EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
locust, grasshopper...
whooping cough...
anyway; in the end; besides...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.
/BA-lang/
FIL: Isang uri ng kulisap na lumilipad at kumakain ng mga halaman, karaniwang itinuturing na peste sa agrikultura.
EN: locust, grasshopper
The OG plague. Before traffic sa EDSA, these guys were the ultimate cause of delays... for farmers. They travel in swarms, like a group of titas descending on a sale at SM.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baliŋ.
Often used to describe a plague of locusts, distinguishing it from a solitary grasshopper (tipaklong).
🇵🇭 Isang salot ng balang ang sumira sa mga palayan.
🇺🇸 A plague of locusts destroyed the rice fields.
🇵🇭 Hinuli ng mga bata ang balang sa damuhan.
🇺🇸 The children caught a grasshopper in the grass.
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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.