root words: likas + hanayan
liknayan
physics
This is a word coined in order for there to be a native Tagalog equivalent for the word “physics.”
Most Filipinos these days simply use the English word as is, pronounced físiks. In more formal contexts, the Spanish-derived word písiká is used.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
písiká: agham hinggil sa matter at enerhiya sa kalagayan ng mosyon at puwersa
