EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
interesting; pleasing; charming...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/ka-WI-li/
FIL: Isang salitang-ugat na nagpapahiwatig ng pagiging kaakit-akit, kasiya-siya, o nakalilibang.
EN: interesting; pleasing; charming
This is the root of being 'interesting'. It's the 'kiliti' for your brain or your heart. If something is 'kawili-wili', it's not boring, it's binge-worthy, it's something you'd swipe right on. It's the opposite of that meeting that could have been an email.
From 'wili' (liking, pleasure).
Rarely used alone. Almost always appears in reduplicated and affixed forms like 'kawili-wili' (interesting) or 'nakakawili' (is interesting).
🇵🇭 Kawili-wili ang mga kwento ng aking lola tungkol sa kaniyang kabataan.
🇺🇸 My grandmother's stories about her youth are interesting.
🇵🇭 Nahanap kong nakakakawili ang bagong serye sa TV.
🇺🇸 I found the new TV series pleasing.
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