LINIS
limpyo… lí·nis cleanliness linis neatness, pureness malinis clean, neat, hygienic malinis clear, chaste linisin to clean Linisin mo ito. Clean this. Maglinis tayo. Let’s clean. Maglilinis ako. I’ll be...
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li·pì lipìethnic group lipìng MalayoMalay race The word “race” as used above is different from the simplistic Western concept of classifying people as members of white, black, brown and yellow races....
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This word is from the Spanish picón (meaning: ‘touchy’ or ‘peevish’). pikón quick-tempered, cranky pikon super-sensitive pikón quick to anger pikón has a short fuse pikón hotheaded pikuning bata a...
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Halimbawa ng Naratibong Komposisyon: Hari ng Lansangan * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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tung·háy: look at carefully, like when perusing a newspaper itunghay: to raise the head to look up tumunghay: to look up nakatunghay: looking up, head raised Nakatunghay sila sa makapal na kaluntian ng...
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This word is from the Spanish Recoleto. Re·ko·lé·to Rekoléto The Recollects were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the...
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This word is from the Spanish diócesis. di·yo·sé·sis diocese In church governance, a diocese is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. It can also be called a bishopric....
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bag·sák bagsak sudden fall, crash Narinig ko ang bagsak ng puno. I heard the loud crash of the tree. Bumagsak ang eroplano sa gitna ng dagat. The plane crashed in the middle of the ocean. Milder...
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bí·loy bíloy small hollow in the cheek biloy dimple nasa pisngi on the cheek MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG bíloy: likás na bahagyang húyo sa pisngi ng tao dimpol, butas sa pisngi, puyo sa pisngi, turupya *...
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mahina ang loob, matatakutin du·wág coward Mga duwág! Cowards! Huwag kang duwag. Don’t be cowardly. Huwag kang maging duwag. Don’t be a coward. walâng-bayág no balls karuwagan cowardice Ang...
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This word is from the Spanish radio. rád·yo radio MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG rádyo: transmisyon at pagtanggap ng mensaheng tunog at katulad sa pamamagitan ng elektromagnetikong alon ng dalasang radyo...
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kum·kóm kumkómhold close to one’s chest KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG kumkóm: kinipkip sa dibdib ipakumkóm, kumkumín * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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This word is from the Spanish espectaculó. es·pek·tá·ku·ló espektákulóspectacle MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG espektákuló: panoorin o palabas na engrande, kakaiba, o kahanga-hanga espektákuló: anumang...
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Baybáyin is the script that Tagalog speakers used for writing before the Spaniards arrived. It is a system of writing with borrowings from Sanskrit. Isa sa sinauna’t katutubong paraan ng pagsusulat sa...
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root word: binata A binatílyo is a young man who has just hit puberty or is about to hit puberty. It literally means “young binata.” nagbibinatilyo undergoing puberty (referring to a boy) MGA KAHULUGAN...
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guhò: collapse; ruins guhò: landslide gumuhò: to cave in, crumble MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG guhò: ang nátirá sa ganap na nasirà guho: pagkagiba, pagkatibag, pagbagsak, paglagpak * Visit us here at...
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root word: lalim i·lá·lim ilalim bottom sa ilalim ng under sa ilalim ng punong mangga under the mango tree sa ilalim ng lupa under the ground hubad sa ilalim ng buwan naked under the moon Ang...
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