10 Filipino Words that Uncommonly Used

  1. Filipino word: Pukyutan

English Translation: Honeybee

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Meaning: A bee whose honey is used by people as food.

2. Filipino word: Tadlong

English Translation: Perpendicular

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Meaning: Going straight up or to the side at a 90 degree angle from another line or surface

3. Filipino word: Duyog

English Translation: Eclipse

 

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Meaning: An occasion when the sun looks mlike it is completely or partially covered with a dark circle because the moon is betweenyje sun and the Earth.

4. Filipino word: Pantablay

English Translation: Charge

 

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Meaning: A device for charging storage batteries

5. Filipino word: Miktinig

English translation: Microphone

 

 

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Meaning: 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)

6. Filipino word: Initsigan

English translation: Thermodynamics

 

 

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

7. Filipino words: Alak-alakan

English translation:  calf musclecalf o gastrocnemius o kneekod

 

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Meaning: The calf (Latin: sura) is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy.

8. Filipino worsds: Siko

English Translation: Elbow

 

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Meaning: Ang siko ay isang naibabaluktot na sugpungan ugpungan, o dugtungan o kasu-kasuan sa pagitan ng pang-itaas at pang-ibabang mga braso sa katawan ng tao. Tatlong buto ang bumubuo sa siko: ang humeros ng pang-itaas na braso, at ang magkatambal na radius at ulna ng pang-ibabang braso.

9. Filipino words: Batok

English words: Nape

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Meaning: ay ang likurang bahagi ng leeg.

10. Filipino word: Pusod

English word: Navel

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Meaning: Isang bahagi ng katawan sa tiyan ng isang tao. Isa itong bakas ng sugat na bunga ng pagkakaputol ng taling nagdurugtong sa katawan ng ina at ng isang bagong-silang na sanggol.