resepsiyon

resepsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

resepsiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
resepsyon (alternative common)

reception (receiving and entertaining of visitors)


reserba

reserve (something reserved for the future)

act of reserving (in a restaurant, etc.)


resignasyon

tl-noun

resignasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

resignasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔ᜈᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.sɪɡ.n̪ɐˈʃon̪]


residensiya

residénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

residénsiyá (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
residensya (alternative)

[ɾɛ.sɪˈd̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish residencia, from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns.


resetaryo

ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
risetaryo (alternative)


reserbasyon

reserbasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

reserbasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.sɛɾ.bɐˈʃon̪]

reservation (land set aside for a certain purpose)


retribusyon

retribusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

retribusyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛt̪.ɾɪ.bʊˈʃon̪]


retraksiyon

retraksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

retraksiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛt̪.ɾɐkˈʃon̪]

retraction (of one's statement, promise, etc.)


reunyon

reunyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜂᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.ʔʊnˈɲon̪]

[ɾɛ.ʔʊn̪ˈjon̪]


retensiyon

retensiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

retensiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
retensyon (alternative)

[ɾɛ.t̪ɛn̪ˈʃon̪]


resureksiyon

resureksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

resureksiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
resureksyon (alternative)

[ɾɛ.sʊ.ɾɛkˈʃon̪]


restriksiyon

restriksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

restriksiyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
restriksyon (alternative)

[ɾɛs.t̪ɾɪkˈʃon̪]


restitusyon

restitusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

restitusyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜆᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛs.t̪ɪ.t̪ʊˈʃon̪]


respirasyon

respirasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

respirasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛs.pɪ.ɾɐˈʃon̪]


resitasyon

resitasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

resitasyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.sɪ.t̪ɐˈʃon̪]

recitation from memory (as of a poem, epic, etc.)


rondalya

rondalla (especially the Philippine version)


romantiko

romántikó (canonical)
ᜇᜓᜋᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


kulelat

ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
kulalat (alternative)

[kʊˈlɛː.lɐt̪̚]

person finishing last (in a competition, etc.)


inosensiya

inosénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

inosénsiyá (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
inosensya (alternative)

[ʔɪ.n̪oˈsɛn̪.ʃɐ]

naïveté; innocence (usually due to young age)


ruweda

ring (for boxing, cockfights, circus, etc.)


sakripisyo

sakripisyo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


linamnam

linamnám (canonical)
ᜎᜒᜈᜋ᜔ᜈᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

deliciousness; tastiness; pleasing taste


lupaypay

lupaypáy (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜉᜌ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

extreme weakness (due to exhaustion or dejection)


katsakahan

ᜃᜆ᜔ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kachakahan (alternative common)


sabotahe

ᜐᜊᜓᜆᜑᜒ (Baybayin)
sabutahe (alternative)


inekwalidad

inekwalidád (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

inekwalidád (canonical)
ᜁᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English inequality, and influenced by Spanish -dad.


ekwalidad

ekwalidád (canonical)
ᜁᜃ᜔ᜏᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English equality, and influenced by Spanish -dad.


igwaldad

igwaldád (canonical)
ᜁᜄ᜔ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪɡ.wɐlˈd̪ad̪̚]


kasamaan

kasamaán (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜋᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
casamaan (alternative)
casam-an (alternative)
kasam-an (alternative)
kasaman (alternative)

poor quality; poor workmanship; defectiveness


kabutihan

goodness; excellence; being good or fine


displey

displéy (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from English display, from Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”).


gingging

ginggíng (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜅ᜔ᜄᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
ginging (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 龍眼 /龙眼 (gêng-géng).

bor+

Glycosmis pentaphylla
Glycosmis pentaphylla#Translingual

orangeberry shrub; gin berry shrub (Glycosmis pentaphylla)

Dimocarpus longan
Wikispecies:Dimocarpus longan


probinsiyana

tl-noun

probinsiyana (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜈ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜈ (Baybayin)
probinsyana (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish provinciana. By surface analysis, probinsiya + -ana.

female equivalent of probinsiyano: female provincial; female country dweller; female country bumpkin


tagpi

patch of cloth (to cover a tear or hole)

act of covering a tear or hole through a patch


sagka

skid (a piece of wood or metal to prevent a wheel from turning)

something that blocks the way preventing things from slipping or spreading

act of preventing or stopping someone (from doing something)

(figurative) obstacle; impediment; shackle (preventing someone from doing or thinking something)


Bareini

[bɐ.ɾeɪ̯ˈn̪ɪ]


seradura

[sɛ.ɾɐˈd̪uː.ɾɐ]


pruweba

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜊ (Baybayin)
prueba (alternative dated)

Borrowed from Spanish prueba, from Latin probō.


batalan

From Proto-Philippine *batalan (“kitchen; cooking area; back-porch”). Compare Ilocano batalan, Pangasinan batalan, Kapampangan batalan, Cebuano batalan, and Maranao batalan.

inh

roofless bamboo platform built at the rear of a nipa or cogon house (usually adjoining the kitchen for bathing, washing, etc.)


saligan

tl-noun

saligán or sálígan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔)

saligán (canonical)
sálígan (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

basis; thing from which something is based


saligang-batas

saligáng-batás or saligang-batás (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜐ᜔)

saligáng-batás (canonical)
saligang-batás (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
saligang batas (alternative)
Saligang Batas (alternative)

From saligan (“basis”) + -g- + batas (“law”). Literally, “basic law”. Compare Indonesian undang-undang dasar, with similar literal meaning.

SALIGANG BATAS NG BIYAK-NA-BATO* Sapul pa noong 1892, may tumatayong saligang batas na ang Katipunan. Ang saligang batas ng 1 892, na pinatunayan ng Batangueñong Katipunero na si Briccio Pantas na hindi nakasulat at sa ...

1996, Zeus A. Salazar, E. Yulo, A. Navarro, Talaarawan 1997:

... legal at tamang edad at naninirahan sa Munisipalidad ng Lebak sa Lalawigan ng Sultan Kudarat, Pilipino, batay sa aming mga katutubong batas at alinsunod sa saligang batas ng Pilipinas, ay nagkakaisa at ganap na nagpapahayag na: 1.

2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, UP Press, →ISBN, page 26:

Dang buwang pinag-usapan at pinagtalunan ang mga tad-hena ng saligang-batas, at noong ika-8 ng Febrero, 1935 ay pinagtibay ito. Si Tomaa Cabili lamang ang hindi lumagda sa nayaring saligang-batas dahil sa isang tadhanang nauukol ...

1984, Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Kasaysayan ng bayang Pilipino:

Itinaguyod din ang pagpapakalat ng kaalaman tungkol sa populasyon, pagpaplano ng pamilya, reporma sa lupa, saligang-batas at iba pang may kinalaman sa pag-aangat ng kalagayan ng masa. Sa larangan ng pakikipagtalastasan ay ...

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


sala-sala

salá-salá (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜐᜎ (Baybayin)
salasala (alternative)

railing or fence made of interwoven bamboo splits


salubong

meeting along the way; encounter en route (of a person or thing in transit)

advancing forward to meet someone (in welcome, military encounter, etc.)

chance meeting along the way (of people, animals, parties, or groups going in opposite directions)

person, group, or party tasked to meet someone arriving

welcome reception for someone newly arrived

(figurative) meeting halfway (regarding an issue, question, etc.)


independensya

independensya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪.d̪ɛ.pɛn̪ˈd̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of independensiya.


salo-salo

ᜐᜎᜓᜐᜎᜓ (Baybayin)
salu-salo (alternative)
salusalo (alternative)

Reduplication of salo (“eating together”).

rdp

May salo-salo sa bahay namin sa susunod na linggo.

We will have a dinner party in our house next week.

“Di ba't kaarawan ni Maricel at may salu-salo sa kanila sa Sabado? Gusto kong maganda at angkop ang suot ko.” Ano kaya ang nararapat isuot ni Neneng sa salu-salo ni Maricel? Ang kasuotan ay dapat iangkop sa okasyon o pagkakataon, ...

year unknown, Higit Na Kaunlaran, Rex Bookstore, Inc., page 16

Mayroon silang handang programa at isang salu-salo para sa mga darating. Kasama si Nena sa mga sasalubong sa kanila. Isa na siyang guro sa kanilang paaralan. “Ano kaya ang kanilang hitsura?" tanong ng isang guro. “Mga guwapo ...

1968, Jean Donald Bowen, Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog, Univ of California Press, page 110:

Kasama ni Mitzie ang ilang kaanak at mga magulang at sila'y hahandugan ng isang salusalo ng tagapagtaguyod ng timpalak na nagpapalaganap sa turismo. May bitbit akong mga kuwintas ng sampagita at parang nag-aatubili pang lumapit ...

Madalas silang haranahin ng mga banda o kaya'y bigyan ng salusalo ng mga masang taga-Maynila. Makaapat na ulit silang nasa Maynila noong isagawa ng mga maykapangyarihang Amerikano ang pangalawang yugto ng kanilang ...

Nagkaibigan ang dalawa samantalang baliw pa rin si Amor. Nagdaos ng salu-salo si Dany sa malaking bahay nito at inanyayahan ang mga taong nabibilang sa mataas na lipunan. Hindi alam ng mga inanyayahan ang tunay na dahilan ng ...

1989, Ruby V. Gamboa-Alcantara, Nobela: mga buod at pagsusuri, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 72:

Isang gabi, noong magaling na si Macario't nagtatrabaho na uli, naimbitahan ako sa isang salusalo para sa isang edukador na Pilipino na kararating lang mula sa Pilipinas para pag-aralan ang ilang aspeto ng modernong sistema ng ...

1993, Carlos Bulosan, Carolina S. Malay, Nasa puso ang Amerika: kasaysayang buhay ni Carlos Bulosan:

Pumupunta ka sa mga salu-salo. Tumutulong ka sa paglilinis ng bahay kapag may salu-salo. Nagluluto ka ng mga ulam kapag may salu-salo sa bahay ninyo. Nagluluto ka ng mga panghimagas kapag may salu-salo sa bahay ninyo.

2012, Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail, Michael Hawkins, Filipino Tapestry: Tagalog Language through Culture, University of Wisconsin Pres, →ISBN, page 115:

Ginanap ang masayang salu-salo sa isang napakalaki at marangyang palasyo. Ito ang palasyo ng Reminescence. Pinakamayaman sa lahat ng mga kalaban ng Explorers ang Reminescence. Aba, hindi lang sila puro yaman, ang mga ...

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


salitang-ugat

tl-noun

salitáng-ugát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜂᜄᜆ᜔)

salitáng-ugát (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜂᜄᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
salitang ugat (alternative)

[sɐ.lɪˌt̪aŋ ʔʊˈɣat̪̚]

From salita + -ng- + ugat. See also English root word.


salitang-kalye

salitáng-kalye (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ)

salitáng-kalye (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ (Baybayin)
salitang kalye (alternative)

From salita + -ng- + kalye, literally “street word”.


salitang-hiram

tl-noun

salitáng-hirám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜇᜋ᜔)

salitáng-hirám (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜇᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
salitang hiram (alternative)

From salita + -ng- + hiram, literally “borrowed word”.

compound

Maraming salitang-hiram mula sa Kastila ang karamihan ng mga wika sa Pilipinas

Most of the Philippine languages have many loanwords from Spanish.


salipadpad

tl-noun

salipadpád (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔ᜉᜇ᜔)

salipadpád (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜉᜇ᜔ᜉᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
saliparpar (alternative)

swift fluttering movement (of light, flat objects)


timsim

timsím (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
tingsim (alternative)
timsin (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 燈芯 /灯芯 (teng-sim, “wick”).

bor+

wick of an oil lamp, especially made from the treated interior part of the greater club rush plant (Actinoscirpusgrossus)

(botany) hippo grass (Echinochloa stagnina), a type of grass that grows in shallow water, up to 1m tall and can be used to treat kidney disease


taghiyawat

tl-noun

taghiyawat (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜌᜏᜆ᜔)

ᜆᜄ᜔ᜑᜒᜌᜏᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagihawat (alternative)
tagyawat (alternative colloquial)
tigyawat (alternative colloquial)
tighiyawat (alternative)

[t̪ɐɡˈjaː.wɐt̪̚]

Compare Kapampangan daliauat and Malay jerawat.


tagyawat

[t̪ɐɡˈjaː.wɐt̪̚]


tagihawat

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈhaː.wɐt̪̚]


Sto.

Sto. (feminine Sta., Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)


sandugo

[sɐn̪.d̪ʊˈɣoʔ]

coalition; alliance; combining of forces (for a common purpose)

(historical) blood compact (ancient Philippine ritual done by drinking a blood mixture of each other's blood to seal an alliance)


sangkal

hardening of a woman's breast due to overaccumulation of milk


katerba

[kɐˈt̪ɛɾ.bɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish caterva, from Latin caterva.


katutak

(slang) multitude (usually used in sangkatutak)


alapaap

[ʔɐ.lɐˈpaː.ʔɐp̚]

Compare Tagalog alapap and Bikol Central alapaap.

