duongan

ᜇᜓᜂᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
doongan (alternative)
doungan (alternative)
duungan (alternative)
duwungan (alternative obsolete)

[d̪ʊˈʔoː.ŋɐn̪]


miting de-abanse

tl-noun

miting de-abanse (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
miting de avance (alternative common)
miting de abanse (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish mitin de avance (literally “rally of progress; rally of advance”), the first word of which derives from English meeting.

bor+

miting de avance (a final campaign rally done by political candidates, usually the night before an election)


abanse

Borrowed from Spanish avance (“advance; progress”), deverbal from avanzar, from Catalan avançar, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante.

(colloquial) something stolen or taken surreptitiously


batong-bakal

tl-noun

batóng-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

batóng-bakal (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
batumbakal (alternative)


batumbakal

batumbakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)


aligid

ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
aliguid (alternative)
aliguir (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɪˈɣɪd̪̚]

[ʔɐˈliː.ɣɪd̪̚]

act of wandering, circling around, or sneaking around (of a place)

single rounding or circuit and distance covered (as of a race track)


aligid

aligíd (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
aliguid (alternative)
aliguir (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɪˈɣɪd̪̚]

[ʔɐˈliː.ɣɪd̪̚]

(obsolete) act of waiting for a good opportunity to exact one's revenge to an enemy


ngino

servitude of a slave and recognition of one's lord


pwersa

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of puwersa.


paragos

sled; sledge; framework of boards mounted on wooden runners


kutsada

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cuchara (“spoon”).


ibangsilyo

tl-noun

ibangsilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜁᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
ebangsilio (alternative)
ibangsilio (alternative)
ebansilyo (alternative)
ebangsilyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish evangelio. Doublet of Ebanghelyo, a later borrowing.


ebangsilyo

tl-noun

ebangsilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜁᜊᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


ansilis

ansilís (canonical)
ᜀᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
ansiles (alternative)
anseles (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish ángeles (“angels”), plural of ángel. Doublet of anghel, a later borrowing.


ansiles

ansilés (canonical)
ᜀᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


karinderia

tl-noun

karinderia (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜃᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[kɐ.ɾɪn̪.d̪ɛˈɾiː.ɐ]


magsisibuyas

magsísibuyás (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔)

magsísibuyás (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜊᜓᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mag- + sibuyas, with initial reduplication.


plorera

[ploˈɾɛː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish florera. Compare Italian fioraia and Portuguese floreira.


plumahe

Borrowed from Spanish plumaje. Doublet of pulumasi.


pulumasi

ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜋᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
polomase (alternative)
polomasi (alternative)
pulumase (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish plumaje. Doublet of plumahe.

bor+

plumage (decorative feathers for a hat or headdress)


pulamulderiyos

tl-noun

pulamulderiyós (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

pulamulderiyós (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
polamolderios (alternative)
polomolderios (alternative)
polamoldirios (alternative)
pulamuldiriyos (alternative)
pulumulderiyos (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish por amor de Dios (“for the love of God”).


kumander

ᜃᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
komander (alternative)

Borrowed from English commander. The slang sense is also a play on English under (“in a state of subordination”). Doublet of komodor and komodoro.


pulupito

pulúpitó (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜉᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
polopito (alternative)


zodyak

Borrowed from English zodiac, from Middle English zodiak (late 14th century), from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός [κύκλος] (zōidiakós [kúklos], “[circle] of little animals”). Doublet of sodyako.

ζῳδιακός 􂀿κύκλος􂁀


sodyako

ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
sodiako (alternative)
sodiyako (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish zodíaco. Doublet of zodyak.


signo ng sodyako

tl-noun

signo ng sodyako (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜃᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
signo ng sodiyako (alternative)

Partial calque of Spanish signo del zodíaco.


orakulo

Borrowed from Spanish oráculo, from Latin oraculum.


Biyernes de Dolores

tl-noun

Biyernes de Dolores (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜊᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
Biyernes Dolores (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish viernes de dolores.


Linggo ng Paghihirap

tl-noun

Linggó ng Paghihirap (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)

Linggó ng Paghihirap (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

[lɪŋˌɡo n̪ɐm pɐɡ.hɪˈhiː.ɾɐp̚]

(Christianity) Passion Sunday (second Sunday before Easter)


panaksak

stabbing or thrusting weapon (such as a spear, bolo, lancet, etc.)


lyabe

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of liyabe.


panaog

[pɐˈn̪aː.ʔoɡ̚]

act of descending or going down (from a ladder, stairs, car, tree, etc.)


pananaog

[pɐ.n̪ɐˈn̪aː.ʔoɡ̚]

From pa- + naog, with initial reduplication of naog.


paawat

[pɐˈʔaː.wɐt̪̚]

allowing of oneself to be disengaged (as from a fight)


ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃᜎ᜔

ᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜆᜒᜃᜎ᜔ • (bilanggong pulitikal)

bilanggong politikal
bilanggong politikal#Tagalog

Baybayin spelling of bilanggong politikal


ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒ

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜒ • (tsiki)


Quezonin

From Quezon + -in, claimed by Diego Cagahastian and Raffy Sarnate to be coined by them.


Tayabasin

Tayabasin (Tagalog dialect spoken in Quezon province)

(historical) Tayabeño (person from the former province of Tayabas)


sinyuldiya

sinyuldiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

sinyuldiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
senyoldia (alternative)
señoldia (alternative)
sinioldia (alternative)
sinyoldia (alternative)

Early borrowing of Spanish señoría (“lordship”). Compare English seigniory.

Paririto't mangungunpilma ang sinyuldiya.

The bishop will come over here and give confirmation.


Tayabeño

Tayabeño (feminine Tayabeña, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish tayabeño, from Tayabas + -eño.


hukbong-dagat

hukbóng-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

hukbóng-dagat (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
hukbong dagat (alternative)


hukbong dagat

hukbóng dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

hukbóng dagat (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


sutmondilaw

sutmóndiláw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜏ᜔)

sutmóndiláw (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
sutmundilaw (alternative)

ritual for a child before baptism (by washing the child with lukewarm water, bringing it to a newly birthed woman, and having a feast with drinking)


pambansang seguridad

pambansáng seguridád (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

pambansáng seguridád (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Compound of pambansa + seguridad, a calque of English national security.


ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔

ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔ • (pambansang sigurirar)

pambansang seguridad
pambansang seguridad#Tagalog

Baybayin spelling of pambansang seguridad


wikang pambansa

wikang pambansâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ)

wikang pambansâ (canonical)
ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
Wikang Pambansa (alternative)

Compound of wika + pambansa, a calque of English national language or Spanish idioma nacional.


ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ

ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ


batas pambansa

batás pambansâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ)

batás pambansâ (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
BP (alternative initialism)

From batas + pambansa, literally “national law”.

compound

(law, historical) nomenclature for Philippine laws created by the Batasang Pambansa between 1978 and 1985


tenyente heneral

tl-noun

tenyente henerál (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔)

tenyente henerál (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɛnˌɲɛn̪.t̪ɛ hɛ.n̪ɛˈɾal]

[t̪ɛn̪ˌjɛn̪.t̪ɛ hɛ.n̪ɛˈɾal]


tenyente koronel

tenyente koronél (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔)

tenyente koronél (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔

ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔ • (tinyinti kurunil)

tenyente koronel
tenyente koronel#Tagalog


ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ

ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ • (tinyinti)


ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔

ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜈᜒᜎ᜔ • (kurunil)


ᜐᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ

ᜐᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ • (sarhinto)


ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔

ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ • (tinyinti hiniral)

tenyente heneral
tenyente heneral#Tagalog


kasulatan

kasulatán (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜓᜎᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔

ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ • (dipdisyon)


oplan

Borrowed from English oplan, a blend of English op (operational) + English plan.

blend

(usually law enforcement, military) operation plan (especially used in the name of a specific plan)


tsetseburetse

tl-noun

tsetseburetse (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
tsetseboretse (alternative)

[t͡ʃɛt.t͡ʃɛ.bʊˈɾɛː.t͡ʃɛ]


taga-Quezon

tagá-Quezon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜃᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

tagá-Quezon (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜃᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


Tayabeña

[t̪ɐ.jɐˈbɛː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish tayabeña, from Tayabas + -eña.

female equivalent of Tayabeño: female Tayabeño (person)


akwaryo

ᜀᜃ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
akuwaryo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish acuario, from Latin aquārium. Doublet of akwaryum.


isdantuko

isdántukô (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ)

isdántukô (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-1977 spelling of isdangtuko.


satelayt

sáteláyt (canonical)
ᜐᜆᜒᜎᜌ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
satelait (alternative dated)

Borrowed from English satellite, from Middle French satellite, from Latin satellitem, accusative form of satelles (“attendant”). Doublet of satelite.

(astronomy) satellite (a body orbiting a larger one)

satellite (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)

satellite television
satellite television

satellite (attendant on an important person); henchperson

(politics) satellite (country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body)


welgista

Borrowed from Spanish huelgista, or analytically welga + -ista.


maha-blangka

maha-blangka (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜊ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ᜃ)

ᜋᜑᜊ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ᜃ (Baybayin)
mahablangka (alternative)
maha blangka (alternative)
maja blanca (alternative)

From Philippine Spanish maja blanca, related to Spanish manjar blanco (literally “white delicacy”). Compare French blanc-manger.


palintong

palintóng (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Compare Malay pelinting and Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦶꦤ꧀ꦛꦼꦁ (plintheng).


kabuoan

kabuoán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜓᜂᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cabooan (alternative)
kabuuan (alternative)

[kɐ.bʊˈʔoː.ʔɐn̪]


kabuuan

[kɐ.bʊˈʔuː.ʔɐn̪]

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kabuoan.


diyona

ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜈ (Baybayin)
diona (alternative)
diyuna (alternative)

[ˈd͡ʒoː.n̪ɐ]

(music) folk song during weddings or drinking parties

(literature) ancient poem with three lines and seven-metered stanzas, and recited or sung at weddings


okray

Uncertain. Possibly a play of English corny or Tagalog okra.


ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔

tl-noun

ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ • (kumisyon)


kumisyon

kumisyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of komisyon.


hurisprudensiya

hurisprudénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

hurisprudénsiyá (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
hurisprudensya (alternative)

[hʊ.ɾɪs.pɾʊˈd̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish jurisprudencia, from Latin iūrisprūdentia.


naghaharing-uri

naghaharing-urì (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜂᜇᜒ)

naghaharing-urì (canonical)
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜇᜒᜅ᜔ᜂᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[n̪ɐɡ.hɐˌhaː.ɾɪŋ ˈʔuː.ɾɪʔ]

[n̪ɐɡˌhaːˌhaː.ɾɪŋ ˈʔuː.ɾɪʔ]

From naghahari (“reigning; ruling”) + -ng- + uri (“class; type; kind”). Calque of English ruling class.


pasalamat

thanksgiving; gratitude (act of thanking)


iringan

[ʔɪˈɾiː.ŋɐn̪]


paepek

[pɐ.ʔɛˈpɛk̚]


ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔

tl-noun

ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔ • (buhok)


ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ

ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ • (hukbo)


ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔

ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ • (tuklong)


calualhatian

calualhatian (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜎᜓᜏᜎ᜔ᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kamalian

ᜃᜋᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
camalian (alternative)


katuwaan

ᜃᜆᜓᜏᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
catouaan (alternative)


capahamacan

capahamacán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜑᜋᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kapahamakan

kapahamakán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜑᜋᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
capahamacan (alternative)

sudden event causing harm or misfortune; danger


capatauaran

capatauarán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜆᜏᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pwesto

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of puwesto.


kuwadrilya

kuwadrilya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜃᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

party of four persons; gang; crew (a company of persons)


alang-ang

aláng-áng (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜅ᜔ᜀᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lɐŋˈʔaŋ]

Possibly from alangan (“coconut between its young and mature stages”) + ulang (“river prawn”).

compound

local Quezon dish made of river prawns and young coconut


kulinarya

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
kulinaryo (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English culinary, and influenced by Spanish -ia.

pseudo-loan

“Oo.” At one month na lang, tapos na siya sa kulinarya. Pinahiram siya ni Leah ng kalahati ng pang-tuition.

Binuksan niya itong establisemento ng kanyang pamilya sa mga indibidwal, partikular na sa mga mag-aaral na nasa kurso ng kulinarya upang maturuan at matuto ng iba’t ibang uri ng Tinapay na mauugat mula sa gawa ng mga Kadalagahan ng Malolos.

