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Glossary of Rare Tagalog Words

Cebuano – Tagalog – English

abay - best man, bridesman, bridesmaid, consort, escort, retainer

(di ingon nato) engkantada - ada – fairy

Katuyoan - adhikain - goal, objective, strive to attain, being desired

syensya - agham – science

duha-duha - agam-agam - doubt

managuban - agapay – escort, adjective, parallel, adverb, side by side

agapayang kabit — parallel connection

tagsulat - akda – article, writing a literary piece, literary composition, authorship

magkatambayayong - akibat – carrying smth. on a shoulder, anything carried on a

shoulder, something incumbent upon a person, carried on a shoulder

libro - aklat – book

angay - akma – fitting, fit, proper, right, well-fitted, appropriate, threat as of a hand
about to strike

bagtak - alak-alakan – ham part of leg

alamid - alamid - wild mountain cat

dili sigurado - alangan – uncertain

Dili igo/kuwangan - alanganin – insufficient

taas nga panganod - alapaap - high clouds

makalagot - alibadbaran – to irritate

mausikon - alibugha – irresponsible, prodigal, squanderer

pagdani - alindog – allure

pagduhaduha - alinlangan – doubt

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aninipot - alitaptap – firefly

mga balaod - alituntunin – rules, canon, regulation, law, precept, principle,

procedure, order, aim

gawasnon - alpas - to become free, to be able to break loose

lanog - alunig — resonance

amot - ambag – contribution, donation, contributory

hangin sa amihanan-sidlakan - amihan - northeast wind, breeze

usa ka milyon - angao – one million

pagbayaw - angkat – importation, import, obtaining goods on consignment basis,

obtained on consignment basis

Makita - aninag - visible, transparent, translucent

Pandayu - anluwage – carpenter

Baybayon - aplaya – waterfront, beach, coast, seashore, seaside,

Gosu - arosep – small seaweed

Merkure - asoge – mercury

Asous - asuhos - sillago fish

Pagpahamtang - atang – impose, yoke

Mando - atas - decree, order, dictate, command, mandate, prescript, requirement,

prescription, injunction, will

Nagpanuko - atubili – reluctance, hesitation, doubt, doubtful, infirm, reluctant

pagkawalay katapusan - awanggan — infinity

awanging tubo — vacuum tube

pagpuasa - ayuno - fasting

Pare na babae - babaylan – priestess

Way pailug - bagot – bored, exasperation, impatience

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Ang–ang - baitang – grade, level, steps of a staircase, rank, degree

Gorilya - bakulaw – gorilla

Babag - balakid – obstacle

Magnet - balani - magnet

Arko - balantok – arc, shaping in the form of arch

Gramatika - balarila — grammar

Tabok - balagtas - going across, short cut way

Laraw - balangkas – outline

Hinumdomi - balik-tanaw – review, retrospect, flashback

Yagpis - balingkinitan - lean, slender, slim, svelte, willowy

Kalimutaw - balintataw - pupil of the eye

dili pasalig nga mga tingog - balintiyak – passive voice

dili katuohan - balintuna – unbelievable, contrary to fact, absurd

magnetism - balnian — magnetism

ligid - balumbon / balumbong – wad, roll, scroll

matris - bahay-bata – uterus, womb

isa ka lantaw - banaag – glimpse, faint manifestation, glimmer

hinay ang hunahuna - bangag – slow minded

plano -banghay – plan, diagram, frame, sketch, outline, plot, design

agnay - bansag – alias, nickname

kusog nga sentripugal - basisig — centrifugal force

basihan - batayan – basis, source

yunit sa pagsukol - batayang-panukat – unit of measurement, measuring unit

pagsabut - batid – understanding, information, adjective, understood, known

pagsaway - batikos – verbal attack, severe criticism, tirade

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baybayon - baybay – a spelling, shoreline, border, shore, side, edge

