ensayo

Borrowed from Spanish ensayo (“essay”), from Late Latin exagium.


loa

ᜎᜓᜏ (Baybayin)
lowa (alternative)
luwa (alternative)

poetic panegyric of eulogy (usually in praise of the Virgin Mary and the saints)


manikin

Borrowed from English mannequin, from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken. Doublet of maniki.


pastel

pastél (canonical)
ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
pastil (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Spanish pastel, from Old French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Medieval Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē).

(letterpress typography) pi (metal type that has been spilled)


iki

(folklore) nocturnal, winged creature of a batlike appearance with a long thread-like sucker tongue (said to suck blood from the soles of the feet of women in childbirth)


sirena

[sɪˈɾɛː.n̪ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish sirena, from Late Latin Sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The third sense is an extension of the original, further popularized by the rap song Sirena.

Ligaya Tiamson Rubin, may mga kuwento ang mga taga- Angono tungkol sa mga sirena na siyang nakikita sa isang malaking bato na umaawit at may mahabang gintong buhok. Kapag may dumarating na tao ay agad itong nawawala.

2005, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, (Es) kultura ng bayan: Kakambal ng ibang mga bayan:

Diego: 'Yun pong bahagi ng dagat ditong nilalabasan ng mga sirena. Galit daw po ang mga sirena sa mga tagarito. Ayon po kasi sa kuwentu-kuwento, noong unang panahon daw e pinakialaman ng mga mangingisda dito ang mga sirena ...

1993, Ricardo Lee, Salome: a Filipino filmscript, Univ of Wisconsin Center for:

Sa kaharian nila Amelita... Sa kaharian ng mga Sirena...Nakaramdam ako ng kasiyahan. Si Lagrimas... Sana ay masaya siya saan man siya naroon.... Katapusan Si Robinson Mago ay isang Electronics and Communication Engineer na ...

2014, Robin Mago, Amelita, Robinson Mago:

Natutuklasan nila sa mga libro ni Gaying na lahat ng mga taga-Angono ay nagiging bida, walang bandido, nagiging mga diwata, higante at mga sirena sa kanilang mahal na Angono. Nagkakaroon tuloy sila ng pakiramdam na sila man ay ...

2005, Ligaya Tiamson- Rubin, Angono, Rizal: Pagtatala ng gunita, panimulang dokumentasyon ng mga bayan sa Pilipinas, →ISBN:


medida

(literary, poetry, music) measure; measurement; number of syllables in a line (in poetry)


tono

(literature) tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)


retirada

[ɾɛ.t̪ɪˈɾaː.d̪ɐ]


retirada

[ɾɛ.t̪ɪˈɾaː.d̪ɐ]


tipo

Borrowed from Spanish tipo, from Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”).


kapre

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as "Cafres". See also English kaffir, English Kaffraria.

ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees


kulit

kulít (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
colit (alternative)
culit (alternative)


salta

Early borrowing from Spanish saltar. Doublet of jota.


kunyas

kunyás (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
conyas (alternative)
cunyas (alternative)

Early borrowing of Spanish cuñas, plural of cuña, from cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Doublet of kuwoyn.


laho

Borrowed from Sanskrit राहु (rāhu, “Rāhu”). Compare Kapampangan lau and Indonesian rahu.

bor+

(folklore, obsolete) eclipse monster that devours the moon


lirika

Borrowed from Spanish lírica, feminine of lírico, from Latin lyricus, from Ancient Greek λυρικός (lurikós). Sense meaning "words to a song" is a semantic loan from English lyrics. Correct Spanish term would be letras de canciones. Doublet of liriks.


sukat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukat. Compare Aklanon sukat, Kapampangan sukad, Malay sukat, and Tetum sukat.


asento

ᜀᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
aksento (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish acento, ultimately from Latin accentus.

