Tagalog People & Society Words

person; human being

Filipino returning from abroad

townmate

to position oneself

man; male

to help together

help; assistance

woman; female

effeminate man

old-timer

to participate or include

Chinese person

gay male

thief

mission

to go with; accompany

short for American

Korean person

visit; visitor

issue

crisis

deceit; fraud; hoax

the masses; dough

organization; association

to join or participate

to evacuate

compatriot

to evacuate

evacuation

youth

community

chatting session

idol; role model

hangout spot

gift; present

to chase [someone]

native or indigenous

city in Cebu; Mactan chieftain

individual

duty; responsibility

participant

to mingle

humanity

male gossipmonger

brawl or quarrel

part; share

to share

group

confrontation or face-off

business

progress

step; gait; procedure

servant or slave

to do together

vagabond; mischievous youth

patrol; to patrol

gossip session

festival

person of the same race

of the same race

steal; rob; stolen

to hang out at a corner

to serve [them]

battle

elderly people

personality

to steal

race or lineage

slaughter or mutual killing

reputation

anomaly reported to authorities, formal complaint

fellow community member

activity

old person

to witness [it]

together

generation

to wedge in or cut in line

female American

male American

improvement, promotion

to hit, beat up, bruise, beating

livelihood

industry

to send or have delivered

to disturb others

neighborhood gossip (slang)

to break into

gay male

social status

meeting

struggle

westerner

bystander or loafer

society

to work on collectively; community spirit; togetherness

to join

member

to develop something

prisoner, captive

the act of helping

beginner, novice

women collectively

to give

incident

to be able to get free

donation

competition; favoritism

cooperation or mutual effort

buyer or customer

act of visiting

to pilfer

household; cluster of houses

organization

demonstration

community

force; violence

native land or birthplace

to represent

witch

regular customer; patron

to push forward

to establish

to recruit

to advance, develop, or progress, forward

to advance

arrested person

to be implicated

ethnolinguistic group in Luzon and Palawan

elderly or middle-aged

member

victim

to beat [him/her] up

identity

generation

ally

to slip away

behavior, manners

drunkard

manhood; masculinity

troublemaker

sent item or remittance

collection; to gather or assemble

a place to ask / source

poverty; hardship

to serve

service

attend; help

institution

branch; division; chapter

foreigner; stranger

to lie

to gather

to lead

direction; custom; habit

old and senile person

to serve

burglar

to attend

contestant

gender or sex

contribution

powerful person

poor; destitute

busybody or meddler

international

revenge; fighting back

disagreement; dispute

problem or dilemma

helping each other

to include

factory

to include [it] or add [it] to

to steal [it]

childhood

economy

to catch up

to progress

to become free

to organize

construction

Muslim people (Mindanao)

fight, brawl, action

bandit

demolition

accident; disgrace

prosperity

committee

indigenous people of Southern Philippines

female person of mixed ethnicity; fair-skinned woman

male person of mixed ethnicity; fair-skinned man

migrant worker

conflict or fight

for men

rally; large assembly

female gossipmonger

rookie, greenhorn

to move things to safety

maltreatment

concession

female native of the Ilocos region; Ilokana woman

Ethnolinguistic group in Ilocos

Language/People of Western Visayas

ethnolinguistic group (Pampanga)

orphanage

association

to chase away; pimp

person flaunting upper-class status

to attend [it]

kidnap; draw out from pocket

influence

famine or starvation

unity; coherence

destitute or underprivileged

poverty

group, organization

corporation

pilfer; filch

nobleman; noble birth

relocation

resident

to catch; take on another's task

society

fugitive; to escape

mixed-race (Caucasian) female; fair-skinned woman of mixed heritage

mixed-race (Caucasian) male; fair-skinned man of mixed heritage

assigned work; one's share of a task

union; association

mix or mingle with a crowd

race; breed; ancestry

racism

racist

strike; to stage a strike

progress; growth; development

to intervene

sudden flow of people/objects

initiative

integration

intellectual

street corner hangout

business with few customers

champion or representative

mutual hypocrisy

being implicated or involved

to load a weapon

ethnolinguistic group/language

Spaniard; Spanish language

Russian

member

surprise party, assault

to flock to

encounter

good manners

organization, association

fame or popularity

charity or philanthropic work

cooperation

cooperative

convention

to launch

to patrol

to save or rescue

to patronize

exploitation

cooperation or collaboration

worldwide

revolver

reconciliation

act of pulling the hair

encounter; combat; battle

to socialize or mingle

scarce; in poverty

to rescue or save

to incite or instigate

a person living on a farm; rural/rustic

ambush; trap

to patronize [it]

