lightly)

a kind of tongue-shaped digging tool attached to one end of a shaft


uyog

act of inciting or inducing someone to fight another or do something undesirable

something said or done to incite or induce another


sadaka

sadaká (canonical)
ᜐᜇᜃ (Baybayin)
sadaqa (alternative)
sadaqah (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa, “alms; charity”). Compare Maranao sadka, Maguindanao sadeka, Tausug sarakka, and Malay sedekah.


kliyente

ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
kliente (alternative)


basurahan

basurahán (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜓᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

any place or receptacle for waste material


kalamidad

kalamidád (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜋᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish calamidad, from Latin calamitās.


trahedya

[t̪ɾɐˈhɛː.d͡ʒɐ]

[t̪ɾɐˈhɛd̪.jɐ]


akom

akom (canonical)
akóm (canonical)
ᜀᜃᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


akba

akbá (canonical)
akba (canonical)
ᜀᜃ᜔ᜊ (Baybayin)


kariton

Borrowed from Spanish carretón (“cart”).


kadena de amor

tl-noun

kadena de amór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜈ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

kadena de amór (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜒᜈ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜋᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
cadena de amor (alternative)
cadena-de-amor (alternative)

[kɐˌd̪ɛː.n̪ɐ d̪ɛ ʔɐˈmoɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish cadena de amor (“chain of love”).

bor+

Antigonon leptopus
Wikispecies:Antigonon leptopus

coral vine (Antigonon leptopus); a type of vine with white or pale to deep pink flowers that grow in racemes


cadena de amor

tl-noun

cadena de amór (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜈ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

cadena de amór (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜒᜈ ᜇᜒ ᜀᜋᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔

ᜁᜎᜓᜄ᜔ • (ilog)


motibo

Borrowed from Spanish motivo, from Late Latin motīvus. Doublet of motif.


sadya

sadyâ (canonical)
ᜐᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
sarhiya (alternative)
sadiya (alternative)
sariya (alternative obsolete)

[ˈsaː.d͡ʒɐʔ]

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

der

visit done for a certain purpose or mission

special purpose; mission (to visit a certain person or place)

making of something in accordance with certain specifications (as of custom-made products)


piskal

piskál (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
piscal (alternative)

(law) public prosecutor (UK); district attorney (US)


dagit

[ˈd̪aː.ɣɪt̪̚]

act of swooping down and snatching prey (of a bird)

(by extension) act of seizing and carrying away a woman by force


dagit

[ˈd̪aː.ɣɪt̪̚]

church celebration and ceremony wherein the mourning dress of the Virgin Mary is snatched away as the image passes by in procession


mukbang

tl-noun

mukbang or mukbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

mukbang (canonical)
mukbáng (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, “eating broadcast”), influenced by spelling of English mukbang.

bor+

(neologism, social media) mukbang (online video broadcast)

(colloquial, by extension) gorging large amounts of food


hukbo

tl-noun

hukbó or hukbô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)

hukbó (canonical)
hukbô (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
hocbo (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 服務 /服务 (ho̍k-bū, “service”).

bor+

(figurative) posse; crowd; large group of people (such as workers)


bingit

[ˈbiː.ŋɪt̪̚]


sibsib

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *səbsəb (“to fall forward”), according to Blust (2010–). Compare Agutaynen sebseb, Bikol Central subsob, Aklanon subsub, and Mansaka sobsob. See also subsob.

inh+

gradual disappearance of the sinking sun in the horizon

sipping of the last drop of liquid food on a container by animals


limeta

[lɪˈmɛː.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish limeta, from Andalusian Arabic لِيمْمَ (līmma) + -eta, from Persian نیمه (nime, “half”).

bottle with a short but wide belly, and long narrow neck similar to a flask or a flagon


media noche

tl-noun

media noche (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ ᜈᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


amoralidad

amoralidád (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜇᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

amoralidád (canonical)
ᜀᜋᜓᜇᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagpatay

[pɐɡ.pɐˈt̪aɪ̯]

act of switching off (a machine, engine, lights, etc.)


eksena

[ʔɛkˈsɛː.n̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish escena, influenced by other Spanish loanwords that start with "eks-", such as eksakto and eksibisyon.


eskina

Borrowed from Spanish esquina (“corner”).


luwas

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luas.

inh+

trip to the city (from a rural area, such as a province or town)


kangkong

kangkóng (canonical)
ᜃᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
cangcong (alternative)

Unknown. Possibly from:
* Proto-Philippine *taŋkuŋ (“an edible plant, swamp cabbage: Ipomoea aquatica”). Compare Cebuano tangkong, Agutaynen tangkong, Tboli tangkung~tlangkung.
* Hokkien 孔 (kháng, “hole”) + 空 (khong, “empty, hollow”). Compare Mandarin 空心菜 (kōngxīncài).
Cognate to Indonesian kangkung and Malay kangkung.

compound

Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica#Translingual


mikropono

tl-noun

mikróponó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜓᜈᜓ)

mikróponó (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜓᜈᜓ (Baybayin)


ambisyon

ambisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

ambisyón (canonical)
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ambisiyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish ambición (“ambition”), from Latin ambitiōnem.


takipsilim

tl-noun

takipsilim (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

ᜆᜃᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
takip-silim (alternative)


taklip

hardening surface of a new wound (as it develops into a scab)


parokya

Borrowed from Spanish parroquia, from Late Latin parochia, alteration of Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “dwelling abroad”).


plantsa

ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
plansa (alternative)
palansa (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish plancha, from French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, contracted from palanca, from Latin phalanga, from Ancient Greek φάλαγγα (phálanga), accusative form of φάλαγξ (phálanx).


