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Fred’s Glossary of Rare Tagalog Words (25 pages) -by Frederick Victor Paredes Añana A abay - best man, bridesman, bridesmaid, consort, escort, retainer ada – fairy adhikain - goal, objective, strive to attain, being desired agham – science agam-agam - doubt agapay – escort, adjective, parallel, adverb, side by side agapayang kabit — parallel connection akda – article, writing a literary piece, literary composition, authorship akibat – carrying smth. on a shoulder, anything carried on a shoulder, something incumbent upon a person, carried on a shoulder aklat – book akma – fitting, fit, proper, right, well-fitted, appropriate, threat as of a hand about to strike alak-alakan – ham part of leg alamid - wild mountain cat alangan – uncertain alanganin – insufficient alapaap - high clouds alibadbaran – to irritate alibugha – irresponsible, prodigal, squanderer alindog – allure alinlangan – doubt alitaptap – firefly alituntunin – rules, canon, regulation, law, precept, principle, procedure, order, aim alpas - to become free, to be able to break loose
2 alunig — resonance ambag – contribution, donation, contributory amihan - northeast wind, breeze angao – one million angkat – importation, import, obtaining goods on consignment basis, obtained on consignment basis aninag - visible, transparent, translucent anluwage – carpenter aplaya – waterfront, beach, coast, seashore, seaside, arosep – small seaweed asoge – mercury asuhos - sillago fish atang – impose, yoke atas - decree, order, dictate, command, mandate, prescript, requirement, prescription, injunction, will atubili – reluctance, hesitation, doubt, doubtful, infirm, reluctant awanggan — infinity awanging tubo — vacuum tube ayuno - fasting B babaylan – priestess bagot – bored, exasperation, impatience baitang – grade, level, steps of a staircase, rank, degree bakulaw – gorilla balakid – obstacle balani - magnet balantok – arc, shaping in the form of arch balarila — grammar balagtas - going across, short cut way balangkas – outline
3 balik-tanaw – review, retrospect, flashback balingkinitan - lean, slender, slim, svelte, willowy balintataw - pupil of the eye balintiyak – passive voice balintuna – unbelievable, contrary to fact, absurd balnian — magnetism balumbon / balumbong – wad, roll, scroll bahay-bata – uterus, womb banaag – glimpse, faint manifestation, glimmer bangag – slow minded banghay – plan, diagram, frame, sketch, outline, plot, design bansag – alias, nickname basisig — centrifugal force batayan – basis, source batayang-panukat – unit of measurement, measuring unit batid – understanding, information, adjective, understood, known batikos – verbal attack, severe criticism, tirade baybay – a spelling, shoreline, border, shore, side, edge baybay-dagat – beach, seashore baybayin – to spell, go along the border, follow the shoreline, beach bigkis – bundle, girdle, tying together into a bundle, bond bilnuran — arithmetic bisig – arm, forearm bisperas – eve bagtas – a crossing, short cut across a field bagwis - wing bayong – soft basket
4 bubog – broken pieces of glass budhi – conscience, conduct buhagsigwasan — pneumatics buhay-ilang – wildlife bukal – water spring, source bukang liwayway – dawn, open dawn buklod - bond, metal ring bukluran - reinforce with a metal ring, bind together bulay – meditation, stripping palm leaves, strip of palm leaf bulwagan - hall, big entrance to a building buod - summary butaw - membership fees, practice bout in cockfighting, fine for delinquency in payment of one's obligation, release of gamecocks at the start of the bout D dagibalniing liboy — electromagnetic waves dagikapnayan — electrochemistry dagindas — electrode dagisik — electron dagisikan — electronics dagitab — electricity daglat – abbreviation dagok – setback, blow with the fist, thump, blow dagsa — arrival, incoming, momentum dagsin — gravity dalag – murrel dalampasigan – seashore dalas — frequency dalangin – prayer
5 daluyong - big waves, surf dambuhala – huge, gigantic damikay — polynomial dangkal – the span from tip of thumb to tip of middle finger dantay — impulse danumsigwasan — hydraulics darang - exposed to the heat of fire datung – money, cash, doe dawit — involve, inductance dihaying — inorganic chemistry dikya – jelly fish di-mahapayang gatang – grouchy/grumpy woman dipa - the span of two extended arms diwata – fairy duhakay — binomial duhandas — diode dungis – dirt durungawan – window duyog — ellipse E G gahala - one hundred million gahaman - greedy gahasa - rape gambala – trouble, disturbance ganid - selfish person garapal - flagrant, gross
