EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
thinness, flimsiness...
please get along with; please adapt to...
meddling; interference...
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/ka-ni-pi-SAN/
FIL: Ang katangian ng pagiging manipis, salat sa kapal, o madaling masira.
EN: thinness, flimsiness
That feeling when you buy a shirt from an online store and the fabric is so sheer you can see your future through it. Or when your patience is wearing thin after your 5th Zoom meeting for the day. "Grabe ang kanipisan ng pader, rinig ko lahat ng chismis ng kapitbahay."
From `ka-` + `nipis` + `-an`, forming a noun describing the quality of being thin.
ROOT MEANING: thinness, slenderness
Describes the quality or state of being thin, whether physically (like paper) or metaphorically (like patience).
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🇵🇭 Dahil sa kanipisan ng tela, madali itong napunit.
🇺🇸 Because of the thinness of the fabric, it tore easily.
🇵🇭 Ramdam na ang kanipisan ng kaniyang pasensya.
🇺🇸 The thinness of his patience can already be felt.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.