(orthography) accent (mark to indicate accent)


agudo

[ʔɐˈɣuː.d̪o]

Borrowed from Spanish agudo (“acute”), from Old Spanish, from Latin acūtus.


dahon

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dahun (“leaf”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf; blade of paddle or oar; ‘table’ for eating”). Compare Malay daun.

inh

(publishing) sheet of paper; leaf (of a book)


balada

Borrowed from Spanish balada, from French ballade, from Old Occitan ballada, from Late Latin ballāre.


nuno

nunò (canonical)
ᜈᜓᜈᜓ (Baybayin)
nono (alternative)

(folklore, mythology) goblin in Philippine folklore believed to live in anthills


duwende

ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
dwende (alternative nonstandard)
duende (alternative)
duwinde (alternative)
ruwinri (alternative)

→ English: duwende


katinig

[kɐˈt̪iː.n̪ɪɡ̚]


gituldok

gituldók (canonical)
ᜄᜒᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


tiktik

tiktík (canonical)
ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tictic (alternative)

[t̪ɪkˈt̪ɪk̚]

(folklore) harpy-like creature believed to attack victims at night (whose cry is supposed to announce the presence of an aswang)


engkanto

ᜁᜅ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)
enkanto (alternative)
ingkanto (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish encanto (“charm, spell”).

bor+

(folklore) engkanto (mythical environmental spirits in Philippine folklore)


hantik

[hɐn̪ˈt̪ɪk̚]

slug (piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine)


aswang

aswáng (canonical)
ᜀᜐ᜔ᜏᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
asbang (alternative obsolete)
asuvang (alternative)
asuang (alternative)
asuwang (alternative)
uswang (alternative)

→ Spanish: asuán

From Greater Central Philippine *aswang (“witch”). Compare Aklanon aswang, Cebuano aswang, Hiligaynon aswang, and Malay ason (“evil spirit of the night”). See also Malay suangi (“evil spirit; spirit shaman”). Possibly related to Sanskrit असुर (asura) + -ng.

ncog

(folklore, mythology) aswang (shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology)


sakay

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay. Compare Kapampangan sake.

inh+

(printing) mounting of type composition on a printing machine

(printing) number of type compositions needed (to complete printing of a publication on the machine)


tikbalang

ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜊᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)
tigbalang (alternative)

(folklore, mythology) tikbalang (humanoid creature in Philippine folklore having a head and hooves of a horse)


lakambini

ᜎᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜒ (Baybayin)
lacambini (alternative)

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


tudlik

[t̪ʊd̪ˈl̪ɪk̚]


tuldik

[t̪ʊlˈd̪ɪk̚]


tuldok-kuwit

tl-noun

tuldók-kuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

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

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


tutuldok

tutuldók (canonical)
ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)


impakto

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish impacto (“impact; impression”) or from Latin en facto, and most sources cite the latter, despite the ungrammatical nature of the phrase in Latin. Zorc (1985) also believes it to be from the Spanish term and not the Latin one.

Tila dinadala tayo ng mga halimbawa sa daigdig ng mga impakto. Hu- wag sana tayong mabahala. Ibig lamang nating ipakita ang kasaklawang semantiko ng " ginhawa" sa kinagisnang sikolohiya, at ang pagkakaugnay nito sa kaluluwa.

1982, Rogelia Pe- Pua, Philippine Psychology Research, Training House, Sikolohiyang Pilipino: teorya, metodo, at gamit:

... pagpaslang kay Rabot ay importanteng tanda ng katapusan ng mga halimaw na galing sa Gagamban. Sa panahon ni Bantong, tuluyan nang nalipol ang mga tandayag, ang mga mampak, ang mga impakto ni Aswang. Tahimik na ang Bikol.

(folklore, mythology) evil spirit causing temporary madness


tiyanak

ᜆᜒᜌᜈᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
tianac (alternative)
tianak (alternative)

[ˈt͡ʃaː.n̪ɐk̚]

Shortened from patiyanak. Related to Malay pontianak (“ghost of a mother who died at birth”).

Sinabi ng kanyang ina na siya'y iniligaw ng batang sinusundan niya na isang tiyanak pala at ang naging laban sa panliligaw ng tiyanak ay ang ginawa niyang pagbabaligtad ng damit nang wala naman sa kanyang loob. Mula nga noon ay ...

1970, Rolando E. Villacorte, Baliwag! then and now:

MANGKUKULAM Sige, Tiyanak. TP/ANAK Peace, peace, peace ! Iminumungkahi ko na ang lahat ng tiyanak ay bigyan ng pagkakataong lumaki. (Magtatawanan.) TIYANAK Aba, noon pa e sanggol na kami, a. Huwag ninyong sabihin na ...