2023 May 6, Shane F. Velasco, “7 Manlulutong Bulakenyo, pinarangalan sa pagpreserba ng mga Pamanang Kaluto”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (government website), Philippine Information Agency, retrieved 2023-10-21:


handaan

[hɐn̪ˈd̪aː.ʔɐn̪]

From handa + -an, literally “activity for prepared things (food)”.


panganganino

tl-noun

panganganino (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜅᜈᜒᜈᜓ)

From pang- + anino, with repetition of the first syllable of the root.


boletin

Borrowed from Spanish boletín, from boleta (“receipt; bill; ticket”) + -ín. Ball senses may perhaps be influenced by Spanish bolita.


tradisyunal

tradisyunál (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

tradisyunál (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɾɐ.d̪ɪ.ʃʊˈn̪al]

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of tradisyonal.


silweta

Borrowed from Spanish silueta, from French silhouette.


simetriya

simetriya or simétriyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

simetriya (canonical)
simétriyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish simetría, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría). Alternate pronunciation is possibly conflated by English symmetry or by Spanish simétrico.


monasilyo

ᜋᜓᜈᜐᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
munasilyo (alternative)
munisilyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish monacillo (“altar boy”).


mulinilyo

tl-noun

mulinilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


taghirap

taghiráp (canonical)
ᜆᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐɡ.hɪˈɾap̚]

From tag- (“time of”) + hirap (“burdened”), literally “hardship season”.

prefix

period of time where someone avoids spending money


kalumbaba

tl-noun

kalumbabà or kalumbabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ)

kalumbabà (canonical)
kalumbabâ (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ (Baybayin)
halumbaba (alternative)
ngalumbaba (alternative)
ngayumbaba (alternative)
salumbaba (alternative)

Said to be from kalong + baba. Alternatively, possibly from variant salumbaba, from salo (“catch”) + -m- + baba (“chin”).

act of resting one's chin on the palm or the back of hand (especially the knuckles)


halumbaba

halumbabà or halumbabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ)

halumbabà (canonical)
halumbabâ (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜊ (Baybayin)
halombaba (alternative)


MOMOL

Acronym of makeout-makeout lang, which can be translated to “just making out (without attachments)”.

Ask MOMOL, COCOL, HOHOL, and many other Pinoy slangs that have gone insanely viral in the Philippines.

2014 June 26, Alixandra Caole Vila, “Pinoy slang: Definitions of Pinoy relationship status”, in The Philippine Star:


ingkubador

ingkubadór (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

ingkubadór (canonical)
ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜊᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪŋ.kʊ.bɐˈd̪oɾ]


suwisidyo

suwisidyo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


silbiro

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish, possibly from servidor or servido. Possible doublet of serbidor.

Ako'y silbiro mo.

Kung may ipagbibilin ka dito sa silbiro mo?

If you have something to ask for your servant?


pektus

ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
pektos (alternative uncommon)


kutong

ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
kotong (alternative colloquial)

downward hit using one's knuckles toward another person's head


dinengdeng

dinengdéng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)

dinengdéng (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɪ.n̪ɛn̪ˈd̪ɛŋ]

Borrowed from Ilocano dinengdeng, from dengdeng + -in-.

dinengdeng (Ilocano dish made from vegetables cooked in salt and fish sauce by boiling)


ampiyon

ampiyón (canonical)
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish anfión, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Doublet of apyan, opyo, and opyum.


konstruktibismo

konstruktibismo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


matang-lawin

matáng-lawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)

matáng-lawin (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
matanglawin (alternative)
matanlawin (alternative)


tirya

act of secretly attempting to get back at someone usually by speaking


kibit-balikat

kibít-balikat (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔)

kibít-balikat (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜃᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


kibit

kibít (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
quibit (alternative)

shrug; movement of one's shoulders (to show disregard, indifference, contempt, doubt, etc.)


kibit

jerk made by a fish bite on the bait of a fishline


ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔

ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜆ᜔ • (kibit)


boldyak

ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
boljak (alternative)

Blend of kalbo + English Kojak, the detective from the 1970s series of the same name.


pamatay-kulisap

pamatáy-kulisap (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋᜆᜌ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜉ᜔)

pamatáy-kulisap (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜆᜌ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


batubalani

batubalanì (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜊᜎᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
batobalani (alternative)
bato balani (alternative)
bato-balani (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay batu berani (“magnet”, literally “courageous stone”). Compare Maguindanao watu-balani.


apidabit

ᜀᜉᜒᜇᜊᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
abit-abit (alternative)

[ʔɐ.pɪˈd̪aː.bɪt̪̚]

Borrowed from Spanish affidávit, from Medieval Latin affīdāvit.


nitrogliserina

tl-noun

nitrogliserina (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ)

ᜈᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ (Baybayin)


kapetera

ᜃᜉᜒᜆᜒᜇ (Baybayin)
kapitera (alternative)

[kɐ.pɛˈt̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)


hanash

tlb

(slang, chiefly women's speech, originally gay slang)

Borrowed from Japanese 話(はなし) (hanashi, literally “story; talk; speech”) with the last vowel elided. Also possibly from a blend of hanap + English bash.

ja-r

Ang dami mong hanash sa akin

(by extension) complaint; criticism; issue; problem

Magpahinga ka muna, may hanash ka pa mamaya

Rest first, you have stuff [to do] later.

Anong hanash dito?

What's the thing here?/ What's the problem here?

(by extension) stuff; thing (unspecified things or matters to attend to)


matanglawin

tl-noun

matanglawin (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜅ᜔ᜎᜏᜒᜈ᜔)


padre de-pamilya

padre de-pamilya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜉᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜉᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


kuwarso

Borrowed from Spanish cuarzo (“quartz”).


kiyeme

ᜃᜒᜌᜒᜋᜒ (Baybayin)
keme (alternative)
kyeme (alternative)
kyems (alternative)
quieme (alternative)
kimmy (alternative)
kimi (alternative)
ek-ek (alternative)
ekyem (alternative)

Possibly from Spanish qué eme (“what the shit; what the fuck”). Compare eme. Also possibly from kimi (“timid; shy; play coy”).


hubadera

[hʊ.bɐˈd̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

From hubad + -era, literally “stripper”.

a woman that prefers to wear revealing clothes


yagballs

ᜌᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
yagbols (alternative)


pag-aangkop

tl-noun

pag-aangkóp (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔)

pag-aangkóp (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜀᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.ʔɐ.ʔɐŋˈkop̚]

From pag- + angkop with reduplication of the first syllable of the root.


fotobam

fótobám (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜆᜓᜊᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
potobam (alternative)


milenyal

[mɪˈlɛː.ɲɐl]


liyabe

ᜎᜒᜌᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
lyabe (alternative)
liyahe (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish llave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”). Compare Bikol Central lyabe. Doublet of yawe.


kapuwa

kápuwâ (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
capoua (alternative)
capova (alternative)
kapowa (alternative obsolete)
kapua (alternative obsolete)
kapwa (alternative common)

Unknown. See also Kapampangan kaddua, Bikol Central kapwa, Hokkien 佮我 (kap góa, “with me”), Malay puak (“group; tribe; faction”), and Khmer ពួក (puək).

Tumulong tayo sa ating kapuwa.

fellow being; of the same affinity; equal; neighbor; other; brethren; kin


simpangol

strike on the back of the head or the nape (especially with one's hand)


moskete

ᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
moscqite (alternative)
muskite (alternative obsolete)


parusang kamatayan

parusang kamatayan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜓᜐᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜆᜌᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜇᜓᜐᜅ᜔ ᜃᜋᜆᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pambansang awit

pambansáng awit (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜀᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

pambansáng awit (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜀᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


ilaw-trapiko

ilaw-trápikó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜏ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜓ)

ilaw-trápikó (canonical)
ᜁᜎᜏ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


giniling

[ɡɪˈn̪iː.lɪŋ]

anything (such as grains, stones, etc.) passed through a grinder to be ground to fine particles


buong pangalan

buóng pangalan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜂᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔)

buóng pangalan (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜂᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kuwentong-bayan

kuwentong-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kuwento (“story; tale”) + -ng- + bayan (“town; people”).


muntik

muntík (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
montic (alternative)
muntic (alternative)

[mʊn̪ˈt̪ɪk̚]

(obsolete) act of shrinking something big


serbisyo sibil

tl-noun

serbisyo sibíl (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔)

serbisyo sibíl (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish servicio civil. By surface analysis, serbisyo + sibil


Inang Bayan

Ináng Bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

Ináng Bayan (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative letter-case form of inang bayan


klasipikasyon

klasipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜐᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

klasipikasyón (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜎᜐᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish clasificación. By surface analysis, klasipika + -syon.


gising-gising

gising-gising (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌɡiː.sɪŋ ˈɡiː.sɪŋ]

Reduplication of gising (“awake; alert”). Literally, “wakey-wakey”.

rdp

gising-gising (spicy vegetable soup or stew)


artsipiyelago

tl-noun

artsipiyélagó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜌᜒᜎᜄᜓ)

artsipiyélagó (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜌᜒᜎᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐɾ.t͡ʃɪˌpjɛː.lɐˈɣo]

[ʔɐɾ.t͡sɪˌpjɛː.lɐˈɣo]

Borrowed from Spanish archipiélago, from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Doublet of arkipelago.


di-pagkakasundo

dî-pagkakásundô (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

dî-pagkakásundô (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌd̪ɪʔ pɐɡ.kɐˌxaː.sʊn̪ˈd̪oʔ]


ᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜀᜈ᜔

ᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜀᜈ᜔ • (kasunduan)


pagkaulila

pagkáulilà (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜂᜎᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
pagcaolila (alternative)


ᜊᜒᜁᜃ᜔

ᜊᜒᜁᜃ᜔ • (biik)


capangyarihan

capangyarihan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜅ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜉᜅ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


moog

moóg (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜂᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
muog (alternative)


pagsisiyam

pagsisiyám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

pagsisiyám (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
pagsisiam (alternative)

From pag- + siyam, coined to translate Spanish novena.


pasiyam

(Roman Catholicism) novena for the dead or other religious purposes


siyam na buhay

siyám na buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

siyám na buhay (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

“May siyam na buhay 'yong mga pusa kaya hindi ka pa mamamatay! Hindi ka pa pwedeng mamatay!” Tinakpan ko ng dalawa kong kamay 'yong mukha ko pagkatapos ay tsaka ako umiyak nang umiyak.

2020 January 2, TINA LATA, The Good Girl's Revenge, Summit Publishing Company Inc., page 184:

"Cats have nine lives so you shouldn't die! You can't die!" I covered my face with my two hands and after I cried and cried.

(idiomatic) nine lives (ability to survive deadly situations)


dekada otsenta

dekada otsenta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜂᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜂᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
dekada 80 (alternative)
dekada '80 (alternative)

[d̪ɛˌxaː.d̪ɐ ʔotˈt͡ʃɛn̪.t̪ɐ]

[d̪ɛˌxaː.d̪ɐ ʔot̪ˈsɛn̪.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish década ochenta. By surface analysis, dekada + otsenta.

Sa pagputok ng krisis sa utang noong dekada otsenta, ang mga nagkakautang na bansa ay kinumbinse na kumontrata ng mga panibagong utang, kalimitan mula sa International Monetary Bank ( IMF ), para mabayaran ang mga matandang utang.

When the debt crisis erupted in the 1980s, the indebted countries are being convinced to contract newer debts, usually from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), so to pay off older debts.


dekada nobenta

dekada nobenta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜈᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜈᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
dekada 90 (alternative)
dekada '90 (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish década noventa. By surface analysis, dekada + nobenta.

Makasaysayan din sa hanay-bakla ng Tundo ang dekada nobenta. Sa yugtong ito , hindi lamang dagdag-bilang ang natunghayan.

2012, Manila: Selected Papers of the ... Annual Manila Studies Conference ...:

The 1990s is historic for Tondo's gay community. In this period, they did not only witnessed an increase in number.


dekada setenta

dekada setenta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
dekada 70 (alternative)
dekada '70 (alternative)

[d̪ɛˌxaː.d̪ɐ sɛˈt̪ɛn̪.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish década setenta. By surface analysis, dekada + setenta.

Consistent ang gamit ng terminong "cultural" sa mga kilusang panlipunang ito sa yugto ng Hukbalahap, ng aktibista ng dekada setenta at ng organisadong manggagawa ng otsenta hanggang kasalukuyan.

The use of the term "cultural" is consistent in these social movements during the era of the Hukbalahap, the activists of the 1970s and of organized labor of the 1980s to the present.

Isang ironiya na ang nagpapalaganap nang bersyong sinulat ng Surian ng Wikang Pambansa ay ang kilusang makabayan noong dekada setenta.

1999, Philippine Social Sciences Review:


kalunuran

ᜃᜎᜓᜈᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
calonoran (alternative)
calunuran (alternative)

From lunod + ka- -an, meaning the “place of drowning” because the sun “drowns” or sets in the west.

(figuratively) western horizon at sunset

sa dapit kalunuran


pisikalan

písikálan (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜐᜒᜃᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Alam kong wala akong laban sa pisikalan. [...] Nagtawanan sila.