6 gat – sir gatang – a unit of measure for rice and other grains, dry measure gatla – mark, notch, nick gatlang – to dash, dash gawad – gift, award, bestowal, grant, prize gayak – to decorate, to festoon, decoration, ornamentation, ornament giling – grind gilis — hypotenuse gilit - incision, cut, incision or slice marks (on fish or wood); sliced piece gitisig — centripetal force gitlapi — infix gitling – hyphen gulod - highland, geographical plate, ridge, verge of a cliff gumon - addicted gunita -
memory, recollection, flashback, reminiscence, reflection, mediation
gipit – scarce, desperate, lacking gusgusin – unkempt H habagat - southwest monsoon, south wind, southwest habilin - leaving something to somebody for temporary safekeeping, anything given to somebody for safekeeping, a will habyog — torque hadlang – to obstruct, to stand in the way, to place an impediment, to obstruct, to bar halaan – a kind of edible clam halay – rape, indecency haligi – column, post, pillar halili – substitute, replacement hambinging bigat — specific weight
7 hanay - forming together in a line, arranging things into a line, order, enumeration, series, tabulation hatinig — telephone haying — organic chemistry haykapnayan — biochemistry haynayan — biology hidhid – selfish person hikahos - indigence, poverty hikayat – persuade, persuading hikbi – sob hilaga – north himasok – meddling himaton – clue himlay – slumber himlayan – resting place himpilan – TV/radio station himukin – encourage himutok - outcry of disappointment or distress, whimper, complaint hinagpis - doleful sigh, complaint, resentment, hirang – appointed, ordained hiyas – gem, jewel, ornament, decoration hudhod – a rubbing hukbo – army, troops, large group of people, legion, military, force hulapi — suffix humaling - extreme fondness hunos - shedding the skin, molting huwad – fake huwaran – role model, set as an example, paragon
8 I igiit – to insist ipataw – impose indak - to dance in time with the music, swing dance indayog – rhythm, cadency, cadence, swing initsigan — thermodynamics ihayag – broadcast iluklok – install, enthrone irog – beloved, dear one, darling isahimpapawid – broadcast, to put on air isakay — take in as a passenger, monomial isigan — dynamics isinaklit – placed, kept itak – bolo iwaksi – renounce, turn away K kaakibat – affiliates kaanib – member, affiliate, ally, follower kaaya-aya - pleasant, pleasurable, cheerful kaban - a measure of rice, a sack kabihasnan – civilization kabanata – chapter kabatas — law enforcer kabtol — switch kagaw – germs, bacteria kagawad - co-partner, member kagawaran - department, faculty
9 kabibe – clam, conch kalakhan – metro kalakip – attached, included, with, enclosure kalapati – dove kalasag – shield kalawit - grapnel, grappling iron, hook, tholepin kalipunan – association, group, society, concourse, federation, conglomerate, convocation, sphere kaloob - donation, gift, grant, endowment, give, bestowal, complimentary kalupkop – inlay, thin metal lining, plating, overlay, veneer kamangyan – incense kanais-nais – desirable kandili – a caring, a support to care for someone less fortunate kanlong – shade kanluran – west kapatagan – flatness, glen, level,lie of the land, lowland, plain, plains, vale, steppe kapisanan – association, circle, club, fraternity, guild, league, organization, union, sodality, society kapnayan — chemistry karalitaan – poverty kariktan - beauty karimlan – darkness karumalan – menstrual period karumal-dumal – heinous, grisly, nefarious kasagwilan — resistivity kasapi – member kasaysayan – history kasu-kasuan – joint kataga – term, particle katampalasanan – vandalism, depravity, iniquity, rascality, villainy
10 katiktik — detective katinig — consonant katoto – comrade, pal, chum, friend, crony katumbas - equal, compensation, match, equivalent, commensurate, reciprocal, corresponding, tantamount, on a level katunggali – rival, enemy, antagonist, opponent kawad – wire, line kawal – soldier kawan – troop kawani – staff, faculty kawanihan – bureau kawil – hook, fishhook, link kawing – link, chain, track shoe kilatis – identify, scrutinize kinatawan – representative kintal – mark kirot – pain, ache, sting kisapmata – wink of an eye, wink kisig - handsomeness, dashing, well-dressed kudyapi – Tagalog guitar, lyre, zither kumon – latrine, closet, toilet, water closet kupkop - kept and protected under one's care kutis – complexion
