All Tagalog Root Words

woah!

gray (color)

lawyer

within reach

within sight

can opener

April

proclaimed innocent; acquitted

honorable objective, desire

addict

down; below

chin

soaked, very wet

soak

woman; female

silver carp

shallowness

religious community leader

pig; pork

wild pig, wild boar

yellow noodle

Philippine courtship dance

just kidding, not serious

pidgin Spanish-native language

sauteed vegetable dish

combination (short form)

toilet (C.R.)

victim of institutionalized sexual slavery

Congratulations! (shortened)

person flaunting upper-class status

road, path, or way

rat; mouse

weight placed on something

sea

increase; supplement

tampering with election results

to snatch from the air

abbreviation

short literary form

blow, thump

feces

evaluation

evangelism

evaporation

evidence

age

edition

editorial

educated; well-mannered

egoist

lightness (weight)

how much (quantity/degree)

night; evening

spider

respect

movement

recovery; excellence

anger; angry

use; belongings; things

medicine

length

length, extent of time

compassion, mercy, pity

south or southwest winds

slow dance from Cuba

while; during

body type; prudence

weave; texture of fabric

habitation

glossy silk-like textile

distinct, different

down, bottom

other side; double effort

love; desire

bird

idealism

idealist

identity

identification

ideology

jacket

male masturbation

Ethnolinguistic group (Mindanao)

Ethnolinguistic group

workers in Japan (usually bars)

urinate

boyfriend or girlfriend

you (singular)

prefix meaning fellow or recently completed

competitor

premonition; heart palpitation, nervousness

humility

wonder, miracle

nervous

gas pain

knight

cavan (unit of measure)

wetter/colder episode in the Pacific

flame; blaze

reserved; provisioned

long shrill shout for help

laundry (washing clothes)

sink

against; not permitted

razor

surgeon fish

face towel; wash cloth

thirteenth letter of the Filipino alphabet

indicates possessor of a quality

can; able to; may

prompt, ready, or alert

expression of "I don't care"

elementary school

has a foul odor

public; the masses

stepmother

nun

already; now; yet

completed, incompleted, or perfective aspect

navigator

navigation

completed action marker

childhood home; happened to see

completed aspect meaning "to have"

having multiple jobs simultaneously, juggling jobs

causative action marker (completed)

intensity of purpose marker (completed)

possessive/common noun marker; of; from; by

indeed; really; softener particle for requests

to eat greedily; masticate using teeth

name

to spread news; boast

roof of the mouth; upper palate

to collect; recruit people

fatigue or pain from a sustained position

shivering from cold

extreme dryness; being very thin

or (coordinating conjunction for alternatives)

an expression of surprise

ovary; female reproductive organ

obelisk; four-sided pillar

overture; musical introduction

obesity; corpulence

objective; unbiased

object; thing

diocese; bishop's jurisdiction

bishop; high-ranking Christian clergy

more; still; yet

foot

in a manner of waiting

to allow oneself to be overtaken; to hand something over

goodbye; farewell

how

tradition of chanting the passion of Christ

pavilion

in the form of a cylinder or roll

playboy

quadrangle

monocle; eyeglass

city/province named after Manuel Quezon

province named after Elpidio Quirino

radical; associated with leftist groups

radiator

radio

rajah; title for precolonial chieftains

sports racket

illegal business scheme

racketeer

rally; large assembly

rumble; fraternity fight

tropical spiked fruit

location/direction marker

tell; mention; statement

where

variety of banana for cooking

Saturday

blind or vigorous involvement

butt in; chime in

soup

simultaneously; together

to tell or say; hearsay

native; authentic

native or authentic

an active volcano in Batangas

above; upstairs

fat; weight gain; fertilizer

dilution water; bloodletting

water used to dilute liquid; a chaser

bloodletting

chicken roost; puffy/bloated

large single-edged knife; to cut with it

white hair; gray hair

grape

to relinquish; waive

purple yam

cough

palm tree heart; core; extremely

consumed; used up; depleted

possible

to stop suddenly

to shake

Ivatan headgear

variant

velocity

venerable

good relations; harmony

vulnerable

pure; sincere; true

to wave (as in a flag)

win; victory

misplaced; mislaid

a species of rice

end; conclusion

turn away; renounce

ripped

zero; none; absent; nothing; free from

none; absent; nothing; free from

x-ray procedure

photocopy

sound of footsteps

pride; arrogance; boastfulness

thriving; luxuriant growth; prosperity

fallen twigs; trash; vagrant (fig)

invitation; the act of inviting

a tall Philippine hardwood tree

hug; embrace

wealth

while; inasmuch as; whereas; since

annoyance; boredom; irritation

ethnolinguistic group in Zambales

a province in western Mindanao

wild sago plant

zero

zodiac

zoology