2017 November 22, Zero A.D., Uberman, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

I know I'm no match if they engage me in a fight. … They laughed.

Marahil ay dahil nagulat ito sa ginawa naming pisikalan. Dahil iyon ang unang beses na nagkasakitan kami ni Eiji. “Bakit hindi mo tanungin 'yang hayup na 'yan?!”

2020 August 1, Veldet Ayesha, Storm's Obsession, Summit Publishing Company Inc., page 106:

Perhaps he was surprised by the altercation we instigated. Because that's the first time we beat Eiji. "Why didn't you asked that jerk?!

fight involving physical contact (such as a altercation or scuffle)

Walang pisikalan, pero laki ng impact sa kanya. Sa kanila.

(Can we date this quote?), JC Quin, A Kiss in the Rain, Psicom Publishing Inc, page 106:

There is no physical contact, but it had a major impact on him. And them.


pasigayon

pasigayón (canonical)
ᜉᜐᜒᜄᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(obsolete) cessation from doing some work

(obsolete) act of pretending to not know


balik-tanaw

balík-tanáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜈᜏ᜔)

balík-tanáw (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
baliktanaw (alternative)

[bɐˌlɪk t̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]


habambuhay na pagkabilanggo

hábambúhay na pagkabilanggô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ)

hábambúhay na pagkabilanggô (canonical)
ᜑᜊᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌhaː.bɐmˌbuː.haɪ̯ n̪ɐ pɐɡ.kɐ.bɪ.lɐŋˈɡoʔ]

habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo
habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo#Tagalog

alternative form of habang-buhay na pagkabilanggo


semi-kalbo

semi-kalbó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ)

semi-kalbó (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜃᜎ᜔ᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

From English semi- + kalbo (“bald”), literally “semibald”.


tigil-pasada

tl-noun

tigil-pasada (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜉᜐᜇ)

From tigil + pasada, literally “transit stoppage”.

compound

transportation strike, usually involving jeepney drivers


udong

Borrowed from Cebuano udong, from Japanese うどん (udon). Doublet of udon.

odong (thick flour noodles originating in Davao and the Visayas, based on udon but more closely resembles Okinawan soba)


dekada sesenta

tl-noun

dekada sesenta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)
dekada sisenta (alternative)
dekada 60 (alternative)
dekada '60 (alternative)

[d̪ɛˌxaː.d̪ɐ sɛˈsɛn̪.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish década sesenta. By surface analysis, dekada + sesenta.


dekada sisenta

dekada sisenta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ)

ᜇᜒᜃᜇ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɛˌxaː.d̪ɐ sɪˈsɛn̪.t̪ɐ]


unang pangalan

unang pangalan (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅᜎᜈ᜔)

[ˌʔuː.n̪ɐm pɐˈŋaː.lɐn̪]


engkabesamyento

engkabesamyento (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃᜊᜒᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃᜊᜒᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
enkabesamyento (alternative)
kabisamyento (alternative)


tanders

From tanda (“oldness”) + English -ers. Also a play on English thunders.


pangngalang pambalana

pangngalang pambálaná (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜅᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ)

pangngalang pambálaná (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜅᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜎᜈ (Baybayin)

From pangngalan + -ng + pambalana, literally “general noun”. Coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa (Grammar of the National Language).


babang-luksa

tl-noun

babáng-luksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)

babáng-luksâ (canonical)
ᜊᜊᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
babang luksa (alternative)

end of a period of mourning, usually one year after the death of someone in a family


sirkunstansiya

sirkunstánsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

sirkunstánsiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
sirkumstansiya (alternative)
sirkumstansya (alternative)
sirkunstansya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish circunstancia, from Latin circumstantia.


sirkumperensiya

sirkumperénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

sirkumperénsiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[sɪɾ.kʊm.pɛˈɾɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish circunferencia, from Latin circumferentia.


panulukang-bato

pánulúkang-bató (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜓᜎᜓᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜓ)

pánulúkang-bató (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜓᜎᜓᜃᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
panulukang bato (alternative)

From panulukan + bato, probably a calque of English cornerstone.


bahay-pukyutan

bahay-pukyutan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From bahay + pukyutan. Compare Cebuano balay sa putyukan.


babang luksa

babáng luksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)

babáng luksâ (canonical)
ᜊᜊᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)


Sugbuanon

Sugbuanon (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜓᜄ᜔ᜊᜓᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


agaw-buhay

agaw-buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)

[ˌʔaː.ɣaʊ̯ ˈbuː.haɪ̯]


kanonisasyon

kanonisasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kanonisasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish canonización. By surface analysis, kanonisa + -syon.


pagkanonisa

pagkanonisá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜒᜐ)

pagkanonisá (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜈᜓᜈᜒᜐ (Baybayin)


anyong-lupa

anyóng-lupà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜉ)

anyóng-lupà (canonical)
ᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ᜎᜓᜉ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐnˌɲon̪ ˈluː.pɐʔ]

From anyo + -ng- + lupa, a calque of English landform.

Coordinate term: anyong-tubig


anyong-tubig

anyóng-tubig (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

anyóng-tubig (canonical)
ᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐnˌɲon̪ ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]

[ʔɐn̪ˌjon̪ ˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]

From anyo (“form”) + -ng- + tubig (“water”), literally “waterform”.

compound

Coordinate term: anyong-lupa


kursunada

ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜇ (Baybayin)
kursonada (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish corazonada (“hunch”).

bor+

liking; preference; something or someone liked

impulsive or thrilled attack or assault of a stranger


ugod

limping due to disease, age or frailness


pananghalian

tl-noun

pananghalian (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


iskolarsyip

iskólarsyíp (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔)

iskólarsyíp (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
iskolarsip (alternative)
iskolarship (alternative)

[ʔɪsˌkoː.lɐɾˈʃɪp̚]


tagalinang

tagalináng (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜎᜒᜈᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐ.lɪˈn̪aŋ]

(figurative) cultivator (especially in language, culture, etc.)

(dialectal, Quezon) village person; barrio folk (living far from the city)

(chiefly Quezon) local of the farming side (of a community)

(chiefly Quezon) farmer; farm worker; cultivator


kawakas-wakasan

kawakás-wakasan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

kawakás-wakasan (canonical)
ᜃᜏᜃᜐ᜔ᜏᜃᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cauacasuacasan (alternative)
cavacas vacasan (alternative)
kawakaswakasan (alternative)

From wakas + ka- -an with reduplication.

the ultimate end; the final end; the very end


pakitang-gilas

pakitang-gilas (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜃᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜎᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From pakita + gilas, literally “show of gallantry”.

compound

(idiomatic) act of showing off skill or interest in something for the purpose of bragging


pagbabago ng klima

tl-noun

pagbabago ng klima (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ)

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜄᜓ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ (Baybayin)


barong-bakal

barong-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
barongbacal (alternative)

From baro (“clothing”) + -ng- + bakal (“iron”), literally “iron tunic”.


bato bato pik

tl-noun

bató bató pik (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ ᜊᜆᜓ ᜉᜒᜃ᜔)

bató bató pik (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓ ᜊᜆᜓ ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

Literally, “rock, rock, pick”. See bato (“rock”), while pik is from English pick.


baong baliw

baong balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔)

baong balíw (canonical)
ᜊᜂᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bauong balio (alternative)
bawong baliw (alternative obsolete)

From bao + -ng + baliw, literally “crazy widow/er”.

compound

someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage


imno

ᜁᜋ᜔ᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
himno (alternative common)

Borrowed from Spanish himno, from Latin hymnus, from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).


panghalip pananong

tl-noun

panghalíp pananóng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜈᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

panghalíp pananóng (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜈᜈᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Introduced in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa by Lope K. Santos, to translate English interrogative pronoun.

interrogative pronoun
interrogative pronoun


panghalip na di-tiyak

panghalíp na dî-tiyák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈ ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜌᜃ᜔)

panghalíp na dî-tiyák (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜈ ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.hɐˌlɪp n̪ɐ ˌd̪ɪʔ ˈt͡ʃak̚]

[pɐŋ.hɐˌlɪp n̪ɐ ˌd̪iː ˈt͡ʃak̚]

Introduced in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa by Lope K. Santos, to translate English indefinite pronoun.

Tagalog indefinite pronouns at Category:Tagalog indefinite pronouns


panghalip paari

panghalíp paarî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜒ)

panghalíp paarî (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.hɐˌlɪp pɐ.ʔɐˈɾɪʔ]

Introduced in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa by Lope K. Santos, to translate English possessive pronoun.


panghalip pamatlig

panghalíp pamatlíg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜋᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

panghalíp pamatlíg (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜋᜆ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.hɐˌlɪp pɐ.mɐt̪ˈl̪ɪɡ̚]

Introduced in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa by Lope K. Santos, to translate English demonstrative pronoun.

demonstrative pronoun
demonstrative pronoun


panghalip panao

panghalíp panao (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂ)

panghalíp panao (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂ (Baybayin)

Introduced in the Balarila ng Wikang Pambansa by Lope K. Santos, to translate English personal pronoun.


panukalang-batas

panukalang-batás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

panukalang-batás (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
panukalang batas (alternative)

From panukala + batas, a calque of Spanish proyecto de ley.


panukalang batas

panukalang batás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

panukalang batás (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


mananagalog

mánanagalóg (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜈᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

mánanagalóg (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜈᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌmaː.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐ.ɣɐˈloɡ̚]

[mɐˌn̪aː.n̪ɐˈɣaː.loɡ̚]

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


kalasingan

kalasingán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜐᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
calasing̃an (alternative)


ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔

ᜉᜈᜓᜃᜎᜅ᜔ ᜊᜆᜐ᜔

panukalang batas
panukalang batas#Tagalog


kasalanang mortal

kasalanang mortál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

kasalanang mortál (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜎᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Coordinate term: kasalanang magaan

(Roman Catholicism, theology) mortal sin


dekalogo

Borrowed from Spanish decálogo, from Ecclesiastical Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos).


diyesmo

Borrowed from Spanish diezmo, from Old Spanish diezmo, from Latin decimus.


buhok-mais

buhók-maís (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜋᜁᜐ᜔)

buhók-maís (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜋᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
buhuk-mais (alternative nonstandard)


sabangan

sabangán (canonical)
ᜐᜊᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sabañgan (alternative)


sagisag-panulat

sagisag-panulat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄᜒᜐᜄ᜔ ᜉᜈᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

ᜐᜄᜒᜐᜄ᜔ ᜉᜈᜓᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sagisag panulat (alternative)

[sɐˌɣiː.sɐɡ pɐˈn̪uː.lɐt̪̚]


bahay-balintataw

bahay-balintatáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔)

bahay-balintatáw (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bahay-balintatao (alternative)
bahay balintatao (alternative)
bahay balintataw (alternative)


tao-tao

Reduplication of tao. The word does not exist in older dictionaries and may have been a recent coinage patterned from other Philippine languages, which were derived from Proto-Philippine *tau-tau (“pupil (eye)”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau Cau (“pupil of the eye”), reduplication of *Cau (“person”). Compare Tagalog balintataw, Ilocano tao-tao, Kapampangan telataung-mata /balintatau, Bikol Central alintataw /tatawo, Cebuano tawo-tawo, and Tausug tau-tau mata.


pantaw

pantáw (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
pantao (alternative)

[pɐn̪ˈt̪aʊ̯]

From Chinese, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala by Fr. Noceda and Sanlucar, possibly from Hokkien 放數 /放数 (pàng-siàu, “to buy or sell on credit”). See also Hokkien 便 (pân, “advantageous”) and Hokkien 投 (tâu, “to send”).


altanghap

áltangháp (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

Blend of almusal (“breakfast”) + tanghalian (“lunch”) + hapunan (“dinner”).

blend

single meal eaten for the entire day (usually eaten at noon)


hagunot

hagunót (canonical)
ᜑᜄᜓᜈᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
hagonot (alternative)

[hɐ.ɣʊˈn̪ot̪̚]

loud whining or roaring of the wind; turbulent sound of the gale


kisig

ᜃᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
cqisig (alternative)
qisig (alternative)
quisig (alternative)

From Proto-Austronesian *kəsəʀ (“strength, vigor, force”). Compare Hanunoo kusog (“strength”), Cebuano kusog (“muscle; strength; effort”), and Tausug kusug (“strength; power; vigor”). Also possibly from Hokkien 假識 /假识 (ké-siak, “feign understanding”), according to Manuel (1948).

der

fineness of posture (especially for males)

elegance; refinement (especially in dress)

Ikisig mo ang paa mo.

standing one's ground
standing one's ground

(obsolete) standing one's ground; assertion


kisig

kisíg (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
cqisig (alternative)
qisig (alternative)
quisig (alternative)

convulsion; spasmodic muscular twitching


bato-sa-rinyon

tl-noun

bató-sa-rinyón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜐᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

bató-sa-rinyón (canonical)
ᜊᜆᜓᜐᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌt̪o sɐ ɾɪnˈɲon̪]

