ala

Borrowed from Spanish ala, from Latin āla.


madre

Borrowed from Spanish madre, from Latin mātrem, singular accusative of māter (“mother, matron”).

(carpentry, in general) frame; spindle; principal piece, log, or beam


adobe

[ʔɐˈd̪oː.bɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic  (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

der

Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb)


biga

bigà (canonical)
biga (canonical)
ᜊᜒᜄ (Baybayin)


kuko

kukò (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜃᜓ (Baybayin)
coco (alternative)

engraving for inlay; inlaid work or mosaic


kapak

(construction) plaster defect not bonding with the wall


matris

matrís (canonical)
ᜋᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
matres (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish matriz, from Latin mātrīx, from māter (“mother”).


paina

any of the two principal sidings of the rungs of a ladder or of the steps of a staircase


kahab-an

kahab-án (canonical)
ᜃᜑᜊ᜔ᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
cahab-an (alternative)
cahab an (alternative)
cahaban (alternative)
kahaban (alternative obsolete)

Syncopic form of kahabaan, from haba + ka- -an.


balbon

balbón (canonical)
ᜊᜎ᜔ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
barbon (alternative)

(construction) defected due to uneven plastering (of a wall)


ikog

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ. Compare Bikol Central ikog (“tail”), Cebuano ikog (“tail”), Malay ekor (“tail”), and Maranao ikog (“tail”).


ampaw

ampáw (canonical)
ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
ampao (alternative)

Uncertain. Possibly either:
* From Chinese, possibly Hokkien 紅包 /红包 (âng-pau), same with etymology 2. Compare Spanish hampáo, English ampao, Ilocano ampaw, Kapampangan ampo, Bikol Central ampaw, Cebuano ampaw, Aklanon ampaw, and Maranao ampaw.
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”).

inh

(construction) honeycomb air pockets forming in concrete (when applied incorrectly)


ampaw

(construction) having honeycomb air pockets in concrete (when applied incorrectly)


tambol

Borrowed from Spanish tambor, from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbūl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr).

(construction) covering to hide eyesore plumbing (made of plywood or gypsum)


pitik

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

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

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


katam

Borrowed from Malay ketam (“carpenter’s plane”). Compare Ilocano katam, Bikol Central katam, and Tausug katam.


linggi

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


sawali

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

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

inh

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


hulog

ᜑᜓᜎᜓᜄ᜔ (Baybayin)
holog (alternative)
olog (alternative)
ulog (alternative uncommon)

From Proto-Philippine *huluʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Suluʀ (“to lower, let down, as on a rope”). Compare Paiwan surur (“a taut-stretched line”), Ilocano ulog (“to descend, go down”), Bikol Central hulog, Cebuano hulog, Tausug hulug, Malay hulur (“letting go, slacking or paying out (a line)”), and Manggarai ulur (“to lower, let oneself down”).

cog

(carpentry, masonry) determination of a construction being vertically set using a plumb line

(carpentry, masonry) vertical position of a construction (determined with a plumb line)

(carpentry) construction of an additional roof on a house (such as an awning or eaves)

(carpentry) added roof or room to a house


unyon

(plumbing) short, hollow piece used to connect pipes


baktaw

Borrowed from Hokkien 墨斗 (ba̍k-táu, “ink marker”).

bor+

(carpentry) carpenter's ink marker (inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)


porma

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


palarindingan

tl-noun

palarindingan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

ᜉᜎᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
paladindingan (alternative)

[pɐ.lɐ.ɾɪn̪ˈd̪iː.ŋɐn̪]


anilyo

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

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


alahado

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish alajado, from a- + laja (“slab”) + -ado.

bor+

aligned; flush (of both sides of the surface of two slabs of any material)


asintada

[ʔɐ.sɪn̪ˈt̪aː.d̪ɐ]

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


rebokada

Possibly borrowed from Spanish revocada (“revoked”)


almendrilya

tl-noun

almendrilya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish almendrilla (“locksmith's file”). Doublet of almendrilyas.