(figurative) doubt; incertitude; indecision


sangke

sangkê (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
sangki (alternative)
sanke (alternative obsolete)
sanki (alternative obsolete)
sangcqui (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 三紀 /三纪 (saⁿ-kí). Compare Kapampangan sangki. See also Malay cengkih.

Illicium verum
Illicium verum#Translingual

Chinese anise; star anise (Illicium verum)


pagsasanay

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


sawata

telling off (to stop what someone is doing or is planning to do)

condition of being checked or stopped (from continuing or developing further)


sarsuwela

ᜐᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎ (Baybayin)
sarswela (alternative)
sarsuela (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish zarzuela, from La Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.

zarzuela (form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue)


sarili

From sa- + dili, with the root from Malay diri (“self; to establish”).


sampalataya

ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜆᜌ (Baybayin)
sangpalataya (alternative obsolete)

Ultimately from Sanskrit सम्प्रत्यय (sampratyaya, “firm conviction; perfect trust; confidence; faith; belief”) or possibly sam- + *palataya, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya, “belief; trust; faith; confidence”). Compare Kapampangan salpantaya, Maranao paratiyaya, Tausug paratsaya, Javanese ꦥꦼꦂꦕꦪ (percaya, “to believe, rely on, trust”), Malay percaya (“faith; belief; trust”), Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya, “belief; trust; faith; confidence”), Old Javanese parcaya.


tuwid

tuwíd (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
touir (alternative)
tuid (alternative obsolete)
tuwir (alternative)

[ˈt̪uː.ɪd̪̚]

From Proto-Central Philippine *tuqlid with elision of /l/, from Proto-Philippine *tuqlid, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuq(ə)lid. Compare Kapampangan tulid, Cebuano tul-id, and Tausug tulid.

condition of being straight, erect, or upright


ampliador

tl-noun

ampliadór (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

ampliadór (canonical)
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


sapalaran

taking of risks; venture; taking of one's chance


sapupo

From Proto-Philippine *sapúpu (“hold in the lap, as a small child”). Compare Hanunoo sapupo and Cebuano sapupo. Possibly equivalent to sa- + pupo. See also Javanese ꦥꦸꦥꦸ (pupu, “thigh”) and Old Javanese pupwan (“place of the thigh”).

cog

act of holding or supporting something carefully with the palms of one's hands

(obsolete) act of sitting on the lap (especially by a child)


tahure

táhuré (canonical)
ᜆᜑᜓᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
tahuri (alternative)
tahore (alternative)
tahuli (alternative obsolete)
tawre (alternative colloquial)
tawri (alternative colloquial)

[ˌt̪aː.hʊˈɾɛ]

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 豆乳 (tāu-jí / tāu-lí) or 豆腐 (tāu-hū). See also Chinese 豆腐乳.

fermented bean curd
w:fermented bean curd

tahure (cakes of salted fermented bean curd)


sakya

Borrowed from Hokkien 柴屐 (chhâ-kia̍h, “wooden clogs”). See also sakwa.


serbisyo

ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

child's trainer seat provided with a chamber pot

(dialectal) chamber pot for the sick and the elderly


seresa

Borrowed from Spanish cereza, from Old Spanish ceresa, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”).


aralan

[ʔɐˈɾaː.lɐn̪]

[ˌʔaːˈɾaː.lɐn̪]

[ʔɐ.ɾɐˈlan̪]

simultaneous studying; group study (as of several students)


aralan

[ʔɐˈɾaː.lɐn̪]

[ˌʔaːˈɾaː.lɐn̪]

[ʔɐ.ɾɐˈlan̪]


sinsin

From Proto-Philippine *sәnsə́n (“to compress, to put close together”). Compare Ilocano sensen and Cebuano sunson.

inh

condition of being set, placed, or arranged close together (of weaves, etc.)

density; thickness (of the growth of plants)


siling-labuyo

tl-noun

siling-labuyò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜎᜊᜓᜌᜓ)

siling-labuyò (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜎᜊᜓᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
siling labuyo (alternative)
sileng labuyo (alternative)
sileng-labuyo (alternative)

Capsicum frutescens
Capsicum frutescens#Translingual

siling labuyo (a small, Philippine chili pepper cultivar of the species Capsicum frutescens)


amot

act of obtaining or buying a portion of goods from someone at cost price

something obtained or bought at cost price


sanib

joining together for a certain purpose (of two forces, factions, parties, etc.)

placing together of two things surface to surface or by overlapping each other

material used as a support or underlayer for another

something joined or added to the side of another to increase the size or width of

(colloquial) possession; trance (by hypnotism or by a supernatural being)


samang-palad

samáng-palad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔)

samáng-palad (canonical)
ᜐᜋᜅ᜔ᜉᜎᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


sigang

sigáng (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜄᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
sig-ang (alternative)

From Proto-Philippine *səʀʔaŋ (“cook rice; firestones; trivet”). Compare Botolan Sambal soyang, Kapampangan asiang, Cebuano sug-ang, and Western Bukidnon Manobo sigang.

inh

placing of a cooking utensil on a stove or fire (prior to cooking)

anything being cooked in a pot or in any cooking utensil (on a stove or over a fire)


sepilyo

ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
sipilyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish cepillo (“brush”).

(by extension) brushing (of one's hair, felt, etc.)


sinuliran

sínulirán (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sukmani

(chiefly Southern Tagalog) biko (Philippine sweet rice cake made of coconut milk and brown sugar)


sinili

sinilí (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
singli (alternative)


siyentista

tl-noun

siyentista (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English scientist, influenced by Spanish -ista. Almario (2014) suggests that this word was coined in order to avoid the ambiguity of an adjective or a noun present in the word siyentipiko, but the existence of other pseudo-Hispanisms such as antropolohista, biyolohista, and sosyolohista makes this unlikely. See also Spanish cientista.


namputsa

namputsà (canonical)
ᜈᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
nampucha (alternative)

[n̪ɐmˈpuː.t͡ʃɐʔ]


anak ng putsa

tl-noun

anák ng putsà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ)

anák ng putsà (canonical)
ᜀᜈᜃ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
anak ng pucha (alternative)

[ʔɐˌn̪ak n̪ɐm ˈpuː.t͡ʃɐʔ]

See anak, ng, and putsa. Also a minced oath of anak ng puta.

(vulgar, derogatory, minced oath) term of abuse: son of a bitch


subali

(obsolete) reservation; objection (used nowadays with pasubali)


heometriya

heometriya (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜑᜒᜌᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
heometria (alternative obsolete)


boratsero

boratsero (feminine boratsera, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

boratsera (feminine)
ᜊᜓᜇᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


boratsera

[bo.ɾɐtˈt͡ʃɛː.ɾɐ]

[bo.ɾɐt̪ˈsɛː.ɾɐ]


subsidyo

ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
subsidya (alternative)
sabsidya (alternative)
subsidiya (alternative)
sabsidiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish subsidio, from Latin subsidium.

subsidy; government grant or contribution


suliran

sulirán (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sudlan (alternative syncope)
surlan (alternative obsolete syncope)


sudsod

From Proto-Philippine *sudsud (“tool for cutting with a forward digging motion”).


sopbol

Borrowed from English softball. Compare Spanish sófbol.


subsob

From Proto-Philippine *subsub (“fall forward; put face low down”). Compare Pangasinan subsub, Bikol Central subsob, Aklanon subsub, Mansaka sobsob, and Malay susup. See also sibsib.

falling flat on one's face
falling flat on one's face

an occurrence of falling flat on one's face or falling forwards

the act of partially burying something in the ashes (such as when roasting root crop tubers like sweet potatoes)


ayskrim

ᜀᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Mamang sorbetero, ano'ng ngalan mo? / Tinda mong ayskrim, gustong-gusto ko

1979, Jose Mari Chan, Gryk Ortaleza, “Mamang Sorbetero”, in Celeste, Celeste, performed by Celeste Legaspi, track 1:

Mister ice cream man, what's your name? / The ice cream you sell, I really like it

O, sa 'yo na nga lang ang ayskrim ko! (Ibibigay kay RICKY ang apa niya, na tatanggapin naman ng huli.)

1987, Bienvenido M. Noriega, Bongbong at Kris:

Oh, my ice cream is all yours! (Give RICKY his wafer, which he will accept later.)


buko-buko

Reduplication of buko (“knuckle”). Literally, “knuckle-like”.


baranggay

baranggáy (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐ.ɾɐŋˈɡaɪ̯]


suliranin

[ˌsuː.lɪ.ɾɐˈn̪ɪn̪]

flax waiting to be run in the spinning wheel


suliranin

súliranín (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌsuː.lɪ.ɾɐˈn̪ɪn̪]

amount of flax immediately to be spun (expected to be finished in one session of spinning)

(figurative) immediate problem; problem needing immediate attention

(obsolete) a kind of ancient rowing song


sungit

[ˈsuː.ŋɪt̪̚]

[ˈsuː.ŋɛt̪̚]

From Proto-Philippine *suŋit (“hostile”).

standoffishness with grumpiness; aloofness with grouchiness


sung-al

digging with the snout (of some animals)


sulong

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suruŋ (“push, slide or glide forward, as in pushing wood into a fire, or storming the enemy”). Compare Malay sorong.


semplang

(colloquial) sudden fall or trip; sudden crash (on one's face on the floor, etc.)


Suwiso

tl-noun

Suwiso (feminine Suwisa, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜐᜓ)


samalamig

samalamíg or samálamíg (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜎᜋᜒᜄ᜔)

samalamíg (canonical)
samálamíg (canonical)
ᜐᜋᜎᜋᜒᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐˌmaː.lɐˈmɪɡ̚]

samalamig (various traditional Filipino sweet chilled beverages, such as chilled fruit juice or other flavors like chocolate, coffee, sweet corn, etc., usually mixed with shredded jelly and/or sago pearls or tapioca pearls)


sumunod

sumunód (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜋᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
sumonor (alternative)
sumunor (alternative)

(by extension) older sibling besides the eldest (when talking about family line)


sustansiya

sustánsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

sustánsiyá (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
sustansya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish sustancia (“substance”), from Latin substantia.


sospetsa

ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
suspetsa (alternative)


suspensiyon

tl-noun

suspensiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

suspensiyón (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
suspensyon (alternative)


tsoriso

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜇᜒᜐᜓ (Baybayin)
tsuriso (alternative)
soriso (alternative)
suriso (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish chorizo, from Portuguese chouriço or Galician chourizo, either way from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço, of uncertain origin.

chorizo (especially the Philippine variety)


sunod-sunuran

sunód-sunuran (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

sunód-sunuran (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜓᜈᜓᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sunud-sunuran (alternative common nonstandard)

[sʊˌn̪od̪ sʊˈn̪uː.ɾɐn̪]


suweter

ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
suwiter (alternative)

[ˈswɛː.t̪ɛɾ]

Borrowed from Spanish suéter, from Spanish sweater.

sweater (knitted or crocheted outer garment)


superyoridad

superyoridád (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

superyoridád (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


sundin

sundín (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sunurin (alternative)
sunrin (alternative)

[sʊn̪ˈd̪ɪn̪]

Syncopic form of sunurin, from sunod + -in.

(obsolete) older sibling besides the eldest


subaybay

subaybáy (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

act of following (a person or thing); escorting or convoying

spying; secret or watchful observation (on someone)

person acting as a guard, convoy, or escort

following up; staying updated (on events, news, etc.)


sosyo

condition of being partners (in business or gambling)


sosyologo

sosyólogó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜄᜓ)

sosyólogó (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜎᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)


siwalat

revelation; disclosure (of a secret, anomaly, etc.)

open declaration (of one's plan, intention, etc.)


sipot

sudden appearance of someone (as from hiding or long absence)

unexpected arrival or showing up (of someone long lost or missing)

(by extension, in general) showing up; appearance (of someone)


sensasyon

sensasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

sensasyón (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


balagtasan

bálagtásan (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From balagtas + -an. Sense “form of debate”, from Balagtas + -an (supposedly after Francisco Balagtas).

balagtasan (a Philippine form of debate done with poetic verse)


pataasan

pátaásan or pataasan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜀᜐᜈ᜔)

pátaásan (canonical)
pataasan (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜀᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Pataasan tayo ng score sa takdang aralin.

Let's see which one has a higher score between us in our assignment.

Uy, 'tol Pataasan tayo ng tangkad.