From bato (“stone”) + sa (“in”) + rinyon (“kidney”).


ek-ek

Reduplication of ek, clipping of ekyem, from backslang of keme /kiyeme, from Spanish qué eme (literally “what (the) shit”). Literally, “what what; as if what”. See also ano-ano (literally “what what”).

der

stuff; whatchamacallit; thingy; thingamajig


salay-salay

tl-noun

saláy-saláy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜌ᜔ᜐᜎᜌ᜔)

saláy-saláy (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜌ᜔ᜐᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐˌlaɪ̯ sɐˈlaɪ̯]

yellowstripe scad (Selaroides leptolepis)


henealohiya

henealohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜌᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜌᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish genealogía, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía).


pagdudugo

pagdudugô (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.d̪ʊ.d̪ʊˈɣoʔ]


tangina

tanginá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒᜈ or ᜆᜅ᜔ᜁᜈ)

tanginá (canonical)
ᜆᜅᜒᜈ (Baybayin)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜁᜈ (Baybayin)
taena (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ŋɪˈn̪a]

[t̪ɐŋ.ʔɪˈn̪a]

Clipping of putang ina (“mother whore”).


hindurugo

hindurugò or hindurugô (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓ)

hindurugò (canonical)
hindurugô (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
hindurugu (alternative)

[hɪn̪.d̪ʊˈɾuː.ɣoʔ]

[hɪn̪.d̪ʊ.ɾʊˈɣoʔ]

Possibly from hin- + dugo with initial reduplication of the root.


hindurugong-babae

hindurugóng-babae (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ)

hindurugóng-babae (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ (Baybayin)

[hɪn̪.d̪ʊ.ɾʊˌɣom bɐˈbaː.ʔɛ]


entrada heneral

entrada henerál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔)

entrada henerál (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜇ ᜑᜒᜈᜒᜇᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɛn̪ˌt̪ɾaː.d̪ɐ hɛ.n̪ɛˈɾal]


heodesya

[hɛ.oˈd̪ɛː.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish geodesia, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía).


taeng-bituin

taeng-bituín (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

taeng-bituín (canonical)
ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
taing bituin (alternative)

[ˌt̪aː.ʔɛm bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔɪn̪]

[ˌt̪aː.ʔɛm bɪˈt̪wɪn̪]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi nu bituqən. By surface analysis, tae (“feces”) + bituin (“star”). Compare Pangasinan tai-bitewen (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Kapampangan taklang-batuin (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), Malay tahi bintang (“shooting star”, literally “feces star”), and Hokkien 疶屎星 (chhoah-sái-chhiⁿ, “shooting star”, literally “diarrhea star”).


puno't dulo

tl-noun

puno't dulo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜆ᜔ ᜇᜓᜎᜓ)

ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜆ᜔ ᜇᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

Contraction of puno at dulo (literally “origin and result”).

(idiomatic) origin and result of something


heograpo

heógrapó (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜓ (Baybayin)

[hɛˌoː.ɡɾɐˈpo]


aliterasyon

aliterasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

aliterasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
aliterasiyon (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɪ.t̪ɛ.ɾɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish aliteración, from New Latin allīterātiō.


alusyon

alusyón (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lʊˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish alusión, from Latin allūsiōnem.


hugas-bigas

hugas-bigás (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜄᜐ᜔)

hugas-bigás (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜄᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
hogas bigas (alternative)

water or liquid used to wash rice, usually made into stock thereafter


emorahiya

emoráhiyá (canonical)
ᜁᜋᜓᜇᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish hemorragia, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “violent bleeding”).


guhit-palad

tl-noun

guhit-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜑᜒᜆ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

ᜄᜓᜑᜒᜆ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


mamser

pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


salimpusa

sálimpusà (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ (Baybayin)


astakona

ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜃᜓᜈ (Baybayin)
astacona (alternative)
astakuna (alternative)

Ultimately from Sanskrit अष्टकोण (aṣṭakoṇa, “octagon”). Compare Malay astakona /setakona (“octagon”) and Old Javanese aṣṭaguṇa (“eight qualities of a king”).

cog

a ring made of gold or silver with a gemstone


sanggawali

sanggawalî (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜏᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
sangauali (alternative)
singauali (alternative)
singgawali (alternative)

[sɐŋ.ɡɐ.wɐˈlɪʔ]

Uncertain. Compare Kapampangan sanggauali (“fake stones for finger-rings”). See also Malay sangga (“support”) and Malay wali (“guardian”).

(obsolete) colored gemstone said to be of little value which is put in rings or some things made out of gold


molinilyo

tl-noun

molinilyo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜈᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
mulinilyo (alternative)
muninilyo (alternative colloquial)

Borrowed from Spanish molinillo, from molino (“mill”) + -illo. Compare Kapampangan muliniliu.


asul-seleste

asúl-seleste (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

asúl-seleste (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
asul seleste (alternative)


asul-marino

asúl-marino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜋᜇᜒᜈᜓ)

asúl-marino (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜋᜇᜒᜈᜓ (Baybayin)


patipati

ᜉᜆᜒᜉᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
pati-pati (alternative)

Borrowed from Kapampangan patipati, ultimately from Sanskrit पारापत (pārāpata, “pigeon”). Doublet of kalapati.


kalapatihan

kálapatíhan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

kálapatíhan (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
palapatihan (alternative obsolete)


palapati

Borrowed from Malay parapati (“pigeon”), from Sanskrit पारापत (pārāpata, “pigeon”).


kalapating sugo

kalapating sugò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜐᜓᜄᜓ)

kalapating sugò (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜐᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

messenger pigeon; carrier pigeon; homing pigeon


ngakngak

incessant cry of a child throwing a tantrum


nguyngoy

nguyngóy (canonical)
ᜅᜓᜌ᜔ᜅᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
ng̃oyng̃oy (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *ŋuyŋuy (“whine, whimper, as a child”). See also Malay ngongoi.

inh

incessant cry; sulky, continuous weeping (of a child throwing a tantrum)


taeng kalapati

tl-noun

taeng kalapati (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ)

[ˌt̪aː.ʔɛŋ kɐ.lɐˈpaː.t̪ɪ]


magkakalapati

magkakalapati (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜉᜆᜒ)

From mag- + kalapati with partial reduplication.


metodong pangkasaysayan

métodóng pangkasaysayan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜓᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅ᜔ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌᜈ᜔)

métodóng pangkasaysayan (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜆᜓᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜅ᜔ᜃᜐᜌ᜔ᜐᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From metodo + pangkasaysayan. Calque of English historical method.


unang panauhan

unang panauhan (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜂᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔuː.n̪ɐm pɐ.n̪ɐˈʔuː.hɐn̪]


ikalawang panauhan

ikalawáng panauhan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜎᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔)

ikalawáng panauhan (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜎᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


ikatlong panauhan

ikatlóng panauhan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔)

ikatlóng panauhan (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜂᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


historyograpiya

historyograpiya (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ)

ᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
istoryograpia (alternative)
istoryograpiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish historiografía but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/.


pantomina

pántomína (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜋᜒᜈ (Baybayin)

Corruption of Spanish pantomima, from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος (pantómimos).


kalidoskopyo

kalidoskopyo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜃᜎᜒᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
kaledoskopyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish caleidoscopio, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “image”) + Spanish -scopio.


ligaw-tingin

tl-noun

ligaw-tingín (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜅᜒᜈ᜔)

ligaw-tingín (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌliː.ɣaʊ̯ t̪ɪˈŋɪn̪]


panghaw

pangháw (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
panghao (alternative)
panhau (alternative)
panhaw (alternative)

Dili ka mandin papanghaw.

You will not really attain what you want.

attainment of some desire, benefit, or satisfaction


nanghaw

nangháw (canonical)
ᜈᜅ᜔ᜑᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
nanghao (alternative)
nanhao (alternative)
nanhau (alternative)
nanhaw (alternative)

From an archaic apheretic completed aspect form of pumanghaw (“abounded in something”).


metodolohiya

metodolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜓᜇᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜋᜒᜆᜓᜇᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


upasala

upasalà (canonical)
ᜂᜉᜐᜎ (Baybayin)
opasala (alternative)

Ultimately from Sanskrit उपचार (upacāra, “custom or manner of speech; obliging or polite behaviour”). Compare Malay upacara.

der

(obsolete) treachery; flattering while mumbling displeasure in one's absence


mahadlika

tl-noun

mahadliká or mahadlikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ)

mahadliká (canonical)
mahadlikâ (canonical)
ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


mahaglika

mahaglikâ (canonical)
ᜋᜑᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


maharlica

maharlicâ (canonical)
ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


hadlika

hadlikâ (canonical)
ᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
harlika (alternative)

Back-formation from mahadlika, variant of maharlika, with the assumption that the word was composed with the ma- prefix. On the contrary, the word came from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “prosperous”).


ᜋᜑᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜃ

maharlika (romanization)
ᜋᜑᜎᜒᜃ (alternative)


bangking

Borrowed from Ilocano bangking. Compare Pangasinan bangking. See also Cebuano bangking and English banking.

banking, leaning, or tilting (especially of a motorcycle when cornering through a curve in the road)


gadyet

[ˈɡaː.d͡ʒɛt̪̚]


heklat

Pronunciation spelling of hiklat, influenced by peklat (from piklat)


hiklat

ᜑᜒᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
heklat (alternative colloquial)
hiclat (alternative)

act of forcibly widening an opening by pulling its sides


kasu-kasuan

tl-noun

kasû-kasuan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜃᜐᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

kasû-kasuan (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜓᜃᜐᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


praktikalidad

praktikalidád (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

praktikalidád (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English practicality, and influenced by Spanish -dad. The Spanish word for practicality is practicidad.


kondolensiya

tl-noun

kondolénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

kondolénsiyá (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


makatha

makathâ (canonical)
ᜋᜃᜆ᜔ᜑ (Baybayin)
macatha (alternative)

liar; fabricator; someone who invents made-up stories


pakikiramay

pakikiramay (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜇᜋᜌ᜔)


sambulat

breaking and scattering into smaller pieces, usually sudden

divulgement of an event being kept secret


matyag

[mɐtˈt͡ʃaɡ̚]

act of observing or watching the surroundings (such as of a spy or a guard)


apisyonado

apisyonado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
apisyunado (alternative)

apisyonado sa sining

aficionado; amateur; hobbyist; enthusiast


mantekilya

mantekilya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
mantikilya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish mantequilla (“butter”).


kulayo

Possibly borrowed from Kapampangan kulayu. Doublet of kulago and kuwago.


magkekeso

magkekesó (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜒᜃᜒᜐᜓ (Baybayin)

From mag- + keso with partial reduplication.


wikang-tao

ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)
uicantauo (alternative)
wikantawo (alternative obsolete)

From wika (“language”) + tao (“people; person”).


alkampor

alkampór (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish alcanfor, from Andalusian Arabic الكافور (al-kafúr), from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), from Austronesian, likely Malay kapur. Doublet of apog and kapol.


bentosa

ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜐ (Baybayin)
bintosa (alternative)
bintusa (alternative obsolete)


alkayseriya

tl-noun

alkayseriya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish alcaicería, from Andalusian Arabic القَيْصَرِيَّة (alqayṣaríyya), from Arabic قَيْصَر (qayṣar, “Caesar; emperor”), in turn from Ancient Greek Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsăr), from Latin Caesar, after the fact that such marketplaces in Andalusia were built by imperial decree.

der

القَيْصَرِيَّة

(historical) marketplace and residence of the Chinese in Manila during the Spanish period

(trading) marketplace of silk, cotton, and other materials for trade


bulyos

bulyós (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
boliyos (alternative)
buliyos (alternative obsolete)

From earlier variant buliyos, from an early borrowing from Spanish, possibly buríos /burillos, plural of burío /burillo, a generic name for various species of trees whose bark material is obtained to make cords. Compare Kapampangan burilius.

whip consisting of cylindrical bamboo sticks bundled and tied into a sturdy cord commonly used by flagellants during Holy Week


planggana

[plɐŋˈɡaː.n̪ɐ]


parugo

parugô (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
parogo (alternative)
padugo (alternative)

blood ritual or offering (using animal blood)


padugo

[pɐ.d̪ʊˈɣoʔ]


matraka

Borrowed from Spanish matraca, from Andalusian Arabic, from dialectal Arabic مَطْرَق (maṭraq), variant of Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa, “hammer”). Doublet of pataraka.


megalomanya

tl-noun

megalomanya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜄᜎᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜌ)

Borrowed from Spanish megalomanía, from Ancient Greek μεγαλο- (megalo-) + -manía.


parentesis

paréntesís (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

paréntesís (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐˌɾɛn̪.t̪ɛˈsɪs]

Borrowed from Spanish paréntesis, from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).


masereno

ᜋᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
masireno (alternative)
masirino (alternative)

From ma- + sereno (“dew; nightbreeze”), literally “filled with dew”.

prefix

(by extension, chiefly Quezon) dusk; smokefall


sunungaling

tl-noun

sunungaling (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜅᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜅᜎᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
sonong̃aling (alternative)
sunong̃aling (alternative)

[sʊ.n̪ʊˈŋaː.lɪŋ]

Attested in Doctrina Christiana, Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), and Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860).


mangkakalot

mangkakalót (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

mangkakalót (canonical)
ᜋᜅ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mag- + kalot (“nude”) with partial reduplication.


halinghing

halinghíng (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜅ᜔)

halinghíng (canonical)
ᜑᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[hɐ.lɪŋˈhɪŋ]


hagukgok

hagukgók (canonical)
ᜑᜄᜓᜃ᜔ᜄᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


bunggabilya

bunggabilya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


kabisote

Borrowed from Spanish cabezote (literally “big-headed”), from cabeza + -ote. See also Spanish cabezota (“stubborn”).

bor+

someone who memorized something but did not understand it


diyablura

ᜇᜒᜌᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜇ (Baybayin)
diablura (alternative)
dyablura (alternative)

[d͡ʒɐbˈluː.ɾɐ]


sinulaman

ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜎᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sinolaman (alternative)

(obsolete) kerchief sewn with the hands and needle


ngibugho

ngibughô (canonical)
ᜅᜒᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜑᜓ (Baybayin)

[ŋɪ.bʊɡˈhoʔ]

Theorized as the root form of pangibugho, earlier form of panibugho, as attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613) and Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀəhuʔ (“jealous”).