L labong – bamboo shoot lagda – signature, subscription lagak – depositing, money deposited in a bank, putting something temporarily on a certain place
11 lagom – summary lagok – gulp, gulping lahatan — general chemistry lakambini - muse laklak - excessive drinking, drinking liquids noisily laksa – 10,000 laktod — short circuit lambong – veil, mantilla, pall, anything that screens, shroud landok – track point lantay – pure, unadulterated lapi — affix lapya — plane larang — equilibrium latak – residue, sediment, residuum lathala – publication, published article, advertisement lathalain - magazine article, made ready for publication lato – large seaweed laumin — integral layon – purpose, objective, intention, aim, wide and deep part of a river layunin – purpose, intent, cause, mission, objective, object, aim, goal, intention, motive, have for an objective, adverb, in view liboy — wave libuyhaba — wavelength liham – note, mailed letter lihim - secret lihis – deviation, deviated, out of alignment liknayan — physics lilok – sculpture, graven
12 limahid – dirt, filth limbag – a publishing lingap – care, protective care, compassionate care lipi – clan, race, tribe, lineage, folk, ancestry liwayway – dawn liyad - bent backward with stomach protruding, backward bend lugmok – prostrate luksa – to mourn lukob - gouge lulan — capacitance, capacity, passengers, cargo, aboard, on board, which can be accommodated lulong – addicted, desperate lulos — bypass luningning – pomp, grandeur lupon - committee, council, commission, board, a group body lusong – to dive lustay - embezzlement, misappropriation of fund, embezzled, misappropriated luwas - to go from town to city, to take to the city, export lipon – group, small gathering lipunan - society M magkaloob – donate, contribute magsahimpapawid – broadcast magsimpan – to nurse mahalay - anacreontic, improper, impure, low, immoral, lustful, morally offensive, obscene, ribald, salacious, sensual, smutty, unchaste, unclean, vile, vulgar, carnal, depraved, garish, gross, loose in morals, licentious, libertine, lewd, lascivious, indelicate, indecent, immodest mailap – intractable, elusive, untamed makalalin – infect
13 makisig – gorgeous malasaluyan — semiconductor malumanay – mild, gently mamamayan – citizen mangasiwa - regulate mangkok – bowl mangmang – dumb manman – a monitoring manmanan -
monitor, spy, observe, nose, reconnoiter, scout
mapamighani – bewitching mapangahas – daring mapanghalina – captivating mapanibugho – jealous mapanibughuin – jealous mapaniil – abusive, enslaving maralita –indigent, impecunious, poor mariin - emphatic, emphatically marilag - beautiful, pretty, splendid, majestic, palatial, exquisite, superb, glorious, magnificent, proud-spirited, resplendent, sublime, pompous, attractively radiant masalimuot – complex, elaborate, intricate matanto – realize, understand matamasa – enjoy mataray mayumi – ladylike, maiden-like, maidenly miktinig — microphone mungkahi – suggestion, proposal, mutya - pearl, jewel, amulet, talisman N
14 naaalibadbaran - irritating naalibadbaran - irritated naninibugho – feeling jealous nanlilimahid – dirty napangilakan – collection nasa – at, in, on, desire, aspiration ngasab – masticate like a pig/boar natanto – realized, understood nilay – meditative nilay-nilayin – meditate ngilin – abstinence O P paari — genetive/possessive pabalintiyak — passive padamdam — exclamatory pagdarahop – dearth, destitution pagbaybay — spelling pagi – sting ray pagitan – between pagkakalatag – layout pagsasatao - personification pagsipang – recoil palabas -
a show, a film, performance, stunt, outgoing, outbound, out, outward, outwards
palabaybayan — orthography palagyo — nominative
15 palamuti – ornament, decoration, décor, decking, garnish, garniture, gaud, ornamentation, trimming palatangkasan — set algebra palatinigan — phonetics palatitikan – alphabet palatuntunan – tv/radio program, a broadcast palautatan — statistics palikuran – bathroom, comfort room, toilet paliparan — airport palos – eel, snake eel palugit – margin, paluwagan – fund raising pamahagi — denominator pamatnugutan – manage, conduct, preside, superintend pamayanan – community pambungad – introduction, foreword, prelude, preamble, opening paminggalan – kitchen pampang – beach, seashore pamuhatan – heading pana – arrow panagutan - account panakda — numerator panaklong - parenthesis panakwil — resistor panalangin – prayer pananaghili – envy, jealousy panandaan — algebra panauhin – visitor panauhing pandangal – special gust, honorable guest, guest of honor