Hey, bro, let' s see who's taller between us.


salalay

flat holder or supporter (such as a saucer for a cup, a disk for a drinking glass, a tray for glassware, etc.)

act of placing something on such as holder or supporter

shallow vessel with water where a container is placed on (to keep ants away from the object)

act of placing a container on such a shallow vessel (to keep ants away from the object)

position of a thing held suspended on something to which it has fallen


sabsaban

(by extension) manger (especially of the infant Jesus)


sukbit

sukbít (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
sucbit (alternative)

Possibly having Proto-Austronesian roots *-suk (“insert, penetrate, enter”) and *-bit (“hook, clasp; grasp with fingers”).

something inserted, tucked, or carried at the waistband or belt

act of inserting, tucking, or carrying something at the waistband or belt


saklap

bitterish taste (especially of unripe fruits)

(figurative) bitterness; painfulness (in one's feeling)


saklaw

extent; scope; limit (of someone's jurisdiction or power)


sakrilehiyo

sakriléhiyó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ)

sakriléhiyó (canonical)
ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜑᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


sakristiya

sakristiya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

ᜐᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


sagip

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saʀəp (“save, rescue”). Compare Cebuano sagop.

inh+

act of snatching or grabbing something being carried away by the water current (with one's hand)

(figurative) act of rescuing someone (from some danger or misfortune, especially drowning)

property salvaged (from water, fire, etc.)


sagsag

sudden departure; rushing (to a certain place)

height of a certain activity (in business, operations, etc.)


sagupa

[sɐˈɣuː.pɐʔ]

act of going against an opposing current (of wind, traffic, etc.)


sagwa

vulgarity; obscenity; indecency; immodesty


sagwil

electrical resistance
electrical resistance

(physics, neologism) electrical resistance


salampak

act of sitting or lying suddenly and heavily on something (as of someone tired)

lying or sitting in such a manner or position


salawikain

saláwikaín (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜏᜒᜃᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Possibly from sawikain + *-al- (compare taluktok and halukay). The fossilized -*al- infix is also possibly related to Malay -el- infix. Ultimately from wika.

(literature) proverb; maxim; adage; saying


salik

element of nature (such as water, earth, fire, and air)


salikop

act of converging, forming an angle or corner (as of roads of rivers)

surrounding of a place from opposite directions (as of raiding police)

closing or folding together (of wings of a bird)

folding together (as of the hem of a skirt)


salimuot

tl-noun

salimuót or salimuot (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆ᜔)

salimuót (canonical)
salimuot (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜋᜓᜂᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
salimoot (alternative)


saling-pusa

saling-pusà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ)

saling-pusà (canonical)
ᜐᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜉᜓᜐ (Baybayin)
salimpusa (alternative)

From sali + -ng- + pusa, literally “joining cat”.

af

young playmate allowed to join a game (only to be placated or pleased, usually of a child)


salok

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saruk (“to scoop water”). Doublet of sandok.

inh

scooping of water (as from a pail, bucket, etc.)

fetching of water (from a well, spring, etc.)

swooping or diving flight (as of a flying kite in the air)

small net-like scoop for catching fish within a fenced-in enclosure (with a spoon-like structure)


sapaw

(colloquial, figurative) overshadowing; upstaging; outdoing

first appearance or surfacing of spikes of grain (especially of rice plants)

spikes of grain that have just surfaced (on a rice field)

(pathology) surfacing of skin diseases (as from an allergy)

(pathology) drying up or cicatrizing of a skin disease

cooking of something placed on the surface of rice being cooked on a pot (especially eggs)

something cooked in such a manner (especially eggs)


sayad

Borrowed from Kapampangan sayad (“run aground like a boat”), from Proto-Philippine *saʀyad (“to drag as a boat scraping bottom”). Compare Ilocano sagayad /sagirad /saringgayad, Pangasinan sagar, Bikol Central sagyad, Aklanon sagyad, Cebuano sangyad, Hiligaynon sangyad, and Western Bukidnon Manobo sagyad. Doublet of sagyat and sanggayad.

der

part of something that touches the surface of another

(by extension) bottom of a skirt, sled, or slip that drags


sepelin

[ˌsɛː.pɛˈlɪn̪]

Borrowed from English Zeppelin, from German Zeppelin.


sertipikasyon

tl-noun

sertipikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

sertipikasyón (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜉᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


serbidor

serbidór (feminine serbidora, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔)

serbidór (canonical)
serbidora (feminine)
ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜊᜒᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish servidor. Possible doublet of silbiro.


serbidora

[sɛɾ.bɪˈd̪oː.ɾɐ]

female equivalent of serbidor: female server; female servant; female attendant


sesaryan

Borrowed from English Caesarean, short for Caesarean section.


sibol

new growth or sprout (from a bud, root stock, germinating seed, etc.)

(pathology) eruption of rashes (on one's skin)

(pathology) rash or any eruption on the skin

(figurative) natural growth or development (as of love for someone)


sibol

liquid measure of capacity, usually made of a bamboo length


sibol

siból (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜊᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
sibul (alternative)


sikad

forced dismissal; firing (of an employee)


siklab

sudden burst of flame; brief spark of fire

(figurative) sudden outburst (of anger, war, etc.)


sikot

beating around the bush
beat around the bush


sikwat

lifting of the side of something with a lever


akauntan

[ʔɐˈxaʊ̯n̪.t̪ɐn̪]


fakulti

fákultí (canonical)
ᜉᜃᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)
pakulti (alternative)

Borrowed from English faculty, from Middle English faculte, from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, another form of facilitas. Doublet of pakultad and pasilidad.

faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities)


gonorea

[ɡo.n̪oˈɾɛː.ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish gonorrea, from Late Latin gonorrhoea.


barong-tagalog

barong-tagalog or baróng-tagalog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

barong-tagalog (canonical)
baróng-tagalog (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
barong Tagalog (alternative common)

[bɐˌɾon̪ t̪ɐˈɣaː.loɡ̚]

barong Tagalog (a Philippine embroidered long-sleeved formal shirt for men)


petiks

From pitik + -s (suffix used in Tagalog slang).

suffix

Bawal ang petiks sa trabahong nagsisilbi sa publiko.

Idleness is prohibited in jobs serving the public.


taeb

[ˈt̪aː.ʔɛb̚]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taəb (“high tide”). Compare Ilocano atab, Pangasinan etab, Kapampangan atab, Bikol Central taob, Cebuano taob, and Tausug taub.


tagahugas

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐˈhuː.ɣɐs]


agreman

[ʔɐ.ɡɾɛˈman̪]

Borrowed from Spanish agremán, from French agrément.


tirak

Compare Bikol Central tindak, Hiligaynon tindak, Cebuano tindak, Waray-Waray tindak.


takda

condition; provision (of a contract, agreement, etc.)


takatak

sound of falling raindrops on the roof (especially on galvanized iron roofing)

(by extension) click-clack; clickety clack; sound of click-clacking (of typewriters, keyboards, footwear on the floor, etc.)


takatak

tl-noun

takatak or takaták (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔)

takatak (canonical)
takaták (canonical)
ᜆᜃᜆᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

plant grown of fallen seeds or stumps from a previous harvest (especially of rice)


hagway

proportioned tallness and slenderness (of someone)


tangkad

tangkád (canonical)
ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tangkar (alternative)

[t̪ɐŋˈkad̪̚]

tallness of one's stature or physique (especially of a slender person)


tagpo

From Proto-Central Philippine *tagbuʔ (“to meet”). Compare Hanunoo tagbo, Bikol Central tagbo, Aklanon tabo, Cebuano tagbo, Hiligaynon tagbo, and Waray-Waray tagpo.

meeting of each other (in a certain place)

finding; discovery (as of a means of doing something)


kawalan

kawalán (canonical)
ᜃᜏᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
caual-an (alternative)
kawal-an (alternative)
kawalaan (alternative obsolete)

Syncopic form of kawalaan, from wala + ka- -an.


kakampink

kakampínk (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔)

kakampínk (canonical)
ᜃᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

A blend of kakampi (“ally”) + English pink, the color associated with Robredo's campaign.

blend

At kami, tayo po, araw-araw sa nakikita naming pagkukusa po ninyo, napapangiti rin kami, dahil ramdam namin ng pagmamahal ninyong mga kakampink at ng ating mga kababayan.

2021 November 23, Senator Kiko Pangilinan, quotee, “Leni, Kiko hold joke session; ask supporters to spread joy, happiness”, in Manila Bulletin:

And us, because we see you volunteering every day, you make us smile, too, because we can feel your love, kakampinks and our fellowmen.

Masayang sinalubong ng mga “kakampink” sa New York sina Vice President Leni Robredo at mga anak niya paglapag ng kanilang eroplano mula Pilipinas.

2022 May 16, “VP Leni, mga anak sinalubong ng ilang ‘kakampink’ sa New York [VP Leni, children met by ‘kakampink’ in New York]”, in ABS CBN News:

Her “kakampink” supporters in New York greet Vice President Leni Robredo and her children as their plane arrives from the Philippines.

Ngayon naman, si Eula ang binabakbakan ng mga basher at Kakampink.

2023 February 12, Nitz Miralles, “Sen. Imee gumanda, Cristine at Eula favorite ng ‘the bash’! [Senator Imee doing better, Cristine and Eula favorite of ‘the bash’!]”, in Philstar:

Now Eula is fighting the haters and the Kakampink.

a supporter of 14th Philippine vice-president Leni Robredo on her 2022 Philippine presidential election campaign


suwahe

ᜐᜓᜏᜑᜒ (Baybayin)
suahe (alternative)
swahe (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien 沙蝦 /沙虾 (soa-hê, literally “sand shrimp”).

bor+

greasyback shrimp; sand shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis)


tagapagligtas

tl-noun

tagapagligtás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔)

tagapagligtás (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


tabtab

gradual hewing or chopping into a certain size or shape (of wood, stone, etc.)


talbos

tender growth of shoot or top (at the tip of branches)

green, tender shoots or tops of vegetables (eaten as food)


glosaryo

Borrowed from Spanish glosario, from Latin glōssārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa). Doublet of glosari.


auno

[ʔɐˈʔuː.n̪o]


ekstasi

[ˌʔɛks.t̪ɐˈsɪ]

Borrowed from English ecstasy, from Old French estaise, from Latin ecstasis, from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).

ecstasy (trance associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation)


kabibe

Manilkara kurziana
Wikispecies:Manilkara kurziana

(botany) Asian bulletwood (Manilkara kurziana)


kumbida

Borrowed from Spanish convidar. Compare Cebuano kombida.


tanggol

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋgul (“defend oneself, parry a blow”).

inh

act of defending or guarding against attack


tanghal

presentation; showing (of a play, drama, etc.)


ulian

[ʔʊˈliː.ʔɐn̪]


Septyembre

tl-noun

Septyembre (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

ᜐᜒᜉ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜌᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of Septiyembre.


direksyon

direksyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

direksyón (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɪ.ɾɛkˈʃon̪]

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of direksiyon.


mayorya

mayoryá or mayorya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)

mayoryá (canonical)
mayorya (canonical)
ᜋᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


lithaw

Borrowed from Hokkien 犁頭 /犁头 (lê-thâu, “plowshare”, literally “plowhead”).


agresyon

tl-noun

agresyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

agresyón (canonical)
ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
agresiyon (alternative)

[ʔɐ.ɡɾɛˈʃon̪]

[ʔɐ.ɡɾɛsˈjon̪]

Borrowed from Spanish agresión, from Latin aggressiōnem.


tarangka

tarangká (canonical)
ᜆᜇᜅ᜔ᜃ (Baybayin)
trangka (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɾɐŋˈka]

latch; bar (for fastening a door, gate, or window)


malaruhat

From mala- + duhat, literally “duhat-like”.

pre

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tl">duhat</i>-like

Syzygium calubcob
Wikispecies:Syzygium calubcob

a species of plant that looks like duhat (Syzygium calubcob)


tatsiha

Blend of tatlo (“three”) + siha (“angle”).


sebekoy

[ˌsɛːˈbɛː.xoɪ̯]

Unknown. Possibly from a play of Spanish cabeceo (“nod”). Alternatively, possibly from Chinese, according to Panganiban (1973).

(colloquial, obsolete) person of ridiculous figure

(colloquial, obsolete) nod (of the head while falling to sleep)


tatag

tatág (canonical)
tatag (canonical)
ᜆᜆᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈt̪aː.t̪ɐɡ̚]

act of establishing, founding, or organizing


tatagukan

tl-noun

tatagukán or tatágúkan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜆᜄᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

tatagukán (canonical)
tatágúkan (canonical)
ᜆᜆᜄᜓᜃᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌt̪aːˈɣuː.xɐn̪]

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


tawge

ᜆᜏ᜔ᜄᜒ (Baybayin)
taugue (alternative)
tawgi (alternative)


katapatan

Ang katapatan mo ang iyong kayamanan.


katapatang-asal

katapatang-asal (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜉᜆᜅ᜔ᜀᜐᜎ᜔)

ᜃᜆᜉᜆᜅ᜔ᜀᜐᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

From katapatan (“loyalty”) + -g- + asal (“conduct”).

com

May katapatang-asal ang taong hindi kurakot.


tensiyon

tensiyón (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tensyon (alternative)

[t̪ɛn̪ˈʃon̪]

tension; tightness; tautness (of a rope, cord, line, etc.)

