Tagalog Community 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)