EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
short, brief...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ik-SI/
FIL: Hindi mahaba sa sukat, distansya, o tagal ng panahon. Ito ang salitang-ugat para sa 'maikli'.
EN: short, brief
How you describe your patience during rush hour traffic. Or the length of your salary after paying all the bills. "Ang iksi ng weekend!" is a national hugot line every Monday morning.
Primarily a root word. In sentences, the affixed form 'maikli' is more common for 'short'. 'Iksi' is often used in an exclamatory way to emphasize shortness, e.g., "Ang iksi!" (It's so short!).
🇵🇭 Ang iksi ng kanyang pasensya.
🇺🇸 His patience is so short.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa iksi ng oras, hindi namin natapos ang gawain.
🇺🇸 Because of the briefness of the time, we couldn't finish the task.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.