Nang minsang tensiyonado na 'ko sa pagtira dahil nauuwi na sa pustahan ang laro ay inabutan ako ni Arnel ng yosi. "Pang-alis lang 'to ng tensiyon." Konting hithit, konting buga. Parang gusto kong maubo pero tiniis ko lang. Dyahe pag nakita ...

2006, Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction, University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN:

state of nervousness or anxiety; tension


teleskopyo

tl-noun

teleskopyo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


testimonyo

testimonyo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
testimonya (alternative)


taong-bayan

taong-bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
taumbayan (alternative)


taong-grasa

taong-grasa (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ)

ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ (Baybayin)
taong grasa (alternative)

[ˌt̪aː.ʔoŋ ˈɡɾaː.sɐ]

From tao + -ng- + grasa, literally “person with grease”.

compound

(figurative) very dirty person wandering in the streets (usually homeless and poor)


badap

badáp (canonical)
ᜊᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
badaf (alternative)
badapidap (alternative)
badapsing (alternative)
badapski (alternative)
badash (alternative)

Possibly from a blend of babae + dapat or from a coinage from lyrics to short musical rhythm.

...manonood, kolehiyala man o tsimay, macho o badap, ang sex. Pansinin na lamang ang hilatsa ng mga bagong lahi nina Rogelio de la Rosa at Carmen Rosales.

1981, The Diliman Review, Volume 29, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines:

...viewers, whether collegial or a maid, macho or gay, the sex. Just notice the thread of the new breeds of Rogelio de la Rosa and Carmen Rosales.

gay (male homosexual); effeminate man; womanish man; homosexual male; hermaphrodite


tabatsing

tl-noun

tabatsing or tabatsíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

tabatsing (canonical)
tabatsíng (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tabaching (alternative)

[t̪ɐˈbaː.t͡ʃɪŋ]

[t̪ɐ.bɐtˈt͡ʃɪŋ]

[t̪ɐ.bɐt̪ˈsɪŋ]

Lahat umedad at nagkaroon ng sari-sariling buhay. Iyong mga inaakala niyang magbubuhay single, may mga asawa't anak na. Ang mga tabaching-ching nangayayat. Ang mga pangit gumanda, at ang mga gumanda para yatang naging losyang.

2010, Budjoy, Kilig Republic 8: Closer You And I, Psicom Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 90:

Everyone aged and got their own lives. The ones he/she thought will live life single, already have spouses and children. The fatsos became emaciated. The ugly became beautiful, and those that became beautiful seem to have become dowdy.

"Pumayat ka na," I told him. Mataba itong si Collin. As in TABACHINGCHING. Pero ngayon...

2015, Biankee Quinto, Bili Mo ‘Ko Coffee, VIVA PSICOM Publishing Corp, page 118:

"You got thinner already," I told him. Collin is fat. As in a FATSO. But now...

(endearing or humorous, sometimes derogatory) fat person; fatso; fatty


tabatsingtsing

tabatsingtsing or tabatsingtsíng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔)

tlb

(endearing or humorous, sometimes derogatory)

tabatsingtsing (canonical)
tabatsingtsíng (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tabachingching (alternative)
tabaching-ching (alternative)
tabatsing-tsing (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.bɐtˈt͡ʃin̪.t͡ʃɪŋ]

[t̪ɐ.bɐt.t͡ʃɪn̪ˈt͡ʃɪŋ]

From a final reduplication of tabatsing, possibly for a humorous effect.


tipid

tipíd (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜉᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tipir (alternative)

thrift; frugality; economical use (of money, materials, time, etc.)


siyak

siyák (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
siac (alternative)

Borrowed from Brunei Malay syeikh, from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ). Compare Kapampangan siak, Tausug sī, and Indonesian syekh. Doublet of heke.


ngawit

[ˈŋaː.wɪt̪̚]


ungos

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uŋus.


tamlay

languor; downheartedness; lassitude; indisposition


taniman

place for planting; plantation; agricultural land

(figurative) ill feeling between friend, etc.


pananong

interrogative (word, construction, or element that asks a question)

formal questions or set of questions used in examinations


padamdam

padamdám (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
paramdam (alternative)

something said or done to give a hint or insinuation to someone


intablado

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of entablado.


alituntunin

tl-noun

alituntunin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.lɪ.t̪ʊn̪ˈt̪uː.n̪ɪn̪]

[ʔɐ.lɪ.t̪ʊn̪.t̪ʊˈn̪ɪn̪]


pampasarap

pampasaráp (canonical)
ᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜐᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

Madalas ginagamit ang asin bilang isang pampasarap sa garlic rice.

Salt is often used as a seasoning for garlic rice.

pampasarap ng tulog

something that gives pleasure or a better feeling


pampalasa

flavoring agent; something that gives flavor (such as salt, seasoning, spices, etc.)


kontrabida

kontrabida (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜊᜒᜇ)

ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜊᜒᜇ (Baybayin)

From Philippine Spanish contravida. By surface analysis, kontra + bida.


paldo

Borrowed from Spanish fardo (“bundle; stack”).


sikyu

sikyû (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
CQ (alternative)
sekyu (alternative)
sikyo (alternative)

From pronunciation spelling and clipping of English security, an ellipsis of English security guard.


pakikisama

ᜉᜃᜒᜃᜒᜐᜋ (Baybayin)
pakisama (alternative)
pakikipagsama (alternative)

the custom of maintaining acceptable relationships among members of a group; companionship; fellowship; camaraderie

(literal) the act of coming together or residing in one place or home


erpat

[ˈʔɛɾ.pɐt̪̚]

From a backslang of English father, from the 1970s.

Coordinate term: ermat


ermat

[ˈʔɛɾ.mɐt̪̚]

From a backslang of English mother, from the 1970s.

Coordinate term: erpat


etneb

ᜁᜆ᜔ᜈᜒᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
etnep (alternative)
itneb (alternative)

[ˈʔɛt̪.n̪ɛb̚]


ermats

[ˈʔɛɾ.mɐt̪s]


erpats

[ˈʔɛɾ.pɐt̪s]


karantso

From ka + rantso (“large hut; food ration”).


katalinuhan

tl-noun

katalinuhan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜈᜓᜑᜈ᜔)

Ang katalinuhan ay walang bansa. Ito ay nagbubunga sa lahat ng lugar.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere.


tsokaran

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜃᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
chokaran (alternative)


isoy

Backslang of yosi, also a backslang of sigarilyo (“cigarette”).


marihuwana

ᜋᜇᜒᜑᜓᜏᜈ (Baybayin)
mariwana (alternative)

Borrowed from English marijuana or Spanish marihuana.


palipas-oras

palipas-oras (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜂᜇᜐ᜔)

ᜉᜎᜒᜉᜐ᜔ᜂᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


bigatin

ᜊᜒᜄᜆᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
big-atin (alternative)

[bɪˈɣaː.t̪ɪn̪]

big shot; person of importance or influence


blusil

Borrowed from English blue seal, referring to import duty stickers on cigarette packs.

Coordinate term: blukal

mixed-blood woman (usually fair-skinned and/or pretty)


biyograpiya

biyograpiya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ)

ᜊᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
biyograpya (alternative)
biograpiya (alternative)
biograpya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish biografía, from New Latin biographia.


tsart

Borrowed from English chart, from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of kard, kalatas, and karta.

der

chart (non-narrative presentation of data)


tsarter

[ˈt͡ʃaɾ.t̪ɛɾ]

charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)

charter (temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle)


meteorolohiya

tl-noun

meteorolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜌᜓᜇᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜋᜒᜆᜒᜌᜓᜇᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish meteorología, from Ancient Greek μετεωρολογία (meteōrología).

der

μετεωρολογία


bibliyograpiya

tl-noun

bibliyograpiya (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ)

ᜊᜒᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
bibliyograpya (alternative)
bibliograpiya (alternative)
bibliograpya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish bibliografía, from Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía).

der

βιβλιογραφία


tsok

Borrowed from English chalk, from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of kal.


talukap

From Proto-Philippine *talukaəb (“eyelid”).

sheath of palm leaves or banana stalks; thin sheathing found in plants


omad

[ˈʔoː.mɐd̪̚]


suhestiyon

tl-noun

suhestiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

suhestiyón (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜑᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
suhestyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish sugestión, from Latin suggestiōnem.


talampak

Possibly from tampak + *-al- (compare taluktok and halukay). The fossilized -*al- infix is also possibly related to Malay -el- infix.

act of telling something openly to someone (without fear or reservation)


kastuli

kastulì (canonical)
ᜃᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
castuli (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit कस्तूरी (kastūrī). Compare Malay kasturi and Javanese ꦏꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦫꦶ (kasturi). Doublet of kastor.

bor+

Abelmoschus moschatus
Abelmoschus moschatus#Translingual

abelmosk; musk mallow (Abelmoschus moschatus)


parlamentaryo

tl-noun

parlamentaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜎᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
parliyamentaryo (alternative)
parlyamentaryo (alternative)

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament


bikariya

bikariya or bikariyá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜃᜇᜒᜌ)

bikariya (canonical)
bikariyá (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜃᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
bikaria (alternative)

(Christianity) vicariate (office and residence of a vicar)

(Christianity) vicarage (residence of the vicar)


simpatya

simpatyá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


ingat-yaman

ingat-yaman (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅᜆ᜔ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

[ˌʔiː.ŋɐt̪ ˈjaː.mɐn̪]


tesoreriya

tesoreriya (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜆᜒᜐᜓᜇᜒᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
tesorerya (alternative)
tesoreria (alternative)


tiririt

[t̪ɪ.ɾɪˈɾɪt̪̚]

(sports, billiards, pool) bridge (used to support a player's cue for extended or tedious shots)


tiririt

Blend of tira + hithit, influenced by above.

[t̪ɪ.ɾɪˈɾɪt̪̚]


tirintas

tirintás (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
trintas (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish trenzas, plural of trenza (“plait; braid”), with the Spanish ⟨z⟩ pronounced as /θ/ possibly becoming /t/ in Tagalog.

woven band; braid (of cloth, tape, ribbon, etc.)


tobalats

tobaláts (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜊᜎᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

(back slang, slang) share of money or kind given away as goodwill by the winner (in gambling, a business deal, etc., especially in a game of balikutsa)


mokong

After Mokong, comic character who is unsophisticated.

(slang) lousy or shabby dresser (said of males)


tagaangkat

tagaangkát (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐ.ʔɐŋˈkat̪̚]


tagabasa

reader (someone that is assigned to read)


tagamasid

tagamasíd (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜋᜐᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐ.mɐˈsɪd̪̚]


karagdagan

ᜃᜇᜄ᜔ᜇᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kadagdagan (alternative)
karagragan (alternative)

[kɐ.ɾɐɡˈd̪aː.ɣɐn̪]


soberaniya

ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
soberania (alternative dated)


soberanya

ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
soberania (alternative dated)
soberaniya (alternative)
soberenya (alternative)


tubig-ulan

tubig-ulán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜂᜎᜈ᜔)

tubig-ulán (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜂᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tubig ulan (alternative)

[ˌt̪uː.bɪɡ ʔʊˈlan̪]


tubig-alat

tubig-alat (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜀᜎᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
tubig alat (alternative)

[ˌt̪uː.bɪɡ ˈʔaː.lɐt̪̚]

From tubig (“water”) + alat (“saltiness”).


tubig-tabang

tubig-tabáng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜊᜅ᜔)

tubig-tabáng (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜄ᜔ᜆᜊᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tubig tabang (alternative)

[ˌt̪uː.bɪɡ t̪ɐˈbaŋ]


bikarya

(Christianity) assistant mother superior (in a convent of nuns)


tayog

elevation; height; loftiness (of the top of a tall tree, the flight of a kite, etc.)


jeproks

jeproks (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
dyeproks (alternative)
jeprox (alternative)

Backslang and corruption of English projects, a reference to the Projects, public housing districts of Quezon City.


jeprox

ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


siyano

siyanò (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜌᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
syano (alternative)

(slang) country bumpkin; hick; provincial


makinarya

makinaryang pangsaka


jepoy

jepoy (feminine jepay, Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜉᜓᜌ᜔)

[ˈd͡ʒɛː.poɪ̯]

(slang) hippie (person who keeps a shabby appearance)


himpilang siyasatan

himpilang siyasatan (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆᜈ᜔)

ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜌᜐᜆᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

"Sa tingin ko'y hindi pa naman. May narinig akong may ilang nakakaalam, ngunit wala pa kaming nakikitang mga nakapaskil na litrato ng iyong mukha. Kaya't sa tingin ko'y makakalagpas pa tayo sa himpilang siyasatan..." sagot n'ya.