kaingin

→ English: caingin

[kɐ.ʔɪˈŋɪn̪]

side of a mountain that was affected by a slash-and-burn fire


pasyente

[pɐˈʃɛn̪.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish paciente, from Latin patientem.

patient (someone who receives treatment from a doctor)


relasyon

relasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.lɐˈʃon̪]


tagabukid

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐˈbuː.xɪd̪̚]


maharlika

tl-noun

maharliká or mahárliká or maharlikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ)

maharliká (canonical)
mahárliká (canonical)
maharlikâ (canonical)
ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
mahadlica (alternative)
mahad-lica (alternative)
mahaglica (alternative)
mahadlika (alternative obsolete)
mahaglika (alternative obsolete)
maharlica (alternative obsolete)

From a metathesis of Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “prosperous”). Compare Kapampangan mardika, Maranao maradika' /mirdika, Tausug mahardikaꞌ, Buginese ᨆᨑᨉᨙᨀ (maradeka), Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika), Balinese ᬫᬃᬤᬾᬓ (mardéka), Indonesian mahardika, and Malay merdeka. The gay slang sense is due to the similarity with the word mahal, which also came from Sanskrit.

der

(historical) freeman; a member of the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society


kampilan

ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
campilan (alternative)

kampilan (a type of single-edged longsword, traditionally used by various ethnic groups in the Philippines)


bulok

bulók (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
boloc (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic *buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀuk. Doublet of bugok.

putrid smell (of rotting meat, flesh, garbage, etc.)


lumba

drawing of water (by chain pump or by drawing well)


lumba

blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)


layas

From Proto-Philippine *layas (“to desert or leave a place”). Compare Cebuano layas.


hampol

highest point reached by anything thrown upward; highest tip of a wave


bunso

tl-noun

bunsô or bunsó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

bunsô (canonical)
bunsó (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
bongso (alternative)
bungso (alternative obsolete)

From bungso, an early borrowing from Malay bongsu (“lastborn”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋsu. Compare Kapampangan bunsu and Remontado Agta bussu.

lastborn child; youngest child (in a family, by extension, of any group)

(endearing) appellation for the youngest child in a family, by extension, of any group


suweldo

ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
sweldo (alternative)
suwerdo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish sueldo, from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus (“gold coin”). Doublet of solido.


lalawigan

From lawig + -an, from an initial reduplication of lawig.

(obsolete) port; anchorage; haven (place where ships drop anchor)


kamagong

kamagóng (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜄᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
kamagon (alternative)

→ Spanish: camagón
→ English: camagon

From Proto-Philippine *kamaguŋ. Compare Ilocano kamagong, Hanunoo kamagong, Bikol Central kamagong, Cebuano kamagong, and Maranao kamagong.

Diospyros blancoi
Diospyros blancoi#Translingual

velvet persimmon or mabolo tree (Diospyros blancoi)

kamagong:


agaw

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀaw (“snatch, take away by force, rob”). Compare Kapampangan ayo, Bikol Central agaw, Cebuano agaw, and Maranao agaw.

inh

usurpation; illegal seizure (of position, property, etc.)

(colloquial) act of saving someone from death


agaw

hot ashes wrapped in cloth to induce hemorrhage in parturition


bokasyon

bokasyón (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish vocación, from Latin vocātiō.


Chinese garter

tl-noun

Chinese garter (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜄᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜄᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯.n̪ɪs ˈɡaɾ.t̪ɛɾ]

[ˌt͡saɪ̯.n̪ɪs ˈɡaɾ.t̪ɛɾ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Chinese garter.

ubor

Chinese garter; Chinese jump rope (long narrow rubber garter band strip)

(playground games) Chinese garter; Chinese jump rope (game)


kamping

physical weakness or frailty; languor; weariness


kasangga

[kɐ.sɐŋˈɡaʔ]


sangga

tl-noun

sanggâ or sanggá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄ)

sanggâ (canonical)
sanggá (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄ (Baybayin)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq.


pashnea

[pɐʃˈn̪ɛː.ɐ]

[pɐsˈn̪ɛː.ɐ]

From pashnea (“animal!”). From Enchanta, a fictional language of the TV series Encantadia.


totoy

From toto (“appellation for a small boy”) + -oy. Compare utoy.


bitbit

[bɪt̪ˈbɪt̪̚]

object carried dangling from the fingers


pas-an

tlb

(now dialectal, chiefly Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque)


alerdyi

álerdyí (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.lɛɾˈd͡ʒɪ]

[ˌʔaː.lɛɾˈd̪jɪ]

Borrowed from English allergy, from German Allergie. Doublet of alerhiya.


lanay

lanáy (canonical)
lanay (canonical)
ᜎᜈᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

spread of liquid (as of spilt oil or ink)


tunaw

ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
tonao (alternative)
tunao (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *túnaw, with root *-naw (“melt, liquefy”). Cognates with Bikol Central, Cebuano, Ilocano tunaw; Maranao tonaw, and Sangir matuno.

(astronomy, obsolete) waning of the moon


palasingsingan

tl-noun

palasingsingan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜎᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sipres

Borrowed from Spanish ciprés (“cypress”).


subyang

splinter under the skin or flesh (especially in the foot)


sukong

bundle of rattan strips or splits (twenty-five of which make a bigkis)


sudlan

sudlán (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
surlan (alternative obsolete)

Syncopic form of suliran, from sulid + -an, with metathesis.


manunuhol

mánunuhól (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜓᜈᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From man- + suhol with initial reduplication.


sunok

loss of interest in one's food due to having eaten too much; surfeit


sungkol

sudden stroke, blow, or knock with the knuckles, the point of the elbow, or the end or corner of something


sungki

Borrowed from Hokkien 伸齒 /伸齿 (chhun-khí, literally “protruding teeth”).


supling

suplíng (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
sopling (alternative)

development of new growth (as from a branch or cutting)


supot

From Proto-Philippine *súput (“pouch”). Compare Ilocano supot, Kapampangan suput, Bikol Central supot, Cebuano supot, and Tausug suput. The term “uncircumcised” derives from the visual resemblance of the foreskin to a pouch covering the glans.