2000, Rey Edrozo De la Cruz, Mag Cruz Hatol, Tatlong manyika hanggang sa Pulburon: mga dula tungkol sa paglikha, pagkain at kahit anuman:

(folklore) tiyanak (vampiric creature in Philippine mythology taking the form of a baby that dies before being baptized)


mangkukulam

mangkukulam (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜃᜓᜎᜋ᜔)

ᜋᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜃᜓᜎᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

... naniniwala kayo sa Diyos. Mas malaking pinsala ang mangyayari kahit sa mga hindi mananampalataya kung mangkukulam sila, dahil kung mangkukulam kayo, nagtatawag kayo ng masasamang espiritu. Halimbawa, kung mangkukulam.

2017, Dr. Jaerock Lee, Espiritu, Kaluluwa, at Katawan I : Spirit, Soul and Body Ⅰ (Tagalog Edition): Ang Kwento ng Mahiwagang Pagkilala sa Ating “Sarili”, UrimBooks, →ISBN:

Noong bata pa si Sabel, at ni hindi natin alam kung sinong Sabel, dalawang mangkukulam - isang babae at isang lalaki - ang nag-away. Hindi natin alam kung magkabiyak ang dalawang ito; ni hindi natin alam kung ano ang pinag- awayan ...

1989, “Ani: Literary Journal of the Cultural Center of the Philippines”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Sinabi ng doktor-kulam na hindi niya naabutan ang mangkukulam sa loob ng katawan ng dalagita kaya ito'y hindi gumaling. Sa madaling sabi, nakatakas ang matinik na mangkukulam at di-umano'y bakas na lamang ang naiwan kung kaya't ...

1970, Rolando E. Villacorte, Baliwag, Then and Now:


manananggal

manananggál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜈᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔)

manananggál (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜈᜅ᜔ᜄᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)
magtatanggal (alternative obsolete)

From man- + tanggal, literally “remover; separator”, with initial reduplication of the root. See also Malay penanggalan.

pre

vampire-like mythical creature, usually a malevolent, man-eating and blood-sucking monster or witch capable of separating themselves from the lower part of their body


pakupya

From pa- + kupya (“hat”). Symbol use as diacritic is because of the similarity acute accent and a grave accent on the same vowel looks like a circumflex.


mambabarang

tl-noun

mámbabárang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜇᜅ᜔)

mámbabárang (canonical)
ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜇᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mam- + Cebuano barang with initial reduplication.


siyokoy

ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)
siyukoy (alternative)
shokoy (alternative)
syokoy (alternative)

A metathesis of Hokkien 水鬼 (chúi-kúi, “sea monster; water goblin”). For the second sense, coined by Virgilio S. Almario, possibly an analogy of something neither sea creature nor man.

der

(folklore) siyokoy; merman (especially the Philippine version)


paiwa

[pɐˈʔiː.wɐʔ]

(orthography) grave accent, used to indicate a final glottal stop


pahilis

(orthography) acute accent (used to indicate stress on a following syllable in Tagalog words)


talingdaw

talingdáw (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜇᜏ᜔ (Baybayin)
talingdao (alternative)
talindaw (alternative)

[t̪ɐ.lɪn̪ˈd̪aʊ̯]

(literature, music) ancient, dramatic boat song (sung during certain domestic activities)


diwata

diwatà (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜏᜆ (Baybayin)
diuata (alternative)
divata (alternative)

[d̪ɪˈwaː.t̪ɐʔ]

Borrowed from Cebuano diwata, from Proto-Visayan *diwata, from Malay dewata, from Sanskrit देवता (devátā, “god, deity”). Compare Kapampangan diuata.

(mythology, folklore, obsolete) universal supreme being


Bathala

Bathalà (canonical)
ᜊᜆ᜔ᜑᜎ (Baybayin)
Badhala (alternative)
bathala (alternative)

Disputed. Most scholars believe it was borrowed from Sanskrit भट्टार (bhaṭṭāra, “revered, worshipful”). Likely related to Batara Guru. Compare Malay berhala.

bor+

(historical, folklore) supreme deity of the Tagalog people


henyo

Borrowed from Spanish genio (“genie”), from French génie.


komposisyon

tl-noun

komposisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

komposisyón (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

(typography) typesetting; composition of written material into type


patinig

[pɐˈt̪iː.n̪ɪɡ̚]


gayuma

From Southern Luzon axis *gayúma (“love-charm”). Compare Kapampangan gayuma. See also Cebuano gugma (“love”). The sense of “magnet” is coined in the 1960s as an allusion to the effect of the magical potion.