baypayon - baybay-dagat – beach, seashore

utlanan - baybayin – to spell, go along the border, follow the shoreline, beach

bukos - bigkis – bundle, girdle, tying together into a bundle, bond

arithmetic - bilnuran — arithmetic

bukton - bisig – arm, forearm

bisperas – eve

laktaw - bagtas – a crossing, short cut across a field

pako - bagwis - wing

bukag - bayong – soft basket

gagmay na bildo - bubog – broken pieces of glass

tanlag - budhi – conscience, conduct

mga niyumatik - buhagsigwasan — pneumatics

ihas nga kinabuhi - buhay-ilang – wildlife

tubod sa tubig bukal – water spring, source

kaadlawon - bukang liwayway – dawn, open dawn

bugkos - buklod - bond, metal ring

pagpalig-on - bukluran - reinforce with a metal ring, bind together

pagpamalandong - bulay – meditation, stripping palm leaves, strip of palm leaf

dako nga entrada - bulwagan - hall, big entrance to a building

katingbanan - buod - summary

multa - butaw - membership fees, practice bout in cockfighting, fine for

delinquency in payment of one's obligation, release of gamecocks at the
start of the bout
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electromagnetic nga mga balud - dagibalniing liboy — electromagnetic waves

dagikapnayan — electrochemistry

electrod - dagindas — electrode

electron - dagisik — electron

electronics - dagisikan — electronics

elektrisidad - dagitab — electricity

pagmubo - daglat – abbreviation

kapakyasan - dagok – setback, blow with the fist, thump, blow

pag-abot - dagsa — arrival, incoming, momentum

grabidad - dagsin — gravity

murrel - dalag – murrel

hunasan - dalampasigan – seashore

kasubsob - dalas — frequency

pag ampo - dalangin – prayer

dako nga mga balud - daluyong - big waves, surf

dako kayo - dambuhala – huge, gigantic

polynomial - damikay — polynomial

dangaw - dangkal – the span from tip of thumb to tip of middle finger

pitik - dantay —  impulse

haydrolika - danumsigwasan —  hydraulics

naglantad sa init - darang - exposed to the heat of fire

kwarta - datung – money, cash, doe

apil - dawit — involve, inductance

dili organikong kemikal - dihaying — inorganic chemistry

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bulbog - dikya – jelly fish

masuko na babae - di-mahapayang gatang – grouchy/grumpy woman

dupa - dipa - the span of two extended arms

Encantada - diwata – fairy

binomial - duhakay — binomial

duhandas — diode

hugaw - dungis – dirt

bintana - durungawan – window

ellipse - duyog — ellipse

usa ka gatus ka milyon - gahala - one hundred million

hakog - gahaman - greedy

panglugos - gahasa - rape

kasamok - gambala – trouble, disturbance

lamot na tawo - ganid - selfish person

loud - garapal - flagrant, gross

sir - gat – sir

gantang gatang – a unit of measure for rice and other grains, dry measure

marka - gatla – mark, notch, nick

gatlang – to dash, dash

pasidungog - gawad – gift, award, bestowal, grant, prize

pag-adorno - gayak – to decorate, to festoon, decoration, ornamentation,

ornament

galingan - giling – grind

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gilis — hypotenuse

paghiwa - gilit - incision, cut, incision or slice marks (on fish or wood); sliced piece

gitisig — centripetal force

gitlapi — infix

gitling – hyphen

pangpang - gulod - highland, geographical plate, ridge, verge of a cliff

adik - gumon - addicted

panumduman - gunita - memory, recollection, flashback, reminiscence, reflection,

mediation

desperado - gipit – scarce, desperate, lacking

gubot - gusgusin – unkempt

habagatan-kasapaan - habagat - southwest monsoon, south wind, southwest

kabubut-on - habilin - leaving something to somebody for temporary safekeeping,

anything given to somebody for safekeeping, a will

habyog — torque

mga babag - hadlang – to obstruct, to stand in the way, to place an impediment, to

obstruct, to bar

kinhason - halaan – a kind of edible clam

lugos - halay – rape, indecency

kolum - haligi – column, post, pillar

puli - halili – substitute, replacement

katimbang gibug-aton - hambinging bigat — specific weight

range - hanay - forming together in a line, arranging things into a line, order,
enumeration, series, tabulation

telepono - hatinig — telephone

haying — organic chemistry

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haykapnayan — biochemistry

haynayan — biology

lamot - hidhid – selfish person

kakabus - hikahos - indigence, poverty

makadani - hikayat – persuade, persuading

pagminatay - hikbi – sob

amihanan - hilaga – north

mangilabot - himasok – meddling

timailhan - himaton – clue

pagkatulog - himlay – slumber

pahulayan nga lugar - himlayan – resting place

estasyon - himpilan – TV/radio station

awhag himukin – encourage

kagul-anan - himutok - outcry of disappointment or distress, whimper, complaint

panghupaw - hinagpis - doleful sigh, complaint, resentment,

gitudlo - hirang – appointed, ordained

mga mutya - hiyas – gem, jewel, ornament, decoration

logud - hudhod – a rubbing

kasundalohan - hukbo – army, troops, large group of people, legion, military, force

