10 UNCOMMON FILIPINO WORDS W/ DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES

10 UNCOMMON FILIPINO WORDS W/ DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES

1."Lukbutan "

                  

English Translation: Purse

         

Description: a small bag for money.

Example in a sentence:" Punong-puno ng pera ang dala niyang lukbutan"

2. "Mayumi"

English Translation: "Modest"

Description: mayumì tender and soft to the touch. tender; delicate or refined in manners; demure; humble; modest (usually as of a woman)

Example in a sentence: "Napaka mayumi kumilos ng babae"

 

3. "Paha"

English Translation: "Corset"

Description: a woman's close-fitting boned supporting undergarment that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above or beneath the bust or from the waist to below the hips and has garters attached

Example in a sentence: "Napaka hubog ng kanyang katawan pakiwari koy nakasuot sya ng paha"

4. "Palupo"

English Translation: "ridge the roof"

Description: the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof

Example in a sentence: "Napaka ganda ng iyong bahay, lalo na ang palupo ng iyong bubong"

5."Alingasngas"

English Translation: "scandalous report/ disgrace"

Description: a circumstance or action that offends propriety or established moral conceptions or disgraces those associated with it

Example in a sentence: "Napaka alingasngas mong babae ka! Ano na naman tong nabalitaan ko na nagwawala ka dahil ika'y hiniwalayan ng iyong nobyo?"

6. "Asotea"

English Translation: "Balcony"

Description: platform that projects from the wall of a building and is enclosed by a parapet or railing.

Example in a sentence: "Napaka ganda ng iyong asotea, napaka aliwalas tingnan."

 

7. "Yakis"

English Translation: "to sharpen "

Description: to make (something) sharp or sharper.

Example in a sentence: "Kakatapos lang ni Ama mag yakis ng kutsilyo."

8. "Panginain"

English Translation: "Browser"

Description: " A computer program that is used to find and look information on the internet.

Example in a sentence: "Kung hindi mo alam ang sagot sa iyong takdang-aralin maghanap ka nalang sa pangunahin ng tamang sagot

9. "Anluwage"

English Translation: "Carpenter"

Definition: a person whose job is to make or fix wooden objects or wooden parts of buildings

Example in a sentence: "Sa pagiging anluwage lang ako kumikita ng pera."

10. "Polyeto"

 

English Translation: "Pamphlet 

Definition: an unbound printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover

Definition: "Anong salita ang nakalagay sa polyeto na ginawa mo hindi ko maintindihan?"