2020, By Hoshuu_15, “Ihip ng Tadhana”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Wattpad, retrieved 2023-07-28:

"I think not yet. I heard that some do know but we haven't seen any posted picture of your face. So I think we'll be able to get through the checkpoint," he said.

checkpoint (point along a road or on a frontier)


koboy

(slang) good sport; someone who is able to get along with others


solb

feeling of satisfaction or euphoria, esp. after consuming drugs


paet

paét (canonical)
ᜉᜁᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
pait (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”). Cognate with Malay pahat (“chisel”), Eastern Cham ꨜꨩꩀ (phak), Nias fahö (“chisel”).


palaruan

[ˌpaː.lɐˈɾuː.ʔɐn̪]


palasurian

palásurián (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜐᜓᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

palásurián (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜐᜓᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


kanaryo

Borrowed from Spanish canario, Derived from Spanish Canarias (“the Canary Islands”).


mawsoleo

ᜋᜏ᜔ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
mausoleo (alternative)
musoleyo (alternative nonstandard)
mosoleo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish mausoleo, from Latin mausoleum.


kanula

Borrowed from Spanish cánula, from Latin cannula.


Karmelita

Kármelíta (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜆ (Baybayin)


kardenalato

tl-noun

kardenalato (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜎᜆᜓ)

(Roman Catholicism) cardinalate; cardinalship


katalepsiya

katalépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

katalépsiyá (canonical)
ᜃᜆᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish catalepsia, from French catalepsie, Latin catalepsis, from Ancient Greek κατάληψις (katálēpsis).


tsiminea

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜋᜒᜈᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
tsimenea (alternative)
tsiminiya (alternative)

[t͡ʃɪ.mɪˈn̪ɛː.ɐ]

[t͡sɪ.mɪˈn̪ɛː.ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish chimenea, from Old Spanish chimenea, from older cheminea (via vowel metathesis), from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta.


klerigo

[ˌklɛː.ɾɪˈɣo]

Borrowed from Spanish clérigo, from Old Spanish clerigo, semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus. Doublet of klerk.


mag-anak

[mɐɡˈʔaː.n̪ɐk̚]

[mɐɡ.ʔɐˈn̪ak̚]


letaniya

ᜎᜒᜆᜈᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
letania (alternative)
litaniya (alternative)
litanya (alternative)
litania (alternative)


litanya

[lɪˈt̪aː.ɲɐ]


pabelyon

pabelyón (canonical)
ᜉᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tinola

→ English: tinola

Possibly from *tola + -in-. The word tola (or tula) means “to boil” in Central Philippines. Compare Aklanon tinoea (“vegetable dish”) from toea, Hiligaynon tinola /tinula (“vegetable soup”) from tola /tula, Cebuano tinola (“stew”) from tola, Waray-Waray tinula (“fish stew”) from tula, Tausug tiyula' (“soup made by boiling fish, seafood, poultry, or meat in water”) from tula', and Agusan Manobo tu'ya. Unlikely to be from tula (“distemper or pip in fowls”).

cog

tinola (Filipino soup cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya)


bisibilidad

tl-noun

bisibilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

bisibilidád (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜐᜒᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


bitukang manok

bitukang manók (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜃᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔)

bitukang manók (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜃᜅ᜔ ᜋᜈᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
bitukang-manok (alternative)

From bituka + manok, literally, “intestines of a chicken”.

Ulva intestinalis
Wikispecies:Ulva intestinalis

(figurative) road full of hairpin bends; zigzag road


paksiyon

paksiyón (canonical)
ᜉᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paksyon (alternative)


paksyon

paksyón (canonical)
ᜉᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of paksiyon.


palikero

ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
palakero (alternative)

From Philippine Spanish paliquero (“flirter”), from Spanish palique (“chitchat”) + -ero. By surface analysis, paliki + -ero. Alternatively, from pa- + liki (“spin, like of a dog's tail”) + -ero, according to the Commission on the Filipino Language.


pamaltik

pamaltík (canonical)
ᜉᜋᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


pamasok

clothes worn when going to school or work


panambak

soil, sand and other filling material used to elevate a low-lying location


panlakad

anything used when going out of the house

clothes worn when going on trips, stroll or special occasion


patakaran

pátakarán (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜃᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
patacaran (alternative)


patakaran

ᜉᜆᜃᜇᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
patacaran (alternative)


estrelya

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
istrelya (alternative)

[ʔɛsˈt̪ɾɛl.jɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish estrella, from Latin stēlla. Possible doublet of tala.

Hippobroma longiflora
Wikispecies:Hippobroma longiflora

(botany) star-of-Bethlehem (Hippobroma longiflora)


hinaharap

hináharáp (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈᜑᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

From harap (“facing; front”) + -in-, from an initial reduplication of harap.

future; chance to achieve, succeed, etc.

something a person is currently attending or doing

(euphemistic, slang) chest (female human's breasts)


baliwas

intercourse; contact; interchange (of ideas, knowledge, customs, etc.)

strong upward pull or fling of the fishing rod


tuberkulosis

tl-noun

tuberkulosis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

ᜆᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish tuberculosis, from New Latin tuberculosis.

En fin: isang Salomon sa Corte ng̃ mg̃a magnates-blancos, ng̃ mg̃a kabayong sugatán, ng̃ mg̃a hampas-lupang may-opisiyo, ng̃ mg̃a multáng de diez y beinteng walang patawad ni bawas; isang juepeng amigo de sui gusto, kilabot ng mikrobiyo, ng̃ mikrobiyo, ng̃ mg̃a kolera't bulutong, ng̃ mg̃a tuberkulosis, brongkitis, meninghitis at beri-beri; at isang juepe pang kalbo at prakasado, dumedeciding walang kuestion, umaayon sa sabong at karrera, may alagang kabayong matutulin at saka maka-pari...


ari-arian

arí-arian (canonical)
ᜀᜇᜒᜀᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
ariarian (alternative)

[ʔɐˌɾiː.ʔɐˈɾiː.ʔɐn̪]


aristokrasya

aristokrasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌ)

ᜀᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
aristokrasiya (alternative)

[ʔɐ.ɾɪs.t̪oˈkɾaː.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish aristocracia, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā).

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ἀριστοκρατίᾱ

aristocracy (nobility or hereditary ruling class)

aristocracy (government ruled by the nobility)


artsiduke

tl-noun

artsiduke (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓᜃᜒ)

ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓᜃᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐɾ.t͡ʃɪˈd̪uː.xɛ]

[ʔɐɾ.t͡sɪˈd̪uː.xɛ]

Coordinate term: artsidukesa


puwesto

ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
pwesto (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish puesto, from Latin postus, from positus.

Walang bakanteng puwesto sa palengke.

There's no vacant market space in the wet market.

market stall; market stand; booth; marketspace

Puwesto ko ito.

place; space to occupy; geographical position; site; location

physical placement; situation; physical positioning

Gusto niya malagay sa mataas na puwesto.

He/She wants to be appointed to a high position.

May puwesto siya sa gobyerno.

employment; position; appointment; role; post; office; station; situation; responsibility; standing

unang puwesto

ikalawang puwesto

ikatlong puwesto


Chedeng

[ˈt͡ʃɛː.d̪ɛŋ]

[ˈt͡sɛː.d̪ɛŋ]


tipuno

strong physical features or form (of a person's body)


balanggot

balanggót (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐ.lɐŋˈɡot̪̚]

Actinoscirpus grossus
Wikispecies:Actinoscirpus grossus

(botany) greater club rush (Actinoscirpus grossus)


sangguniang bayan

sangguniáng bayan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔)

sangguniáng bayan (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜈᜒᜀᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


santelmo

Borrowed from Spanish santelmo, from fuego de San Telmo (“St. Elmo's fire”).

(folklore) fireball or flame spirit, similar to the will o' the wisp, that stalks or chases people at night, and believed to be formed from the ignited blood of a person who tragically died


tiheras

ᜆᜒᜑᜒᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
tihiras (alternative)

[t̪ɪˈhɛː.ɾɐs]

Borrowed from Spanish tijeras (“scissors”).


tihiras

tl-noun

tihiras or tihirás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜑᜒᜇᜐ᜔)

tihiras (canonical)
tihirás (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜑᜒᜇᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)


parmasya

ᜉᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
parmasia (alternative obsolete)
parmasiya (alternative)

[pɐɾˈmaː.ʃɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish farmacia, from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).


timbol

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timbul. Compare Malay timbul.

act of learning how to swim or float on water by holding on to a floater

act of saving oneself from drowning by using a floater

(figurative) act of relying on someone for support or guidance


tilapon

sudden flight of something (especially due to being thrown accidentally)


tibag

demolishing; tearing down; demolition (of a stone wall, mountainside, etc.)

crumbling down from a mountainside or riverside (of rocks, soil, etc.); landslide

act of excavating from a quarry (of stones, slates, etc.)

erosion (of a mountainside, river bank, etc.)


Tibag

stage play or presentation depicting the search of the true cross of Jesus Christ


kasarinlan

tl-noun

kasarinlán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔)

kasarinlán (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From a metathesis of a syncopic form of kasarilinan, from sarili + ka- -nan, literally “selfhood; individuality”. Compare Malay kesendirian.

af

(government) sovereignty; autonomy; self-government


tongpats

Backslang of patong (“slang: protection money”) + -s.

overpricing as form of kickback (especially for government officials)


dagang-bahay

tl-noun

dagáng-bahay (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔)

dagáng-bahay (canonical)
ᜇᜄᜅ᜔ᜊᜑᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
dagang bahay (alternative)

From daga (“mouse; rat”) + -ng- + bahay (“house”).

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Rattus rattus
Rattus rattus#Translingual


dala-dalahan

tl-noun

dalá-dalahan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜇᜎᜑᜈ᜔)

dalá-dalahan (canonical)
ᜇᜎᜇᜎᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

luggage; baggage; small items carried along a trip


dalasan

frequency
rate of occurrence of something

quotient of the number of times a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time in which it occurs

(statistics) number of occurrences divided by time

frequency
number of occurrences divided by time


yorme

Backslang of meyor, itself from English mayor.


tawiran

[ˌt̪aːˈwiː.ɾɐn̪]

From tawid + -an, with /d/~/r/ allophony.

Tumawid lamang ng kalsada sa mga tamang tawiran.

Please cross the road only at the right crossing.

crossing (place where one may cross to the other side of a road, river, canal etc.)

(strictly) crosswalk; pedestrian crossing; ped xing

simultaneous crossing by a number of people, animals, vehicles, etc. (across a road, river, etc.)


tawiran ng tao

tawiran ng tao (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜏᜒᜇᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂ)

ᜆᜏᜒᜇᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌwiː.ɾɐn̪ n̪ɐn̪ ˈt̪aː.ʔo]

From tawiran (“crossing”) + ng (“of”) + tao (“people”).

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Dapat huminto ang mga sasakyan sa tawiran ng tao para sa mga tatawid.

Vehicles must stop at the crosswalk for people crossing.


paghakbang

tl-noun

paghakbáng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜃ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔)

paghakbáng (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜑᜃ᜔ᜊᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

Mag-ingat sa paghakbang sa tren.

Be careful on your manner of step into the train.


putukan

simultaneous explosions (as of firecrakers)


tigdas-hangin

tigdás-hangin (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔)

tigdás-hangin (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜑᜅᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tigdas hangin (alternative)

[t̪ɪɡˌd̪as ˈhaː.ŋɪn̪]

From tigdas + hangin, literally “air measles”.


tapyas

sloping part or surface; bevel (as of an angled plate, glass, frame, table, etc.)

facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)

slanting cut on the tip or end of a tenon, etc.

act of chipping or cutting off obliquely


tiwalag

act of dismissing or suspending from employment

condition of being separated (as a member from a group, association, etc.)

act of being separated (as a member from a group, association, etc.)

act of resigning (from one's employment)


tsubibo

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
tiyobibo (alternative)
tiyubibo (alternative)


talsik

splash; splatter (of water, mud, liquid, etc.)

sudden flight away; sudden leap (of a small piece from a larger object)

(figurative) dismissal; suspension (from employment); ouster (from position)


tayakad

tayakád (canonical)
ᜆᜌᜃᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tiyakad (alternative)


trahe de-boda

tl-noun

trahe de-boda (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜇ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜑᜒ ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜇ (Baybayin)
trahe-de-boda (alternative)
trahe de boda (alternative)

[ˌt̪ɾaː.hɛ d̪ɛ ˈboː.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish traje de boda (“wedding dress”).


trabahadora

tl-noun

trabahadora (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜊᜑᜇᜓᜇ)

[t̪ɾɐ.bɐ.hɐˈd̪oː.ɾɐ]

female equivalent of trabahador: female worker; female laborer


trapikante

trapikante (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)


mananalita

mananalitâ (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜈᜎᜒᜆ (Baybayin)

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


mananaliksik

mananaliksík (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜈᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)

mananaliksík (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜈᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

From man- + saliksik, with initial reduplication.


absuwelto

absuwelto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
abswelto (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish absuelto, from Latin absolutus. Doublet of absoluto.


presupuwesto

presupuwesto (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


bagong-yaman

bagong-yaman (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜌᜋᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜌᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
bagong yaman (alternative)

Compound of bago + yaman, a calque of Spanish nuevo rico.


kababata

From ka- + bata, with partial reduplication.