hulapi — suffix

kalipayon - humaling - extreme fondness

hunos - shedding the skin, molting

bakak - huwad – fake

sumbanan - huwaran – role model, set as an example, paragon

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pag-insister - igiit – to insist

pagpahamtang - ipataw – impose

pagsayaw - indak - to dance in time with the music, swing dance

ritmo - indayog – rhythm, cadency, cadence, swing

initsigan — thermodynamics

pagpadayag - ihayag – broadcast

pagbutang - iluklok – install, enthrone

hinigugma - irog – beloved, dear one, darling

pagpadayag sa kahanginan - isahimpapawid – broadcast, to put on air

pagsakay - isakay — take in as a passenger, monomial

dinamika - isigan — dynamics

gitago - isinaklit – placed, kept

itak – bolo

isalikway - iwaksi – renounce, turn away

Koneksyon - kaakibat – affiliates

Myembro - kaanib – member, affiliate, ally, follower

Makalipay - kaaya-aya - pleasant, pleasurable, cheerful

kaban - a measure of rice, a sack

sibilisasyon - kabihasnan – civilization

kapitulo - kabanata – chapter

tigpatuman sa balaod - kabatas — law enforcer

switch - kabtol — switch

kagaw - kagaw – germs, bacteria

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kagawad - kagawad - co-partner, member

departamento - kagawaran - department, faculty

kinhason - kabibe – clam, conch

kadaghanan - kalakhan – metro

gilakip - kalakip – attached, included, with, enclosure

pati - kalapati – dove

taming - kalasag – shield

pendant - kalawit - grapnel, grappling iron, hook, tholepin

katilingban - kalipunan – association, group, society, concourse, federation,

conglomerate, convocation, sphere

regalo - kaloob - donation, gift, grant, endowment, give, bestowal, complimentary

plating - kalupkop – inlay, thin metal lining, plating, overlay, veneer

insenso - kamangyan – incense

tilinguhaon - kanais-nais – desirable

pagpakabana - kandili – a caring, a support to care for someone less fortunate

landing - kanlong – shade

kasadpan - kanluran – west

pagka-patag - kapatagan – flatness, glen, level,lie of the land, lowland, plain,

plains, vale, steppe

panag-uban - kapisanan – association, circle, club, fraternity, guild, league,

organization, union, sodality, society

kapnayan — chemistry

kakabus - karalitaan – poverty

katahum (gwapo/gwapa) - kariktan - beauty

kangitngit - karimlan – darkness

pagregla - karumalan – menstrual period

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daotan - karumal-dumal – heinous, grisly, nefarious

resistensya - kasagwilan — resistivity

myembro - kasapi – member

kaagi - kasaysayan – history

mga lutahan - kasu-kasuan – joint

termino - kataga – term, particle

pagkadaotan - katampalasanan – vandalism, depravity, iniquity, rascality, villainy

detektib - katiktik — detective

konsonante - katinig — consonant

kauban - katoto – comrade, pal, chum, friend, crony

bayad - katumbas - equal, compensation, match, equivalent, commensurate,

reciprocal, corresponding, tantamount, on a level

kakompetensya - katunggali – rival, enemy, antagonist, opponent

alambre - kawad – wire, line

Sundalo - kawal – soldier

Kauban - kawan – troop

kawani - kawani – staff, faculty

burukrasya - kawanihan – bureau

taga - kawil – hook, fishhook, link

kadina - kawing – link, chain, track shoe

susihon - kilatis – identify, scrutinize

representante - kinatawan – representative

ilhanan - kintal – mark

sakit- kirot – pain, ache, sting

kidhat - kisapmata – wink of an eye, wink

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kagwapo - kisig - handsomeness, dashing, well-dressed

