EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
forest, woods, grove...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
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FIL: Isang malawak na lugar na sagana sa mga puno; gubat.
EN: forest, woods, grove
Hindi lang 'yung sa Baguio o Tagaytay. Ito rin 'yung lugar kung saan ka "nawawala" kapag tinatanong ka kung nasaan ka na. "Papunta na, malapit na sa **kahuyan** (pero kakagising lang)." Also, where Filipino horror movie characters make bad decisions.
From kahoy + -an, a locative suffix indicating a place abundant in something.
ROOT MEANING: wood, tree
Interchangeable with 'gubat' but 'kahuyan' can sometimes imply a smaller, less dense area of trees (woods/grove) compared to a large, dense 'gubat' (forest/jungle).
🇵🇭 Naglakad-lakad sila sa may kahuyan upang magpahangin.
🇺🇸 They walked through the woods to get some fresh air.
🇵🇭 Ang malawak na kahuyan ay nagsisilbing tahanan ng maraming hayop.
🇺🇸 The vast forest serves as a home for many animals.
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