(obsolete) root related to jealousy as in panibugho


pangimbulo

tl-noun

pangimbulo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜓ)

ᜉᜅᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
pang̃imbolo (alternative)
pag̃imbolo (alternative)

From pa- + ngimbulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀəhuʔ (“jealous”). Alternatively, other theoretical roots are gimbulo and bulo. Compare Cebuano abubho, Waray-Waray abugho, and Malay cemburu. Doublet of panibugho.


basang sisiw

basáng sisiw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ᜔)

basáng sisiw (canonical)
ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)


daong-daungan

daóng-daungan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜂᜅ᜔ᜇᜂᜅᜈ᜔)

daóng-daungan (canonical)
ᜇᜂᜅ᜔ᜇᜂᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
dauong-dauong̃an (alternative)
dawong-dawungan (alternative obsolete)

[d̪ɐˌʔon̪.d̪ɐˈʔuː.ŋɐn̪]

Reduplication of daong + -an, literally, “little boat; pretend vessel”.

lit

alternative letter-case form of Daong-daungan


ariangaw

[ʔɐ.ɾɪˈʔaː.ŋaʊ̯]

Possibly a blend of ari (“property”) + angaw (“million”).


may-angaw

[maɪ̯ ˈʔaː.ŋaʊ̯]


ihsan

ihsán (canonical)
ᜁᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ehsan (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān, “excellence; perfection; doing well”).

ubor

ihsan (act of doing good or being good as if God watches)


magkakarayom

tl-noun

magkakarayóm (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜇᜌᜓᜋ᜔)

magkakarayóm (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜇᜌᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
magcacarayom (alternative)

From mag- + karayom with partial reduplication.


alpahol

alpahól (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜑᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
pahol (alternative)
alpahor (alternative)
arpahol (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish alfajor, from Andalusian Arabic الفشر (al-fašur), from Classical Persian افشر (afšur, “juice”).

food made from sliced sweet potatoes and cooked in sugar, milk, or coconut milk


kalikot

ᜃᜎᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
calicot (alternative)

poking and stirring or scraping into a hole (with the finger or some instrument)

slender bamboo or metal tube with a poking rod for crushing and mixing betel leaves, areca nuts, and lime, to make chewing buyo


kalikot

Ultimately from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ) via Brunei Malay. Doublet of kaliko.

der

Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)


kalikot

Kalikutan mo itong batang ito ng pulot, ng gatas kaya.

(obsolete) giving signs for a child to suckle


inang-diwa

ináng-diwà (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜅ᜔ᜇᜒᜏ (Baybayin)
inandiwa (alternative)
inang diwa (alternative)

[ʔɪˌn̪an̪ ˈd̪iː.wɐʔ]

From ina + -ng- + diwa. Calque of Latin alma māter.


beybi

(endearing) an affectionate term for a loved one


pagbabalik-tanaw

tl-noun

pagbabalík-tanáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜈᜏ᜔)

pagbabalík-tanáw (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜊᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜈᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐɡ.bɐ.bɐˌlɪk t̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]

From pag- + balik-tanaw (“retrospect”) with initial reduplication of the root.


kompiyuter

kompiyuter (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kompyuter (alternative)

Borrowed from English computer. Doublet of kontador.


kompiyuteran

kompiyúterán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜇᜈ᜔)

kompiyúterán (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kompyuteran (alternative)
computeran (alternative)

Sa kompiyuteran pwede kang mag-rent ng kompiyuter para mag-internet.

Inside the computer shop, you can rent a computer to connect to the Internet.


suwastika

suwástiká (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜏᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


kawang gawa

kawang gawâ (canonical)
ᜃᜏᜅ᜔ ᜄᜏ (Baybayin)


sandaigdigan

sandaigdigan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜁᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜁᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sangdayigdigan (alternative)
sangdaigdigan (alternative)

[sɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ʔɪɡˈd̪iː.ɣɐn̪]


basketbulan

básketbúlan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

básketbúlan (canonical)
ᜊᜐ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
basketbolan (alternative)


pagerper

tlb

(slang, derogatory, dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro)

págérper (canonical)
ᜉᜄᜒᜇ᜔ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
pagerpir (alternative)
pagirpir (alternative)

[ˌpaːˈɣɛɾ.pɛɾ]


kartesyanismo

tl-noun

kartésyanísmo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

kartésyanísmo (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


kartesyano

kártesyáno (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ)

kártesyáno (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish cartesiano, from New Latin Cartesiānus.


bungantulog

búngantúlog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜅᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

búngantúlog (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜅᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


kardbord

kardbord (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


kumpleanyos

kumpleanyos (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ or ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


ayop

condition of being humiliated or offended


pulburon

pulburón (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜇᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


ihing kidlat

ihing kidlát (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜑᜒᜅ᜔ ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔)

ihing kidlát (canonical)
ᜁᜑᜒᜅ᜔ ᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
ihin quirlat (alternative)
yhinquidlat (alternative)
ihing kirlat (alternative obsolete)
ihinkidlat (alternative)
ihi nang kidlat (alternative obsolete)
ihi ng kidlat (alternative)

[ˌʔiː.hɪŋ kɪd̪ˈl̪at̪̚]

From ihi + -ng + kidlat, literally “lightning pee”.


kalungtian

tl-noun

kalungtián (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

kalungtián (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kaluntian (alternative)


gulumihan

ᜄᜓᜎᜓᜋᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
golomihan (alternative)

disturbance or disorder of the mind, especially from fear or worry


pagkalito

pagkalitó (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


pahinuhod

offering (especially to God), sacrificial


bahay-gagamba

bahay-gagambá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜄᜄᜋ᜔ᜊ)

bahay-gagambá (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ᜄᜄᜋ᜔ᜊ (Baybayin)


dyinggel

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
jinggel (alternative)
jingle (alternative)

[ˈd͡ʒiŋ.ɡɛl]


tsek-ap

[ˈt͡ʃɛk.ʔɐp̚]


saynete

[saɪ̯ˈn̪ɛː.t̪ɛ]


daang-bayan

daáng-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

daáng-bayan (canonical)
ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
daambayan (alternative)

From daan + bayan, literally “city road”.


daambayan

Superseded, pre-1977 spelling of daang-bayan.


patay-sindi

patáy-sindí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

patáy-sindí (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
patay sindi (alternative)
patay-sinri (alternative)
patay sinri (alternative)

[pɐˌt̪aɪ̯ sɪn̪ˈd̪ɪ]


karbungko

Borrowed from Spanish carbunco. Compare karbungkulo.

carbuncle; ruby (deep-red gem with a smooth, convex surface)


liyag

love or affection; holding dear in one's heart


kuhila

kuhilâ or kuhilà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑᜒᜎ)

kuhilâ (canonical)
kuhilà (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜑᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
cohila (alternative)


kunwa

kunwâ (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
kunuwa (alternative)


lakas-tao

From lakas + tao. Possible calque of English manpower.


karapatang-sipi

karapatáng-sipì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜉᜆᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒ)

karapatáng-sipì (canonical)
ᜃᜇᜉᜆᜅ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒ (Baybayin)

From karapatan (“right”) + sipi (“copy; reproduction”).


impit na tunog

tl-noun

impít na tunóg (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)

impít na tunóg (canonical)
ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ ᜈ ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪmˌpɪt̪ n̪ɐ t̪ʊˈn̪oɡ̚]


dyi

Borrowed from English gee, the English name of the letter G /g.

the name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Filipino alphabet


Kankanaëy

[kɐŋ.kɐˈn̪aː.ʔəɪ̯]


kantunan

a store or stall selling pancit canton (usually the instant type)


aroskaldo

aroskaldo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
aros kaldo (alternative)
aruskaldo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish arroz caldo (“broth rice”). Compare English arroz caldo. See also Spanish arroz caldoso.

bor+

arroz caldo (Filipino rice porridge casserole rice and chicken gruel)


aruskaldo

tl-noun

aruskaldo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ᜀᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


Araw ng mga Ina

Araw ng mga Iná (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜁᜈ)

Araw ng mga Iná (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜁᜈ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ n̪ɐŋ mɐˌŋa ʔɪˈn̪a]

Coordinate term: Araw ng mga Ama


teksbuk

ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tesbuk (alternative dated)


bakwet

bakwét (canonical)
ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
bakwit (alternative)
ibakwet (alternative)
ibakwit (alternative)

Borrowed from English evacuate, from Latin evacuare. Doublet of ebak.


eyts

Borrowed from English aitch, the English name of the letter H /h. Doublet of hache.

the name of the Latin-script letter H/h, in the Filipino alphabet


atse

(historical) alternative spelling of hache


iho de puta

iho de puta (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜑᜓ ᜇᜒ ᜉᜓᜆ)

ᜁᜑᜓ ᜇᜒ ᜉᜓᜆ (Baybayin)
yudeputa (alternative colloquial)
yudiputa (alternative colloquial)
deputa (alternative)

(vulgar, offensive) a term of abuse: son of a bitch; son of a whore


LSS

[ʔɛl ʔɛs ʔɛs]

From initialism of English last song syndrome, from 2000s.

earworm (tune that keeps replaying in one's head)


ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔

ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ • (dibdib)


atensyon

atensyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

atensyón (canonical)
ᜀᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.t̪ɛn̪ˈʃon̪]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of atensiyon.


omnisyensiya

omnisyénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

omnisyénsiyá (canonical)
ᜂᜋ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[ʔom.n̪ɪˈʃɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish omnisciencia, from Medieval Latin omniscientia (“all-knowledge”).


dyey

Borrowed from English jay, the English name of the letter J /j.

the name of the Latin-script letter J/j, in the Filipino alphabet


tinedyer

ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɪˈn̪ɛː.d͡ʒɛɾ]

[t̪ɪˈn̪ɛd̪.jɛɾ]


elohiyo

Borrowed from Spanish elogio, from Latin ēlogium (“inscription on a tombstone”).


eulohiya

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English eulogy, influenced by Spanish -logía, from Ancient Greek εὐλογία (eulogía, “praise”, literally “good words”).


sipra

Borrowed from Spanish cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “empty; zero”). Doublet of sero.


oktopus

óktopús (canonical)
ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English octopus, from Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous, literally “eight-foot”).


gatlang em

tl-noun

gatláng em (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ ᜁᜋ᜔)

gatláng em (canonical)
ᜄᜆ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ ᜁᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɐt̪ˈl̪aŋ ʔɛm]

From gatlang (“dash”) + em (“M”). Calque of English em dash.


gatlang en

gatláng en (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ ᜁᜈ᜔)

gatláng en (canonical)
ᜄᜆ᜔ᜎᜅ᜔ ᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɐt̪ˈl̪aŋ ʔɛn̪]

From gatlang (“dash”) + en (“N”). Calque of English en dash.


singkahulugan

singkahulugán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔)

singkahulugán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kasingkahulugan (alternative)


kulpuralis

kulpuralis (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
colporales (alternative)
colporalis (alternative)
kulpurales (alternative obsolete)

Early borrowing from Spanish corporales, plural of corporal, from Latin corporālis. Doublet of korporal.