Si Dr. Jose Rizal ay nakapagbigay rin ng ambag sa panitikang pambata nang sulatin niya noong siya'y 8 taon gulang, ang tulang Sa Aking Mga Kababata. Isinalin din niya ang dulang Aleman na Guillermo Tell ni Schiller sa Pilipino.

1982, Crisanto C. Rivera, Panitikang pambata: (kasaysayan at halimbawa), Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 7:

Natapakan nga ng mga kababata ko sa probinsiya kasi umabot doon. May nag-text pa nga, “Kulot na ba ang hair mo, gurl?” Pero may ibang hindi rin masaya para sa akin. Sabi sa akin, “Mabungi sana ang nagpapangiti sa iyo!

2021 August 1, Vanessa Cruz-Zapanta, MGA SULAT NA PARA SANA SA 'YO, HS Grafik Print, →ISBN, page 51:


tikim

sampling; tasting; savoring (of the taste of food)

act of trying out (especially for the first time)


administrasiyon

administrasiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

administrasiyón (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐd̪.mɪ.n̪ɪs.t̪ɾɐˈʃon̪]

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of administrasyon.


alegoriya

ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
alegoria (alternative dated)

[ʔɐ.lɛ.ɣoˈɾiː.ɐ]


alegorya

alegoryá or alegorya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ)

alegoryá (canonical)
alegorya (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜓᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
alegoria (alternative dated)
alegoriya (alternative)

[ʔɐ.lɛˈɣoɾ.jɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish alegoría, from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría, “figurative language”).


pribadong paaralan

tl-noun

pribadong paaralán (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔)

pribadong paaralán (canonical)
ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

paaralang pribado
paaralang pribado#Tagalog


paaralang pribado

paaraláng pribado (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓ)

paaraláng pribado (canonical)
ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
pribadong paaralan (alternative)

From paaralan + -g + pribado, a calque of English private school.

Coordinate term: paaralang publiko


paaralang publiko

paaraláng públikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ)

paaraláng públikó (canonical)
ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

Compound of paaralan + -g + publiko, a calque of English public school.

Coordinate term: paaralang pribado

public school (US, Canada); state school (UK)


kapulungan

kapulungán (canonical)
ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
capolong̃an (alternative)


mataas na kapulungan

mataás na kapulungán (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

mataás na kapulungán (canonical)
ᜋᜆᜀᜐ᜔ ᜈ ᜃᜉᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Compound of mataas + kapulungan, a calque of Spanish cámara alta.


basaan

act of wetting or throwing water at each other

Nagkaroon ng basaan sa bahay nila dahil nasira ang kanilang tubo ng tubig-ulan.

A situation of people getting wet happened in their house because their rainwater pipe broke.

situation of people getting wet simultaneously


buhusan

Maraming mga namamasahe ay nahuli sa buhusan ng tubig sa kapistahan sa San Juan.

Many commuters were caught in the pouring of water for the festival celebrations in San Juan.

simultaneous pouring of water on each other


ministeryo

ministeryo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish ministerio, from Latin ministerium.

Ministeryo ng Edukasyon at Kultura


santakrusan

santakrusan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
santacruzan (alternative)

Helena of Constantinople
w:Helena of Constantinople

(Catholicism) Santacruzan (religious procession on the last day of Flores de Mayo commemorating Helena of Constantinople's search for the Holy Cross and featuring a pageant of girls in special costumes)


santacruzan

santacruzan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔)

ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜐᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(common) alternative form of santakrusan


anaklang

Corruption of Spanish alacrán, from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”). Doublet of alakdan.


capalaran

Superseded, pre-1940 spelling of kapalaran.


blater

ᜊ᜔ᜎᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
blotter (alternative)


kakompetensiya

kakompeténsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

kakompeténsiyá (canonical)
ᜃᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
kakompetensya (alternative)
kakumpetensya (alternative)
kakumpitensya (alternative)
kakumpetensiya (alternative)
kakumpitensiya (alternative)

From ka- + kompetensiya (“competition”).


sitsirya

sitsirya or sitsiryá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ)

sitsirya (canonical)
sitsiryá (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


sitsaron

sitsarón (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


tsitsaron

tsitsarón (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

tsitsarón (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
chicharon (alternative)
satsaron (alternative)
sitsaron (alternative)

[t͡ʃɪt.t͡ʃɐˈɾon̪]

fried pork rind (especially the Philippine varieties)


tsimpansi

tsimpansí (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ)

tsimpansí (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒ (Baybayin)


siraan

[sɪˈɾaː.ʔɐn̪]

[sɪ.ɾɐˈʔan̪]

exchange of slander, defamation, libel, etc.

destroying or damaging of each other's belongings


kunsiderasyon

kunsiderasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

kunsiderasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of konsiderasyon.


konsiderasyon

konsiderasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

konsiderasyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜒᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kunsiderasyon (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish consideración, from Latin cōnsīderātiō, cōnsīderātiōnem.

consideration; deliberation; careful thought (before taking action)


perhuwisyo

perhuwisyo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)
perhwisyo (alternative)
perwisyo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish perjuicio, from Latin praeiudicium. Doublet of prehuwisyo.


petrolyo

ᜉᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


ideyolohiya

ideyolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜁᜇᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


pirme

pirmé (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜋᜒ (Baybayin)
pirmi (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish firme, from Vulgar Latin *fīrmis, from Latin firmus.

act of keeping something in a fixed position


kapatagan

ᜃᜉᜆᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
capatagan (alternative)


tokador

tokadór (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜃᜇᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tukador (alternative)

ladies' dressing table with a large mirror; vanity table


estadistika

estadístiká (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ)

estadístiká (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
estatistika (alternative)
istatistika (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish estadística, from German Statistik.

Bukod sa m͠ga nasabi na ay maglalathala rin sa boleting ito n͠g m͠ga ulat na ukol sa estadistika at gayon din n͠g iba't ibang ukol sa m͠ga ginawa n͠g Kawanihan n͠g Paggawa, saka n͠g madla at tanang ulat o balitang pakikinaban͠gan n͠g m͠ga manggagawa...

1919, Labor: Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor, Issues 2-10:

statistics (systematic collection of data)


estadistiko

estadístikó (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ)

estadístikó (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)


estatistika

estatístiká (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ)

estatístiká (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
istatistika (alternative)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English statistics, and influenced by Spanish estadística.

pseudo-loan

Ayon sa estatistika ang ani ng bangos sa Pilipinas ay umaabot sa 350 kilo sa bawa't ektarya sa loob ng isang taon.

alternative form of estadistika: statistics


dalampasig

tl-noun

dalampasig (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜋ᜔ᜉᜐᜒᜄ᜔)

From dala + -m- + pasig, as per Pardo de Tavera (1887). Alternatively, possibly from *dalan (fossilized form of daan) + pasig, according to Potet (2016).

compound

fossilized form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="tl">daan</i>


paligsa

paligsá (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
palicsa (alternative)
paliksa (alternative)

Borrowed from Malay periksa, from Sanskrit परीक्षा (parīkṣā, “inspection, investigation, examination, test”). Later reanalyzed to be pa- + ligsa.


tumpak

ilagay sa tumpak
ilagay sa tumpak#Tagalog

right or proper order (as in ilagay sa tumpak)


talilis

tl-noun

talilis or talilís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

talilis (canonical)
talilís (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

act of escaping or leaving secretly (to avoid being noticed)


orinola

ᜂᜇᜒᜈᜓᜎ (Baybayin)
arinola (alternative)
urinola (alternative)

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish orinola (“chamber pot”), possibly from Catalan orina (“urine”) + Catalan -ola.


bilnuran

Siguruhin lamang na gumamit ng PANTABLAY upang tuloy-tuloy ang iyong pagpindot sa mga KAWINGAN upang matuto ng BILNURAN.

2014 August 30, Elite Toastmasters Club, Facebook:

Just make sure to use a CHARGER so that your clicking of LINKS to learn ARITHMETIC won't be interrupted.

"Babagsak na talaga ako, ang hirap ng bilnuran" #UbodngSalita

2016 August 17, @angubodofficial, Twitter:

"I will really fail [in school], arithmetic is so hard" #UbodngSalita

Paborito mo ba ang asignaturang Bilnuran?

2019 August 24, Brainly.ph, “Magaling ka ba sa bilnuran? [Are you good in arithmetic?]”, in Facebook:


inidoro

[ʔɪ.n̪ɪˈd̪oː.ɾo]


sunuran

[ˌsuːˈn̪uː.ɾɐn̪]

act of doing what others did (of a number of people)

simultaneous obedience to the command of someone in authority


ungkat

ungkát (canonical)
ᜂᜅ᜔ᜃᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
oncat (alternative)
ongcat (alternative)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uŋkat (“recall or drag up disagreeable past experiences”). Compare also Hiligaynon ogkat.


desgrasyada

tl-noun

desgrasyada (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜇ)

ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜇ (Baybayin)
disgrasyada (alternative)

[d̪ɛs.ɡɾɐˈʃaː.d̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish desgraciada, feminine form of desgraciado (“unfortunate”).

Pawang personal na isyu ang ibinato sa akin, mula sa pagiging disgrasyada hanggang sa pagkakaroon ng pangit na reputasyon. Pero walang ibinunga ang maruruming taktika ng kabilang kampo […]

They mostly threw personal issues to me, from me having given birth out of wedlock to having a bad reputation. But nothing came out of the dirty tactics from both camps

Sa mga tulang ito, pinag-ukulan niya ng pansin ang babaeng desgrasyada, ang babaeng inalipin at pinagsamantalahan, o ang babaeng kinasangkapan at naging puta.

1998, Benigno Ramos, Gumising ka, aking bayan: mga piling tula:

In these poems, he paid attention to the disgraced woman, the woman who has been enslaved and abused, or the woman turned into an instrument and become a whore.

(derogatory) woman who have been dishonored by being raped or having given birth out of wedlock


ganansiya

ganánsiyá (canonical)
ᜄᜈᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
ganansya (alternative nonstandard)

[ɡɐˈn̪an̪.ʃɐ]


kasim

Borrowed from Hokkien 胛心肉 (kah-sim-bah, “back portion of meat”, literally “shoulder blade heart meat”).


kasim

kasím (canonical)
ᜃᜐᜒᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
casim (alternative)

sour taste of food that is about to become spoiled


alibata

From the first three letters of the Arabic alphabet, Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ), Coined by Paul Rodriguez Verzosa in 1914 presumably under the erroneous assumption that Baybayin was derived from it. Compare Malay alif-ba-ta.

der

أَلِف بَاء تَاء

Arabic أَلِف بَاء تَاء (ʔalif bāʔ tāʔ)

coinage

Arabic script (especially as known in the Orient)

(proscribed) Baybayin (Philippine script)


satol

Borrowed from Malay catur (“chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “a kind of chess”, literally “four-limbed (army)”). Compare Maguindanao satul, Maranao sator, and Tausug sattul. Doublet of ahedres.


puksa

puksâ (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ (Baybayin)
pocsa (alternative)
pucsa (alternative)

Possible back-formation from mamuksa, ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “emancipate”). Compare Javanese ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦱ (muksa, “to vanish”).


teyp

Borrowed from English tape, from Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”).


siyento-por-siyento

tl-noun

siyento-por-siyento (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
siyento por siyento (alternative)
siyento porsiyento (alternative)
syento por syento (alternative)

[ˌʃɛn̪.t̪o ˌpoɾ ˈʃɛn̪.t̪o]

Borrowed from Spanish ciento por ciento (compare Spanish cien por ciento).


kampay

Possibly from Chinese, but Zorc (1985) does not think so and points to a more native origin. Compare Western Bukidnon Manobo kapěy.

movement of the arms and legs while walking

flap (movement of the bird's wings while flying)


kampay

kampáy (canonical)
ᜃᜋ᜔ᜉᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
kampai (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 乾杯(かんぱい) (kanpai).