(slightly dated) bag (of paper, plastic, cloth, etc.)

(slightly dated) pocket; small bag or pitch (especially on the holes of a billiards table)


supot

supót (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sopot (alternative)


susog

tracking or following of the trail or track

cut made on the bias or obliquely (of clothes, edge of wood, etc.)


taad

taad (canonical)
taád (canonical)
ᜆᜀᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈt̪aː.ʔɐd̪̚]


tabad

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaR (“tasteless, insipid; powerless; antidote, as against snakebite”). Compare Cebuano tabad, Malay tawar, and Old Javanese tawa (“powerless, weak, inefficacious, harmless”).

cog

water added to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)

act of adding water to dilute an alcoholic drink (especially tuba)


tabaw

Dodonaea viscosa
Dodonaea viscosa#Translingual

Lumnitzera racemosa
Wikispecies:Lumnitzera racemosa


tabernakulo

tl-noun

tabernákuló (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜃᜓᜎᜓ)

tabernákuló (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜃᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish tabernáculo (“tabernacle”).

bor+

(Christianity) tabernacle (small ornamented box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist)

(biblical) tabernacle (portable tent used before the construction of the temple)


tabayag

[t̪ɐˈbaː.jɐɡ̚]

From Proto-Philippine *tabayaʀ (“Lagenaria leucantha”). Compare Ivatan tavayay, Cebuano tabayag, and Western Bukidnon Manobo tevayag.

inh

opo squash; calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)


takba

native clothespress, chest, or trunk (made of palm leaves, rattan, reeds, or of bamboo or rattan splits)


takuko

head covering or hood made of nipa leaves


tadyang

tadyáng (canonical)
ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
taryang (alternative obsolete)

[t̪ɐdˈd͡ʒaŋ]

Borrowed from Kapampangan taggiang with sound shift from /ɡ/ to /d/, from Proto-Austronesian *tagəʀaŋ. Compare Ibatan taglang, and Pangasinan taglang.

rib (cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones)

(botany) rib (main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf)

(by extension) rib (part or piece serving to shape or support something, as that of an umbrella)


tagisuyo

act of bringing oneself into someone's favor


taguling

tl-noun

tagulíng or taguling (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

tagulíng (canonical)
taguling (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈlɪŋ]

[t̪ɐˈɣuː.lɪŋ]


talandi

[t̪ɐ.lɐn̪ˈd̪ɪʔ]


talibong

→ Spanish: talibón

sharpened wood or bamboo used as a spear


sipak

splitting of wood, logs, etc. (by hacking)

piece of wood, logs, etc. made by splitting


siyok

From Chinese. Compare Hokkien 嗖 (siok, “cackle; a kind of laugh; cry by birds when shooed away; bird's weeping sound; whoosh”).

ncog

sound produced in an attempt to dislodge something that blocks the throat


siyoktong

tl-noun

siyoktóng (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

siyoktóng (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
siyuktong (alternative)
sihuktong (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 宿福堂 (siok-hok-tông), romanized on labels as "SIOK HOC TONG", a genericized trademark brand of herbal wine sold by Destileria Limtuaco in the late 1800s in Manila. Compare Pangasinan sioktong.


siyopaw

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜉᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
siopao (alternative common)
siyupaw (alternative obsolete)
siupao (alternative obsolete)

→ English: siopao

From Philippine Hokkien 燒包 /烧包 (sio-pau), itself from Cantonese 叉燒包 /叉烧包 (caa¹ siu¹ baau¹). Compare siyomay.

siopao; Chinese steamed stuffed buns; baozi (usually char siu bao, especially the Philippine variety known as "siopao asado")


siyasig

vigilant inquiry; assiduous investigation


siyasat

ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
siasat (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Malay siasat (“investigation by torture”), from Persian سیاست (siyâsat, “punishment by torture”), from Arabic سِيَاسَة (siyāsa, “administration; punishment”).

der

inspection; examination; review; scrutiny


sisiyo

ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
sisilo (alternative obsolete)

Possibly from earlier sisilo, with elision of /l/.


sinap

overflow of water (spreading around low places)


sindal

contrary current or flow of water or air; eddy


sinok

sinók (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
sin-ok (alternative)
sikno (alternative)

Compare Ilocano saiddek, Pangasinan senek, Bikol Central sinok, Cebuano sid-ok, and Hiligaynon sid-o.


manigo

(obsolete) hitter who is lucky in shooting, fishing, or hunting


nisnis

From Proto-Philippine *nisnís (“to wipe, rub, scrub”).

inh

(obsolete) rub someone else's face onto some surface (like the ground)


ninag

[ˈn̪iː.n̪ɐɡ̚]


palawingwing

tl-noun

palawingwíng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜏᜒᜅ᜔)

palawingwíng (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜏᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


palathaw

palatháw (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
palataw (alternative)
palathao (alternative)
palatsaw (alternative)
palatyaw (alternative)


palawis

small banner, pennant, or flag put on boats or land vehicles


palikpik

palikpík (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Philippine *p(al)ikpik (“fin of a fish”), from Proto-Austronesian *pikpik (“sound of patting or tapping”).


pamamanas

From pam- + banas, with initial reduplication.


pamook

pamoók (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜓᜂᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
pamuok (alternative)

From pa- + mook. Also possibly from pang- + book.