dwarf; midget

person of the same race

ethnolinguistic group (Cordillera)

high society

become involved; implicated

drug addict

identity

menfolk; group of men

street wanderer

to go on strike

market shopper

to distribute

migration

minority

act of hanging out

for the public; mass

rumble; fraternity fight

the whole nation/town; the public

to support

to gather [them]

absence without leave

orphanage

help; support; patronize

to treat as a hero

contemporary

short for American boy

untrustworthy person

discrimination

distribution

to launch [it]

to establish [it]

usefulness; utility; advantage

coordination

invited person

gang

group; gathering

public; the masses

to beat up

to demolish

to socialize or mingle with others

manipulate

to organize [it]

exploitation

to patrol [it]

sabotage

to save [someone or something]

to catch or take over something left by another

outsider

recipient; receiver

foot disease causing skin breaks; activist (colloq)

expulsion; dismissal; to separate

to help carry a load; share workload

group or cluster

alternate; taking turns

act of sharing or distribution

to use as a bullet

to sacrifice for a cause

destitute

snatch suddenly

obituary; death announcement

to enrich or nurture

Italian

activist

victim of institutionalized sexual slavery

exploitation

to beat up [someone]

fake king

to implicate [someone]

civilization

cannibal

consumerism

crusade

to become implicated

to fight back

to clash

to instigate

to beat up

borrower

spy; observe

guilty party

multinational

childhood home; happened to see

to swindle someone

to corner, trap, or capture

mountain dweller

to demolish [it]

freeman; emancipated slave; destitute

pilfer; petty theft

Aeta group (pejorative); dark-skinned people

invitation

everybody, everyone

demonstrator

exclusion

amok; Islamic warrior pledge

household

minutes of a meeting

collective

collective

commerce

to mediate

to break in

to collect; recruit people

hospitality; friendly reception of guests

fishing industry

womanhood

equality

mediation

dagger

racketeer

to prevent

to hit with a belt

to join

city resident

to kill [it]

brigand; bandit

to distribute

to unite

act of shaking hands

ethnolinguistic group (Mindanao)

Mexican woman

Mexican man

ethnolinguistic group in Zamboanga

assimilation

slave, destitute

vagrants; poor (LIT: strike the soil)

individuality

individualism

touch inappropriately

cannibalism

poverty

conspirator

conformity

to pilfer [it]

cahoots; conspiracy

to mob; to swarm (someone)

to pilfer

robber; plunderer

assumption of responsibility

state of being a hero

unfair treatment; bullying

racial

segregation

to discipline someone

to incite [someone]

to obtain; acquire; awarded

to help carry; to share a load

to pilfer; to filch

stoppage, temporary suspension of work

act of collecting

to merge

to depart; to pass away

to gather

insolence

to swindle

disorder or scandal

the act of humbling one's self before power

occupant; dweller

Dutch person/language; blond

to lie to someone

to swindle [someone]

ethnolinguistic group (Mt. Province)

ethnolinguistic group (Mindanao)

to swarm [him/her/it]

to pursue [someone]

general direction; public opinion

to chase after

board of judges

individualist

industrialism

prevail; exist; execute

rob, stealing, pilfer

to pilfer [it]

brawl; free-for-all

to disturb the peace

to swarm

to obtain

female multimillionaire

male multimillionaire

octogenarian; person aged 80-90

reconciliator

river dweller

one who asks/beggar

to obtain [it]

to pilfer [it]

ethnolinguistic group in Palawan

scandal, confusion

to expel

to improve with something

collectivism

count, earl

legion

in groups

to gather

native

orphanage; institution for children

manner of distribution or allocation

to merge [it]

to corner someone

delegation of tasks or recruitment

ethnolinguistic group in Panay

Ethnolinguistic group (Mangyan)

language/ethnolinguistic group (Antique)

ethnolinguistic group (Davao)

indigenous knowledge

neighbors from the same corner

to touch inappropriately

guarantor

gleaning

Aeta group (Pejorative)

Ethnolinguistic group (Batanes)

