EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to massage; to act as a traditional healer/midwife...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/hu-MI-lot/
FIL: Ang pagsasagawa ng hilot, isang tradisyonal na paraan ng pagmamasahe upang lunasan ang pilay, o ang pagpapaanak sa isang buntis.
EN: to massage; to act as a traditional healer/midwife
When your muscles are screaming "help me!" after a workout or a week of OT, you need someone to 'humilot'. It's not just any massage; it's the traditional Pinoy kind that feels like it's rearranging your soul (and your bones) back into place. Also, the OG term for what a traditional midwife does.
From 'hilot' (traditional massage/midwife) with the -um- infix.
ROOT MEANING: traditional Filipino massage; traditional midwife
Can mean to perform the act of 'hilot' (massage) or to work as a 'hilot' (practitioner).
🇵🇭 Magaling humilot ang matanda sa kabilang baryo.
🇺🇸 The old person in the next village is good at giving traditional massages.
🇵🇭 Sino ang humilot sa iyo noong ipinanganak ka?
🇺🇸 Who acted as the midwife for you when you were born?
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.