tudlik

[t̪ʊd̪ˈl̪ɪk̚]


tuldik

[t̪ʊlˈd̪ɪk̚]


tulasok

latch; small bar used for fastening a door or window


angot

From Proto-Austronesian *haŋut (“smell”).

disagreeable odor; stench peculiar to stagnant liquids


arag-arag

/ˌʔaɾaɡ ˈʔaɾaɡ/

[ˌʔaː.ɾɐɡ ˈʔaː.ɾɐɡ̚]


arya

Borrowed from Spanish aria, from Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āera, Greek-type accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of ere.

aria (a musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata)


dolyar

dolyár (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
dolar (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English dollar, and influenced by the pronunciation of Spanish ll. Compare Spanish dólar.


kangga

tl-noun

kanggâ or kanggá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜅ᜔ᜄ)

kanggâ (canonical)
kanggá (canonical)
ᜃᜅ᜔ᜄ (Baybayin)
canga (alternative)
kanga (alternative obsolete)

From Proto-Central Philippine *kaŋgah (“carabao-drawn sled”). Compare Aklanon kangga and Cebuano kangga. See also Chamorro kangga, which is said to have borrowed from a Philippine language.

cart made like a sled and usually pulled by a carabao


silahis

Borrowed from Spanish celajes, plural of celaje (“skylight”). The “bisexual” sense could be a semantic loan from Cebuano.

beam or rays of sunlight (especially breaking through the clouds)

(figurative) ray (of hope, intelligence, etc.)


basehan

basehán (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
basihan (alternative)


agariko

[ʔɐˌɣaː.ɾɪˈxo]

Borrowed from Spanish agárico, from Latin agaricum, from Ancient Greek ἀγαρικόν (agarikón).


konsehal

konsehál (feminine konsehala, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜑᜎ᜔)

konsehál (canonical)
konsehala (feminine)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜑᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


tugday

[t̪ʊɡˈd̪aɪ̯]

stake or pole to hold up nets used to trap animals


tulakbahala

túlakbahalà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ)

túlakbahalà (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜎᜃ᜔ᜊᜑᜎ (Baybayin)
tolac bahala (alternative)
tulak-bahala (alternative)
tulakbalahala (alternative)


tulag

act of hitting something with a lance or spear


katulalaan

katulalaán (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜎᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tulali

ancient vertical flute from Pangasinan with six fingerholes (50 centimeters long and 3 centimeters thick)


tuldok-kuwit

tuldók-kuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

tuldók-kuwít (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
tuldukuwit (alternative)

From tuldok + kuwit, calque of Spanish punto y coma.


tutuldok

tutuldók (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


tuloy

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluy. Cognate with Sundanese tuluy (“continue, then”).

act of continuing or going on (as planned or scheduled)

act of staying temporarily in someone's place (especially overnight)


uranyo

Borrowed from Spanish uranio (“uranium”).


pag-upas

removing leaves of plants (especially of sugarcane)


untog

[ʔʊn̪ˈt̪oɡ̚]

bump on the head (against something hard)


unlapi

[ʔʊn̪ˈlaː.pɪʔ]


ulag

From Proto-Philippine *urag (“sexual indulgence, orgy”). Compare Bikol Central urag, Masbatenyo urag, Aklanon ueag, Cebuano ulag, and Hiligaynon ulag.

inh

(by extension, idiomatic) drive; passion; putting an effort, care, or fineness to one's action


tag-ulan

[t̪ɐɡ.ʔʊˈlan̪]


uhog

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋuhuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋuSuʀ. Compare Ibatan ngohoy, Bikol Central uhog, Aklanon uhog, Cebuano uhog, Waray-Waray muhog, Ilianen Manobo nguweg, and Western Bukidnon Manobo nguheg.


uod

ᜂᜂᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
ouor (alternative)
uwor (alternative obsolete)
uhod (alternative)
uhor (alternative)

[ˈʔuː.ʔod̪̚]

From Proto-Philippine *quləj (cf. Ilocano uleg, Kapampangan ulad, Aklanon ueod, Cebuano ulod, Maranao oled, Tausug ūd), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləj (cf. Malagasy olitra, Indonesian ulat, Malay ulat), from Proto-Austronesian *quləj (cf. Puyuma uled).


ugak

echoic sound as that produced when the air is pressed out from the inside of a rubber doll


ukab

big cavity left by a bite (especially out of a fruit)

act of taking a big bite (especially out of a fruit)


ulak

ulák (canonical)
ulak (canonical)
ᜂᜎᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ulak.

act of making thread or yarn (from fibers or filaments)


ulakan

tl-noun

ulakan or ulakán (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜃᜈ᜔)

ulakan (canonical)
ulakán (canonical)
ᜂᜎᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ulak-an, or analytically from ulak + -an.

place where fibers or yarns are spun or sold


kabiglaan

kabiglaán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜎᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sasag

sasag (canonical)
saság (canonical)
ᜐᜐᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

finely stripped, woven, split bamboo (used for walls, floors, etc. in small houses)


salamisim

retention of pain, sickness, suffering, bitter memories, etc.

tricking of liquid from damp earth or the like when stepped on


salalak

crosspiece made of logs, bamboos or slender poles (used as support to lift heavy objects or to raise or set up posts and pillars to an upright position)

suspension of something as on a branch (after breaking its fall)

anything held suspended on a branch (after breaking its fall)

(by extension) mechanical crane; forklift


salampay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salampay (“hang of drape over the shoulder”). Compare Malay selampai and Sundanese salempay.

inh

neckerchief; muffler; light scarf worn round the neck

hanging of something carelessly (as on a shoulder, clothesline, fence, etc.)


