EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to ponder; to reflect on; to contemplate...
to knead; to mash; to squeeze with hands...
wake; vigil...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
/bu-lay-bu-LA-yin/
FIL: Pag-isipang mabuti at malalim ang isang bagay; magnilay-nilay.
EN: to ponder; to reflect on; to contemplate
This is that 3 AM mood when you're staring at the ceiling, thinking about your life choices, that awkward thing you said in 2012, or kung ano uulamin bukas. It's deep thought, the kind that requires a cup of coffee or a long bus ride. Kailangan mong bulaybulayin kung magre-resign ka na ba o titiisin mo pa ang toxic mong work environment.
Reduplication of the root 'bulay' (meditation) + '-in' (verb suffix).
Implies a deeper, more prolonged, and serious form of thinking than 'isipin'.
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🇵🇭 Magandang bulaybulayin ang mga aral na natutunan natin sa nakaraang taon.
🇺🇸 It's good to reflect on the lessons we learned from the past year.
🇵🇭 Habang nag-iisa, madalas niyang bulaybulayin ang kanyang kinabukasan.
🇺🇸 While alone, he often ponders his future.
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.