EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
childhood friend...
me (slang)...
mom / girl (term of endearment)...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ka-ba-BA-ta/
FIL: Isang tao na kasama o kaibigan mula pa noong panahon ng pagkabata.
EN: childhood friend
Your OG barkada. The one who saw you with sipon, played patintero and tumbang preso with you, and knows your most embarrassing childhood secrets. They are the human version of your baby pictures.
From `ka-` (denoting a companion or one of the same group) + `bata` (child).
ROOT MEANING: child; kid
A term filled with nostalgia and a sense of deep, long-lasting friendship.
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🇵🇭 Si Marco ang aking matalik na kababata.
🇺🇸 Marco is my closest childhood friend.
🇵🇭 Nagkita-kita muli ang magkaka-kababata pagkatapos ng dalawampung taon.
🇺🇸 The childhood friends saw each other again after twenty years.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.