Tagalog Traditions Words

souvenir; homecoming gift; anything brought home from a trip

blessing request gesture phrase

handshake or hand-eating feast

king

gesture of respect to elders

nativity scene

farewell party

spirit; soul

foghorn; siren; mermaid

historical; significant

to decorate with flowers

to use as a ring

to put a ring on

curse; oath

kissing ritual

legend; folklore

mythical tree-dwelling creature, a folklore giant in tree

history

mystery

miracle

dye; to color

fairy; forest deity

statue; monument

amulet, talisman

wake for the dead

enchanted being; spell

caroling

custom; habit

All Souls' Day; All Saints' Day

throne

tradition

to curse

hero

wedding ceremony

a spear; a sudden escape (slang)

queen

ancient; archaic

biography

opening ceremony or act

side by side

current style; fashion

to haunt

magic

to haunt

ghost

fiber, thread

act of kissing

fairy; enchanted being

evil spirit

mythical centaur-like creature

huge precolonial boat

to swear

talisman

to carve; to engrave

ritual

culture

shape-shifting ghoul

butterfly knife (Batangas)

dwarf

witchcraft (sorcery); curse, hex

myth

ancestor; nature spirit; mythical man in anthill

act of attending mass

sewing/stitching

to sew

blood sacrifice

to whip

blowgun

cultural

witch

memorial

superstition

mythical creature imitating a child

zodiac

stomach gas/fever from another's greeting; a sickness or evil eye hex

canon; criteria or body of work

to adorn with jewelry

to wear as jewelry

creation

niche; tomb; grave

blood compact; alliance

shield

large religious float

customs, habits

folk tale

stanza

to wear as a necklace

to put a necklace on

Filipino indigenous system of writing

native Filipina dress

love potion; charm

to wave

to ask for Christmas gifts

mythology

circumcision

merman

string of beads; skewer; to thread

coffin

G-string, loincloth

to sew

cremation

haunted place

commemorative

sorcery practice

emblem; symbol

illegal cockfighting

legendary; rich in folklore

sewing

joined together; spirit possession

to play karagatan game

invention

double-edged blade weapon

Maranao geometric artwork designs

haunting

act of using a love potion

love charm or potion

spirit possession; joining a group

a sepulchre; tomb

to share a cover or shelter

short poem (monorhyme quatrain)

landslide; demolition; a religious play

sacred Tiboli abaca cloth

to carve; engraving; groove

to turn into a legend

weave (variant of habi)

to be attacked by an aswang

weave; texture of fabric

quoted; from a literary work

commemoration

komedya play; theater

to haunt

realism

a round of cockfight

to weave

blade attached to a fighting cock's leg

astrology

palm fibre; a punch

to unfurl [it]

single-edged long sword

muse

infested with aswangs

spell caster or potion maker

prone to seeing ghosts

act of haunting

mythological; relating to legends

traditional caroling

witchcraft materials

romanticism

process of weaving fibers; sinamay fabric

showing respect or disrespect

a scepter

an omen or fatal sign

ninth-day prayer

figure of speech; parable; mystery

something used to tame or pacify

to plate with silver

to wave [it]

sword, chalice

weaving process

head cover; turban

to put earrings on someone

inscription

to play siyatong

numerology

oil; oil painting

opal (semi-precious stone)

process of dyeing threads

printing press

fretwork, open work

metrical romance (8-syllable lines)

Muslim martial arts

carving of wood

wood carver

to whip [it]

to weave

octosyllable; eight syllables per line

act of being an aswang

blowgun with air pump

row; line of verse

to carve [it]; to engrave [it]

pseudonym of Severino Reyes

dagger; indigenous weapon

armor, breastplate

ivory

to charm

glossy silk-like textile

woven material

metrical romance play; moro-moro

to bewitch

carving; sculpture

to tell a legend

to act as a ghoul

to kneel in supplication

to prey as a ghoul

to charm using a love spell

to bewitch

act of weaving

the art of carving

to possess [someone]

to weave

to carve

oral or passed down verbally

religious poem or chant

pretend or toy aswang

smoker's pipe

to weave [it]

long spearlike pointed weapon

short literary form

indigenous 8-syllable poem

to wear as an earring

nymph

to put a bracelet on someone

religious play

rice granary deity

something given upon arrival

enchanted or full of spirits

octosyllabic

ritual for spirits

an amulet for invisibility

hand fight using swords

aquatic reed used for mats/hats

indigenous verbal joust

to gild

to use as a charm

to put on as a bracelet

classicism

to act like a goddess

to hex

modernism

naturalism

sultan's head gear cloth

healing ritual

to perform a spirit ritual

traditional poetry of the Mangyan

epic storyteller (trained from childhood)

realm of goddesses

fond of legends

Ivatan headgear

T'boli concept of paradise

indigenous three-line wedding poem

indigenous eulogy song

to turn into gold

striped colorful cloth made by Yakans