(folklore, magic) love charm; philter (charm or potion to cause a person to fall in love)


gayumahin

tl-verb

gayumahin (complete ginayuma, progressive ginagayuma, contemplative gagayumahin, 1st object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔)

ginayuma (completive)
ginagayuma (progressive)
gagayumahin (contemplative)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
-in
ᜒᜈ᜔
gayuma
ᜄᜌᜓᜋ
gayumahin (infinitive objective)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (infinitive objective)
ginayuma (objective)
ᜄᜒᜈᜌᜓᜋ (objective)
ginagayuma (objective progressive)
ᜄᜒᜈᜄᜌᜓᜋ (objective progressive)
inagayuma (dialectal objective progressive)
ᜁᜈᜄᜌᜓᜋ (objective progressive)
gagayumahin (objective)
ᜄᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (objective)
agayumahin (dialectal objective)
ᜀᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (objective)
gayumahin (imperative objective)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔ (imperative objective)
gayuma (dialectal imperative objective)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋ (imperative objective)
gayumaha (dialectal imperative objective)
ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑ (imperative objective)

gayumahin

ginagayuma / ᜄᜒᜈᜄᜌᜓᜋ
inagayuma¹ / ᜁᜈᜄᜌᜓᜋ

gagayumahin / ᜄᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔
agayumahin¹ / ᜀᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔

gayumahin / ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑᜒᜈ᜔
gayuma¹ / ᜄᜌᜓᜋ
gayumaha¹ / ᜄᜌᜓᜋᜑ

"Kung ako lang ang dalaga, indi na ako kailangan pang gayumahin ni Narding," at muling tumawa ang matanda. "Mapalad ang babaing mapapangasawa niya." Humagikgik si Esang. "Sa tingin ko, may gusto sa iyo si Narding," patuloy ng ina ...

1994, Corazon D. Villareal, Translating the Sugilanon: Re-Framing the Sign, University of Hawaii Press:

" If I'm the only lady, Narding wouldn't have charmed me," and the old woman laughed again. "His wife to-be is very lucky." Esang giggled. "I think Narding likes you," her mother continued ...

"Hindi ka ginayuma ni Amando, natiyempuhan niyang nasa oras ka ng iyong karupukan. Dumaraan sa buhay nating mga babae ang gayong kalagayan." Napatungo si Myrna sa katotohanang iyon.

2006, Ireneo Perez Catilo, Pandesal: at iba pang kuwento:

Amando didn't charm you, he was there during the time of your weakness. Those conditions come into our lives as women." Myrna jumped into that conclusion.

(folklore) to attract or charm someone to a relationship using a love potion or charm


palaisipan

paláisipán (canonical)
ᜉᜎᜁᜐᜒᜉᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

From isip + pala- -an, literally “something to think or ponder about”.


tandang pananong

tl-noun

tandáng pananóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

tandáng pananóng (canonical)
ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜈᜈᜓᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From tanda + -ng + pananong. Either a calque of Spanish signo de interrogación or English question mark.


tandang padamdam

tl-noun

tandáng padamdám (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)

tandáng padamdám (canonical)
ᜆᜈ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ ᜉᜇᜋ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

From tanda + -ng + padamdam. Either a calque of Spanish signo de exclamación or English exclamation mark.

(typography) exclamation point; exclamation mark


hango

hangò (canonical)
ᜑᜅᜓ (Baybayin)
hang̃o (alternative)


oktaba

ᜂᜃ᜔ᜆᜊ (Baybayin)
utaba (alternative colloquial)

Borrowed from Spanish octava, from Latin octāvus (“eighth”). As for the sense of “postponement”, according to Panganiban (1973), at least two old folk informers affirm that during their younger years, a postponement in utaba meant “the same day next week” which would be the eighth day.


