EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
sole; only one...
whooping cough...
anyway; in the end; besides...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.
/bug-TONG/
FIL: Nag-iisa; walang kapatid.
EN: sole; only one
This is the Pinoy version of "only child." If you're the 'bugtong na anak', you're the solo flight, the one-man team, the sole heir to the family's collection of Tupperware and the remote control. You get all the attention, all the pressure, and all the 'pasalubong'.
Almost exclusively used in the set phrase "bugtong na anak" (only child). The noun form 'bugtong' means 'riddle'.
🇵🇭 Bilang bugtong na anak, lahat ng atensyon ng magulang ay nasa kanya.
🇺🇸 As the only child, all of the parents' attention is on him/her.
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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.