Muha ka ng kulpuralis.

corporal (linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed)


kuys

ᜃᜓᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kuwis (alternative)
kwis (alternative)

Kuys Bong

respectful term of address or honorific for a young man or boy or any male older than oneself; mister; bro


atseng pinatutunog

atseng pinatútunóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜈᜆᜓᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)

atseng pinatútunóg (canonical)
ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜈᜆᜓᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.t͡ʃɛm pɪ.n̪ɐˌt̪uː.t̪ʊˈn̪oɡ̚]

[ˌʔat̪.sɛm pɪ.n̪ɐˌt̪uː.t̪ʊˈn̪oɡ̚]


atseng walang-tunog

atseng waláng-tunóg (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔)

atseng waláng-tunóg (canonical)
ᜀᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.t͡ʃɛŋ wɐˌlan̪ t̪ʊˈn̪oɡ̚]

[ˌʔat̪.sɛŋ wɐˌlan̪ t̪ʊˈn̪oɡ̚]


toyomansi

tóyomansî (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜌᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


baboy-damo

baboy-damó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜋᜓ)

baboy-damó (canonical)
ᜊᜊᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


kasundaluhan

kasundaluhan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜓᜑᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜎᜓᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pinagtatalunan

pinagtatalunan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜒᜈᜄ᜔ᜆᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pinapagtalunan (alternative)

From pagtalunan + -in- with partial reduplication of the root talo (“argument”).

question; thing in question or under dispute


kaisandibdib

kaisándibdíb (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜁᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔)

kaisándibdíb (canonical)
ᜃᜁᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)


kwalipikasyon

kwalipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kwalipikasyón (canonical)
ᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwalipikasyon.


tagabas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀabas. Compare Hanunoo tagabas and Malay terawas.

Diplazium esculentum
Wikispecies:Diplazium esculentum

a type of fern that can be served as a vegetable and found often near rivers or creeks (Diplazium esculentum)


linangin

[lɪ.n̪ɐˈŋɪn̪]

[lɪˈn̪aː.ŋɪn̪]

field or a piece of land to be cultivated or tilled

(dialectal, Quezon) village person; barrio folk (living far from the city)

(chiefly Quezon) local of the farming side (of a community)

(chiefly Quezon) farmer; farm worker; cultivator


en dyi

the name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng, in the Filipino alphabet


endyi

[ˈʔɛn̪.d͡ʒɪ]

[ˈʔɛn̪.d̪jɪ]


tayaba

a form of igba where a farmers cuts three trees on their desired land during the New Year (prior to practicing kaingin)


maghuhuwego

maghuhuwegó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜑᜓᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ)

maghuhuwegó (canonical)
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜑᜓᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

From mag- + huwego with partial reduplication.


huwego de-palabra

huwego de-palabra (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ ᜇᜒᜉᜎᜊ᜔ᜇ)

ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ ᜇᜒᜉᜎᜊ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish juego de palabras.


kapuwang

2022, Dagat, Manuel Ortega, pages 22

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Kapuwang nga natin ang kapuwa natin, Tamuneneng ay tamemeng kung tawagin...

companion; escort; someone or something together with


ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔

ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ • (tulog)


Araw ng mga Ama

Araw ng mga Amá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜋ)

Araw ng mga Amá (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜏ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜅ ᜀᜋ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.ɾaʊ̯ n̪ɐŋ mɐˌŋa ʔɐˈma]

Coordinate term: Araw ng mga Ina


amboboyog

amboboyog (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜌᜓᜄ᜔)

ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜊᜓᜌᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


kumporme

ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ (Baybayin)
kumpurmi (alternative)
komporme (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish conforme, from Latin cōnfōrmis.


dobolyu

Borrowed from English double-u, the English name of the letter W /w.

the name of the Latin-script letter W/w, in the Filipino alphabet


dignayan

[d̪ɪɡˈn̪aː.jɐn̪]

From a blend of daigdig (“world; earth”) + hanayan (“classification”).


rayos-ekis

tl-noun

rayos-ekis (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌᜓᜐ᜔ᜁᜃᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜇᜌᜓᜐ᜔ᜁᜃᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


pontempen

póntempén (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔)

póntempén (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


liriks

Borrowed from English lyrics, plural of lyric, from French lyrique, from Latin lyricus, from Ancient Greek λυρικός (lurikós). Doublet of lirika.


mano-mano

ᜋᜈᜓᜋᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
mano mano (alternative)

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

(martial arts) suntukan (Filipino martial art)


feslak

A play on English face, possibly inspired by facelock.


dalubsining

dalubsining (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔)

ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)


lato-lato

From Indonesian lato-lato (“clackers”), said to be ultimately from Buginese ᨒᨈᨚ ᨒᨈᨚ (latto latto, “making clacking sounds”). Popularized via TikTok.


apostrope

tl-noun

apóstropé (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒ)

apóstropé (canonical)
ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜉᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish apóstrofe, from Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ).

(rhetoric) apostrophe (sudden piece of dialogue)


katipunan

ᜃᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
catiponan (alternative)
catipunan (alternative)

grouping; association; organization; congregation


patriya

Borrowed from Spanish patria, from Latin patria (“fatherland”).


leslie

Borrowed from English Leslie, intended as a play on English lesbian.


ispeling

[ʔɪsˈpɛː.lɪŋ]


palamunin

pálamunín or pálamúnin (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜋᜓᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

pálamunín (canonical)
pálamúnin (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜋᜓᜈᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

unemployed person who depends on other's livelihood; freeloader


dos-por-dos

dos-por-dos (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

2×2; two by two piece of dimensional lumber


aghamwika

aghamwikà (canonical)
ᜀᜄ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔ᜏᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


kamotpusa

kámotpusà (canonical)
ᜃᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ (Baybayin)


ᜀᜇ᜔ᜎᜏ᜔

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜎᜏ᜔ • (arlaw)


bukambibig

bukambibíg (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄ᜔)

bukambibíg (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜊᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)


talindaw

talindáw (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.lɪn̪ˈd̪aʊ̯]


pantay-dagat

pantáy-dagat (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔)

pantáy-dagat (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜌ᜔ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐn̪ˌt̪aɪ̯ ˈd̪aː.ɣɐt̪̚]


weder forkast

weder forkast (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔)

ᜏᜒᜇᜒᜇ᜔ ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


alunan

tlb

(electronics, communication, broadcasting, neologism)

[ʔɐˈluː.n̪ɐn̪]


solstisyo

tl-noun

solstisyo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish solsticio, from Latin sōlstitium.


ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜓ

ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜓ • (kunggriso)


pahutan

Mangifera altissima
Wikispecies:Mangifera altissima


Aurorahin

Aurorahin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜀᜏ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔaʊ̯.ɾoˈɾaː.hɪn̪]

Aurorahin (person from San Francisco, Quezon)


Sampalukin

Sampalukin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜓᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜓᜃᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Sampalukin (someone from Sampaloc, Quezon)


Infantahin

Infantahin (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Infantahin (someone from Infanta, Quezon)


ilayahin

(dialectal, Quezon) native or local from the northern, upper part of a town or community


ilayahin

(dialectal, Marinduque) native or local from the inner, rural parts of Marinduque

(dialectal, Marinduque) dialect of Marinduque Tagalog spoken by these people


bayanin

(dialectal, Quezon) local of the town center


ibabaan

ibabaán (canonical)
ᜁᜊᜊᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ibab-an (alternative)

[ʔɪ.bɐˈbaː.ʔɐn̪]

(dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) place under; underneath; under part

(dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) lower part

(geography, dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) low-lying areas; downwards; foot

(dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) area below; downtown


ibab-an

(dialectal, Quezon) alternative form of ibabaan


komersyo

ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


makdo

makdô or makdó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜃ᜔ᜇᜓ)

makdô (canonical)
makdó (canonical)
ᜋᜃ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


lansong

Borrowed from Hokkien 籠床 /笼床 (lâng-sn̂g).

bor+

bamboo steamer basket (usually round and made of bamboo, for cooking and serving dim sum)


baryante

Borrowed from Spanish variante. Doublet of varyant.


varayti

[vɐˈɾaɪ̯.t̪ɪ]

[bɐˈɾaɪ̯.t̪ɪ]

Borrowed from English variety, ultimately from Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”). Doublet of baryedad.


baryedad

baryedád (canonical)
ᜊᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish variedad, ultimately from Latin varietātem. Doublet of varayti.


bahay balintataw

tl-noun

bahay balintatáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔)

bahay balintatáw (canonical)
ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

alternative spelling of bahay-balintataw


ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ

ᜃᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ • (kumiryanti)


ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔

ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ • (lungsor)


Hanunoo

Hanunoo people (ethnic group in Mindoro, Philippines)


ligaw na bala

ligáw na bala (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜎ)

ligáw na bala (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ ᜈ ᜊᜎ (Baybayin)

[lɪˌɣaʊ̯ n̪ɐ ˈbaː.lɐ]

Literally, “stray bullet”. Possibly a calque of English stray bullet.


himpak

condition of being deflated (of a balloon, tire, etc.)

state of being emaciated (of one's body)

condition of being depressed (of a surface)

condition of being drained off or emptied


ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜓ

ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜓ • (apdo)


manggahan

[mɐŋˈɡaː.hɐn̪]


ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔

ᜃᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ • (katmon)


subla

sublá (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜎ (Baybayin)
sobla (alternative)

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

bor+

act of setting aside leftovers for someone


ᜀᜐ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ

tl-noun

ᜀᜐ᜔ᜉᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ • (aspalto)


ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔

ᜉᜓᜂᜈ᜔ • (poon)


partida bautismo

partida bautismo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ ᜊᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ ᜊᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
partida (alternative)
partida bawtismo (alternative)
partida de bautismo (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish partida bautismo (“baptismal certificate”).


partida bawtismo

tl-noun

partida bawtismo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ ᜊᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ ᜊᜏ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)

partida bautismo
partida bautismo#Tagalog

alternative spelling of partida bautismo


laglag-panti

laglág-panti (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

laglág-panti (canonical)
ᜎᜄ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
laglag-panty (alternative)


siyoki

siyokì (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
siyoke (alternative)
shoke (alternative)
shoki (alternative)
sioke (alternative)
sioki (alternative)
syoke (alternative)
syoki (alternative)

Uncertain. Possibly:
* From gay slang prefix siyo- + lalaki.
* From a play on siyokoy.
* From a play on suki.
* From Hokkien 弱氣 /弱气 (jio̍h-khì, “weak spirit”).


siyoti

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
shoti (alternative)
sioti (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 小弟 (sió-tǐ, “younger brother; youngest brother”).


siyobe

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜊᜒ (Baybayin)
shobe (alternative)
siobe (alternative)
shob (alternative slang)
shobs (alternative slang)

Borrowed from Hokkien 小妹 (sió-bē, “younger sister; youngest sister”).


siyokla

siyoklâ (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔ᜎ (Baybayin)
shokla (alternative)
syokla (alternative)


siyokot

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
shokot (alternative)
syokot (alternative)


gerlalu

gérlalú (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
girlaloo (alternative)
girlalu (alternative)

[ˌɡəɹ.lɐˈlu]

[ˌɡɛɾ.lɐˈlu]

From English girl, but the end patterned after words like English boogaloo or hullabaloo.


singkopa

Borrowed from Spanish síncopa, from Late Latin syncopa, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).


siyuting

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
syuting (alternative)


marumi

From ma- + dumi with allophonic lenition of /d/ to /ɾ/ between vowels.


alas-sais

alás-saís (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜐᜁᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌlas sɐˈʔɪs]


kaladkarin

tl-noun

kaladkarin (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜇ᜔ᜃᜇᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜎᜇ᜔ᜃᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kalarkarin (alternative)

(derogatory, slightly dated) prostitute; bitch; whore


katser

[ˈkaː.t͡ʃɛɾ]


ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜌ᜔

ᜐᜒᜋᜓᜌ᜔ • (simoy)


kabaliwan

kabaliwán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜎᜒᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kaunlaran

kaunlarán (canonical)
ᜃᜂᜈ᜔ᜎᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ

ᜋᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ • (martilyo)


kasaganaan

ᜃᜐᜄᜈᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kasaganahan (alternative)

[kɐ.sɐ.ɣɐˈn̪aː.ʔɐn̪]


kasalimuutan

kasalimuután (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆᜈ᜔)

kasalimuután (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of kasalimuotan.


suuban

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of suoban.


kumpensasyon

kumpensasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kumpensasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kabayan

Hoy kabayan! Kumusta?

Hey someone from the same town as me! How is it going?

someone from the same town or country; fellow citizen


sandamukal

sandamukal (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜋᜓᜃᜎ᜔)

Kailangan ko pa ring lakarin ang sandamukal na papeles.

