EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
food prepared for a feast; offering...
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Pang-uri
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/HAN-da/
FIL: Mga pagkain na inihanda para sa isang salu-salo, pagdiriwang, o bilang alay.
EN: food prepared for a feast; offering
The star of every Filipino birthday party, fiesta, or Noche Buena. It's the collection of spaghetti, lumpia, pansit, and fried chicken that makes any gathering a feast. "Ang daming handa!" is the best compliment an event host can receive. It's not just food, it's a love language.
Possibly from Sanskrit 'haṇḍa' (large earthen water-pot), which evolved to mean 'vessel for cooking' and then the 'food cooked' itself.
Pronounced with stress on the first syllable /HAN-da/, distinguishing it from the adjective 'handa' (/han-DA/).
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🇵🇭 Masarap ang lahat ng handa sa kaarawan ni Lola.
🇺🇸 All the food at Grandma's birthday was delicious.
🇵🇭 Nagdala siya ng pansit bilang kanyang handa sa party.
🇺🇸 She brought noodles as her contribution to the feast for the party.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.