the 23rd letter of the Filipino alphabet.

left-over rice after rats or mice have eaten it.

1. act or manner of eating something voraciously.

2. digging or pushing with the snout, as pigs do among plants.
→ SUMBÁNG, SUNGKÁL, ULÁOD

dried coconut shell shaped like plate used for keeping food.

(Archaic) dowry, especially one given by the father to his daughter as wedding gift.
→ BIGÁY-KÁYA, DÓTE

(Archaic) a species of wild yam.

tree bark.
Ang úbak ng kamatsile ay napagkukunan ng tinà. The bark of the camachile tree yields dye.
→ BALAKBÁK

cored rattan.
Sa Batangas, ubákan ang ginagawang basking pang-arnis. In Batangas, cored rattan is used for arnis cane.

having many gray or white hairs.

• • magkaúban:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to have gray or white hair.
• • ubánin:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to grow gray or white (s.o. hair).
• • ubanín:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  having many gray or hairs.

grape.

used gugò shampoo fibers.

purple yam (Dioscorea alata).
kúlay-úbe, violet; violet-colored.

air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera).
→ BAYÁG-KABÁYO

cough.

• • umubó:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to cough.
• • ubuhín:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to have a cough.
• • ubúhin:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  prone to frequent coughing.

1. core or heart of plants.

2. the inner-most depth.
→ KAIBUTURAN, KAILALÍMAN

3. the utmost.
→ LUBHÂ, SUKDÓL

4. essence; substance; gist.

consumed or used up, without anything left.
→ SAÍD, SAYÓD, SIMÓT

act of using up or consuming all things by eating, drinking, spending, etc.
→ SAÍD, SIMÓT

• • úbos-káya:
  Part of Speech

  Definition

  (Figurative) with all one’s might or ability.
• • ipaúbos:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to cause to be consumed.
• • maúbos:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to be consumed; to be eaten up.
• • maúbusan:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to have nothing left of a supply for one's self.
• • ubúsan:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to consume all of something without leaving anything for others.
• • ubúsin:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to use up or consume (x) completely.

possible; allowable; usable; acceptable.
→ MAAARÌ, POSÍBLE, PUWÉDE

• • pag-ubrá:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  state or condition of being possible, allowable, permissible, or acceptable.
• • umubrá:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to be usable or fit for a certain purpose; to take effect.

fecal discharge.
→ DUMÍ, TÁE

• • pag-ubrá:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  defecation after having taken a laxative or purgative.
• • umubrá:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to have loose bowel movements, as after having taken laxative or purgative, or after having been given enema.

digging and uprooting with the snouts (as pigs when looking for tubers).
→ SUNGKÁL, ULÁOD

• • ud-urín:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to dig or uproot (x) with the snout, as pigs do.

1. interruption; delay.

2. quick withdrawing motion.

• • pag-udlót:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  act of withdrawing quickly.
• • umuudlót:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to draw back.
• • naudlót:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  stopped or interrupted before completion.

noon.
→ TANGHALÌ

1. incitement; instigation.
→ AMUKÌ, HIBÒ, HIKÁYAT, HÍMOK, INSTIGASYÓN, LAMÚYOT, MOTIBASYÓN, SULSÓL, UPÁT

2. cause or reason.
→ DAHILÁN, SANHÎ

• • udyukán:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to incite or instigate someone to do something, usually with malicious intention on the part of the instigator of the action.

with protruding belly.

end; tip; extremity.
→ DÚLO, DÚYO

strong shaking (s.o. trees so that their fruits will fall).
→ YUGYÓG, UGÁOG, UGÂ

1. loose shaking motion.
→ IG-IG, UGÁOG

2. tremor.
→ YANÍG

• • pag-ugâ:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  act of being in loose shaking motion.
• • ugáan:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  simultaneous shaking.
• • ugaín:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to shake (x).

ability to cope with one's work or responsibility (now mostly used in set expressions).

simpleton; foolish; stupid.
→ TANGÁ, TUGÁK, TUNGGÁK, UGÓK

1. conduct; personal behavior; habit.
→ GAWÎ, KOSTÚMBRE, MÓDO

2. character; nature (of a person).
→ ÁSAL, KARAKTÉR, MORÁL

3. tradition; long-established custom or practice.

• • ugáling háyop:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  animal instinct.
• • ugalíin:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to do, practice, to make (something) as a habit .
• • ugáling háyop:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  with or having an animal instinct.

parent-in-law.
→ BIYENÁN

shaking a tree until the fruits, dry leaves, etc. fall.

1. root.

2. artery; vein.

• • mag-ugát:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to grow roots.

1. origin.

2. root word.
→ SALITÁNG-UGÁT

• • ugatín:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to trace the origin, source or cause of (x).

clearing of the throat as of asthmatic person.
→ DAHÁK, TIGHÍM

a device for direction control (s.o. a water conveyance, a plow and the like).

• • tagaúgit:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  helmsman; pilot.
• • tagaúgit:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  manager; leader.
• • umúgit:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to man the helm; to pilot.
• • umúgit:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to take control or leadership of an organization, business enterprises, etc.
• • ugítan:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to provide (a plow) with an <i>úgit</i>.
• • ugítan:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to be at the helm or control, as of boat or ship.

sprout; shoot.
→ SUPLÍNG

juncture; joints.
→ HUGPÓNG, SUGPÓNG

• • ugmaán:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to fit something into (another).

harmony, peaceful co-existence; compatibility.

1. point of connection or attachment; joint.
→ HUGPÓNG

2. state or condition of being connected or related to each other.
→ KONEKSIYÓN, RELASYÓN

• • kaugnáyan:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  relation or connection; involvement.
• • pagkakaugnáy:
  Part of Speech

  Noun

  Definition

  relationship.
• • iugnáy, magka-ugnáy:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to connect; to join.
• • pag-ugnayín:
  Part of Speech

  Verb

  Definition

  to relate; connect to each other.
• • kaugnáy:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  related; connected.
• • kaugnáy:
  Part of Speech

  Adjective

  Definition

  implicated; involved in.