sagat

[ˈsaː.ɣɐt̪̚]

hook on one end of a pole (used for hooking something)


sagayad

[sɐˈɣaː.jɐd̪̚]

act of being dragged along (like the train of a gown)


sakil

extra passenger boarding a vehicle (especially those that cause overloading)

distribution of different kinds proportionately; pairing of two dissimilar or unequal things


mismis

particles or remnants of food left after a meal, especially fishbones after eating fish


pamispis

pamispís (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


pingol

Compare Pangasinan pingal (“missing both ears”), Pangasinan pingol (“missing one ear”), and Kapampangan pingul (“earlobe”).


pirali

lime (inorganic material containing calcium)


pinting

very light throb, beat, pulsation or pulse


pilik

From Southern Proto-Philippine *pidək, compare Hiligaynon milok, Kapampangan pilik, Cebuano pilok, Waray-Waray pirok, Bikol Central pirok, Maguindanao pipilek, Maranao pirpirek, and Tausug piluk.


patnig

[pɐt̪ˈn̪ɪɡ̚]


paragala

[pɐ.ɾɐˈɣaː.lɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish para gala (“for enjoyment”).

bor+

tip (give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided); gratuity


taghap

weak conclusion arrived at from weak premises


tagapagluto

tl-noun

tagapáglútò (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜆᜓ)

tagapáglútò (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜓᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


udyong

Possibly borrowed from Malay ujung, variant of hujung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzuŋ (“mountain peak, cape of land; tip of anything”). Compare Asi odyong.


tampi

tap; light slap (especially with the fingers)


tangkalag

tangkalág (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐŋ.kɐˈlaɡ̚]


tapil

short, pointed stick or tool used for making holes in the ground for seeds, seedling, etc.; dibble; dibber


tapil

act of cutting wood, stone, etc. into a square


kiay

kiáy (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜀᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
qiay (alternative)
quiay (alternative)

Compare Aklanon kiay, Cebuano kiay, Hiligaynon kiay, and Waray-Waray kiay.

swinging one's hips; swaggering movement (of one's body)


sakag

(fishing) small fishing net mounted on two poles that form an X (which are pushed along waist-deep water, especially in rivers)


salag

act of assisting a midwife during childbirth


salaghati

salaghatì (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜄ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
salachati (alternative)
salakhati (alternative)

Possibly from either:
* Borrowed from a compound of salag (“full and leveled”) + Malay hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”), according to Potet (2016). Compare dalamhati, luwalhati, pighati, ulohati, and lunggati. Possibly also from Malay sedak (“suffocate; choke”).
* Borrowed from Spanish zaragata (“turmoil; scuffle; quarrel”), according to Lopez (1965). Compare possible doublet saragate.


salap

Borrowed from Arabic صَرْف (ṣarf, “money exchange; expense; money”). Compare Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf, “money changer”).

cog

(colloquial) tip (fee for a small service)

(gambling, colloquial) small goodwill share of money given away by the winner to companions

(fishing) small fishing net (used for catching fry and other tiny fishes)

(fishing) catching of fry and other tiny fishes using such a net

something skimmed on the surface of a liquid

Magcano cayá ang quinoha mong salap sa caniya?

1752, Francisco de San José, Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala:


salap

(fishing) a type of freshwater fishing net


tabol

gas in the stomach or intestines (especially as shown by the sound produced when the abdomen is tapped)

increase in volume of a certain substances through boiling


takap

loud, insulting language; insulting vociferation; loud bawling out

smacking of the lips in anticipation of something tasty


kauntian

kauntián (canonical)
ᜃᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.ʔʊn̪.t̪ɪˈʔan̪]

littleness; scarceness; meagerness; scantiness


kayapahan

tastelessness; insipidity (of solid food)


yamuam

ᜌᜋᜓᜀᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
yamuyam (alternative)
yamuan (alternative)
yamoyam (alternative)


paroko

tl-noun

paroko or párokó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜓᜃᜓ)

paroko (canonical)
párokó (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish párroco, from Latin parochus.

(ecclesiastical, uncommon) a parish priest


tiwa

tiwa (canonical)
tiwà (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜏ (Baybayin)


topasyo

Borrowed from Spanish topacio (“topaz”).


talarok

instrument marked with scales or lines to indicate depth of water through immersion

act of sounding depth of water with such an instrument


uyan

exchange for loss; recoupment; amount exchanged or reimbursed for loss

act of exchanging or reimbursing (for amount lost, spent, etc.)

act of buying something at the price it was first bought


uad

leavings of rice after having been eaten by mice


itak

iták (canonical)
ᜁᜆᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
itac (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *əták. Compare Hanunoo utak, Aklanon utak, and Hiligaynon utak.

(weaponry) short, wide bolo with long handle


tangay

act of being carried away (by the current, wind, kidnapper, etc.)

act of holding tightly in the mouth (as a bone by a dog)

person carried away (by the current, wind, kidnapper, etc.)


dekano

dekano (feminine dekana, Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜈᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish decano (“senior; dean”), from Late Latin decānus (“chief of ten people; dean”).

der

dean (senior official in college or university)


hintay

hintáy (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
intay (alternative)

[hɪn̪ˈt̪aɪ̯]

Borrowed from Malay intai (“prying; watching secretly”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hintay (“to wait for; to spy on”). Also possibly from hin- + antay, with elision of the first syllable of the root. Compare Malay intai, Iban intai, Toba Batak inte, Old Javanese inte / intay, Balinese ᬳᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬾ (inte), Sasak inte.

inh

person or thing being awaited or expected to come


sapisapi

sápisapì (canonical)
ᜐᜉᜒᜐᜉᜒ (Baybayin)
chapi-chapi (alternative)
tsapi-tsapi (alternative)
sapi-sapi (alternative)

