EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
pregnancy craving...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/LI-hi/
FIL: Ang paghahanap o paghahangad ng isang babaeng nagdadalang-tao sa isang partikular na pagkain o bagay, na pinaniniwalaang makaaapekto sa magiging hitsura o katangian ng sanggol.
EN: pregnancy craving
This is the Filipina's "Get Out of Jail Free" card during pregnancy. Suddenly want green mangoes with bagoong at 3 AM? Blame it on the **lihi**. Want to see your husband in a ridiculous costume? **Lihi**. It's the culturally accepted explanation for all the weird cravings and whims of an expectant mother, and everyone just has to deal with it.
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqi, meaning 'conception'.
Often used with the verb "maglihi" (to have pregnancy cravings). The object of the craving is "pinaglilihian".
🇵🇭 Naglilihi si Anna sa maasim na mangga kaya iyon ang laging hinahanap niya.
🇺🇸 Anna is having a pregnancy craving for sour mangoes, that's why she's always looking for it.
🇵🇭 Sabi ng matatanda, kung ano ang iyong lihi, iyon ang magiging kamukha ng iyong anak.
🇺🇸 The elders say, whatever your craving is, that's what your child will resemble.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.