EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to grind into rice flour...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/ga-la-pu-NGIN/
FIL: Ang proseso ng paggiling sa binabad na bigas upang maging galapong.
EN: to grind into rice flour
This is the verb form. It's the "action" of turning rice into galapong. When your lola tells you to "galapungin mo na 'yung bigas," it means you're about to get a workout grinding that soaked rice, probably using a traditional stone mill (gilingang bato) if you're really old school.
ROOT MEANING: rice flour batter
A specific culinary verb.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong galapungin ang malagkit para makagawa ng puto bumbong.
🇺🇸 You need to grind the glutinous rice into flour to make puto bumbong.
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Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.