We, Filipinos, actually has some words that we uncommonly used in connecting and interacting to each other. But, the truth is that, we actually forgot the word witch ended up for us to not use it anymore. With the state of the languages running around our country, it unavoidably overlay some pure Filipino words we have and replaced it to what we usually used foreign language. To be more clear to you, here are 10 uncommonly Filipino words that i had collected…
In our generation, many people,especially teenagers,are not aware of some uncommon words in Filipino.That’s because of modern technologies and stuff.Today,Im gonna show you the 10 uncommonly used Filipino Words with meanings and correct usage in a sentence.So get your vocabularies up and read attentively.
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FILIPINO WORD: Anakula
MEANING: a person who is in charge of ship
OTHER TERM/S: Captain
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Sya ang anakula ng ating barko.
2
FILIPINO WORD: Awanggan
MEANING: the quality of having no limits or end
OTHER TERM/S: infinity, limitless
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Mamahalin kita hanggang sa dulo ng awanggan.
3
MEANING: chief male servant of a household
OTHER TERM/S: none
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Si Ruben ay isang bandahali.
4
MEANING: a room that is equipped with washing and toilet facilities
OTHER TERM/S: comfort room / CR
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Nasa batalan si Ken ngayon.
5
FILIPINO WORD: Kagaw
MEANING: a microorganism causing disease
OTHER TERM/S: bacteria
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Maghugas ka na ng iyong kamay dahil maaaring may kagaw na iyan.
6
FILIPINO WORD: Salipawpaw
MEANING: machine that has wings and an engine
OTHER TERM/S: airplane
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Tingnan mo may salipawpaw sa taas.
7
MEANING: branch of mathematics that deals with measurements
OTHER TERM/S: trigonometry, etc.
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Mahirap pag-aralan ang sukgisan.
8
FILIPINO WORD: Talukay
MEANING: a polynomial of three terms
OTHER TERM/S: trinomial
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Ang sagot sa tanong na yan ay isang talukay.
9
FILIPINO WORD: Sipnayan
MEANING: the science of numbers and their operations
OTHER TERM/S: mathematics
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Hindi ko gusto ang sipnayan.
MEANING: computer program; browser
OTHER TERM/S: browser
SAMPLE SENTENCE: Buksan mo ang panginain at dyan ka maghanap ng sagot.
So, that’s the 10 uncommonly used Filipino words that I had collected.
10 Uncommonly used Filipino Words 