Tagalog Words Starting With H
317 root words from haba to huweteng. Each root unlocks its own family of derived words and verb forms — open any entry for pronunciation, stress marks, and example sentences.
- haba length
- habà length, extent of time
- habag compassion, mercy, pity
- habagat south or southwest winds
- habanera slow dance from Cuba
- habang while; during
- habas body type; prudence
- habi weave; texture of fabric
- habitasyon habitation
- hablon glossy silk-like textile
- habol catch up; appeal; run after
- habonera soap dish
- habonero soap maker
- hadlang obstacle, barrier
- hagad chase after; pursuer
- hagap opinion, belief
- hagdan stairs; ladder
- hagibis rapidity; velocity
- hagik sound of breathing/snoring
- hagikgik suppressed laughter; snicker
- hagilap search; gather; get a hold of
- hagimit spreading tree (medicinal)
- haging near miss; implied sarcasm
- haginghing hissing/whizzing sound
- haginit shrill sound (wind/speeding)
- hagip hit or caught by a moving body
- hagis throw; cast; fling
- hagkis lash; criticism; verbal attack
- hagod rub; friction; massage
- hain set table; offer
- haka assumption; theory; guess
- hakbang step; gait; procedure
- hakot load; carry; transport
- halabos scalded in salted water
- halaga value; price; importance
- halakhak loud laughter
- halal elected; selected
- halaman plant
- halamang-ugat root crop
- halang lay across; barricade
- halata noticeable; obvious
- halaw quoted; from a literary work
- halay rape; lewdness; blasphemy
- halaya sweetened root-crop
- halbos half-cooked; blanched
- haligi post; pillar; column
- halik kiss
- Halika! Come here!
- halimaw beast; monster
- halimbawa example
- halimhim to hatch
- halimumog small medicinal tree
- halimunmon scent; fragrance
- halimuyak fragrance; aroma
- halina charm
- halinhinan alternate; taking turns
- halip instead
- haliparot flirtatious woman
- halo mixture or ingredient
- halos almost; nearly
- halubaybay sardinella (fish)
- halubilo mix or mingle with a crowd
- halughog search thoroughly; ransack
- halukay dig through; search in container
- halukipkip forearms crossed over chest
- halumigmig humid; damp; moist
- halungkat searching, ransacking, rummage through
- halusinasyon hallucination
- hamak lowly; to ridicule
- hambalang obstructing (middle of road)
- hambalos to hit with wood/metal
- hambog boastful; arrogant
- hamig gather winnings/possessions
- hamletting forced evacuation (military)
- Hamo! Let it be! (short for Hayaan mo!)
- hamog dew; mist
- hamón ham
- hámon challenge
- hampas to strike with an object; slam
- hampas-lupa vagrants; poor (LIT: strike the soil)
- hanap search; look for
- hanay row; line; file
- handa ready; food prepared for a gathering
- handog offering; gift
- handusay prostrate; fallen flat
- hanga admiration
- hánga petroleum nut (medicinal fruit)
- hangarin objective; aspiration
- hangga end; boundary
- hanggang until
- hangin wind; air
- hango remove from fire; deliverance; derived
- hangos breathless; rush
- hanip chicken flea; mite
- hantad exposed
- hantik weaver ant
- hantong to end up as; terminate
- hapay slanting; unsteady, leaning
- hapis sorrow; grief
- hapít exact (fit of clothing)
- hápit pressure; to tighten
- haplit lash; stroke of a whip
- haplos stroke lightly
- hapò exhausted; fatigued
- hapon afternoon
- Hapón Japan, Japanese person
- harabas careless use of things
- haragan vagabond; mischievous youth
- harana serenade
- harang block; hindrance
- harap front
- haraya imagination
- hardin garden
- hari king
- Harimanawari! May it happen!
- Harinawa! May it happen!
- hariraya Muslim celebration after Ramadan
- harmonika harmonica
- harot hyperactive; listless; flirtatious
- harutan teasing; flirting
- hasa skillful
- hasà to sharpen (skills or objects)
- hasa-hasa short-bodied mackerel (fish)
- hasang gills
- hasik sow (seeds or feelings)
- hatak pull
- hataw strike or hit with force
- hati half; share
- hatid accompany; escort
- hatsing sneeze
- hawa infect, contaminate
- hawak hold; grip
- hawan remove barriers; clean up
- hawi part hair/grass; clear a path
- hawig resembling, similar
- hawla cage
- hayag public; revealed
- Hayan! There!; There it is!
- hayo general direction; public opinion
- Hayo! Go!; Leave!
- hayok extremely hungry
- Hayon! There!