I still need to errand for the overwhelming amount of documents.

any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything; a great heap of something


belyas-artes

belyas-artes (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


pahiram

From pa- + hiram, literally “let others borrow; lent”.


arkansiya

[ʔɐɾ.kɐn̪ˈsiː.ɐ]


alandahaw

Compare Cebuano alindahaw (“drizzle; light rain”) and Tausug andahaw (“rain and sunshine phenomenon; sun shower”).


udoy

(Mogpog Marinduque) term of address to a boy


kalamyas

Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi#Translingual

(dialectal, Marinduque) alternative form of kamyas: bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi)


kalam-isan

Citrus × microcarpa
Citrus × microcarpa#Translingual

Citrofortunella mitis
Citrofortunella mitis

(eastern Marinduque) alternative form of kalamansi: calamondin; calamansi (Citrus × microcarpa, ×Citrofortunella mitis)


bang-aw

tlb

(dialectal, Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque)

bang-áw (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜀᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
bang-ao (alternative)


karlubang

Manihot esculenta
Manihot esculenta#Translingual


gilawgaw

gilawgáw (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜎᜏ᜔ᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɡɪ.laʊ̯ˈɣaʊ̯]

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


gikin

(dialectal, Marinduque) alternative form of dikin


duungan

[d̪ʊˈʔuː.ŋɐn̪]

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of duongan.


daranghita

[d̪ɐ.ɾɐŋˈhiː.t̪ɐ]

(dialectal, Marinduque) alternative form of dalanghita


laylagnat

laylagnát (canonical)
ᜎᜌ᜔ᜎᜄ᜔ᜈᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
lilagnat (alternative)

From partial reduplication of lagnat with Marinduque infix -y-, indicating a lesser degree.

(western Marinduque) light fever; slight fever


lilagnat

lilagnát (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜎᜄ᜔ᜈᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

(eastern Marinduque) alternative form of laylagnat


alis-is

[ʔɐ.lɪsˈʔɪs]


singkuhin

tl-noun

singkuhín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

singkuhín (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(dialectal, Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) five-centavo coin


latoy

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis#Translingual

(eastern Marinduque) yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)


lubaw

(Boac-Mogpog Marinduque) yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)


turoso

(dialectal, Marinduque) alternative form of troso: log (piece of wood)


sulapid

(dialectal, western Marinduque) alternative form of salapid: plait; braid; pigtail


karbungkulo

karbúngkuló (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓ)

karbúngkuló (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish carbúnculo. Compare karbungko.

carbuncle; ruby (deep-red gem with a smooth, convex surface)


salitain

[sɐ.lɪ.t̪ɐˈʔɪn̪]

(eastern Marinduque) word (unit of speech)


wangki

quality of being almost similar (in appearance or facial features)


dagadagaan

dagádagáan (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜇᜄᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɐˌɣaː.d̪ɐˈɣaː.ʔɐn̪]


dawag

[ˈd̪aː.wɐɡ̚]

any of several species of spiny, woody vines


pakundangan

pakundangan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
pacondang̃an (alternative)

respect; courteous regard (for someone or something)


kundangan

[kʊn̪ˈd̪aː.ŋɐn̪]


tantsing

tantsíng (canonical)
ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐn̪ˈt͡ʃɪŋ]

[t̪ɐn̪ˈt͡sɪŋ]

a gambling game in which coins at stake are placed one over another inside a circle then hit by players in turns with their cue pieces (similar to quoits)


paghahanda

paghahandâ (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ (Baybayin)

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


walang-hanggan

waláng-hanggán (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔)

waláng-hanggán (canonical)
ᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜑᜅ᜔ᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
walang hanggan (alternative common)

[wɐˌlaŋ hɐŋˈɡan̪]

From wala (“no, without”) + -ng- (enclitic suffix) + hanggan (“limit”).


paskuwa

páskuwá (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
paskwa (alternative)


paskwa

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of paskuwa.


lupak

Coordinate term: digas

pounding of rice grains in a wooden mortar (for the first time to separate the chaff)

pounding of boiled, green saba bananas into a mash called nilupak


nilupak

pudding of mashed, boiled, green saba bananas


keber

kebér (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
kebs (alternative)
keberlu (alternative)
kiber (alternative)
que ber (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish [nada] que ver (“nothing to see”).

bor+

walang keber

Keber ko diyan?

care (close attention, concern or responsibility)


komonwelt

tl-noun

kómonwélt (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜆ᜔)

kómonwélt (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
komonwels (alternative)


Zamboangueño

Zamboangueño (feminine Zamboangueña, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

Zamboangueña (feminine)
ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
Sambuwanggenyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish zamboangueño, from Zamboanga + -eño.


Batangueña

Batangueña (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

ᜊᜆᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
Batanggenya (alternative)
Batangenya (alternative rare)

[bɐ.t̪ɐŋˈɡɛː.ɲɐ]

[bɐ.t̪ɐŋˈɡɛn̪.jɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish batangueña, from Batangas + -eña.

female equivalent of Batangueño: female Batangueño (person)


Zamboangueña

Zamboangueña (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
Sambuwanggenya (alternative)

[zɐm.bo.ɐŋˈɡɛː.ɲɐ]

[sɐm.bo.ɐŋˈɡɛː.ɲɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish zamboangueña, from Zamboanga + -eña.

female equivalent of Zamboangueño: female Zamboangueño (person)


soolohiya

ᜐᜓᜂᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
soolohia (alternative dated)
zoolohiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish zoología, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). Piecewise doublet of biyolohiya.


kyutiks

ᜃ᜔ᜌᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kiyuteks (alternative)
kyuteks (alternative)

Borrowed from English cutex (“nail polish”, slang), a genericized trademark of Cutex.


kabataan

youth (part of life following childhood)


singguwatse

tl-noun

singguwatsé (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ)

singguwatsé (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
singwatse (alternative)
singgwatse (alternative)
singgwatsi (alternative)
singguatse (alternative nonstandard)
singguwatsi (alternative)
singkuwatse (alternative obsolete)
singkwatse (alternative obsolete)
kuwatse (alternative clipping obsolete)

[sɪŋ.ɡwɐtˈt͡ʃɛ]

[sɪŋ.ɡwɐt̪ˈsɛ]

From Chinese, possibly Hokkien 西瓜籽 (si-koa chí, “watermelon seed”) or 生瓜籽 (siⁿ-koa chí, “watermelon seed”) or Mandarin 西瓜子 (xīguāzǐ, “watermelon seed”) as per Manuel (1948). See also Malay kuaci (“dried melon seed”).


butong-pakwan

tl-noun

butóng-pakwán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔)

butóng-pakwán (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜉᜃ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
butumpakwan (alternative)


munyagit

ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜄᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
monyaguit (alternative)

[mʊnˈɲaː.ɣɪt̪̚]

[mʊn̪ˈjaː.ɣɪt̪̚]


parilya

frame of metal bars attached at the back of a vehicle (for carrying extra luggage)

(colloquial, figurative) man's chest (especially the width of the body from shoulder to shoulder)


anilyo

Borrowed from Spanish anillo, from Old Spanish aniello, from Latin ānellus (“little ring”), from ānulus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”).

(construction) stirrup (bent rebar wrapped around main rebars)


geym

ᜄᜒᜌ᜔ᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
geim (alternative dated)

start of the real or serious game, usually after some trial plays


garasiya

[ɡɐˈɾaː.sjɐ]


asintada

[ʔɐ.sɪn̪ˈt̪aː.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish asentada (“settled”). See asinta.

bor+

female equivalent of asintado: excellent female marksman or shooter


media agua

tl-noun

media agua (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)

[ˌmɛː.d͡ʒɐ ˈʔaɡ.wɐ]


rebokada

Possibly borrowed from Spanish revocada (“revoked”)


kakawasaan

kakawasaán (canonical)
ᜃᜃᜏᜐᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cacauasaan (alternative)
cacavasaan (alternative)

From kawasa + ka- -an. Compare Maranao kakawasa'an (“wealth”).

Minamalaki ko ang kakawasaan mo.


kayumanis

ᜃᜌᜓᜋᜈᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
cayomanis (alternative)
cayomanes (alternative)
kayumanes (alternative obsolete)


tingkayad

tingkayád (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜌᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tingkayar (alternative)


eskuwala

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜎ (Baybayin)
eskwala (alternative)
iskwala (alternative)
iskuwala (alternative)

→ Tausug: iskawala

Borrowed from Spanish escuadra. Doublet of eskuwadra, iskuwad, and iskuweyr.

dbt

act of testing the accuracy of a square work (by using a carpenter's square)


asintado

tl-noun

asintado (feminine asintada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇᜓ)

Borrowed from Spanish asentado (“settled”). See asinta. Alternate etymology posits it to be from Spanish acertado.


medya-agwa

tl-noun

medya-agwa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ)

ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
medyaagwa (alternative)
media-agua (alternative)
media agua (alternative)

[ˌmɛː.d͡ʒɐ ˈʔaɡ.wɐ]


repositoryo

repositoryo (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish repositorio, from Latin repositōrium.


medyaagwa

médyaágwa (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)

[ˌmɛː.d͡ʒɐˈʔaɡ.wɐ]


ambigwidad

ambigwidád (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

ambigwidád (canonical)
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜏᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
ambigwedad (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish ambigüedad, from Latin ambiguitās.


pang-itaas

pang-itaás (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜁᜆᜀᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pɐŋ.ʔɪ.t̪ɐˈʔas]

From pang- + itaas, literally “for the upper”.


pang-ibaba

pang-ibabâ (canonical)
ᜉᜅ᜔ᜁᜊᜊ (Baybayin)

From pang- + ibaba, literally “for the lower”.


bintukuhol

tl-noun

bintukuhól (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

bintukuhól (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
bingticohol (alternative)
bintocohol (alternative)
bintikuhol (alternative obsolete)
bingtikuhol (alternative obsolete)

→ Kapampangan: bintikuhul


ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔

ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔ • (alon)


ditablo

Early borrowing from Spanish retablo. Doublet of retablo.


paritaan

→ Kapampangan: paritaan

[pɐ.ɾɪ.t̪ɐˈʔan̪]

Possibly from pa- + *dita + -an. The root may be a lost stem according to Potet (2017). See also Malay pelita (“lamp”), which ultimately came from Classical Persian پلیته (palīta, “candle wick”). Compare Maranao palita'an (“lantern; lamp”), Maguindanao palitan (“lamp”), and Tausug palitaan (“lamp”).


bituwin

tl-noun

bituwín or bituwin (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔)

bituwín (canonical)
bituwin (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


butiin

ᜊᜓᜆᜒᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
botiin (alternative)
butiyn (alternative)

[bʊˈt̪iː.ʔɪn̪]


kandilero

ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
canralero (alternative)
kandalero (alternative obsolete)
kandelero (alternative)


hubog-kandila

hubog-kandilà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ)

hubog-kandilà (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜊᜓᜄ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ (Baybayin)

From hubog + kandila, literally “candle-shaped”.


bukas-isip

tl-noun

bukás-isip (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔)

bukás-isip (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜃᜐ᜔ᜁᜐᜒᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)


limi-limitahan

limí-limitahán (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

limí-limitahán (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
limilimitahan (alternative)


siyasatan

siyasatan or síyasatán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆᜈ᜔)

siyasatan (canonical)
síyasatán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʃɐˈsaː.t̪ɐn̪]

place where investigations are being done or conducted


ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜂᜈ᜔

ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜂᜈ᜔ • (sip-on)


ᜐᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔

ᜐᜒᜉᜓᜈ᜔ • (sipon)


ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔

ᜊᜓᜃᜒᜇ᜔ • (bukir)


ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ

ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ • (simintiryo)


deskaril

deskaríl (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜇᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
diskaril (alternative)


diskaril

diskaríl (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜇᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


isko

Clipping of iskolar (“scholar”), from the phrase “iskolar ng bayan”, literally, “scholar of the people”. The scholarship of the students given the label is subsidized by the government, which is in turn funded by the citizens' taxes. Thus, in effect, the people pays for the students' education.

student with education subsidized by the government (especially from state universities such as the University of the Philippines)


kabituinan

kabituinán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈᜈ᜔)

kabituinán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kabituwinan (alternative)


ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ

ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ • (kastilyo)


pararayos

páraráyos (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜇᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
para-rayos (alternative)


muhala

muhalà (canonical)
ᜋᜓᜑᜎ (Baybayin)
mohala (alternative)

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish almohada. Doublet of almowada.