Sa kampay ng kamay bawat tagay isang kampai Sabay sigaw ng ating mga hinaing. Walang nakaunawa sa ating winika't Kalooban pagkat tayo nga ang nandayuhang Ngayo'y nagsasaya't lumilimot.

1989, Reuel Molina Aguila, Tomas F. Agulto, Ariel N. Valerio, Gatilyo: Galian 7, Kalikasan Press, page 11:

toast; cheers (salutation while drinking alcohol)


japayuki

(colloquial, derogatory) a Filipina who travels to Japan to work as an entertainer, with implications of prostitution


katoto

close or intimate friend (especially among males)


panibago

From pani- + bago. See also Kapampangan pasibayu.


paraluman

ᜉᜇᜎᜓᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paraloman (alternative)

From *dalom (“needle”) + pa- -an. Fossilized word *dalom possibly came from Malay jarum, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum (“needle”) (cf. karayom, Cebuano dagom and Javanese dom). Cognate to Kapampangan paraluman, Maranao padoman, Tausug padduman, and Indonesian pedoman (“compass”).

(poetic, figurative) muse; ladylove; goddess (or any guiding light)


timbog

splash of water made by hands and feet while swimming

movement of hands and feet while swimming


kayod

act of scraping or rubbing out with a knife

act of grating or scraping into shreds (as of coconut meat)

(figurative) exertion of full efforts; hard work


telekomunikasyon

telekomunikasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

telekomunikasyón (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜃᜓᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
telekumunikasyon (alternative)


telegrapo

telégrapó (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜓ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɛˌlɛɡ.ɾɐˈpo]


telepatiya

ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜉᜆᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
telepatya (alternative)
telepatia (alternative)


teolohiya

ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
teolohia (alternative)


tersiyopelo

tersiyopelo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜉᜒᜎᜓ)

ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜉᜒᜎᜓ (Baybayin)


magat

[ˈmaː.ɣɐt̪̚]

(historical) title given to particular nobility


kamalala

Early borrowing from Spanish camarada, from cámara (“chamber”) + -ada, with sound shift from /ɾ/ to /l/.


alintataw

alintataw or alintatáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔)

alintataw (canonical)
alintatáw (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜆᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)

English: alintatao

[ʔɐ.lɪn̪ˈt̪aː.t̪aʊ̯]

[ʔɐ.lɪn̪.t̪ɐˈt̪aʊ̯]

Diospyros pilosanthera (tree and wood, the bark of which is used for a cough decoction)

difficulty in seeing things (due to nearsightedness or farsightedness)

hazy visibility through a translucent object


talunton

taluntón (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

act of following or tracing a line, path, etc.

obedience; adherence (to certain rules, regulations, etc.)


talastas

knowledge; understanding (about something)


timpla

proportionate mixture of ingredients (in food, medicine, etc.)

(colloquial) assessment; opinion (of someone's ability, etc.)

(colloquial) feeling (of being sick or indisposed)


dorobo

Borrowed from Japanese 泥棒(どろぼう) (dorobō, “thief”).

mischief-maker; troublemaker (especially a child)


balaklaot

bálakláot (canonical)
ᜊᜎᜃ᜔ᜎᜂᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Malay barat laut, with dissimilation of /t/ to /k/ before /l/ (cf. iklog). Compare Kapampangan balaklaut.


sangyawa

sangyawà (canonical)
ᜐᜅ᜔ᜌᜏ (Baybayin)
sangyaua (alternative)
sanyaua (alternative)
sanyawa (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit सैन्धव (saindhava, “rock-salt”). Compare Maranao sandawa', and Malay sendawa.


salukoy

ᜐᜎᜓᜃᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
salocoy (alternative)


kasalukuyan

tl-noun

kasalukuyan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜎᜓᜃᜓᜌᜈ᜔)

ᜃᜐᜎᜓᜃᜓᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
casalocoyan (alternative)

kasalukuyan ng pagtatanim

(obsolete) time when something occurs more frequently; period; season


Miyerkoles ng Abo

Miyérkolés ng Abó (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜊᜓ)

Miyérkolés ng Abó (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
Miyerkules ng Abo (alternative)


Miyerkoles de Senisa

Miyérkolés de Senisa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜐ)

Miyérkolés de Senisa (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜐᜒᜈᜒᜐ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish miércoles de ceniza.


muni-muni

ᜋᜓᜈᜒᜋᜓᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
munimuni (alternative)

[ˌmuː.n̪ɪʔ ˈmuː.n̪ɪʔ]

Reduplication of muni. Possibly from an older variant muli-muli, reduplication of muli (“consideration”).

long rationalized thinking; deep thought


korido

(literature) corrido (narrative poem of some length, in octo or dodecasyllabic syllables)


taguyod

ᜆᜄᜓᜌᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagoyor (alternative)
taguyor (alternative)

patronage; support (given to a project, program, etc.)

act of bringing to completion or carrying out


taglay

something carried or kept in one's possession

act of carrying or keeping in one's possession

act of owning or possessing (of one's characteristics, etc.)


tagis

act of sharpening lightly on a hone or whetstone (of a razor, knife, etc.)

(figurative) sharp disagreement or opposition; clash; conflict


tagilog

[t̪ɐ.ɣɪˈloɡ̚]

Possibly blend of tagilo (“pyramid”) + bilog (“circular”).


pula ng itlog

tl-noun

pulá ng itlóg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

pulá ng itlóg (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜎ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pʊˌla n̪ɐŋ ʔɪt̪ˈl̪oɡ̚]


puti ng itlog

putî ng itlóg (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔)

putî ng itlóg (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜆᜒ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜁᜆ᜔ᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[pʊˌt̪ɪʔ n̪ɐŋ ʔɪt̪ˈl̪oɡ̚]

[pʊˌt̪iː n̪ɐŋ ʔɪt̪ˈl̪oɡ̚]

From puti ng itlog ("white part of the egg").


tagarito

ᜆᜄᜇᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
tagadito (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐˈɾiː.t̪o]


tagariyan

tagariyán (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagadiyan (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐˈɾjan̪]

resident or native of that place (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)


tagaroon

tagaroón (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜇᜓᜂᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
tagadoon (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.ɣɐ.ɾoˈʔon̪]

resident or native of an aforementioned place or the place over there


takam

hankering or craving for something very tasty (usually manifests by salivating and smacking of one's lips and tongue)


tabloyd

ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tabloid (alternative)

tabloid (newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format)


tabig

[ˈt̪aː.bɪɡ̚]

hard backward push or strike with the elbow


tabike

tabike or tabikè (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜒᜃᜒ)

tabike (canonical)
tabikè (canonical)
ᜆᜊᜒᜃᜒ (Baybayin)
tabiki (alternative)


budol

From slang in Hiligaynon budol-budol (“swindling; chubby; cute”), an allusion to the Budol-Budol Gang which specializes in conning victims to give their money or possessions, possibly from English boodle (“illegally acquired money”). See also Aklanon buroe (“jellyfish”), Kinaray-a budul-budul (“cute”), Hiligaynon budol (“jellyfish”) and tibudol (“fat”). Also possibly a metathesis of English double, possibly from double-cross according to Zorc (1993).

der

Siya ay budol ng mga manloloko.

act of cheating, swindling, or double-crossing

Budol niya ako na sumama sa kanya sa Halloween party.

She convinced me to come with her to a Halloween party.

act of persuading, influencing, or convincing someone into doing something

Marami siyang budol mula sa tindahan ng bisikleta dahil sa kanyang matinding pagnanais na mag-upgrade.

He had a lot of impulse purchases from the bike shop because of his strong desire to make upgrades.

(by extension, humorous) purchased goods, especially those that were impulsive, unplanned or unnecessary


balagbagan

Possibly from balagbag + -an. Compare Pangasinan balagbagan.


balagbag

From Proto-Philippine *bala(ʀ)báʀ. Compare Bikol Central balagbag, Aklanon baeabag, Cebuano balabag, and Maranao balabag.

(agriculture) crosswise plowing of the field


timpi

self-control; temperance; moderation (of one's emotion or temper)


tinag

tl-noun

tinag or tinág (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜄ᜔)

tinag (canonical)
tinág (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜈᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˈt̪iː.n̪ɐɡ̚]

movement; motion (usually used in the negative)


tin-edyer

tin-edyer (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜁᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜁᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tinedyer (alternative)

[t̪ɪn̪ˈʔɛː.d͡ʒɛɾ]

[t̪ɪn̪ˈʔɛd̪.jɛɾ]


sandatahang-lakas

sándataháng-lakás (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜅ᜔ᜎᜃᜐ᜔)

sándataháng-lakás (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜅ᜔ᜎᜃᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
sandatahang lakas (alternative)


hukbong-sandatahan

hukbóng-sándatahán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

hukbóng-sándatahán (canonical)
ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
hukbong sandatahan (alternative)


sandatahan

sándatahán (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sandatahan

sandátáhan (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜆᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pansit kanton

pansít kantón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

pansít kantón (canonical)
ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Philippine Spanish pancit cantón, where Philippine Spanish pancit is from Hokkien, while Spanish Cantón is ultimately from Mandarin 廣東 /广东 (Guǎngdōng), possibly via Portuguese Cantão.

pancit canton (yellow fiber noodles, stir-fried in soy sauce, and other seasonings)


tundok

tundók (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tondoc (alternative)


pigil

act of restraining, withholding, prevention


trambiya

trambiya or trambiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜌ)

trambiya (canonical)
trambiyá (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
trambia (alternative dated)


sulat-kamay

sulat-kamáy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔)

sulat-kamáy (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜃᜋᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)


etimolohiya

etimolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆᜒᜋᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜁᜆᜒᜋᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
etimolohia (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish etimología (“etymology”).


turing

(colloquial) respect; regard; consideration

(colloquial) one's treatment of someone (as a friend, etc.)

selling price of goods (given or set by the seller)


tuntong

tuntóng (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tungtong (alternative)

[t̪ʊn̪ˈt̪oŋ]

From Proto-Central Philippine *tuŋtuŋ (“stand-on; layer-over”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋtuŋ (“peak, top”). Compare Bikol Central tungtong, Cebuano tungtong, and Balinese ᬢᬸᬂᬢᬸᬂ (tungtung). Doublet of tuktok.

inh

setting of one's feet (especially on a new land or territory)

(figurative) reaching on a certain year (as of one's age)


tunganga

[t̪ʊˈŋaː.ŋɐʔ]

gazing with one's mouth agape (due to surprise, astonishment, lack of what to do, etc.)

act of pass one's time idly by watching others while working


tunggali

tl-noun

tunggalì or tunggalî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜒ)

tunggalì (canonical)
tunggalî (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜒ (Baybayin)
tongali (alternative)
tonggali (alternative)

[t̪ʊŋˈɡaː.lɪʔ]

[t̪ʊŋ.ɡɐˈlɪʔ]

Compare Kapampangan tunggali (“duel; one against one”), from tunggal (“single”). See also Ilocano tunggal (“each; every”), Maguindanao tunggal (“only child”), Tausug tunggal (“only; solely”), and Malay tunggal (“single”).

cog

condition of being in conflict, discord, or disagreement with each other (usually of two parties)

(obsolete) one on one (such as in dance or in a game)


sakahan

sakahán (canonical)
ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sacahan (alternative)


sakahan

sákáhan (canonical)
ᜐᜃᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sacahan (alternative)

From saka (“to copy; to acquire on consignment; to import”) + -han.

af

saka<t:to copy; to acquire on consignment; to import>

place where goods for consignment are obtained

time or season when goods for consignment are obtained


tunghay

act of raising one's head (in assuming an upright position)

erect or slightly raised position of the head

act of looking or reading something (as in a newspaper)


tupak

(historical, obsolete) disk used to cover the genitals


tuligsa

act of criticizing or attacking in public (someone or his work)

attack or criticism directed against someone or his work (either verbal or published)


tuhog

act of stringing together things (of beads, pearls, flowers, etc.)

act of fastening or piercing with a skewer

something fastened or pierced with a skewer


tsuleta

[t͡ʃʊˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]

[t͡sʊˈlɛː.t̪ɐ]


tsasis

Borrowed from French châssis, either through Spanish chasis or English chassis.


tsaketa

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜃᜒᜆ (Baybayin)
saketa (alternative obsolete)
tsaqueta (alternative obsolete)

[t͡ʃɐˈxɛː.t̪ɐ]

[t͡sɐˈxɛː.t̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish chaqueta, from French jaquette. Doublet of dyaket.


tributaryo

tl-noun

tributaryo (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓᜆᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ (Baybayin)


transpormasyon

transpormasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

transpormasyón (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


sekundarya

sekundarya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌ)

ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)


patubig

[pɐˈt̪uː.bɪɡ̚]


paaralang sekundarya

páaraláng sekundarya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌ)

páaraláng sekundarya (canonical)
ᜉᜀᜇᜎᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜇ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)
paaralang sekundaryo (alternative)

From paaralan + -g- + sekundarya, a calque of English secondary school. Compare Spanish escuela secundaria.


lathalain

lathalaín (canonical)
ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


pangitain

[pɐ.ŋɪˈt̪aː.ʔɪn̪]


pag-iwas

pag-iwas sa sunog


paglathala

paglathalà (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ (Baybayin)


subukan

act of pitting each other's strength, skill, ability, etc.


porma

Borrowed from Spanish forma, from Latin fōrma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ). Doublet of hulma.

