EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
prickly heat; heat rash...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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FIL: Isang uri ng pantal sa balat na sanhi ng matinding init at pagpapawis, na nagreresulta sa maliliit at makakating butlig.
EN: prickly heat; heat rash
The official souvenir you get from a Philippine summer. It's that itchy, annoying rash that appears on your back and neck when it's so hot you feel like you're living in an oven. The reason why baby powder (or Fissan) is a national treasure.
Literally 'fruit of the sun' (bunga + ng + araw).
A compound word.
🇵🇭 Nagkaroon ako ng bungang-araw dahil sa sobrang init ng panahon.
🇺🇸 I got prickly heat because of the very hot weather.
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.