EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
bumpy, covered in small welts...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/BUT-lig-BUT-lig/
FIL: Naglalarawan sa isang kalagayan kung saan ang balat o isang ibabaw ay napupuno ng maraming maliliit na umbok o butlig.
EN: bumpy, covered in small welts
This is what your skin looks like after losing a fight with an army of red ants (hantik). Not just one `butlig`, but a whole bumpy, itchy landscape. `Butlig-butlig` is the plural form of your skin's suffering. Can also describe a bumpy texture, like a poorly finished wall.
Reduplication of 'butlig'.
ROOT MEANING: small skin lump, welt, small pimple
The reduplication indicates plurality or a surface being covered with the feature.
🇵🇭 Naging butlig-butlig ang kanyang likod dahil sa allergy sa pagkain.
🇺🇸 Her back became covered in small welts due to a food allergy.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.