kudyapi – Tagalog guitar, lyre, zither

aparador - kumon – latrine, closet, toilet, water closet

sagup - kupkop - kept and protected under one's care

pamanit - kutis – complexion

Dabong - labong – bamboo shoot

Pirma - lagda – signature, subscription

Pagdeposito - lagak – depositing, money deposited in a bank, putting something

temporarily on a certain place

lagom – summary

pagton - lagok – gulp, gulping

lahatan — general chemistry

lakambini - muse

paghubog - laklak - excessive drinking, drinking liquids noisily

na pulo ka libo - laksa – 10,000

laktod — short circuit

sapaw - lambong – veil, mantilla, pall, anything that screens, shroud

landok – track point

dili mabag-o - lantay – pure, unadulterated

lapi — affix

patag - lapya — plane

larang — equilibrium

salin - latak – residue, sediment, residuum

paanunsiyo - lathala – publication, published article, advertisement

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mga paanunsiyo - lathalain - magazine article, made ready for publication

lato – large seaweed

laumin — integral

katuyoan - layon – purpose, objective, intention, aim, wide and deep part of a river

katuyoan - layunin – purpose, intent, cause, mission, objective, object, aim, goal,
intention, motive, have for an objective, adverb, in view

balod - liboy — wave

libuyhaba — wavelength

sulat - liham – note, mailed letter

sekrito - lihim - secret

tipas- lihis – deviation, deviated, out of alignment

liknayan — physics

pagkulit - lilok – sculpture, graven

hugaw - limahid – dirt, filth

pagmantala - limbag – a publishing

panalipod pag-atiman - lingap – care, protective care, compassionate care

kaliwat - lipi – clan, race, tribe, lineage, folk, ancestry

kaadlawon - liwayway – dawn

baliatay- liyad - bent backward with stomach protruding, backward bend

lugmok – prostrate

nagguol - luksa – to mourn

lukob - gouge

kapasidad - lulan — capacitance, capacity, passengers, cargo, aboard, on board,

which can be accommodated

adik - lulong – addicted, desperate

laktud - lulos — bypass

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pagkahalangdon - luningning – pomp, grandeur

komite - lupon - committee, council, commission, board, a group body

pagsalom - lusong – to dive

pagpangilkil - lustay - embezzlement, misappropriation of fund, embezzled,

misappropriated

tugbong - luwas - to go from town to city, to take to the city, export

panagtapok - lipon – group, small gathering

katilingban - lipunan - society

Paghatag - magkaloob – donate, contribute

Magsibya sa kahanginan magsahimpapawid – broadcast

magsimpan – to nurse

dili husto - mahalay - anacreontic, improper, impure, low, immoral, lustful, morally
offensive, obscene, ribald, salacious, sensual, smutty, unchaste, unclean, vile,
vulgar, carnal, depraved, garish, gross, loose in morals, licentious, libertine, lewd,
lascivious, indelicate, indecent, immodest

idlas - mailap – intractable, elusive, untamed

makatakod - makalalin – infect

matahum - makisig – gorgeous

malasaluyan — semiconductor

malumanay – mild, gently

lumolupyo - mamamayan – citizen

magbantay - mangasiwa - regulate

yahong - mangkok – bowl

ignorante - mangmang – dumb

magkitakita - manman – a monitoring

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pagbantay –bantay - manmanan - monitor, spy, observe, nose, reconnoiter,

scout

makadani - mapamighani – bewitching

mapangahason - mapangahas – daring

mapangahason - mapanghalina – captivating

mapanibugho - mapanibugho – jealous

seloso - mapanibughuin – jealous

nagpaulipon - mapaniil – abusive, enslaving

kabus - maralita –indigent, impecunious, poor

nagpasiugda - mariin - emphatic, emphatically

katahum - marilag - beautiful, pretty, splendid, majestic, palatial, exquisite, superb,

glorious, magnificent, proud-spirited, resplendent, sublime, pompous,
attractively radiant

komplikado - masalimuot – complex, elaborate, intricate

makaamgo - matanto – realize, understand

kalipayun - matamasa – enjoy

maldtita mataray -

sama sa babaye - mayumi – ladylike, maiden-like, maidenly

mikropono - miktinig — microphone

sugyot - mungkahi – suggestion, proposal,

mutya - mutya - pearl, jewel, amulet, talisman

Palagot - naaalibadbaran - irritating

Makalagot naalibadbaran - irritated

naninibugho - naninibugho – feeling jealous

hugaw - nanlilimahid – dirty

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koleksyon - napangilakan – collection

