EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
pencil...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/LA-pis/
FIL: Isang kasangkapang panulat na may grapayt sa loob na nakabalot sa kahoy.
EN: pencil
Before ballpens, before keyboards, before touchscreens, there was **lapis**. The OG writing tool. It's what you used to shade your crush's name inside a heart in your notebook. Also, the primary weapon in a game of 'Tusok-Tusok'.
From Spanish 'lápiz'.
🇵🇭 Pakihiram naman ng lapis mo, nawawala kasi ang sa akin.
🇺🇸 Can I borrow your pencil? I can't find mine.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong tasahan ang lapis para maging matulis.
🇺🇸 You need to sharpen the pencil to make it pointed.
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