This is from the Spanish word juez. huwes judge kasal sa huwes civil wedding, as opposed to a church wedding kasal sa huwes wedding officiated by a judge, not a priest kasal sa huwes civil marriage non-standard spelling: hwes A native Tagalog word for ‘judge’ is hukom. Unrelated but similar-looking Filipino word: Huwebes Thursday
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