Borrowed from Ternateño Chavacano chapi-chapi (“walking slowly, sailing slowly; a type of kite made of folded paper”), from Mardijker capicapi (“walking slowly”). Compare Ilocano sapisapi, Kapampangan sapisapi, Bikol Central sapi-sapi, Cebuano sapisapi, and Chamorro såppesåppe (“type of kite”). See also Malay capik (“limping”), and Javanese ꦕꦥꦺ (capé, “tired, exhausted, weak, weary”).

cog

small two-stick kite with tail that can be quickly constructed from cheap materials


tugot

condition of being pacified or stopped from continuing something harsh


pawis

From Southern Luzon axis *pawəs (“sweat”). Compare Kapampangan pauas.


yamot

yamót (canonical)
ᜌᜋᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
iyamot (alternative dialectal)

exasperation; annoyance; disgust; displeasure

boredom; impatience; tiredness in waiting; ennui


yamot

stubble left in the ground after cutting or reaping (grains such as rice, sugarcane, wheat, or corn)

stubble of a man's beard (still showing after shaving)


yamas

bagasse; residue of solid matter in a viscous or colloidal substance (after the juice has been pressed out)


yamba

threatening gesture (especially by the hand or something handheld)


kayagangan

[kɐ.jɐˈɣaː.ŋɐn̪]

From yagang (“extremely thin”) + ka- -an (abstract noun-forming circumfix).


yabo

sponginess (of boiled tubers and other root crops)

looseness of consistency (of soil, fruit flesh, cereals, etc.)


paraw

paráw (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
parao (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaw (“kind of sailboat”). Compare Pangasinan paraw, Aklanon paraw, Cebuano paraw, Maranao padaw, Malay padau, Central Dusun padau, Maori wharau, and Tongan folau. See also Malay perahu and Sundanese parahu.


yutyot

intermittent shaking when hit by some strong force (of a house, tree, etc.)

condition of being overloaded (of a cart, carromata, etc.)

bending, sagging, or sinking under the stress of weight or pressure (of planks, floors, ceilings, etc.)

creaking sound caused by intermittent shaking (as of a heavy loaded cart passing through a rugged road)


pagyutyot

tl-noun

pagyutyót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔)

pagyutyót (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

intermittent shaking (as of a house, tree, etc.) when hit by some strong force such as a violent typhoon, wind, or earthquake


yayat

emaciation; abnormal leanness (caused by lack of food, disease, etc.)


pagyanig

pagyaníg (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜌᜈᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

trembling; shaking (especially of the earth or a building)


pagkayamot

pagkayamót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜌᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

pagkayamót (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜌᜋᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


yakyak

yakyák (canonical)
ᜌᜃ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
yacyac (alternative)

foolish, empty, or meaningless talk; babble; chatter


yakyak

act of crushing or destroying by passing across it (of a planted field, etc.)

act of trampling on something under one's feet


isip

From Proto-Philippine *ísip (“thinking; thoughts; opinion”). Compare Aklanon isip, Bikol Central isip, Cebuano isip, and Western Bukidnon Manobo isip.


isdangtuko

tl-noun

isdángtukô (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

isdángtukô (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
isdantuko (alternative)
isdang-tuko (alternative)

Rhincodon typus
Rhincodon typus#Translingual


kupi

act of folding or twisting something out of shape (such as a thin sheet of metal)


ugoy

act of rocking or swaying to and fro (of a swing, cradle, etc.)

rocking or swaying motion (of a swing, cradle, etc.)


pag-uubo

act of transplanting (in agriculture or gardening)


ukilkil

ukilkíl (canonical)
ᜂᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜃᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

persistent or repetitious request, offer, inquiry, etc.


senakulo

Borrowed from Spanish cenáculo, from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”).

(Christianity) passion play (play depicting the Passion of Christ)

cenacle (dining room, especially one on an upper floor)


bubong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubuŋ. Compare Malay bumbung.

(anatomy, obsolete, by extension) eyelid

(anatomy, obsolete, by extension) instep


bitig

[ˈbiː.t̪ɪɡ̚]


bitag

[ˈbiː.t̪ɐɡ̚]

snare for catching birds (usually using a looped twine)


sisip

special long-handled knife used for rattan work


sambat

point at which a road or river forks into two


samil

(nautical) nipa awning for small boats, cascos, etc.


sangandaan

sangandaán (canonical)
ᜐᜅᜈ᜔ᜇᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sangang-daan (alternative)

[sɐ.ŋɐn̪.d̪ɐˈʔan̪]

From sanga (“branch”) + -n- + daan (“path; way”).


komedyante

tl-noun

komedyante (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
kumedyante (alternative)


komedya

ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
kumedya (alternative)


humba

humbâ (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ (Baybayin)
umba (alternative)
hong ma (alternative)

Borrowed from Cebuano humba, or directly from Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised meat”).

humba (Filipino braised pork dish popular among Visayans)


sagot

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sagút, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀut (“answer, reply”). Compare Indonesian sahut (“answer”).

inh

(by extension) backtalk (verbal impudence or argument especially to someone of authority)


talisay

Terminalia catappa
Terminalia catappa#Translingual

Malabar almond; talisay (Terminalia catappa)


dapdap

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapdap. Cognate with Malay dedap.


sinungaling

tl-noun

sinungaling (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜅᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜅᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
sinungalin (alternative)
sulungaling (alternative obsolete)
sunungaling (alternative obsolete)
sinong̃aling (alternative)
solong̃aling (alternative)
sonong̃aling (alternative)
sulong̃aling (alternative)
sunong̃aling (alternative)

