EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
flaking or shredding (of meat/fish); detailed anal...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/HI-may/
FIL: Ang proseso ng paghihiwalay ng laman ng isda, manok, o karne mula sa buto sa pamamagitan ng kamay. Sa makabagong gamit, tumutukoy rin ito sa masusing pagsusuri sa isang paksa.
EN: flaking or shredding (of meat/fish); detailed analysis
This is what you do to leftover chicken adobo to make chicken flakes for your pandesal. It's the meticulous work of shredding fish for palabok toppings. But wait, there's more! In a modern, 'hugot' sense, 'himay' is what you and your friends do to a problematic text message from your crush. You analyze it word by word, emoji by emoji. "Hinihimay namin 'yung chat niya." It's a deep-dive analysis, breaking something down into its smallest parts.
Has both a literal (culinary) and a figurative (analytical) meaning. The verb form is 'himayin'.
🇵🇭 Ang himay ng isda ay kailangan para sa paggawa ng siomai.
🇺🇸 The shredding of the fish is needed to make siomai.
🇵🇭 Ginawan namin ng masusing himay ang bawat detalye ng kanyang kwento.
🇺🇸 We did a detailed analysis of every detail of his story.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.