Gender-Neutral Words in the Filipino Language

INAANAK

root word: anak (child, in the sense of ‘offspring’)

i·ná·a·nák

inaanak
godchild

inaanak
godson /
goddaughter

root word: patíd

ka·pa·tíd
sibling

kapatíd
brother or sister

The native Tagalog word asáwa is gender-neutral and can mean either husband or wife.

a·sá·wa
spouse

Filipinos informally use mister to refer to a husband and misis to refer to a wife.

Commonly pronounced these days as “shah”

siyá
he, she, it

isteril

Continue reading “BAOG”

This is a gender-neutral word.

apó
grandchild

apó
grandson /
granddaughter

root word: tahî (meaning: sew)

This is a gender-neutral word.

pínsan
cousin