Ever heard of haynayan (biology), karumalan (menstrual period), or panghibayo (amplifier)? If you haven’t heard of these words, then welcome to the club! Indeed, we can be strangers even to our own language.
Here are another 10 Filipino words and NEOLOGISMS (i.e. recently invented) that you might want to share to your friends and office mates:
Filipino word: Pook-sapot
English translation: Website
Definition: A place on the World Wide Web that contains information about a person, organization, etc., and that usually consists of many Web pages joined by hyperlinks. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Pook-Sapot (website): A specific location, place digitally created that contains information about a certain topic, person, event or regarding another information. Isang lugar o lokasyon sa world wide web na naglalaman ng iba’t ibang inpormasyon ukol sa iba’t ibang paksa, tao, location, at pangyayari.
Filipino word: Sulatroniko
English translation: E-mail
Definition: A system for sending messages from one computer to another computer. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Sulatroniko (e-Mail): Its an operated system used for sending messages from one computer to another through electronic means. Isang systema na ginagamit sa pagpapadala ng mensahe mula sa isang komputer at isa pa.
Filipino word: Yakis
English translation: “To sharpen”
Definition: To make (something) sharp or sharper. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Yakis (Sharpen): It is the filipino word which means to sharpen. It is synonymous with the words Hasa. “Isang salita na may katulad na ibig sabihin sa salitang hasa o pagpapatulis.”
Filipino word: Pang-ulong hatinig
English translation: Headset
Definition: A device that holds an earphone and a microphone in place on a person’s head. (Source:
Merriam-Webster)
- Pang ulong hatinig (Headset): A rare pilipino word which means headset, a device which holds to two different earphones that gives off sound and its own microphone. Isang kagamitan na nilalagay sa ulo at ginagamit madalas kasama ng computer o cellphone. Mayroon itong kakayahang maglabas ng tunog at tumanngap dahil sa Mikropono na nakakabit dito.
Filipino word: Panginain
English translation: Browser
Definition: A computer program that is used to find and look at information on the Internet. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Panginain (Browser): An application used to surf and access in the internet. Isang application na ginagamit upang maka akses sa internet.
Filipino word: Pantablay
English translation: Charger
Definition: A device for charging storage batteries. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- pantablay (Charger): A device used for loading electricity to electric devices or electricity storage devices Isang kagamitan na ginagamit upang mag karga ng kuryente sa mga kagamitan na gumagamit at nag iimbak ng kuryente.
Filipino word: Miktinig
English translation: Microphone
Definition: An instrument whereby sound waves are caused to generate or modulate an electric current usually for the purpose of transmitting or recording sound (as speech or music). (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Miktinig (Microphone): A device used for transmitting and modulating soudwaves enebleing recording of a certain sound. Isang kaganitan na ginagamit upang. (Thermodynamics) A scientific branch that deals with anything regarding the transfer of heat or heat itself and other forms of energy. “Isang parte na tinatalakay sa agham patungkol sa mga pagalaw ng init at enerhiya”
Filipino word: Kawingan
English translation: Hyperlink
Definition: A highlighted word or picture in a
document or Web page that you can click on with a computer mouse to go
to another place in the same or a different document or Web page.
(Source: Merriam-Webster)- Kawingan (Hyperlink): Highlighted word in a webpage or browser that when click, it will transfer you into another page that contains information. “Isang highlighted na salita sa isang panginain na pag pinindot ay magdadala sa ibang pooksapot”
Filipino word: Initsigan
English translation: Thermodynamics
Definition: A science that deals with the action of heat and related forms of energy. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Initsigan (Thermodynamics): A scientific branch that deals with anything regarding the transfer of heat or heat itself and other forms of energy. “Isang parte na tinatalakay sa agham patungkol sa mga pagalaw ng init at enerhiya”
Filipino word: Duyog
English translation: Eclipse
Definition: An occasion when the sun looks like it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the moon is between the sun and the Earth. (Source: Merriam-Webster)
- Duyog (Eclipse): An event where a celestial body in space block out the rays of the sun for a certain period of time. “Isang pangyayari kung saan natatakpan ng mundo o nang buwan ang araw”
Your Turn
Do you know of other fascinating, weird, or obscure Filipino words? Help me grow this collection by sharing your own!
