EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make someone bald; to shave someone's head...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/kal-BU-hin/
FIL: Ang pag-alis ng lahat ng buhok sa ulo ng isang tao; gawing kalbo.
EN: to make someone bald; to shave someone's head
What your mom threatens to do to you if you don't fix your grades. Or what happens in the military or during some school initiation rites. It's the act of turning someone into a human cue ball.
From 'kalbo' + '-hin' suffix.
ROOT MEANING: bald
This is the action verb form to make someone or something bald.
🇵🇭 Kinalbo ng barbero ang sundalo.
🇺🇸 The barber shaved the soldier's head (made him bald).
🇵🇭 Baka kalbuhin ka ng tatay mo kapag nakita niya ang iyong mga marka.
🇺🇸 Your dad might make you go bald if he sees your grades.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.