EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
sack (of rice); chest/trunk...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-BAN/
FIL: Isang malaking sisidlan, karaniwang yari sa sako para sa mga butil tulad ng bigas, o yari sa kahoy bilang baul para sa mga damit at mahahalagang gamit.
EN: sack (of rice); chest/trunk
Think of it as the ultimate Filipino storage solution. Before Dropbox and Google Drive, there was the 'kaban ng bigas' in the kitchen and the 'kaban ng yaman' (a chest of treasures) that lola keeps her old photos and alahas in. It's a unit of survival and memory.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaban₂ 'storage chest'.
'Isang kaban' is a standard unit for a large sack of rice, traditionally 50kg.
🇵🇭 Bumili si nanay ng isang kaban ng bigas para sa buong buwan.
🇺🇸 Mother bought a sack of rice for the whole month.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.