root word: damó+ng-marya (possible meaning: Maria’s grass)
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KARUGTONG-BITUKA
root words: dugtong, bituka
KARUGTONG
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BARTOLINA
This is a Spanish word that at one time was used by Filipinos regularly enough when Spain’s influence on the native vocabulary was stronger.
Students in the Philippines these days mostly just encounter this word in literary works, such as in the poet’s closing signature in Isang Dipang Langit.
bartolina
dungeon
bilangguan
jail
HARAPAN
root word: harap (front)
DUKHA
ALIBATA
For most of the 20th century, alibata was the term used to refer to the baybáyin script that was used by pre-colonial Filipinos in writing.
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