IKMO
Scientific name: Piper betle Filipinos — of the northern mountain tribes in particular — use ikmo leaves as a masticatory. Ikmo is dabbed with small amounts of apog (lime) and wrapped around a scraped...
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scientific name: Areca catechu Betel is the name of an Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG búnga:...
View ArticleIVATAN (I·va·tán)
The Ivatán are an ethnic group in the Batanes archipelago. They live on small islands in the northernmost part of the Philippines. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG Ivatán: katutubòng pangkatin sa Batanes...
View ArticleKALDERO (kal·dé·ro)
This word is from the Spanish caldero. kaldero pot, cauldron isang kaldero one pot isang kaldero ng kanin a pot of cooked rice kalderong malaki large pot Kailangan ko ng kaldero. I need a pot. A...
View ArticlePAGLALAHAD
root word: lahad Isa sa pinakamadalas gamitin sa apat na anyo o pamamaraan ng pagpapahayag ang paglalahad. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleMAHAL
The Tagalog word mahal as a noun means ‘love’ but as an adjective it means ‘expensive’ or ‘costly’ or ‘dear.’ mahál, n love mahál, adj expensive Also see tagaloglang.com/love Mahal kita. I love you....
View ArticleHALIK 💋
ha·lík kiss Halikan mo ako. Kiss me. 👩❤️💋👨 Hinalikan nila ako. They kissed me. matamis na halik a sweet kiss 😘 mahabang halik a long kiss Puwede ba kitang halikan? May I kiss you? Gusto kitang...
View ArticleABSTRAKSYON
This word is from the Spanish abstracción. abstraksyón abstraction spelling variation: abstraksiyon KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG Tingnan ang salitang abstrak (pang-uri na ang ibig sabihin ay “hindi...
View ArticleKUWARENTENAS
This word is from the Spanish cuarentena (meaning: quarantine). kuwárenténas quarantine kwarentenas quarantine The Spanish root word is cuarenta, meaning ‘forty.’ A quarantine period used to be for...
View ArticleBULASLAS
Not to confused with bulalas. bu·las·lás KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG bulaslás: sinungáling at waldás * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleIKA-
This prefix turns a cardinal number into an ordinal number. apat four ika-apat fourth ika-apat ng Hulyo fourth of July ika-dalawampu ng Agosto twentieth of August ikapito ng Enero seventh of January...
View ArticleSEKULAR
This word is from the Spanish secular. se·ku·lár secular mga sagradong lugar sacred places mga sekular na lugar secular places In the English language, the word “secular” denotes attitudes, activities,...
View ArticleMGCQ
This acronym came into widespread use in the Philippines in the year 2020, during the COVID-19 scamdemic. MGCQ It follows the use of the acronym ECQ, which stands for “Enhanced Community Quarantine.”...
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There are two common uses for the word na. na, adv now, already This Tagalog word is used more often than ‘now’ and ‘already’ in English. It’s in almost every other Tagalog sentence that’s uttered in...
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As part of the Tagalog abakada alphabet, this letter is pronounced “bah.” Ito ang ikalawang letra ng abakadang Pilipino. This is the second letter in the Filipino alphabet. On social media and in text...
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