10 Uncommonly Filipino words

1. Filipino Word: Panginain

English Translation: Browser

Definition: A computer program that is used to find and look at information on the Internet.

Example: “Ang Google Chrome ang madalas kong gamitin na panginain.”

2. Filipino word: Duyog

English translation: Eclipse

DefinitionAn 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.

English translation: Eclipse

Example sentence: Naka mo ba ang duyog kagabi?

3. 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.

Example: “Ano ang pook-sapot na makakatulong sa aking takdang aralin?”

4. FILIPINO WORD: Sipnayan

MEANING: the science of numbers and their operations

OTHER TERM/S: mathematics

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Hindi ko gusto ang sipnayan.

5. Filipino Word: Anluwage

English Translation: Carpenter

Definition: A person whose job is to make or fix wooden objects or wooden parts of buildings.

6. Filipino word: Initsigan

English translation: Thermodynamics

Definition: A science that deals with the action of heat and related forms of energy. 

Example: Ang hirap naman ng INITSIGAN.

7. 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: Google)

Example: Nakaka bingi ang tinig ni May kapag kumakanta siya gamit ang MIKTINIG.

8.Filipino word: Yakis

English translation: “To sharpen”

Definition: To make sharp or sharper.  

Example: Meron ka bang pantasa? kailangan kasi ng YAKIS ang lapis ko.

9.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. 

Example: Pahiram naman ng PANG-ULONG HATINIG?

10. Awanggan

English translation: Infinity

Kahulugan: Walang hanggan

Definition: Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity.

Example: Hindi nagbabago at awangganang pagmamahal niya sa kanyang irog.