- hayop animal
- hele putting a baby to sleep
- heneral male general
- henerala female general
- henerasyon generation
- henyo genius
- heograpiko geographical
- heograpiya geography
- heograpo geographer
- heologo geologist
- heolohiya geology
- heometriya geometry
- heopisika geophysics
- heopolitika geopolitics
- heosentriko geocentric
- heotermika geothermic
- heringgilya syringe; medical instrument
- hermana sister; religious person
- Heswita Jesuit
- Heto! Here it is!
- hi-ló dizzy, confused
- hibang crazy due to narcotics or emotions
- hibik pleading, lament, sob
- hibla fiber, thread
- higa lie down
- higad hairy caterpillar
- higante giant, huge
- higing whining sound; tone; pitch
- higit more, excessive
- higop slurp
- higpit tightness or strictness
- hihip blow (from mouth or wind)
- hika asthma
- hikab yawn
- hikahos broke; bankrupt
- hikaw earring
- hikayat persuasion
- hikbi sob
- hila pull
- hilab stomach pain; rising of dough
- hilaga north
- hilagang-kanluran northwest
- hilagang-silangan northeast
- hilahil hardship, tribulation
- hilamos washing the face
- hilantad lie down without mat/blanket, exposed, uncovered
- hilatsa thread unraveled from cloth
- hilaw raw, unripe
- hilera row, file
- hilig hobby; leaning
- Hiligaynon ethnolinguistic group/language
- hilik snore
- hiling request, wish
- hilo dizziness
- hilom heal; close an opening
- hilot midwife; massage; healer
- himagas dessert
- himagsik revolt
- himakas last farewell
- himala miracle
- himalay gleaning
- himas gentle rubbing of skin
- himasmas regain consciousness
- himatay faint
- himay remove seeds/flesh; study closely; to shell, to debone
- himaymay fiber
- himbing deep sleep
- himbubuli a kind of chameleon
- himig melody
- himik quietness; silence
- himpapawid atmosphere
- himpil stop to rest or stay
- himulmol pluck feathers; loose threads
- himutok outcry of distress/disappointment
- hina softness (volume)
- hinagap notion, idea
- hinagpis sorrow, sadness
- hinahon calm, self-control
- hinala suspicion
- hinanakit resentment, grudge
- hinang weld, solder
- hinay slowness in speech/action
- hinayang regret
- hindi no; not
- hindot fuck, sex
- hinebra gin
- hinete jockey
- hinga breath
- hingal pant, gasp
- hingalo state of near death
- hingi request; ask for
- hinguto the act of removing lice from the hair, lice removal
- hinhin modesty, refinement
- hinlalaki thumb
- hinliliit little finger, pinkie
- hintay wait
- hintuan place where vehicles stop
- hintuturo forefinger
- hinuhod give permission, agree
- hipag sister-in-law
- hipnosis hypnosis
- hipnotisador hypnotist
- hipon shrimp
- hiram borrowing; loan
- hirang choice; chosen one
- hirap hardship; poverty
- hirati get accustomed
- hirit to consume; retort, remark engaging in banter
- historiko historical
- historya history
- historyador historian
- hitad flirtatious woman
- hithit smoke; suck in smoke/liquid
- hitik laden with fruit; abundant
- hiwa slice; cut
- hiwaga mystery
- hiwalay separate
- hiwatig indirect expression, implication, hint
- hiya shame; embarrassment
- hiyas gem, jewelry
- hiyaw scream, shout
- Hoy! Hey!
- hubad naked, bare (undressed)
- hubo naked from waist down, no pants, completely naked
- hubog shape
- hudyat signal, sign
- hugas wash
- hugis shape
- hugong deep, resonant sound
- hugot pull out; draw (emotions)
- hugpong joining place/thing
- hukay pit, grave
- hukbo army
- hukbong-dagat navy
- hukbong-katihan army (land soldiers)
- hukbong-panghimpapawid air force
- hukbong-sandatahan armed forces
- hukluban old and senile person
- hukom judge
- hukuman court of law
- hula prediction
- hulagpos free one's self from bounds
- hulapi suffix
- huli last; late
- hulí late
- húli catch, arrest
- hulma shape using a mold
- hulog fall; deposit; installment
- Hulyo July
- humaling obsession
- humanismo humanism
- humanista humanist
- humpak hollow, sunken
- humpay stop, pause
- hunghang stupid, foolish
- hungkag hollow
- huni chirping of birds
- hunos-dili self-control, calmness, prudence
- huntahan long conversation
- hunyango chameleon; turncoat
- Hunyo June
- hupa decrease; cease (storm/intensity), subsidence
- huramentado amok; Islamic warrior pledge
- hurisdiksiyon jurisdiction
- hurisprudensiya jurisprudence
- hurno oven
- husay skill, perfection
- husi thin fabric for barong
- hustisya justice
- husto exact, enough
- huwad fake, counterfeit
- huwag negative imperative marker
- Huwag! Don't!
- Huwebes Thursday
- huweteng lottery; form of gambling