EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
very far; most distant...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-la-yu-la-YU-an/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa pinakamalayong lugar o punto; nasa sukdulang distansya.
EN: very far; most distant
This isn't just "malayo." This is "malayong-malayo." This is the province your relatives live in that takes three bus rides and a tricycle to get to. It's the "nasa kabilang dulo ng mundo" kind of far. It's the superlative form of "layo," for when you really want to emphasize the epic journey.
Reduplication of the root "layo" with affixes, emphasizing the distance.
ROOT MEANING: distance
An emphatic adjective used to describe the farthest point or place.
🇵🇭 Nagmula pa siya sa kalayu-layuang probinsya para lang makapag-aral sa Maynila.
🇺🇸 He came from a very far province just to study in Manila.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.