the 23rd letter of the Filipino alphabet.
left-over rice after rats or mice have eaten it.
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.
grape.
used gugò shampoo fibers.
purple yam (Dioscorea alata).
kúlay-úbe, violet; violet-colored.
cough.
1. core or heart of plants.
→ LASGÁS
2. the inner-most depth.
→ KAIBUTURAN, KAILALÍMAN
4. essence; substance; gist.
act of using up or consuming all things by eating, drinking, spending, etc.
→ SIMÓT
1. interruption; delay.
2. quick withdrawing motion.
→ UNDÓT
with protruding belly.
ability to cope with one's work or responsibility (now mostly used in set expressions).
parent-in-law.
→ BIYENÁN
1. root.
2. artery; vein.
1. origin.
→ PUNÒ
2. root word.
→ SALITÁNG-UGÁT
a device for direction control (s.o. a water conveyance, a plow and the like).
harmony, peaceful co-existence; compatibility.
1. point of connection or attachment; joint.
2. state or condition of being connected or related to each other.
→ KONEKSIYÓN, RELASYÓN
stooped; decrepit.
