root word: tao (person)
panao
personal
personal
TAGALOG-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
LONGANISA
Longanisa and langonisa are misspellings of the Filipino word longganisa, which came from the Spanish longaniza. (Think of the Portuguese linguiça.)
Following the rules of Tagalog orthography, this word is properly spelled as longganisa, and not longanisa.
Longganisa is traditionally the term for pork sausage. It is now sometimes translated into English as “Philippine sweet sausage.”
SUMABAD
root word: sabád
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POKNAT
A large circular bald spot that’s visible even with thick hair.
KALBO
This word is from the Spanish calvo.
TSIKOT
This is a Filipino slang word. It comes from transposing the syllables in the word kotse (car).
BATLAG
KUNDIMAN
Kundiman is a traditional Filipino love song. It is a slow and sweet love song that’s easily adaptable for more modern and political purposes. The kundiman style was used for patriotic songs during the revolution against Spain. It was this musical form into which the nationalist poem Bayan Ko (My Country) was rendered.