pangandoy - nasa – at, in, on, desire, aspiration

ngasab – masticate like a pig/boar

nakaamgo - natanto – realized, understood

pamalandong - nilay – meditative

pamalandong - nilay-nilayin – meditate

paglikay - ngilin – abstinence

mapanag-iya - paari — genetive/possessive

pasibo - pabalintiyak — passive

katingad-an - padamdam — exclamatory

kawad-on - pagdarahop – dearth, destitution

ispeling - pagbaybay — spelling

pagi - pagi – sting ray

na a sa tunga - pagitan – between

pagkakalatag – layout

personipikasyon - pagsasatao - personification

pag-atras - pagsipang – recoil

salida - palabas - a show, a film, performance, stunt, outgoing, outbound, out,

outward, outwards

palabaybayan — orthography

palagyo — nominative

adorno - palamuti – ornament, decoration, décor, decking, garnish, garniture,

gaud, ornamentation, trimming
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palatangkasan — set algebra

palatinigan — phonetics

palatitikan – alphabet

programa - palatuntunan – tv/radio program, a broadcast

palautatan — statistics

kasilyaspalikuran – bathroom, comfort room, toilet

tugpahanan - paliparan — airport

manigol - palos – eel, snake eel

margen - palugit – margin,

pagtigum - paluwagan – fund raising

denominator - pamahagi — denominator

pagdumala - pamatnugutan – manage, conduct, preside, superintend

kumonidad - pamayanan – community

pasiuna - pambungad – introduction, foreword, prelude, preamble, opening

kusina - paminggalan – kitchen

baybayon -pampang – beach, seashore

ulohan - pamuhatan – heading

pana -pana – arrow

asoy -panagutan - account

nag- ihap - panakda — numerator

parenthesis - panaklong - parenthesis

panakwil — resistor

pag-ampo panalangin – prayer

kasina - pananaghili – envy, jealousy

panandaan — algebra
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Bisita - panauhin – visitor

Honorable na bisita - panauhing pandangal – special gust, honorable guest, guest

of honor

panawit —  inductor

paglalin - pandarayuhan – migration, settlement, immigration

amplifier - panghibayo — amplifier

panibugho / paninibugho – jealousy

pandiwa — verb

pang-abay — adverb

isog - pangahas – daring, bold, intrepid, brazen

nagmando - pangangasiwa – management, supervision, administration, managing

pagdumala - pangasiwaan – management , administration, regime, board of

directors, rule, verb, to manage supervise, superintend, oversee, conduct, handle,
preside, regulate

panghadlang — insulator

pungan - pangngalan — noun

pangungusap — sentence

pang-ugnay — linker

pang-ukol — preposition

pang-uri — adjective

paniklop – folder

kinutlo nga marka - panipi – quotation mark, quote, copier, photo-copier,

duplicator

panlahat – bus

panlulan — capacitor

panlupi – folder

pansalok – scoop
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panulat – pen, pencil

panunungkulan –incumbency

sunodsunod panunuran – series

direksyon - panuto – direction, instruction

parikit – finery,

aron pagpatahum -parikitan – to beautify

parirala — phrase

rectangulo - parihaba — rectangle

kwadrado - parisukat — square

pariugat — square root

pag asoy - pasalaysay — narrative

inagurasyon - pasinaya - inauguration

pagpapilit - paskil – post, message post,

patag – flat, leveled surface, even surface, plain, plane

impoto - patahas/tahas/tahasan — direct

pangutana - patanong — interrogative

pagpahamtang - pataw - imposition

patinig - patinig — vowel

patnugot – editor, manager, director, redactor, subeditor

pantugan - patok - popular

paukol — ergative

pahibalo - paunawa – notice, announcement, signboard, explaining, bulletin

pautos — imperative

pilandok -

dike - pilapil - dam, dike, dyke, embankment, horse path, path, weir
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plato - pinggan – dining plate

senihan - pinilakang-tabing – cinema, cinema screen, the big screen

dyutay - piranggot – a very small piece

pangandoy - pita – craving, desire, lust

pagtahod - pitagan - to respect

dapit - pook – place, district, region, area, point, quarter, locality, zone, site

