ALAM
alam (pangngalan): talino, dunong, talisik; kabatiran, katantuan, katalusan, katarukan, katatapan; kapantasan, kapahaman; intindi, unawa, watas; dama, damdam, sintido; malay, aha, malak; bait alam...
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This is no longer such a commonly used word in modern conversation. Students encounter this when studying the Philippine literary classic Florante at Laura. burok egg yolk There’s at least one...
View ArticleGAMIT
anumang bagay na gamitin o magagamit; kasangkapan, sangkap, instrumento; paggamit, pagkakagamit gamit use Anong gamit nito? What’s the use of this? gamít used gamitin to use pagkakagamit usage paggamit...
View ArticleMANUYNOY
root word: nuynóy magnuynóy: to think seriously pagnuynóy: serious thought manuynoy: having a tendency to think seriously KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG nuynoy, nuynuyin: muni-munihin, bulay-bulayin, isip-isipin...
View ArticleNATALOS
root word: talos talos: alam, batid talos: nauunawaan, naiintidihan, natatanto natalos: nalaman, nabatid natalos: naunawaan, naintidihan, natanto * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleHALIMBAWA
ehemplo, muwestra, tularan, modelo, uliran; dagdag na paliwanag upang luminaw ang nais sabihin halimbawà example mga halimbawa examples Magbigay ng halimbawa. Give an example. Magbigay ng isang...
View ArticleSALUNGA
salunga: to be swimming against the flow salunga: to be contrarian sumalungá: to go against a current pasulangá: going against; upward; uphill; upstream sasalungahin: will go up against the tide of...
View ArticleTIKATIK
This is such a nice and usefully descriptive Tagalog word that is rarely heard these days. tikatík: light but continuous (rain) KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG tikatik: mahaba at matagal na pagbagsak ng ulan na...
View ArticleTUNTON
tuntón: tracing the path of tuntón: tracing the source, origin tuntunan: basis non-standard spelling variation of tinunton (past tense): tinuntun tuntón, pagtutunton: giving guidance at the start...
View ArticleISANG
This is a form of the word isa (meaning: one). isang taon one year isang buwan one month isang piraso one piece iisang piraso only one piece isang daliri one finger iisang daliri merely one finger *...
View ArticleARTILYERO
This is from the Spanish word artillero. artilyero gunner, gunman artillery man The female equivalent is artilyera, from artillera. Gunners or artillerymen (artillery persons/people, artillery women)...
View ArticleKAWAS
This is not a word commonly used in conversation. kawas: forgiveness, emancipation kawás (adjective): freed MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG kawas: emansipasyon, kaligtasan, kalayaan, pagkalibre ikawas:...
View ArticleRESIPYENT
This is a Tagalog transliteration of the English word recipient (someone who receives). The standard Tagalog word can be tagatanggap or ang tumatanggap. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleHILOM
hilom, maghilom: to heal (wound) hilom, maghilom: to close up (an opening) MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG hilom (sa larangan ng medisina): pagsasara o paggaling ng sugat, bahaw hilom: pag-aagaw-dilim...
View ArticleTIMONEL
This is from the Spanish word timonél (meaning: helmsman). A helmsman / helmswoman / helmsperson is someone who steers a boat or a ship. A synonym in English is a coxswain. mga timonel helmsmen,...
View ArticleTANGHOD
tanghód: waiting for something to happen MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG tanghod, tumanghod: mag-usyoso, tumanaw-tanaw, tumingin-tingin nakatanghod: nakatingin na tila may hinihintay na mangyayari MGA...
View ArticlePUPAS
This is an obscure Tagalog word. pupás: faded in color pupas: kupas sa kulay The more common word to use to describe the fading of color is kupás. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticlePO
The Tagalog word po is added to sentences in order to show respect to older people. Salamat. Thanks. Salamat po. Thank you. Tuloy ka. Enter. Tuloy po kayo. Please come in. Ako. Me. Ako po. Me, sir. Oo....
View ArticleGALUNGGONG
Galunggong is a widely eaten fish in the Philippines. It is so popular that many Filipinos joke that it’s the national fish. The most common way to cook galunggong is by simple pan-frying, as was done...
View ArticleGG
The Tagalog abbreviation Gg used to be short for Ginoo (gentleman, mister). But these days, G. is preferred for Ginoo because GG has come to mean galunggong (a fish) and even gago (stupid). Ginoong...
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