EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
ash; gray...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/A-bo/
FIL: Ang pulbos na nalalabi matapos masunog nang lubusan ang isang bagay. Tumutukoy rin ito sa kulay na nasa pagitan ng itim at puti.
EN: ash; gray
That dusty stuff left after a good inuman bonfire or what you get when your toast is forgotten. It's also the color of your soul during Monday meetings. 'Abo' is the aftermath, the residue, the official color of 'ay, sunog!'
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu.
Can refer to literal ash (from fire, volcanoes, cigarettes) or the color gray. The context usually makes the meaning clear.
🇵🇭 Puno ng abo mula sa bulkan ang mga bubong ng bahay.
🇺🇸 The roofs of the houses were full of ash from the volcano.
🇵🇭 Gusto ko ng t-shirt na kulay abo.
🇺🇸 I want a gray colored t-shirt.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.