EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
famine, starvation...
Glutton; famished person (derogatory)...
Sluggish; listless; lackadaisical...
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FIL: Isang malawakang kalagayan ng matinding pagkagutom o kakulangan sa pagkain sa isang lugar.
EN: famine, starvation
This isn't just 'I'm hungry, let's order Jollibee.' This is the serious, large-scale, 'no food for the whole community' kind of hunger. It's a national crisis, a plot point in a post-apocalyptic movie, a state of extreme food scarcity. It's 'gutom' leveled up to a societal problem.
ROOT MEANING: hungry
Refers to a widespread and severe lack of food, distinct from individual hunger ('gutom').
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🇵🇭 Maraming bansa sa Africa ang nakararanas ng matinding kagutuman.
🇺🇸 Many countries in Africa are experiencing severe famine.
🇵🇭 Ang digmaan ay nagdulot ng malawakang kagutuman at kahirapan.
🇺🇸 The war caused widespread starvation and poverty.
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