Makaw

Makáw (canonical)
ᜋᜃᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
Macao (alternative)
Macau (alternative)

El Filibusterismo
Jose Rizal
Spanish Philippines
tl:Makaw

Borrowed from Spanish Macao, from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See more at Portuguese Macau. Compare Spanish Macán, Japanese 媽港(マカオ) (makao), Latin Machao.
The “Macau Chinese” sense is an ellipsis of Spanish chino macao (“Macau Chinese”).
The “good cook” sense is due to the renown of fine cooks or chefs who usually specialized in cooking pancit noodles in panciteria restaurants across Spanish Philippines during the 1800s, especially in Manila and Iloilo, such as Pancitería Macanista de Buen Gusto located by San Fernando Bridge in Binondo, Manila, mentioned by Jose Rizal in El Filibusterismo (1891), who were historically usually Cantonese-speaking ethnic Chinese people from Macau or Canton (historically usually Guangzhou) and their descendants, as per Manuel (1948) and Galang (2022).

Macau Chinese; Chinese Macanese (an ethnic Chinese person from Macau)

(by extension) Cantonese (a Cantonese-speaking ethnic Chinese person who transited from Macau, and may also possibly be from Canton (Guangzhou or Guangdong province in general) or Hong Kong)


baisi

baisì (canonical)
ᜊᜁᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
baysi (alternative)
bisi (alternative)

[bɐˈʔiː.sɪʔ]


tiboom

ᜆᜒᜊᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
T-boom (alternative)
tboom (alternative)

Blend of tibo + English boom. See also T-bird.


huwataw

ᜑᜓᜏᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
huataw (alternative)
suataw (alternative)
suwataw (alternative)
wataw (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 碗頭 /碗头 (óaⁿ-thâu, “large bowl”).


aplikadong agham

tl-noun

aplikadong aghám (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜀᜄ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔)

aplikadong aghám (canonical)
ᜀᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜀᜄ᜔ᜑᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagdadalang-tao

pagdadaláng-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ)

pagdadaláng-tao (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜇᜇᜎᜅ᜔ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)

From pag- + dalang-tao with partial reduplication.


buway

buwáy (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
buay (alternative)


saklob

act of covering a receptacle (with a lid)

(gambling) partnership or joint venture of two partners

act of putting face to face with another (of two pictures, plates, etc.)


anunsiyasyon

anunsiyasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

anunsiyasyón (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.n̪ʊn̪.ʃɐˈʃon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish anunciación, from Late Latin annuntiātiōnem.


panimbangan

pánimbángan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅᜈ᜔)

pánimbángan (canonical)
ᜉᜈᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

anything used to balance oneself on (such as a tightrope or a strong line)


konsyumer

konsyumer (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


koreksyonal

koréksyonál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

koréksyonál (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)


pagkakasundo

pagkakásundô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

pagkakásundô (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

understanding; agreement (with each other)

act by which someone is fetched by another from a certain place


pagkakaunawa

pagkakaunawà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜂᜈᜏ)

pagkakaunawà (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜂᜈᜏ (Baybayin)


pagkakaunawaan

pagkakaunawaán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜂᜈᜏᜀᜈ᜔)

pagkakaunawaán (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜂᜈᜏᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


lambutsingan

lámbutsíngan (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

lámbutsíngan (canonical)
ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
lambotsingan (alternative)
lambuchingan (alternative)

(slang) exchange of affection with another


lambutsing

lambutsíng (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

lambutsíng (canonical)
ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

May isang konsul sa bayang Aprika, Kung walang opisyo, lambutsing sa kama; Isang Aprikano ang kinakasama, Alae, alahoy, ano, ano na ba?

1993, Domingo G. Landicho, Apoy at unos katipunan ng mga tulang popular, University of the Philippines Press:

show of affection, tenderness, or fondness towards someone (through an embrace, caress, kiss, etc.)


lampong

noisy cries or mewing of cats (during courtship or mating)

(colloquial, by extension) noisy or passionate display of affection towards someone (through kissing, hugging, etc.)


sulong-mangayaw

sulóng-mangayáw (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜅᜌᜏ᜔)

sulóng-mangayáw (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜅᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
solonmang̃ayao (alternative)
solongmang̃ayao (alternative)
sulong mang̃ayao (alternative)

[sʊˌloŋ mɐ.ŋɐˈjaʊ̯]

Possibly from sulo (“torch”) + mangayaw (“highwayman”).


Kopino

tl-noun

Kopino (feminine Kopina, Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜉᜒᜈᜓ)

Borrowed from English Kopino, from a blend of Korean + Filipino.

Ang mensahe ng isang bata sa kanyang ama, sumasalamin sa damdamin ng karamihan ng mga Kopino na naiwan dito. Ang tumataas bang bilang ng mga Koreanong bumibisita sa Pilipinas ang dahilan ng pagtaas din ng bilang ng mga Kopino?

2012 August 31, “"Appa, Sarangheyo!" (Papa, I love you!) dokumentaryo ni Sandra Aguinaldo, ngayong Lunes sa I-Witness!”, in GMA News Online:

The message of a child to his father reflects the sentiment of most of the Kopinos left here. Is the rising number of Koreans visitng the Philippines the cause of the rising number of Kopinos?

(informal) Kopino (a Filipino with Korean descent; usually one of mixed descent, and especially one who identifies as such)


paradahan

páradahán or paradahan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

páradahán (canonical)
paradahan (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(by extension) stop (place to get on and off mass transport)


ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔

ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ • (suntok)


ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜈ᜔

ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜈ᜔ • (suntukan)


ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆ

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆ • (prutikta)


gasuklay

gasukláy (canonical)
ᜄᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

From ga- (prefix indicating similarity) + suklay (“comb”).


buwang palaba

tl-noun

buwáng palabâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜊ)

buwáng palabâ (canonical)
ᜊᜓᜏᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜊ (Baybayin)
palabang buwan (alternative)

From buwan (“moon”) + palaba (“waxing; growing”).


sikatsikat

tl-noun

síkatsíkat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜆ᜔)

síkatsíkat (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)


palabang buwan

palabáng buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

palabáng buwán (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜊᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
palabang buan (alternative)


Mariang Palad

Mariáng Palad or Mariang Palad (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

Mariáng Palad (canonical)
Mariang Palad (canonical)
ᜋᜇᜒᜌᜅ᜔ ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
Maryang Palad (alternative)

From Maria (“Virgin Mary”) + palad (“palm”).


sarahan

device for closing or locking up (a door, window, drawer, etc.)

closing time or period (of school, stores, etc.)

simultaneous closing up (of stores, etc.)

particular place where the entry or exit can be closed


ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ • (kunsumisyon)


ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ • (kunsiyumir)


ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜋᜒᜇ᜔ • (kunsumir)


pagsasabi

From pag- + sabi, with initial reduplication of sabi.

ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay pagsasama ng maluwat


pagsasama

From pag- + sama (“accompanying, inclusion”), with initial reduplication of sama.

act of living together (as husband and wife)

act of combining or putting a thing with another

act of including something (in a letter, etc.)

act of accompanying someone (to a certain place)


pagsasama

From pag- + sama (“share; stock”), with initial reduplication of sama.

act of joining each other in a capital investment


ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔

ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ • (tinis)


tagenggong

tagenggong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜅ᜔)

[t̪ɐˈɣɛŋ.ɡoŋ]


santuwaryo

santuwaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
sanktuwaryo (alternative)
sangktuwaryo (alternative)
sanktwaryo (alternative)
sangktwaryo (alternative)
santwaryo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish santuario, from Late Latin sānctuārium.


sanktuwaryo

sanktuwaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English sanctuary, and influenced by Spanish santuario.


tigmamanok

tl-noun

tigmamanók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

tigmamanók (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tigmamanoc (alternative)
tigmamanocqin (alternative)
tigmamanucqin (alternative)
tigmamanoquin (alternative)
tigmamanuquin (alternative)
tigmamanukan (alternative)
tigmamanukin (alternative)

(ornithology, mythology, archaic) Philippine fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra), considered to be a folkloric bird whose song is inspiration for an ancient incantation song and is believed to be ominous when it sings, by which divinations and prognostications are made by the superstitious


pantuos

pantuós (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜂᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
panuos (alternative)

any device used for computation or calculation


anak sa ligaw

anák sa ligaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔)

anák sa ligaw (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜎᜒᜄᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)


kutong aso

kutong aso (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜀᜐᜓ)


digmaang-bayan

digmaang-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
digmang-bayan (alternative)

From digmaan (“war”) + -g- + bayan (“town; people”). Calque of English people's war, or a direct calque of Mandarin 人民戰爭 /人民战争 (rénmín zhànzhēng).


sipay

a person that snatches children and uses their blood to fortify structures under construction


pinagong

[pɪ.n̪ɐˈɣoŋ]

From pagong + -in-, literally “turned into a turtle”.


banggerahan

tl-noun

banggerahán (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜇᜑᜈ᜔)

banggerahán (canonical)
ᜊᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜇᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
banguerahan (alternative)
banggirahan (alternative)

[bɐŋ.ɡɛ.ɾɐˈhan̪]

From banggera + -han. Compare Pangasinan banggiraan.

kitchen sink (especially made of bamboo)


kwarenta y singko

kwarenta y singko (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜁ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

ᜃ᜔ᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ ᜁ ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

kuwarenta y singko
kuwarenta y singko#Tagalog

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of kuwarenta y singko.


lunsad-aklat

lunsád-aklát (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜇ᜔ᜀᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔)

lunsád-aklát (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜇ᜔ᜀᜃ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
lunsad aklat (alternative)

From lunsad (“launch”) + aklat (“book”).


sawsaw-suka

sawsáw-sukà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ)

sawsáw-sukà (canonical)
ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ (Baybayin)

From sawsaw + suka, literally “dipping [into] vinegar”.

compound

(children's games) a two-player game where the first player tries to tap their finger into the second player's open palm and the second player will then try to catch the first player's finger after chanting “sawsaw-suka, mahuli taya” (literally, “dipping into vinegar, the caught is it”)

Traditional games in the Philippines#Sawsaw-suka


tago-taguan

tl-noun

tagô-taguán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜓᜆᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

tagô-taguán (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜓᜆᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagu-taguan (alternative)

[t̪ɐˌɣoʔ t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈʔan̪]

[t̪ɐˌɣoː t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈʔan̪]

Reduplication tago + -an, literally “pretending to hide; little hiding activity”.


bise alkalde

tl-noun

bise alkalde (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜊᜒᜐᜒ ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
bise-alkalde (alternative)
bisealkalde (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish vicealcalde, reinterpreted as compound of bise + alkalde by influence of English vice mayor.


kandong

act of carrying something or someone in one’s lap (such as of child on a mother's lap)


tsami

Borrowed from Hokkien 炒麵 /炒面 (chhá-mī, “stir-fry noodles”). Doublet of tsawmin. Compare English chow mein.


kuwarentenas

tl-noun

kuwarentenas (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
kuwarantena (alternative)
kuwarentena (alternative)

[kwɐ.ɾɛn̪ˈt̪ɛː.n̪ɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish cuarentenas, plural of cuarentena (“quarantine”).


awtokuwarentena

áwtokuwarenténa (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ)

áwtokuwarenténa (canonical)
ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜃᜓᜏᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ (Baybayin)
awtokuwarantena (alternative)

[ˌʔaʊ̯.t̪o.kwɐ.ɾɛn̪ˈt̪ɛː.n̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish autocuarentena (“self-quarantine”).


kalinga

[kɐˈliː.ŋɐʔ]


kalahatian-ng-buwan

tl-noun

kalahatian-ng-buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

kalahatian-ng-buwán (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜑᜆᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜈᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From kalahatian + ng + buwan, literally “halfway of the moon; halfway of the month”.

compound

half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)


medya luna

tl-noun

medya luna (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ ᜎᜓᜈ)

ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ ᜎᜓᜈ (Baybayin)
medyaluna (alternative)

[ˌmɛː.d͡ʒɐ ˈluː.n̪ɐ]


tsawmin

tsawmín (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜏ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t͡ʃaʊ̯ˈmɪn̪]

Borrowed from English chow mein, from Taishanese 炒麵 /炒面 (cau² men⁵, “stir-fried noodles”). Doublet of tsami.


apoheo

Borrowed from Spanish apogeo, from New Latin apogaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, “away from Earth”).


piyudalismo

tl-noun

piyudalismo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜉᜒᜌᜓᜇᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
peudalismo (alternative)
pyudalismo (alternative)


panginoong maylupa

panginoóng maylupà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜒᜈᜓᜂᜅ᜔ ᜋᜌ᜔ᜎᜓᜉ)

panginoóng maylupà (canonical)
ᜉᜅᜒᜈᜓᜂᜅ᜔ ᜋᜌ᜔ᜎᜓᜉ (Baybayin)

From panginoon (“lord”) + maylupa (“landowner”).


pinsang buo

tl-noun

pinsang buô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜂ)

pinsang buô (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜅ᜔ ᜊᜓᜂ (Baybayin)

From pinsan (“cousin”) + buo (“full; whole”).


kalahatian

From kalahati + -an. Can also be analyzed as kahatian + *-al-.


pentada

Possibly Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English pentad, influenced by Spanish -ada.