pook-sapot – website

buyog pukyutan – honeybee, bee

dogus - pulot - honey

dogus gikan sa buyog pulot pukyutan – honey from bees

daghan - pulutong – batch, swarm, circle, corps, mass, platoon, set, squad

pagsaway - puna – comment, critique, criticism

purok - district, locale, area, territory, locality, ward

kompleto - puspos - full, complete, replete, fraught, rife

puspusan – thoroughly

apan - putakti - wasp

kasubo - pighati – sorrow, grief, woe, dolor, heaviness

Taluktok - rurok – peak, tiptop, summit, climax, acme

Kaulawan - sadlak - to fall into disgrace, shame, or misfortune

Simbolo - sagisag – symbol, symbolism

sa paghaw-as - said – emptied, to empty

tabang - saklolo – rescue, save

saknong – stanza
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kalamidad - sakuna – calamity, adversity

pagsukol - sakwil — resistance

immoral - salaula – immoral, having dirty habit, vandal, slovenly, impure spirit

pagsaysay - salaysay – narration, statement,

saliding saloy — alternating current

saligwil — transistor

salikop — circuit

pagtukituki - saliksik - research

kaliwatan - salinlahi – generation

salipapaw — aeroplane, airplane

duyog - saliw – accompaniment

pagkuha - salok – to fetch, as in fetching water

salop – a rice measurement, equivalent to a kilo, ganta

saloy —  current

lingkoranan - salumpuwit — chair

saluyan —  conductor

sambat – fork

nakumpiska - samsam – something confiscated/seized

pagkumpiska - samsamin - confiscate, commandeer, subduct, seize

sanaysay – essay, written theme, thesis, literary composition

dangaw - sandamak - the width of the hand with the five fingers pressed together

hinagiban - sandata – weapon

luwag - sandok – ladle, soup ladle, dipper

konsulta - sangguni – consult, confer, advert, refer

pakisayran - sanggunian - conference, reference, consultation, directory

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sanyo — variable

pangagpas - sapantaha – hunch, presumption, impression, inkling, suspicion,

conjecture, surmise

kabu - saro – mug, ewer

kawad-on - sayad – destitute, ground

bangkaw - sibat – spear, lance, pike

namulak - sibol – bloom

kagrabe -sidhi – severity, violence, intensity, brunt

sigwasan – mechanics

gipas-an siil – burdened, plagued, afflicted, cowed, beaten,

abused, mistreated, enslaved, tyrannized

bagtik - siksin — solid

bayot - silahis – beam, ray, homosexual man, gay man, effeminate

silakbo – emotional outburst, spurt

sining – art

kinutlo - sinipi – quotation, quoted

sinop – economical, thrifty, frugal, careful

sayup - sinsay – incorrect

sinupin – economize

gikutlo - sipi – citation, transcript, carbon copy, passage, quotation, quote

dug siping - to lie down beside

sipnayan — mathematics

hinigugma - sinta – darling, dear, love, beloved, truelove

susihon siyasat – trial, inquiry

pagsusi - siyasatin – investigate, inspect, explore, examine, check, go over,

inquire, look into, look over, observe, review, scout, survey

subaybay – to monitor
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sugnay — clause

pagsuporta - suhay – support, brace, buttress,

sukatan — measuring unit, quantitative chemistry

sukgisan — geometry

sulatroniko – e-mail

problema - suliranin – problem

sulo – torch, cresset

siplat - sulyap - glimpse

sumbat – upbraid

sunurang kabit — series connexion

Espada - tabak – sword

tablay — electric charge

kapalaran - tadhana – fate, destiny

tadlong — perpendicular

tagadaloy - host

tigpaniid - tagamasid – observer, viewer

tigpataliwala - tagapamagitan – mediator

taimtim – solemn, deeply

takda – given, mark, term, stint, quota, measure, limitation, limit, clause, item in a
document, stipulations, terms, bound

kilumkilom - takipsilim – dusk, twilight, gloaming, nightfall, sundown

kalendaryo - talaarawan – diary, calendar

talahulunganan – glossary
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talambuhay – biography

lapalapa - talampakan - sole of foot, a foot length

pangpang - talampas – cliff

talaadlawan - talasarili – diary

talatinigan - dictionary

talata – paragraph

pasumbingay - talinghaga – metaphor, figurative words

deritso - tahasan — direct

paghisgot - takakayan – discussion

talaksan – file

mensahe - talastas – message,

bersikulo - taludtod – verse, a line of words,

talukap - cap of the crab, sheath of palm leaves or banana stalk, eyelid

talukay — trinomial

sinultihan - talumpati – speech

talundas — triode

kalipayan - tamasa – enjoyment, enjoy

pares - tambal – match

panag-uban - tambalan – partnership

tambilang – digit

immoral - tampalasa – rascal, immoral

tampisaw - to wade in the water

bahin - tampok - feature

pasundayag - tanghal – exhibit, theatre, concert, show

tanghalan - tanghalan - place where a show or program is exhibited, theatre

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opisina - tanggapan – office

