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loók (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜂᜃ᜔ (Baybayin)
looc (alternative)
luok (alternative nonstandard)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luquk (“bay”). Compare Ilocano luek, Kapampangan lauk, Cebuano luok, Tausug luuk, and Malay teluk.

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abra

Borrowed from Spanish abra, from French havre.


madre

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


polo

Borrowed from Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).


polo

Borrowed from Spanish polo (“corvée”), which came from either:
* From pulo, ikapulo (“tenth”) or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. Related to etymology 5.
* From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning “community work”.

unpaid compulsory work; corvee; forced labor

tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money


magma

Borrowed from English magma, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “paste”).


lahar

Borrowed from English lahar, from Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar).


paso

Borrowed from Spanish paso, from Latin passus.


deposito

depósitó (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜉᜓᜐᜒᜆᜓ (Baybayin)


pisara

Borrowed from Spanish pizarra, from Basque pizar.


kipot

ᜃᜒᜉᜓᜆ᜔ (Baybayin)
qipot (alternative)
quipot (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiput (“narrow”).


granate

[ɡɾɐˈn̪aː.t̪ɛ]

Borrowed from Spanish granate, from Occitan granat, from Medieval Latin grānātus. Doublet of granada.


latitud

Borrowed from Spanish latitud, from Latin lātitūdō.


basalto

Borrowed from Spanish basalto, from Latin basaltes, a misspelling of basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39.


kaldera

[kɐlˈd̪ɛː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish caldera, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), caldārium. Doublet of kaldero.


agrimensura

tl-noun

agrimensura (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ)

ᜀᜄ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐ.ɡɾɪ.mɛn̪ˈsuː.ɾɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish agrimensura, from Latin agrīmēnsūra.


tropiko

Borrowed from Spanish trópico, from Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós).


sismometro

sismómetró (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

sismómetró (canonical)
ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓᜋᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)


arkipelago

arkipélagó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ)

arkipélagó (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜉᜒᜎᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐɾ.kɪˌpɛː.lɐˈɣo]

Borrowed from English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). Doublet of artsipiyelago.


ulon

ulón (canonical)
ᜂᜎᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
olon (alternative)

(geography, obsolete) small lake or puddle


moryon

(mineralogy) morion (mineral); smoky quartz


esmeril

[ʔɛsˈmɛː.ɾɪl]

Borrowed from Spanish esmeril (“emery”).


giginto

[ɡɪ.ɣɪn̪ˈt̪oʔ]


haspe

Borrowed from Spanish jaspe (“jasper”), from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).


marmol

marmól or marmol (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜎ᜔)

marmól (canonical)
marmol (canonical)
ᜋᜇ᜔ᜋᜓᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish mármol (“marble”).


longhitud

longhitúd (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

longhitúd (canonical)
ᜎᜓᜅ᜔ᜑᜒᜆᜓᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)


ilaya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya, from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”). Compare Ilocano daya (“east”), Isnag mandaya (“upstream”), Batad Ifugao Dāya (“heaven”), Kapampangan paralaya (“east”), Bikol Central iraya (“upstream; inland”), Masbatenyo iraya (“upstream; hinterland”), Cebuano ilaya (“area away from the coast or town”), Waray-Waray iraya (“farm”), Maranao raya (“upriver”), Kelabit dayeh (“upriver”), Malay barat daya (“southwest”), and Sangir dala (“interior”). The i- prefix is possibly related to the Proto-Austronesian location marker *i (cf. ito, ibaba).

cog

(geography) northern or upper part of a town or community

(geography) interior part of a town or country


kinyang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiñaŋ (“quartz crystal”), possibly via Malay kinyang (“rock crystal”). Doublet of kinang.


batong-bakal

tl-noun

batóng-bakal (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜊᜃᜎ᜔)

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


artsipiyelago

artsipiyélagó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜌᜒᜎᜄᜓ)

artsipiyélagó (canonical)
ᜀᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜌᜒᜎᜄᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐɾ.t͡ʃɪˌpjɛː.lɐˈɣo]

[ʔɐɾ.t͡sɪˌpjɛː.lɐˈɣo]

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


ibabaan

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

[ʔɪ.bɐˈbaː.ʔɐn̪]

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


tiyera

Borrowed from Spanish tierra, from Latin terra.


bahaing kapatagan

bahaing kapatagan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜑᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜆᜄᜈ᜔)

ᜊᜑᜁᜅ᜔ ᜃᜉᜆᜄᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[bɐˌhaː.ʔɪŋ kɐ.pɐˈt̪aː.ɣɐn̪]


patangwa

patangwá (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜅ᜔ᜏ (Baybayin)
patang̃ua (alternative)
patangua (alternative)
patungwa (alternative)

(geography) precipice; cliff; steep slope of a high place


digri

digrí (canonical)
ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ (Baybayin)
degri (alternative)

Borrowed from English degree, from Middle English degre, from Old French degré, from Old French de- + Latin gradus.

(geography) degree (unit of measurement of latitude and longitude)


batumbesi

ᜊᜆᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜐᜒ (Baybayin)
tumbesi (alternative)

Possibly from bato (“rock; stone”) + -m- + Malay besi (“iron”).


alakeka

[ʔɐ.lɐˈxɛː.xɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish alaqueca, from Arabic الْعَقِيق (al-ʕaqīq). Compare Malay akik and Sundanese angkik.


primitibo

tl-adj

primitibo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ)

ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜆᜒᜊᜓ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish primitivo, from Latin prīmitīvus.

(geology) primitive (relating to ancient geologic times)