(colloquial) act of trying to impress someone


topograpiya

topograpiya (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ)

ᜆᜓᜉᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
topograpya (alternative)
topograpia (alternative)


transaksiyon

transaksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

transaksiyón (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

record of the proceedings (of a society, convention, etc.)


transmisyon

transmisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

transmisyón (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

transmission (act or fact of being transmitted)


trigonometriya

trigonometriya (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜈᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜈᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
trigonometria (alternative)


tiyope

tiyopè (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜉᜒ (Baybayin)
tyope (alternative)
tiyupe (alternative)

[ˈt͡ʃoː.pɛʔ]

Uncertain. Possibly from Hokkien 籌備 /筹备 (tiû-pī, “to make preparations”), according to Manuel (1948), or from Spanish torpe.

der

(gambling, cockfighting) gamecock that an unlucky bettor places a bet on


tiwasay

state of being free from turmoil or agitation; tranquility; calmness


tiwangwang

tiwangwáng (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜏᜅ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

condition of being exposed or left wide-open (especially due to neglect or inattention)


sibika

síbiká (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜊᜒᜃ (Baybayin)
sibiko (alternative adjective)

Borrowed from Spanish cívica, feminine singular of cívico (“civil; civic”).


Hekasi

Hékasí (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜃᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
HEKASI (alternative)
HeKaSi (alternative)

[ˌhɛː.xɐˈsɪ]

Initial clipping abbreviation of heograpiya, kasaysayan, sibika (“geography, history, civics”).

abbrev

geography, history, and civics (school subject)


tingkad

tingkád (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
tincad (alternative)
tingkar (alternative)

[t̪ɪŋˈkad̪̚]

(figurative) colorfulness (of one's career)

harshness; intensity (as of the sun's heat)

(obsolete) act of touching the bottom of the deep part with one's feet and stand stiff


timpalak

timpalák (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)

(obsolete) crowd; assembly; congregation; gathering of many people


tilamsik

tilamsík (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜎᜋ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
talamsik (alternative)
talansik (alternative)
tilansik (alternative)

particle or mass from a flying splash (of water, liquid, mud, etc.)

sparks (of fire, especially while welding a torch)


bukirin

[bʊ.xɪˈɾɪn̪]


deretsa

[d̪ɛˈɾɛː.t͡ʃɐ]

[d̪ɛˈɾɛt̪.sɐ]

act of telling someone frankly what one thinks or feels (about someone or something)


malikmata

tl-noun

malíkmatá or malikmatà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ)

malíkmatá (canonical)
malikmatà (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜋᜆ (Baybayin)
malicmata (alternative)
malik-mata (alternative)

From malik + mata. The word malik is an archaic apheretic form of bumalik, from balik.

someone or something perceived to be someone or something but on the contrary; someone or something mistaken for someone or something

anything that has properties to morph or change form

(obsolete) act of concealment or disgusing oneself


gadgaran

[ɡɐd̪ˈɡaː.ɾɐn̪]


kamisa tsino

kamisa tsino (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜐ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

ᜃᜋᜒᜐ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
kamisatsina (alternative)
kamisatsino (alternative)


kiyaw-kiyaw

kiyáw-kiyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔)

kiyáw-kiyáw (canonical)
ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔ᜃᜒᜌᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
kiyawkiyaw (alternative)
kyaw-kyaw (alternative)
kyawkyaw (alternative)
kiaw-kiaw (alternative)

Borrowed from Hokkien, according to English (1987) and Panganiban (1973). According to Chan-Yap (1980), it comes from Hokkien “kiaù-kiaù”, which she defines as “incessant”, as in “kiaù+kiaù+kʰaǔ” with the latter verb she mentions as Hokkien 哭 (khàu). The “kiaù-kiaù” she refers to may possibly be Hokkien 攪攪 /搅搅 (kiáu-kiáu) or 噭噭 (kiàu-kiàu) as found in Ogawa (1932). Compare Cebuano kyawkyaw and Hokkien 噭噭叫 (kiàu-kiàu-kiò, “with all voices in a jumble”).

ncog

nonsensical complaints or moanings; useless fretting or worry; incessant nagging; rumbling; flurry

unnecessary details or action that slows down the work


kuyom

act of holding something tightly within one's palm

(figurative) suppression; withholding (of one's anger, love, etc.)


reyalidad

reyalidád (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜌᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ɾɛ.ɐ.lɪˈd̪ad̪̚]


dimsum

ᜇᜒᜋ᜔ᜐᜓᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)
dim sum (alternative)

Borrowed from English dim sum, from Cantonese 點心 /点心 (dim² sam¹).

dim sum (Chinese dumplings, traditionally served in small bamboo steamer baskets or small plates as a snack or part of the main course)


dalos

(obsolete) increase in speed when walking to and fro


talisod

ᜆᜎᜒᜐᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
talisor (alternative)

stumble; trip (of one's toes against something)

act of pushing something forward on a surface with the tip of the foot

(figurative) accidental finding or discovery


karunungan

[kɐ.ɾʊˈn̪uː.ŋɐn̪]


estoisismo

tl-noun

estoisismo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ or ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


agnostiko

agnóstikó (feminine agnostika, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜈᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ)

agnóstikó (canonical)
agnostika (feminine)
ᜀᜄ᜔ᜈᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish agnóstico, from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos). Compare Greek αγνωστικός (agnostikós).


eksistensiyalismo

eksistensiyalismo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜁᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
eksistensyalismo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish existencialismo, from French existentialisme.


malayang loob

malayang loób (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

malayang loób (canonical)
ᜋᜎᜌᜅ᜔ ᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔ (Baybayin)
malayang-loob (alternative)

Calque of English free will. From malaya + -ng + loob.


Indoismo

Indoismo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)


ontolohiya

ontolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

(philosophy) ontology (study of being or existence)


iral

condition of being in effect; effectivity (of an ordinance, law, etc.)


dalubmagingan

dalubmagingan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜋᜄᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜋᜄᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


dalubmayawan

dalubmayawan (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜋᜌᜏᜈ᜔)

ᜇᜎᜓᜊ᜔ᜋᜌᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


mulmayawan

mulmayawan (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ᜋᜌᜏᜈ᜔)


metsado

ᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜐᜇᜓ (Baybayin)
mechado (alternative)
mitsado (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish mechado (“larded”).

bor+

mechado (a braised meat dish equipped with potatoes, peas, and other spices)


tsapsuy

tsapsúy (canonical)
ᜆ᜔ᜐᜉ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
sapsuy (alternative)
sapsoy (alternative)
tsapsoy (alternative)
chop suy (alternative)

[t͡ʃɐpˈsuɪ̯]

Borrowed from English chop suey, from Cantonese 雜碎 /杂碎 (zaap⁶ seoi³). Compare Cebuano tsapsoy.


suliranin ng kasamaan

tl-noun

suliranin ng kasamaán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈᜒᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜐᜋᜀᜈ᜔)

suliranin ng kasamaán (canonical)
ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈᜒᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜃᜐᜋᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sʊ.lɪˌɾaː.n̪ɪn̪ n̪ɐŋ kɐ.sɐ.mɐˈʔan̪]


teodisea

ᜆᜒᜌᜓᜇᜒᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)
teodiseya (alternative)
teodisiya (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish teodicea, from French théodicée.


palabathalaan

palabathalaan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊᜆ᜔ᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜎᜊᜆ᜔ᜑᜎᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


asemblea

asemblea or asémbleá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ)

asemblea (canonical)
asémbleá (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English assembly, influenced by Spanish asamblea.


teleolohiya

tl-noun

teleolohiya (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

ᜆᜒᜎᜒᜌᜓᜎᜓᜑᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


duwalismo

ᜇᜓᜏᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
dualismo (alternative)


metapisika

metapísiká (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜆᜉᜒᜐᜒᜃ (Baybayin)


kendeng

ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
quinding (alternative)
kinding (alternative)

[ˈkɛn̪.d̪ɛŋ]

Said to be borrowed from Spanish candil, from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlā), from Ancient Greek κάνδηλα (kándēla), from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of kandila. See also Maranao kinding.

intentional and exaggerated sway of hips (of a woman)


relebo

ᜇᜒᜎᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)
relyebo (alternative)
rilyebo (alternative)

relief of duty; replacement (of someone in a shift)


Hinduismo

Hinduismo (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ (Baybayin)
Indoismo (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish hinduismo, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence (compare alkohol, hedonismo, Hispanismo, homiliya, nihilismo, rehabilitasyon).


iresponsabilidad

iresponsabilidád (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔)

iresponsabilidád (canonical)
ᜁᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜊᜒᜎᜒᜇᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)
iresponsibilidad (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish irresponsabilidad.


'ka

'kâ (canonical)
ᜃ (Baybayin)
ka (alternative)

“Ang taba mo naman!”, 'ka siguro ni Alice pag makita si Bob.

“How fat you are!”, said Alice probably upon seeing Bob.


salangit

[sɐˈlaː.ŋɪt̪̚]


kabuoang-katawan

kabuoáng-katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊᜓᜂᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔)

kabuoáng-katawán (canonical)
ᜃᜊᜓᜂᜀᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cabooang-catauan (alternative)
kabuuang-katawan (alternative nonstandard)

[kɐ.bʊˌʔoː.ʔɐŋ kɐ.t̪ɐˈwan̪]

From kabuoan + -g- + katawan, literally “wholeness of the body”.


higpit

From Proto-Philippine *hig(ə)pít. Possibly from a syncopic form of *higipit, from hi- + gipit. Compare Kapampangan igpit, and Tausug sigpit.

tightness; firmness (of a hold, bite, fitting, etc.)

stiffness; intensity (of contests, games, etc.)


hinguha

ᜑᜒᜅᜓᜑ (Baybayin)
himoha (alternative)
hing̃oha (alternative)
himuha (alternative)
hinuha (alternative)

act of taking as addressed to oneself what was said about another (and be piqued or vexed about it)

(obsolete) anxiety of being talked about

(obsolete) embarrassment that one feels from seeing what others do


mileniyo

miléniyó (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌᜓ (Baybayin)

Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of milenyo.


pusoy dos

tl-noun

pusóy dos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

pusóy dos (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
posoy dos (alternative)
posoy-dos (alternative)

From pusoy + dos, where the former is from puso (“heart (card)”) + Spanish y (“and”), while the latter is from Spanish dos (“two (card)”). Compare treynta y dos, setenta y dos, sesenta y dos
The card game itself is of Chinese origin despite the name. Compare Indonesian capsa susun, Hokkien 十三 (cha̍p-saⁿ), Vietnamese tiến lên, Cantonese 鋤大弟 / 鋤大D /锄大弟 / 锄大D (co⁴ daai⁶ di²).

cog

(card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)

(card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)


pusoy

pusóy (canonical)
ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
posoy (alternative)

Ellipsis of pusoy dos. The word itself is likely a compound of puso + Spanish y.


disgrasiya

tl-noun

disgrásiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌ)

disgrásiyá (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

[d̪ɪsˈɡɾaː.ʃɐ]


tekla

Unknown. See also Spanish teca, Portuguese teca, Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ), and Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Tectona grandis
Tectona grandis#Translingual

teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)


asambleya

asambleya or asámbleyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ)

asambleya (canonical)
asámbleyá (canonical)
ᜀᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜎᜒᜌ (Baybayin)


kudlit

kudlít (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
corlit (alternative)
kurlit (alternative)

[kʊd̪ˈl̪ɪt̪̚]

tiny cut or incision (on the skin or any surface)


aliwalas

ᜀᜎᜒᜏᜎᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
aliualas (alternative)
liwalas (alternative)

(by extension) pleasant or joyful disposition or appearance (of a person)


peryodiko

peryódikó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜃᜓ)

peryódikó (canonical)
ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜇᜒᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
periyodiko (alternative)


oryente

[ʔoɾˈjɛn̪.t̪ɛ]


norweste

ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish noroeste (“northwest”).


awtograpo

tl-noun

awtógrapó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜓ)

awtógrapó (canonical)
ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉᜓ (Baybayin)
autograpo (alternative)

[ʔaʊ̯ˌt̪oː.ɡɾɐˈpo]

autograph (signature or document signed by a famous person)

autograph (manuscript in the author's handwriting)