sakyan

tl-verb

sakyán (complete sinakyan, progressive sinasakyan, contemplative sasakyan, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔)

sakyán (canonical)
sinakyan (completive)
sinasakyan (progressive)
sasakyan (contemplative)
ᜐᜃ᜔ᜌᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
sakay
sumakay (infinitive)
sumakay
sumasakay (progressive)
nasakay (dialectal progressive)
sasakay
masakay (dialectal)
kasasakay (formal)
kakasakay
sakyan (infinitive objective)
sinakyan (objective)
sinasakyan (objective progressive)
inasakyan (dialectal objective progressive)
sasakyan (objective)
asakyan (dialectal objective)
pagsakyan (infinitive locative)
pinagsakyan (locative)
pinapagsakyan (locative progressive)
pinagsasakyan (locative progressive)
papagsakyan (locative)
pagsasakyan (locative)
isakay (benefactive infinitive)
isinakay (benefactive)
isinasakay (benefactive progressive)
isasakay (benefactive)
ipansakay (infinitive)
ipinansakay
ipinapansakay (progressive)
ipapansakay
ikasakay (causative infinitive)
ikinasakay (causative)
ikinasasakay (causative formal progressive)
ikinakasakay (causative progressive)
ikasasakay (causative formal)
ikakasakay (causative)
isakay (causative emphatic infinitive rare)
isinakay (causative emphatic rare)
isinasakay (causative emphatic progressive rare)
isasakay (causative emphatic rare)
isakay (infinitive)
isinakay
isinasakay (progressive)
isasakay
magpasakay (infinitive)
nagpasakay
nagpapasakay (progressive)
magpapasakay
kapasasakay (formal)
kapapasakay
kapagpapasakay
kakapasakay
pasakyin (infinitive)
pinasakay
pinasasakay (progressive)
pinapasakay (progressive)
pasasakyin
papasakyin
pasakyan (infinitive objective)
pinasakyan (objective)
pinapasakyan (objective progressive)
pinasasakyan (objective progressive)
papasakyan (objective)
pasasakyan (objective)
ipagpasakay (benefactive infinitive)
ipinagpasakay (benefactive)
ipinagpapasakay (benefactive formal progressive)
ipinapagpasakay (benefactive progressive)
ipagpapasakay (benefactive formal)
ipapagpasakay (benefactive)
ikapagpasakay (causative infinitive)
ikinapagpasakay (causative)
ikinapagpapasakay (causative formal progressive)
ikinakapagpasakay (causative progressive)
ikapagpapasakay (causative formal)
ikakapagpasakay (causative)
pagpasakyan (infinitive locative)
pinagpasakyan (locative)
pinagpapasasakyan (formal locative progressive)
pinapagpasakyan (locative progressive)
pagpapasasakyan (formal locative)
papagpasakyan (locative)
papagsakyan (infinitive locative)
pinapagsakyan (locative)
pinapapagsakyan (locative progressive)
papapagsakyan (locative)
makasakay (infinitive)
nakasakay
nakasasakay (formal progressive)
nakakasakay (progressive)
makasasakay (formal)
makakasakay
mapasakay (infinitive)
napasakay
napasasakay (formal progressive)
napapasakay (progressive)
mapasasakay (formal)
mapapasakay
masakyan (infinitive objective)
nasakyan (objective)
nasasakyan (objective progressive)
masasakyan (objective)
maisakay (benefactive infinitive)
naisakay (benefactive)
naisasakay (benefactive progressive)
maisasakay (benefactive)
maikasakay (causative infinitive)
naikasakay (causative)
naikasasakay (causative formal progressive)
naikakasakay (causative progressive)
naiikasakay (causative progressive)
naikasasakay (causative formal)
naikakasakay (causative)
naiikasakay (causative)
maisakay (causative infinitive)
naisakay (causative)
naisasakay (causative progressive)
maisasakay (causative)
mapagsakayan (infinitive locative)
napagsakayan (locative)
napagsasakayan (formal locative progressive)
napapagsakayan (locative progressive)
mapagsasakayan (formal locative)
mapapagsakayan (locative)
makapagpasakay (infinitive)
nakapagpasakay
nakapagpapasakay (formal progressive)
nakakapagpasakay (progressive)
makapagpapasakay (formal)
makakapagpasakay
mapasakyan (infinitive objective)
napasakyan (objective)
napasasakyan (formal objective progressive)
napapasakyan (objective progressive)
mapasasakyan (formal objective)
mapapasakyan (objective)
maipagpasakay (benefactive infinitive)
naipagpasakay (benefactive)
naipagpapasakay (benefactive formal progressive)
naipapagpasakay (benefactive progressive)
naiipagpasakay (benefactive progressive)
maipagpapasakay (benefactive formal)
maipapagpasakay (benefactive)
maiipagpasakay (benefactive)
maikapagpasakay (causative infinitive)
naikapagpasakay (causative)
naikapagpapasakay (causative formal progressive)
naikakapagpasakay (causative progressive)
naiikapagpasakay (causative progressive)
maikapagpapasakay (causative formal)
maikakapagpasakay (causative)
maiikapagpasakay (causative)
mapagpasakyan (infinitive locative)
napagpasakyan (locative)
napagpapasasakyan (formal locative progressive)
napapagpasakyan (locative progressive)
mapagpapasasakyan (formal locative)
mapapagpasakyan (locative)
mapapagsakyan (infinitive locative)
napapagsakyan (locative)
napapapagsakyan (locative progressive)
mapapapagsakyan (locative)
makisakay (direct infinitive)
nakisakay (direct)
nakikisakay (direct progressive)
makikisakay (direct)
makipagpasakay (indirect infinitive)
nakipagpasakay (indirect)
nakikipagpasakay (indirect progressive)
makikipagpasakay (indirect)
sakayan (alternative)

