goma
góma with stress marks
rubber
Usage Note
Goma comes from Spanish goma and refers to rubber as a material, but in everyday Filipino use it covers both rubber bands and erasers depending on context. Children and students use goma to mean eraser while vendors use it for rubber bands — making it one of the most versatile everyday loanwords.
Examples
" Nawawala ang goma ko. "
Natural Translation
My eraser is missing.
Literal Translation
Missing the eraser my.
" Nasaan ang itim na goma? "
Natural Translation
Where is the black rubber?
Literal Translation
Where the black that rubber?
" Hiniram ng kaklase ko ang aking goma para burahin ang mga maling sagot sa kaniyang papel. "
Natural Translation
My classmate borrowed my eraser to erase the wrong answers on his paper.
Literal Translation
Borrowed of-the classmate my the my eraser to erase the plural wrong answer in his paper.
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