EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
husband...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/BA-na/
FIL: Ang lalaking kabiyak o asawa sa isang kasal.
EN: husband
The old-school, almost poetic way to say 'husband'. You'd probably hear this in a classic Filipino movie or a kundiman. If your friend starts calling her BF 'aking bana', she's either being super romantic or super extra. Today, 'asawa' or 'mister' is way more common.
Possibly from Sanskrit 'bhānu' (sun, master) or a related Austronesian root.
Considered archaic or literary. 'Asawa' is the everyday term.
🇵🇭 Tapat ang pagmamahal ng ginang sa kanyang bana.
🇺🇸 The lady's love for her husband is faithful.
🇵🇭 Sa mga lumang tula, ang bana ang haligi ng tahanan.
🇺🇸 In old poems, the husband is the pillar of the home.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.