Tagalog Words Starting With N
142 root words from na to nuynoy. Each root unlocks its own family of derived words and verb forms — open any entry for pronunciation, stress marks, and example sentences.
- na already; now; yet
- na- completed, incompleted, or perfective aspect
- nabegador navigator
- nabegasyon navigation
- nag- completed action marker
- nagisnan childhood home; happened to see
- nagka- completed aspect meaning "to have"
- naglalagare having multiple jobs simultaneously, juggling jobs
- nagpa- causative action marker (completed)
- nagpaka- intensity of purpose marker (completed)
- nagpati- violent action directed to self
- nagsa- mimicking or performing a role
- nagsipag- plurality of action marker
- nagsipagpa- plurality of actors in causative sentences
- nagsipagpaka- plurality and intensity marker
- nahaan where (variant of nasaan)
- nahan where (variant of nasan)
- naka- ability or perfect tense marker
- nakapag- ability or perfect tense (actor focus)
- nakapagpaka- ability in causative sentences
- nakaw steal; rob; stolen
- naki- social performance with others
- nakipag- social performance with others
- naknak worsening of a wound (abscess)
- naman so; likewise; expression of objection
- nami intoxicating yam (medicinal)
- namin our (exclusive)
- namnam savoring (flavor)
- nanay mother
- nang when; so that; adverb marker
- nang- completed action marker with letter changes
- nanga- plurality of actors and action
- nangagka- plurality of actors and action (completed)
- nangagkaka- plurality of actors and action (incompleted)
- nangagpa- causative plurality marker
- nangagpaka- plurality and intensity marker
- nanganganay pregnant/giving birth for the first time
- naninigid intense or penetrating pain
- naninindigan firm in principles
- napa- indicates accidental or unintentional action
- napaka- intensive degree marker (very/too)
- napapag- indicates ability (completed aspect)
- naptalina naphthalene mothball
- naranghita tangerine orange; green citrus
- narkotiko narcotic
- narra Philippine national tree; rosewood
- nars nurse
- nasa at; in; on (location)
- nasà aspiration; desire
- nasyon nation; country
- nasyonal national
- nasyonalidad nationality
- nasyonalisasyon nationalization
- nasyonalismo nationalism
- nasyonalista nationalist
- natibo native
- natin our (inclusive)
- natural natural
- naturalisado naturalized
- naturalismo naturalism
- naturalista naturalist
- nawa may it happen
- nayon village
- nayt-klab night club
- negatibo negative; expressing denial
- negosasyon negotiation
- negosyo business
- Negrito Aeta group (pejorative); dark-skinned people
- nekrolohiya necrology
- Nene endearment for a young girl
- Neneng endearment for an adolescent girl
- nerbiyo nerve fiber
- nerbiyos nervousness
- nesesaryo necessary
- neurologo neurologist
- neurolohiya neurology
- ni neither; nor
- niig intimate conversation or relations
- niknik tiny blood-sucking gnat
- nila their; by them
- nilà shrub with drop-shaped leaves
- nilay to meditate
- nimpa nymph
- nina plural marker for names (genitive) for two involved persons
- Ninang godmother
- ningas flame
- nino whose (post-positive form of kanino)
- Niño the young Jesus
- Ninong godfather
- ninyo your (plural); by you (plural)
- nipa nipa palm tree
- nipis thinness
- nisnis unravel (edge of cloth); frayed
- nitó hereof; of this; its
- nitong puti maidenhair creeper (medicinal)
- nitong-pula Japanese climbing fern (medicinal)
- nitroheno nitrogen
- nitso niche; tomb; grave
- niya his or her; by him or her
- niyebe snow
- niyog coconut tree; mature coconut fruit
- niyog-niyugan yesterday, today, and tomorrow plant
- niyon that over there (yonder)
- nobela novel
- nobena novena
- nobisya female novice of a religious congregation
- nobisyada novitiate period
- nobisyo male novice of a religious congregation
- nobya girlfriend
- Nobyembre November
- nobyo boyfriend
- Noche Buena midnight feast on Christmas Eve
- nomina to nominate
- nominado nominated person
- nominal nominal
- nominasyon nomination
- nominatibo nominative
- noo forehead
- nood to watch
- noon then; previously; in the past; when
- Nordiko Nordic
- normal normal
- norte north
- nota note; musical note
- notaryo publiko notary public
- nugnog close by
- nukleo nucleus
- nukleyar nuclear
- nulipikado annulled; nullified
- nulipikasyon annulment; nullification
- nulo no value; null; betrayal; to betray
- nulos to continue what was started
- numerado numbered
- numerasyon numbering
- numero number
- numerologo numerologist
- numerolohiya numerology
- nuno ancestor; nature spirit; mythical man in anthill
- nutrisyon nutrition
- nutritibo nutritive
- nuwebe nine
- nuynoy serious thought; reflection