[sɪ.n̪ʊˈŋaː.lɪŋ]


sintog

[sɪn̪ˈt̪oɡ̚]

sudden palpitation or beating (of one's heart)


hupot

(dialectal, Quezon) act of pilfering, robbing, or stealing


kubyertos

kubyertos (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜊ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kubiyertos (alternative)

full meal; course (as a unit of order, as in a restaurant)


tupe

tupé (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜉᜒ (Baybayin)
tupi (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish tupé, from French toupet.


gelpren

ᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
gerlpren (alternative)

[ˈɡɛl.pɾɛn̪]


bisi

bisì (canonical)
bisî (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


gayot

toughness to the bite; leatheriness to the touch


kagayutan

kagayután (canonical)
ᜃᜄᜌᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


gibay

oscillating movement; swaying movement (of the body, such as in doing tightrope acts)


giginto

[ɡɪ.ɣɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ]

Charidotella sexpunctata
Wikispecies:Charidotella sexpunctata

golden tortoise beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)


yaros

sudden departure or hurry (showing impatience or annoyance)


kalinggitan

kalinggitán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆᜈ᜔)

kalinggitán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


linggatong

linggatong (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

[lɪŋˈɡaː.t̪oŋ]

mental perturbation (over a seemingly unsolvable problem)


manlilingkis

manlilingkís (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

manlilingkís (canonical)
ᜋᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From man- + lingkis with initial reduplication.


lingaw

(by extension) space of the window (without the shutter)


linib

small, narrow window (usually for ventilation)


lindayag

[lɪn̪ˈd̪aː.jɐɡ̚]

recovery of peace of mind after a fright of surprise


linab

greasy or fatty scum on the surface of liquids


linatsay

linatsáy (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜈᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɪ.n̪ɐtˈt͡ʃaɪ̯]


liwanag

[lɪˈwaː.n̪ɐɡ̚]

Compare Bikol Central liwanag, Maranao liwanag and Hiligaynon aliwanag.

light; illumination (visible electromagnetic radiation)

ease to understand; ease of comprehension


lulog

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lulug.

inh+

May lamig sa dibdib na animo'y lulog, nguni't naglalatang at di natutulog; ang habag mo kapag iyong inihulog, matutubos itong pusong dumudulog!

1958, Teo. E. Gener, Ang sining na tula:


lulod

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *luluj. Compare Cebuano lulod.


lunday

[lʊn̪ˈd̪aɪ̯]

dugout canoe; boat without outriggers or roofing


gagapang

[ɡɐˈɣaː.pɐŋ]


gagapang

[ɡɐˈɣaː.pɐŋ]


gahasa

[ɡɐˈhaː.sɐʔ]

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

bor+

(by extension) rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)

impetuousness; recklessness; violent haste; rush; impatience


iting

tightness of the teeth (in its grip, bite, etc.)


lanip

spreading or scattering all over a certain place


libay

prickly chaff flower
prickly chaff flower

Achyranthes aspera
Achyranthes aspera#Translingual

prickly chaff flower (Achyranthes aspera)


limbay

gliding by the air (of bird with wings spread motionlessly)


galaw

Compare Pangasinan galaw (“game; play”) with “joking” sense.


asanorya

ᜀᜐᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
asinorya (alternative)

From a metathesis of Spanish zanahoria (“carrot”), itself a metathesis of Old Spanish çahanoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”). Compare Cebuano sanahorya.

der

*سَفُنَّارْيَة

إِسْفَنَارِيَّة

σταφυλίνη ἀγρία


asbok

sudden gust of smoke, dust, or thick vapor


pag-atig

pag-atíg (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜆᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.ʔɐˈt̪ɪɡ̚]


atupag

[ʔɐˈt̪uː.pɐɡ̚]

act of attending to something continuously and seriously

task attended to continuously and seriously


tudlang

[t̪ʊd̪ˈl̪aŋ]

prop or support to push upward a window flap and to keep it open (of a barrio house, etc.)


tangginggi

tl-noun

tangginggì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ)

tangginggì (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒ (Baybayin)

/taŋˈɡiŋɡiʔ/

[t̪ɐŋˈɡiŋ.ɡɪʔ]


sumbong

sumbóng (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
sombong (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *sumbuŋ.

act of snitching or telling (on someone)

accusation made by someone telling on someone else

act of accusing someone (of wrongdoing, etc.)

accusation; complaint; charge (against someone)


kalendaryo

kalendaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜃᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
kalendario (alternative obsolete)
kalindaryo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish calendario, from Latin calendārium.


katulong

ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
catolong (alternative)

domestic helper; maid; houseboy; housegirl


utusan

[ʔʊˈt̪uː.sɐn̪]


kababaihan

(uncountable) women; ladies (as a group)


binabae

binabaé or binabae (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈᜊᜁ)

binabaé (canonical)
binabae (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜈᜊᜁ (Baybayin)
binabaye (alternative)
binabayi (alternative)

[bɪ.n̪ɐ.bɐˈʔɛ]


umaum

[ʔʊˈmaː.ʔʊm]


ulit

ᜂᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ulet (alternative colloquial)

[ˈʔuː.lɪt̪̚]

[ˈʔuː.lɛt̪̚]

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


diklap

dikláp (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
diglap (alternative)


tapsilog

tápsilóg (canonical)
ᜆᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

Blend of tapa + sinangag + itlog, or alternatively a blend of tapa + silog.

a meal of tapa with fried rice and fried egg


tosilog

Blend of tosino + sinangag + itlog, or alternatively a blend of tosino + silog.

tosilog (a meal of tocino with fried rice and fried egg)


tapsilogan

tl-noun

tápsilógan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

tápsilógan (canonical)
ᜆᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


silog

Blend of sinangag (“fried rice”) + itlog (“egg”).

