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Animals That Can Be Found in the Philippines
Philippine Tarsier
scientific name: Tarsius syrichta
known locally as the Maumag in Visayan
Continue reading “Mga Hayop na Matatagpuan sa Pilipinas”
The Ibanag are an ethnolinguistic minority numbering a little more than half a million people. One of the largest ethnolinguistic minorities in the Philippines,they live in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya.
Spelling variations: Ybanag, Ybanak, Ibanak, Ibannág
A Series of Essays by Jose P. Rizal
Doctor Sanciano, in his Progreso de Filipinas, has taken up this question, agitated, as he calls it, and relying upon facts and reports furnished by the very same Spanish authorities that ruled the Philippines has demonstrated that such indolence does not exist, and that all said about it does not deserve a reply or even passing choice. Continue reading “The Indolence of the Filipinos”
What is a Compound Word?
Salita na binubuo ng dalawang payak na salita na bumubuo ng panibagong salita.
Word consisting of two simple words that form a new word.
1. Tambalang salita na nananatili ang kahulugan
abot-kamay, anak-dalita, tikop-tuhod, tawid-dagat, tubig-alat
2. Tambalang salita na ang kahulugan ay iba sa kahulugan ng dalawang salita na pinagtatambal
abot-agaw, bahag-buntot, bahay-bata, balatkayo, hanapbuhay, pantay-paa, rosas-hapon
— Bahagi ng Katawan (Body Parts)
tengang kawali
frying-pan ears
(pretending to be deaf)
This word is from the Spanish Mejicano / Mexicano.
This could stand for the English term “Artificial Intelligence” or could be a non-standard spelling variation of the Tagalog word Ay. Continue reading “AI”
This word is from the Spanish reserva.
Continue reading “RESERBA”