Manobo group in south Cotabato

a language in south Cotabato (Tiboli)

ethnic group in Davao area

a female native of the Tagalog region

Bilaan group in Mindanao

ethnolinguistic group in Zambales

sugar mill; harvest season

earthling; person from earth

prehispanic news bearer; town crier

seniority

humanist

collectivist

microcosm

minority

ostracism; banishment or exclusion

person in charge of the cake

a famine

a famine

Chinese people (pejorative)

young man

precolonial Visayan debt-servant

Ethnolinguistic group (N. Vizcaya)

Ethnolinguistic group (Mindanao)

Ethnolinguistic group

ethnolinguistic group (Kalinga)

science

homework

mathematics

learning; knowledge learned

to enter a room / go to school

school building

classmate

class, kind

course

orientation; guide or direction

technology

school

paper

college

alphabet

steps; school grades

exam

classmate

notebook

to study

classroom

education

history

subject in school

to point out or teach [it]

system

studies

title; degree

pencil

level, rank, or position

discipline

elementary

campus

laboratory

tuition fee

paragraph

student

to teach

skill

book

school

study; lesson

to study

to teach or instill

reading

act of reading

to study something

to learn

training

to graduate

start of school year / entrance

absence; omission; to skip

to be absent

the act of entering / attendance

science

scholarship

classmate

playing hooky, absenteeism, wandering

to memorize

section

thesis

to erase

teaching; instruction; to point

graduation; completion

university

outline, plot

review of lessons

erase

dictionary

experiment

code; cheating notes (colloq)

female college student

lesson

elementary school

moral advice

blackboard

domain; field of knowledge

to use paper / to play a role

scholar

chemistry

review

secondary

civics; relating to duties of citizens

male college student

inclusive

doctorate

extracurricular

curriculum

reference

repetition

to research or investigate

to fail

pencil sharpener

model; exemplary

teachers' assembly

to use a pencil

evaluation

economics

lecture

educator

elective

educated class (Spanish period)

primer book

credential

to research or investigate

mechanics

vocabulary

university-mate

initiation

inclusion

institutional

institute

obligatory; required

astronomy

expulsion

glossary

criminology

to dictate

to research [it]; to investigate [it]

dictionary

female dean

male dean

faculty of teachers

classification

competence

teaching profession

university-level

sharpen

archeology

to dictate [it]

induction

hypothesis

honorable mention

to revise

manner of reading

sociology

anthropology

educated woman

the state of being educated

to revise [it]

Socratic

to use a dictionary

to use a notebook

to use an eraser

to use a sharpener

to have something sharpened

teacher training process

catalysis

in notebook form

board covering

colloquium

to make into a book

to sharpen

primer, spelling book

entomology

metallurgy

metaphysics

grandchild

godmother

nephew or niece

child; offspring

to have a child with someone

to adopt as one's own child

relative

child; young

to give birth

father

uncle; stepfather

sibling

pair of siblings

parent-in-law

youngest child

father

baby; infant

mother

blood relative

family member

to start a family

family

appellation for older uncles/aunts

elder brother

an older brother and younger sibling pair

mother

elder sister

mother (familiar term)

godchild

nuclear family

cousin

endearment for a young girl

for family use

grandmother

grandfather

grandfather and grandchild

sister-in-law

clan, lineage, family

mother

parent

adopted person

small child

twins

aunt

relationship status

ancestor

sit on one's lap

orphan

appellation for a small boy

aunt

term for brother or sister

birth

relative

age; maturity

uncle

father and child

mother and child

daughter; term for young girl

young girl

sit on someone's lap; carry on lap

to be orphaned

uncle

brother-in-law

son-in-law or daughter-in-law

to provide for

endearment for an adolescent girl

siblings

godbrother or godsister

to sit on a lap

inheritance; legacy; coral bush

allowance; financial support

financial support; subsistence

grandmother and grandchild

god-sibling

young girl in early teens

godfather

grandfather; term for old men

foundation; something to depend on

putting a baby to sleep

to hold [him/her] on one's lap

stepmother

to provide financial support

someone acting like a mother, foster mother

to be born

boy, elderly person, or father

co-parent-in-law

related family members

brotherhood

to orphan

to sit on a lap

temporary/placated participant; little kid joining, tagging-along

to provide for [them]