talagsaon - tangi – unique, isolated,

hilak - tangis – cry, mourn

tando -tango – nod, wag

nagamgo - tanto – realize, understand, cognizant

bantogan - tanyag – outstanding, celebrated, famous, notable, well-known,

sought-after, distinguished,
prominent, popular

tatsihan — trigonometry

triangulo - tatsulok — triangle

tayahan — calculus

tomboy - tibo - splinter of glass, lesbian

tigal — inertia

nag –uga - tigang - parched, torrid, barren, arid, thirsty, dry, wizened

tigilan — statics, to stop

tiklis – small basket

tikop — circumference

espiya - tiktik - spy

pisik - tilamsik – spray, spatter, splash, splatter

timbulog — spherical

habagatan - timog – south

timpi - to control one's self

tinalupan - skinned

tingirin — differentia

tirik – headstall, conk, perpendicular

sa tinoud - tiyak – certain, sure, exact, proper

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boangon - topak – mental illness

tudling – editorial, column, furrow, plow

tugatog – apex, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, vertex, zenith, tor, top

tugis – chase, pursue

paggukod - tugisin – chase, pursue

tubag - tugon – reply, answer, response

tugoy — oscillation

tugoysipat — oscilloscope

tuligsa – tirade, stricture

tulingan – tuna

managsama - tumbas – equal

tumbasan — equation, to match

panan-aw - tanaw – vision

talan-awon - tanawin – landscape, scape, scene, gaze at

tayutay – figure of speech

tubog – plated, gilt, gilded

tudling – column (of words)

tungayaw – profanity, malediction

indigay - tunggali – crossfire, contestation

patupok - turok – to inject

tuwirang saloy —  direct current

ugma – suited

unlapi — prefix

kontak - ugnay – contact

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kalabotan ugnayan – relationships, correlation

punga umay - sick of a particular food or activity

pagtukituki - ungkat - to bring up again

urian — qualitative chemistry

pagpangutana - usig – inquisition

pangutana - usisa – inquire, query

Salikway - waksi - to get rid of something by jerking away the hand

wasiwas – wag

watawat – flag

Baed - yakis, nagyayakis – to sharpen

Gilaay - yamot – annoyance, boredom, impatient, irritable, vexed, spiteful

yugto – stage, installment (as of a show or film)

yungib - cave

Online References:

W3Dictionary
http://tl.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=gilit

Google Translate
http://translate.google.com/#

Isang Talaan ng mga Puristang Tagalog

http://felipeaira.i.ph/blogs/felipeaira/2008/06/17/isang-talaan-ng-mga-puristang-
salitang-tagalog/

Felipeaira - Special Force

http://74.125.153.132/search?
q=cache:wGLzbJjz4D8J:felipeaira.i.ph/blogs/felipeaira/index.php%3Ftag
%3Dguide+felipeaira+*+landok&cd=1&hl=tl&ct=clnk&gl=ph&client=firefox-ab

Tagalog Lang
http://tagaloglang.com/Tagalog-English-Dictionary/English-Translation-of-Tagalog-
Word/balumbon.html
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English - Tagalog Dictionary

http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/Tagalog/

Rare Tagalog Words You Use, Old Skool words

http://74.125.153.132/search?
q=cache:1TI2c52slSMJ:www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t10071-
150.html+tagalog*+gatang+meaning&cd=7&hl=tl&ct=clnk&gl=ph

Bansa.org
http://www.bansa.org/dictionaries/tgl/?type=search&data=cooked+rice

Webster,s Online Dictionary

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/

Yeepee – Tagalog Dictionary

http://www.yeepe.com/dictionary/details.asp?id=1108

Philippine History – at google books

http://books.google.com.ph/books?
id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=Philippine+History+-
+weights+measures&source=bl&ots=gu3kMPZ84A&sig=SIl2nl5KIGfofkxeIRB9Kx4
FZ4o&hl=tl&ei=ZDJ1SrbTA8iIkQXhq8ilDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnu
m=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false