16 panawit — inductor pandarayuhan – migration, settlement, immigration panghibayo — amplifier panibugho / paninibugho – jealousy pandiwa — verb pang-abay — adverb pangahas – daring, bold, intrepid, brazen pangangasiwa – management, supervision, administration, managing pangasiwaan – management , administration, regime, board of directors, rule, verb, to manage supervise, superintend, oversee, conduct, handle, preside, regulate panghadlang — insulator pangngalan — noun pangungusap — sentence pang-ugnay — linker pang-ukol — preposition pang-uri — adjective paniklop – folder panipi – quotation mark, quote, copier, photo-copier, duplicator panlahat – bus panlulan — capacitor panlupi – folder pansalok – scoop panulat – pen, pencil panunungkulan –incumbency panunuran – series panuto – direction, instruction parikit – finery, parikitan – to beautify
17 parirala — phrase parihaba — rectangle parisukat — square pariugat — square root pasalaysay — narrative pasinaya - inauguration paskil – post, message post, patag – flat, leveled surface, even surface, plain, plane patahas/tahas/tahasan — direct patanong — interrogative pataw - imposition patinig — vowel patnugot – editor, manager, director, redactor, subeditor patok - popular paukol — ergative paunawa – notice, announcement, signboard, explaining, bulletin pautos — imperative pilandok pilapil -
dam, dike, dyke, embankment, horse path, path, weir
pinggan – dining plate pinilakang-tabing – cinema, cinema screen, the big screen piranggot – a very small piece pita – craving, desire, lust pitagan - to respect pook – place, district, region, area, point, quarter, locality, zone, site pook-sapot – website pukyutan – honeybee, bee
18 pulot - honey pulot pukyutan – honey from bees pulutong – batch, swarm, circle, corps, mass, platoon, set, squad puna – comment, critique, criticism purok - district, locale, area, territory, locality, ward puspos - full, complete, replete, fraught, rife puspusan – thoroughly putakti - wasp pighati – sorrow, grief, woe, dolor, heaviness R rurok – peak, tiptop, summit, climax, acme S sadlak - to fall into disgrace, shame, or misfortune sagisag – symbol, symbolism said – emptied, to empty saklolo – rescue, save saknong – stanza sakuna – calamity, adversity sakwil — resistance salaula – immoral, having dirty habit, vandal, slovenly, impure spirit salaysay – narration, statement, saliding saloy — alternating current saligwil — transistor salikop — circuit saliksik - research salinlahi – generation salipapaw — aeroplane, airplane saliw – accompaniment
19 salok – to fetch, as in fetching water salop – a rice measurement, equivalent to a kilo, ganta saloy — current salumpuwit — chair saluyan — conductor sambat – fork samsam – something confiscated/seized samsamin - confiscate, commandeer, subduct, seize sanaysay – essay, written theme, thesis, literary composition sandamak - the width of the hand with the five fingers pressed together sandata – weapon sandok – ladle, soup ladle, dipper sangguni – consult, confer, advert, refer sanggunian - conference, reference, consultation, directory sanyo — variable sapantaha – hunch, presumption, impression, inkling, suspicion, conjecture, surmise saro – mug, ewer sayad – destitute, ground sibat – spear, lance, pike sibol – bloom sidhi – severity, violence, intensity, brunt sigwasan – mechanics siil – burdened, plagued, afflicted, cowed, beaten, abused, mistreated, enslaved, tyrannized siksin — solid silahis – beam, ray, homosexual man, gay man, effeminate silakbo – emotional outburst, spurt sining – art
20 sinipi – quotation, quoted sinop – economical, thrifty, frugal, careful sinsay – incorrect sinupin – economize sipi – citation, transcript, carbon copy, passage, quotation, quote siping - to lie down beside sipnayan — mathematics sinta – darling, dear, love, beloved, truelove siyasat – trial, inquiry siyasatin – investigate, inspect, explore, examine, check, go over, inquire, look into, look over, observe, review, scout, survey subaybay – to monitor sugnay — clause suhay – support, brace, buttress, sukatan — measuring unit, quantitative chemistry sukgisan — geometry sulatroniko – e-mail suliranin – problem sulo – torch, cresset sulyap - glimpse sumbat – upbraid sunurang kabit — series connexion T tabak – sword tablay — electric charge tadhana – fate, destiny tadlong — perpendicular