blend

silog (a class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing fried rice and egg, served with varying side dishes)


hamsilog

hámsilóg (canonical)
ᜑᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

From English ham + silog, which the latter is itself a
blend of sinangag + itlog.

hamsilog (a meal of ham with fried rice and fried egg)


longsilog

tl-noun

lóngsilóg (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

lóngsilóg (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

Blend of longganisa + sinangag + itlog, or alternatively a blend of longganisa + silog.

longsilog (a meal of longaniza pork sausage with fried rice and fried egg)


bangsilog

bángsilóg (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
bangusilog (alternative)

Blend of bangus + sinangag + itlog, or alternatively a blend of bangus + silog.

bangsilog (a meal of jerked bangus (daing) with fried rice and fried egg)


sinangag

[sɪ.n̪ɐˈŋaɡ̚]


gulangan

[ɡʊˈlaː.ŋɐn̪]

[ɡʊ.lɐˈŋan̪]

act of taking advantage of someone who is ignorant or less experienced


titig

[ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪɡ̚]


sangag

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋəlaʀ (“to stir-fry, cook in a frying pan without oil”). Compare Bikol Central sanglag, Hiligaynon sanlag, Cebuano sanglag, Indonesian sangrai, and Malay selar. Doublet of sanglay. See also sanglal.

inh

roasting of popcorn, coffee, etc., usually without oil


daing

ᜇᜁᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
daeng (alternative)
daying (alternative obsolete)
raing (alternative)
raying (alternative)

→ English: daing


daing

daíng (canonical)
ᜇᜁᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
daying (alternative obsolete)
raing (alternative)
raying (alternative)

Borrowed from Kapampangan daing (“cry in supplication; implore”), from Proto-Austronesian *daʀiŋ (“groan, moan”). Expected word would be *daging if inherited.

der

humble request or petition; supplication


Maguindanao

tl-noun

Maguíndanáo or Maguindanao (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔)

Maguíndanáo (canonical)
Maguindanao (canonical)
ᜋᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
Mang̃indanao (alternative)
Mag̃indanao (alternative)
Mag̃nindanao (alternative)
Mangindanao (alternative obsolete)
Mangindanaw (alternative obsolete)
Magindanao (alternative)
Magindanaw (alternative)

[mɐ.ɣɪn̪.d̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]

[mɐ.ɣɪn̪ˈd̪aː.n̪aʊ̯]

Ultimately from Maguindanao Magindanaw (literally “people of the flood; people of the lake”), from a blend of maginged (“resident”) + danaw (“lake”), with the specific form Maguindanao from Spanish Maguindánao. Doublet of Mindanao. See also Indonesian Mangindanau and Malay Magindanau.

blend

mapagpamooc mandin ang manga Mang̃indanao

1613, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala [Vocabulary of the Tagalog language], page 337:

The Maguindanaos are really fond of war.


lingkod

lingkód (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
lingcod (alternative)
lingcor (alternative)
lingkor (alternative)


leche flan

tl-noun

leche flan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)

ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ ᜉ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


alog

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qaluʀ (“current, deep channel in the middle of a river”). Compare Ibatan ayoy, Ilocano alog, Kapampangan alugan, Calamian Tagbanwa kalug, Cebuano alog, Malagasy alo-alo, and Malay alur.

inh

ford; pool of standing water in a lowland or field

(obsolete) act of wading (across or through a river or ford)


tabon

From Proto-Philippine *tabun (“cover with sand”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabun.

heap of soil or dirt used to fill a hole in the ground

act of filling up or covering a hole in the ground with soil or dirt

dike of earth used to separate fishponds


tabon

tl-noun

tabón or tabon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜓᜈ᜔)

tabón (canonical)
tabon (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Megapodius cumingii
Megapodius cumingii#Translingual

Philippine megapode (Megapodius cumingii)


sikil

stroke or push of a paddle or oar in boating (to change its direction)


sikil

sikíl (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
siquil (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *sikil (“contend with others, compete for something”).

inh

pushing; jostling (especially with the elbows or shoulders)


liksi

liksî (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
ligsi (alternative)

mental quickness; nimbleness of the mind


baway

Borrowed from earlier Kapampangan *bauay (modern Kapampangan baue), from Proto-Philippine *bawəʀ. Compare Ilocano baor and Hanunoo bawog. Doublet of bawig.


bayag

Compare Bikol Central bayag, Masbatenyo bayag, and Kapampangan bayag.

(figurative, vulgar) guts; courage; balls


bikat

notch; jag (at the side or edge of something)


bikig

foreign matter stuck in the throat (usually a fish bone)


bimpo

ᜊᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜓ (Baybayin)
gimpo (alternative Batangas)
limpo (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Hokkien 面布 (bīn-pò͘, “facecloth”). Compare Pangasinan dimpo.


tugis

chasing; running after; pursuit (of a criminal, etc.)

target being chased or pursued (of a person, animal, thing, etc.)


pitik

pitík (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
pitic (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitik (“to fillip, flick with the finger”). Compare Malay petik.

inh

flick with the finger and thumb; snapping of the fingers

sound of sparking or spluttering from any form of ignition

(carpentry) carpenter's line for marking; chalk line

steering cord attached to the nose ring of carabao or cattle; a rein


pitik

ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
mitik (alternative)
pitic (alternative)


kaskasero

Muntik na ako madisgrasya ng isang kaskaserong driver kanina sa kahabaan ng National Highway.

I almost got into an accident with a daredevil driver earlier along the National Highway.

speedster; daredevil; speed maniac; a person who drives above the legal or signed speed limit


katang

katáng (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
catang (alternative)

Either from Proto-Philippine *kataŋ, or cognate to Malay ketam, which came from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aːm (“crab”) (cf. Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam)).