EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
clutched; held tightly...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/kim-KIM/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging mahigpit na hawak o tangan, karaniwan ay sa palad o dibdib.
EN: clutched; held tightly
This is how you hold your phone in a crowded MRT train. Or how you hold on to a grudge. Kimkim is clutching something, either physically (pera, cellphone) or emotionally (sama ng loob, sekreto), and refusing to let it go. "Huwag mong kimkimin 'yan, teh. Share mo na!"
Katutubong salita.
Often used as a root for the verb 'kimkimin'.
🇵🇭 Kimkim niya sa palad ang huling barya.
🇺🇸 She clutched the last coin in her palm.
🇵🇭 Mananatiling kimkim sa kanyang puso ang alaala ng kanilang pag-ibig.
🇺🇸 The memory of their love will remain held tightly in her heart.
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.