Syncopic form of sakayan, from sakay + -an.

(printing) to be mounted with type forms or compositions (of a printing press)


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


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


korido

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


parikala

tl-noun

parikalà or parikala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜃᜎ)

parikalà (canonical)
parikala (canonical)
ᜉᜇᜒᜃᜎ (Baybayin)
panicala (alternative)
paricala (alternative)
panikala (alternative)

Borrowed from Sanskrit परिकर (parikara, “covert or indirect intimation of coming events in a plot”).


parabula

Borrowed from Spanish parábola. Doublet of parabola, palabra, and parol.


diyona

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

[ˈd͡ʒoː.n̪ɐ]

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


balik-tanaw

tl-noun

balík-tanáw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜆᜈᜏ᜔)

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

[bɐˌlɪk t̪ɐˈn̪aʊ̯]


Pasyon

Borrowed from Spanish Pasión, from Latin passiōnem (“suffering”). Compare Kapampangan Pasiun.

(literature) life of Christ in vernacular verse and chanted for a whole day and whole night without pause during Lent


italiko

Borrowed from Spanish itálico, from Latin italicus. Named after the nation of Italy, as it was first used by an Italian printer, Aldo Manuzio, around 1500.


sipay

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


pabasa

(Catholicism, literature) reading of the Passion during Lent


kuwoyn

kuwóyn (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜏᜓᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
kuwoin (alternative dated)

Borrowed from English quoin, variant of coin, from Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne, from Latin cuneus. Doublet of kunyas.


sandurugo

sandurugô (canonical)
ᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜇᜓᜄᜓ (Baybayin)
sanrurugo (alternative)

[sɐn̪.d̪ʊ.ɾʊˈɣoʔ]

From san- + dugo with initial reduplication.


mimeograp

mímeográp (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜋᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉ᜔)

mímeográp (canonical)
ᜋᜒᜋᜒᜌᜓᜄ᜔ᜇᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)
mimiograp (alternative)
mimyograp (alternative)


talaan ng nilalaman

talaán ng nilálamán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜀᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜈᜒᜎᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

talaán ng nilálamán (canonical)
ᜆᜎᜀᜈ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜈᜒᜎᜎᜋᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐ.lɐˌʔan̪ n̪ɐŋ n̪ɪˌlaː.lɐˈman̪]


istansa

Borrowed from English stanza, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis. Doublet of estansiya.


alehandrino

tl-noun

alehandrino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜓ)

ᜀᜎᜒᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish alejandrino (“alexandrine”). So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177). See more at Alehandrino (“Alexandrine”).

bor+

alexandrine (line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter)


diyeresis

tl-noun

diyéresís (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

diyéresís (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
dyeresis (alternative)

[ˌd͡ʒɛː.ɾɛˈsɪs]

[ˌd̪jɛː.ɾɛˈsɪs]

Borrowed from Spanish diéresis, from Latin diaeresis, from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs).

diaeresis (diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter to indicate that it is sounded separately); umlaut

diaresis (separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables)


ditso

Borrowed from Spanish dicho, from Latin dictus, dictum.

(literature) line of an actor in a comedy


kartunist

kartunist or kártuníst (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔)

kartunist (canonical)
kártuníst (canonical)
ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
kartunis (alternative)
kartunista (alternative)


segidilya

Borrowed from Spanish seguidilla. Doublet of sigarilyas.

(poetry) metrical composition that may consist of four or seven verses


apendise

apéndisé (canonical)
ᜀᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐˌpɛn̪.d̪ɪˈsɛ]

appendix (a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information)