21 tagadaloy - host tagamasid – observer, viewer tagapamagitan – mediator taimtim – solemn, deeply takda – given, mark, term, stint, quota, measure, limitation, limit, clause, item in a document, stipulations, terms, bound takipsilim – dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall, sundown talaarawan – diary, calendar talahulunganan – glossary talambuhay – biography talampakan - sole of foot, a foot length talampas – cliff talasarili – diary talatinigan - dictionary talata – paragraph talinghaga – metaphor, figurative words tahasan — direct takakayan – discussion talaksan – file talastas – message, taludtod – verse, a line of words, talukap - cap of the crab, sheath of palm leaves or banana stalk, eyelid talukay — trinomial talumpati – speech talundas — triode tamasa – enjoyment, enjoy tambal – match tambalan – partnership
22 tambilang – digit tampalasa – rascal, immoral tampisaw - to wade in the water tampok - feature tanghal – exhibit, theatre, concert, show tanghalan - place where a show or program is exhibited, theatre tanggapan – office tangi – unique, isolated, tangis – cry, mourn tango – nod, wag tanto – realize, understand, cognizant tanyag – outstanding, celebrated, famous, notable, well-known, sought-after, distinguished, prominent, popular tatsihan — trigonometry tatsulok — triangle tayahan — calculus tibo - splinter of glass, lesbian tigal — inertia tigang - parched, torrid, barren, arid, thirsty, dry, wizened tigilan — statics, to stop tiklis – small basket tikop — circumference tiktik - spy tilamsik – spray, spatter, splash, splatter timbulog — spherical timog – south timpi - to control one's self tinalupan - skinned
23 tingirin — differentia tirik – headstall, conk, perpendicular tiyak – certain, sure, exact, proper topak – mental illness tudling – editorial, column, furrow, plow tugatog – apex, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, vertex, zenith, tor, top tugis – chase, pursue tugisin – chase, pursue tugon – reply, answer, response tugoy — oscillation tugoysipat — oscilloscope tuligsa – tirade, stricture tulingan – tuna tumbas – equal tumbasan — equation, to match tanaw – vision tanawin – landscape, scape, scene, gaze at tayutay – figure of speech tubog – plated, gilt, gilded tudling – column (of words) tungayaw – profanity, malediction tunggali – crossfire, contestation turok – to inject tuwirang saloy — direct current U ugma – suited unlapi — prefix ugnay – contact
24 ugnayan – relationships, correlation umay - sick of a particular food or activity ungkat - to bring up again urian — qualitative chemistry usig – inquisition usisa – inquire, query W waksi - to get rid of something by jerking away the hand wasiwas – wag watawat – flag Y yakis, nagyayakis – to sharpen yamot – annoyance, boredom, impatient, irritable, vexed, spiteful yugto – stage, installment (as of a show or film) yungib - cave Online References: W3Dictionary http://tl.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=gilit Google Translate http://translate.google.com/# Isang Talaan ng mga Puristang Tagalog http://felipeaira.i.ph/blogs/felipeaira/2008/06/17/isang-talaan-ng-mga-puristang-salitang-tagalog/ Felipeaira - Special Force http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:wGLzbJjz4D8J:felipeaira.i.ph/blogs/felipeaira/index.php %3Ftag%3Dguide+felipeaira+*+landok&cd=1&hl=tl&ct=clnk&gl=ph&client=firefox-ab Tagalog Lang http://tagaloglang.com/Tagalog-English-Dictionary/English-Translation-of-TagalogWord/balumbon.html English - Tagalog Dictionary http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/Tagalog/ Rare Tagalog Words You Use, Old Skool words
25 http://74.125.153.132/search? q=cache:1TI2c52slSMJ:www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t10071150.html+tagalog*+gatang+meaning&cd=7&hl=tl&ct=clnk&gl=ph Bansa.org http://www.bansa.org/dictionaries/tgl/?type=search&data=cooked+rice Webster,s Online Dictionary http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/ Yeepee – Tagalog Dictionary http://www.yeepe.com/dictionary/details.asp?id=1108 Philippine History – at google books http://books.google.com.ph/books? id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Philippine+History++weights+measures&source=bl&ots=gu3kMPZ84A&sig=SIl2nl5KIGfofkxeIRB9Kx4FZ4o&hl=tl&ei=Z DJ1SrbTA8iIkQXhq8ilDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false