a pair of sisters

an aunt and her niece or nephew

an uncle and nephew or niece

foster child

foster mother

father and children

fatherhood

to lull [a baby] to sleep

to hold [him/her] on one's lap

distant ancestors

offspring

to support [him]

grandma; grandmother (informal)

grandpa; grandfather (informal)

lineage; ancestry

pregnant/giving birth for the first time

second child

pretend aunt

foster father

third elder brother

younger sibling in the Ilocano language

ancestry

an infant's cry

a mock uncle or someone acting like an uncle

infancy

the state of being an older brother

being an elder brother

state of being orphaned

third eldest daughter

grandmother

pretend grandmother

pretend grandfather

president

to make prevail

to rule

flag

country

government

anomaly, abnormality

chief of a village

politics

gambling bribe/share; illegal collection

weapon; arms

right or entitlement

vote

power

corruption

senator

cleaning rug; corrupt politician (slang)

leader

to escape

to release [it]; giving up of a post/role

evidence

kingdom

Congress

mayor

election

catch, arrest

case

criminal

fine; penalty

national

politician

prison

leader

huge war; battle

campaign

citizen

law

legislature

war

to set free

steps to be undertaken

army

agreement, contract

court of law

the political Left

captain; local chief

justice

ministry

to represent a matter

crime

policy or system

to surrender

responsibility or accountability

military

witness; to testify

to bear witness; to testify

president

prisoner

bomb

male governor

female governor

congress

constitution

supreme court

imprisoned; surrounded

to steal; corrupt

to attack [it]

bribe; to bribe

to frisk [it/them]

against; not permitted

to catch

to catch [it]

position or office

councilor

to lead

nation; country

rebellion

to capture [him/her]

to capture [it]

to capture

to prosecute [someone]

grenade

to confiscate [it]

rank; position

illegal

republic

official; authorized; formally set

to catch

welfare, good, interest

candidate

freedom

evidence; proof; certificate

to charge (someone)

to manage

government

revolution

overpricing for bribes

rifle

representative

to prevail

issue; lawsuit; litigation; case

investigation

flag

rebel; insurgent

to trample [it]; to violate [it]

document

interrogation

senate

to abduct [him/her]

to attack

attack; invasion; raid

independence

to attack or charge

servant; to serve

to take an oath

choice; chosen one

to defend [it]

council

to investigate [it]

arrest; capture

election

injustice

lawmaker

notary public

management; governance

agency

benefit

jail, prison

congressman/woman

court

ask for a bribe; extort

coup d'etat

corrupt

majority

town hall, municipal hall

leadership

reelection

registered

reform

representative

restriction

attack; charge; invade

a session

witness

detective; spy; to spy

emissary; delegate

document

to represent

to swear

yellow supporter

to sign [it]

ally

alliance

ballot

democracy

battle; war

identification

police force

coalition

colonization

liberal

monopoly

national

authority; people in control

pertaining to the barangay

political

sovereignty

authority

to report to police

revolution

mother country

female veteran

male veteran

to resign

investigate

implicated

independence

authorities

contraband

confiscate

to defend

minor (of minor age)

municipal

bribe

revolutionary

regulation; rule; policy

regime

register; list; entry

inspection; body search

resolution

security

sector

civil; polite; non-military

terrorism

government bureau or department

missing or abducted person

trigger of a gun

guerilla

to enact into law

to legislate

to serve as president

elected; selected

management; administration

to choose [them]

to choose

to spy

to spy on [someone]

to guard with police

tampering with election results

inspection

to bribe

nomination

opposition; party in contradiction

order; command; rule

ordinance; authoritative rule

consultation; seeking advice

to load ammo

police stick

to capture

extra-judicial

ambassador

inauguration

treasurer

alternate

frisk

cartel

concession

to resign

to file a charge

malversation

will of the people via legislation

to be corrupt

authority

to fine [someone]

municipality

audit; examination of accounts

reign

strengthening; ratification; confirmation

oath-taking

requirement

recourse; turning for help

represent

representation

connivance; conspiracy; collusion

to summarily execute

to suppress or contain

Muslim ruler

lieutenant

extrajudicial killing; drugwar killings

First Lady

to dismiss [someone]

rise, to revolt

pick up; arrest (slang)

damage; payment for damage

delegate

delegation

demand; formal accusation

democratic

a person deported; deported

deportation

diplomacy

executive

colonized