lastiko
lastíko with stress marks
rubber band
Usage Note
Lastiko is an everyday Filipino word for a rubber band or elastic, adapted from English via Spanish elástico. It is also the key prop in the children's game luksong-lastiko, where a rubber band is stretched between two players as a jump-rope substitute.
Examples
" May lastiko ka ba? "
Natural Translation
Do you have a rubber band?
Literal Translation
Has rubber-band you question?
" Kailangan ko ng lastiko. "
Natural Translation
I need a rubber band.
Literal Translation
Need I of rubber band.
" Itinali niya ng lastiko ang buhok ng kanyang anak bago ito pumasok sa paaralan kaninang umaga. "
Natural Translation
She tied up her child's hair with a rubber band before he went to school this morning.
Literal Translation
Tied she with rubber-band the hair of her child before this enter to-the school earlier morning.
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