10 most uncommonly used filipino words

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 which 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.

FILIPINO WORD: Kagaw

MEANING: a microorganism causing disease

OTHER TERM/S: bacteria or germs

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Maghugas ka na ng iyong kamay dahil maaaring may kagaw na iyan.

FILIPINO WORD: Labaha

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Razor

DEFINITION: a keen-edged cutting instrument for shaving or cutting hair.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE: Ginamit ko ang Labaha sa cr upang ipang-ahit sa aking balbas.

FILIPINO WORD Anluwage

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Carpenter

DEFINITION: a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures or their structural parts.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE: Ihanap moko ng anluwageng kayang gumawa ng Lamesang pabilog para sa ating sala.

WORD: Agsikapin

FILIPINO MEANING: Inhinyero

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Engineer

DEFINITION: a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Ang mga agsikapin ay magagaling sa matematika at pagplaplano.\

WORD: Dupil

FILIPINO MEANIng: agimat o anting-anting

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONt or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Karamihan ng mga nasa probinsya ay naniniwala pa rin sa kapangyarihan ng dupil.

FILIPINO WORD: Durungawan

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Window

DEFINITION: an opening especially in the wall of a building for admission of light and air that is usually closed by casements or sashes containing transparent material (such as glass) and capable of being opened and shut.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE: Nakita ko sa aming Durungawan ang isang napaka gandang babae.

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.

FILIPINO WORD: Sipnayan

MEANING: the science of numbers and their operations

OTHER TERM/S: mathematics

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Hindi ko gusto ang sipnayan.

WORD: Kartamoneda

FILIPINO MEANING: Pitaka

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Wallet

DEFINITION: a pocket-sized, flat, folding holder for money and plastic cards.

EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Isinauli ko sa may-ari ang kanyang nahulog na kartamoneda

WORD: Abaniko

FILIPINO MEANING: Pamaypay

ENGLISH TRANSLATION: abaniko fan

DEFINITION: a device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is held in the hand and waved so as to cool the person holding it by causing the air to move.

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Maganda ang disenyo ng kanyang abaniko.

That’s all, The 10 Most Uncommonly Used Filipino Words and i hope that you learn something and someday these words would be useful for us, Because we are all Filipinos that’s why we should never forget what our ancestors left us.