EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
misery, wretchedness, pitiful state...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.
/ka-a-ba-AN/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging abâ; karukhaan, paghihirap, o pagiging kaawa-awa.
EN: misery, wretchedness, pitiful state
This is a drama-level word. It's not just "sad" or "poor," it's the kind of deep, soul-crushing misery you see in a teleserye where the main character has lost everything. It's the state of being in the "putik" (mud), both literally and figuratively. It has the weight of generations of hardship in it. Not a word you use lightly when you're just having a bad day.
From the root word "abâ" (lowly, pitiful) with the "ka- -an" circumfix, which forms abstract nouns indicating a state or quality.
ROOT MEANING: hey!; wow!; oh!
A formal and literary word used to describe a state of extreme poverty or wretchedness.
🇵🇭 Nais niyang itaas ang kanyang pamilya mula sa kaabaan.
🇺🇸 He wants to lift his family from misery.
🇵🇭 Makikita sa kanyang mga mata ang kaabaan ng kanyang pinagdaanan.
🇺🇸 You can see in his eyes the wretchedness of what he has been through.
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.