root word: tángis (meaning: weeping)
TAGALOG-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
KATUTUBO
root word: tubo
ka·tu·tu·bò
native
native
ang mga katutubo
the natives
katutubo
native, indigenous, ethnic
mga katutubong Pilipino
native Filipinos
LARANGAN
KAGARILAN
This is a very obscure Tagalog word that Filipino students encounter in classic Philippine literary masterpieces such as the metrical romances Prinsipe Don Juan, Barlaan at Josaphat, and Ibong Adarna. The root word is garil.
DAGITAB
BILANGGO
bi·lang·gó
AP-AP
ap-ap: like white splotches on the skin
Another term for it in Tagalog is an-an.
These are white fungal spots. Most cases of ap-ap are what’s called by the medical term Tinea versicolor in English. Continue reading “AP-AP”
SAPI
This word has at least two meanings in standard dictionaries.